Drought Risk Data Catalog
Drought Risk Data Catalog (Deltares)
Continents, countries, sea regions of the world.
This platform can be used to obtain information of meteorological hazards on a monthly basis for Bangladesh.
Application: Mapping meteorological drought hazard
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Data requirements to use: None; Data used: Precipitation data from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department ; Data format: PNG Maps; Data access: HTTP; Concise description: Monthly update; Maps of SPI-1 and SPI-3 and deviations of max, mean and min temperatures of a month; covering entire Bangladesh. Indices included: SPI-1, SPI-3, Temperature Anomalies (Max, Mean and Min)
IMWI South Asia drought monitoring system
This platform can be used to obtain information of weekly to monthly meteorological drought forecasts for South Asia.
Data requirements to use: None; Data used: N/A; Data format: N/A; Data access: N/A; Concise description: Provides SPI index values and eight-day and monthly drought extents Indices included: SPI
The ISO19115 metadata standard is the preferred metadata standard to use. If unsure what templates to start with, use this one.
Data requirements to use: None; Data used: Precipitation and temperature data from the Bangladesh Meteorological Department ; Data format: PDF file; Data access: HTTP; Concise description: Weekly Bulletin consisting of weekly rainfall, weekly rainfall forecast, and monthly rainfall forecast, and rainfall/temperature analysis per divisions of Bangladesh. Indices included: Precipitation and temperature forecast for one week.
This modelling software can be used to simulate soil moisture conditions and/or crop growth, and drought impacts on agriculture.
Application: Mapping agricultural drought hazard
Data requirements to use: N/A; Data used: N/A; Data format: N/A; Data access: N/A; Concise description: SWAP (Soil, Water, Atmosphere and Plant) simulates transport of water, solutes and heat in unsaturated/saturated soils. The model is designed to simulate flow and transport processes at field scale level, during growing seasons and for long term time series. It offers a wide range of possibilities to address both research and practical questions in the field of agriculture, water management and environmental protection.
This index can be used to determine and characterize meteorological, hydrological andagricultural drought hazards on a monthly, seasonal and annual basis. (source WMO and GWP, 2016)
Type of Drought: Meteorological, Agricultural, Hydrological Drought
Application: Mapping meteorological drought hazard, Mapping hydrological drought hazard, Mapping agricultural drought hazard
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Data requirements to use: Precipitation.; Data used: N/A; Data format: N/A; Data access: N/A; Concise description: Uses normalized precipitation values based upon the station history of a particular location. Comparison to the current period puts the output into a historical perspective.
This dataset can be used to obtain data on meteorological andagricultural drought hazards on a decadal to monthly basis for the world.
Type of Drought: Meteorological, Agricultural Drought
Application: Drought forecasting,Mapping meteorological drought hazard, Mapping agricultural drought hazard
Data requirements to use: N/A; Data used: N/A; Data format: Geotiff, TIFF, PNG; Data access: website; Concise description: The Early Warning eXplorer (EWX) software is an interactive web-based mapping tool that allows users to visualize continental-scale rainfall estimate (RFE), land surface temperature (LST) and normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) data and anomalies at varied time steps and review time series analyses.
Water Requirement Satisfaction Index (WRSI) and Geo WRSI
This index can be used to determine and characterize agricultural drought hazard anddrought impact to agriculture and livestock. (source WMO and GWP, 2016)
Application: Mapping drought impact to agriculture and livestock, Mapping agricultural drought hazard
Data requirements to use: Crop development models, crop coefficients and satellite data.; Data used: N/A; Data format: N/A; Data access: N/A; Concise description: Used to monitor crop performance during the growing season and based upon how much water is available for the crop. It is a ratio of actual to potential evapotranspiration. These ratios are crop specific, and are based upon crop development and known relationships between yields and drought stress.
This platform can be used to obtain information of meteorological agricultural, and hydrological drought hazards for Burundi, D.R. Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda.
Application: Mapping meteorological drought hazard, Mapping agricultural drought hazard, Mapping hydrological drought hazard
Extent: Burundi, D.R. Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda
1981 / near real-time
Data requirements to use: None; Data used: CHIRPS, MERRA, GDAS, RFE2; Data format: NetCDF; Data access: HTTP, FTP; Concise description: (1) FLDAS outputs are based on multiple hydrologic models hence they better represent the uncertainty in simulated hydrologic variables. (2) FLDAS provides simulation of soil moisture and runoff/streamflow (observations of which are sparse at best) hence it allows monitoring of agricultural and hydrological drought. Indices included: GeoWRSI, NOAA Daily Rainfall, CHIRPS Precipitation
Seasonal Monitor for Southern Africa, Horn of Africa, West Africa Sahel and Eastern Regions
This platform can be used to obtain information of meteorological and agricultural drought hazards on a near real-time seasonal basis for countries within Southern Africa, Horn of Africa, West Africa Sahel and Eastern Regions.
Application: Mapping meteorological drought hazard, Mapping agricultural drought hazard
Extent: Countries within Southern Africa, Horn of Africa, West Africa Sahel and Eastern Regions
Data requirements to use: None; Data used: NDVI, rainfall,; Data format: .pdf; Data access: website; Concise description: Animations showing how cumulative rainfall, vegetation index, 30-day rainfall and start of season evolved during the current season compared to average trends for the alst 20 years. Reports are also provided. Indices included: Rainfall, NDVI
This modelling software can be used to simulatedrought risk to population,drought risk to municipal and industrial water needs,drought risk to agriculture and livestock,drought risk to hydropower.
Type of Drought: Hydrological, Socio-economic Drought
Application: Mapping drought risk to population, Mapping drought risk to municipal and industrial water needs,Mapping drought impact to agriculture and livestock, Mapping drought impact to hydropower
Data requirements to use: Required data are data on hydrological time series (for example of surface water runoff, rainfall and open water evaporation), aquifers, water users, infrastructure and its operation (dams, weirs, pumps, canals) and priorities for water allocation. Depending on the detail of modeling data are needed on crop, cultivation, yield and production costs, number of inhabitants per population type, concentration of various substances in drainage flows, and reservoir sedimentation data.; Data used: Not relevant; Data format: Not relevant; Data access: Not relevant; Concise description: RIBASIM (River Basin Simulation Model) is a generic model package for analyzing the behavior of river basins under various hydrological conditions. The model package is a comprehensive and flexible tool which links the hydrological water inputs at various locations with the specific water-users in the basin.
Bangladesh Meteorological Department, info@bmd.gov.bd
Links through: World Agrometeorological Information Service
World food program (WFP), rogerio.bonifacio@wfp.org +390665133917