title: Global integrated drought monitoring and prediction system.
abstract: Drought is by far the most costly natural disaster that can lead to widespread impacts, including water and food crises. Here we present data sets available from the Global Integrated Drought Monitoring and Prediction System (GIDMaPS), which provides drought information based on multiple drought indicators. The system provides meteorological and agricultural drought information based on multiple satellite-, and model-based precipitation and soil moisture data sets. GIDMaPS includes a near real-time monitoring component and a seasonal probabilistic prediction module. The data sets include historical drought severity data from the monitoring component, and probabilistic seasonal forecasts from the prediction module. The probabilistic forecasts provide essential information for early warning, taking preventive measures, and planning mitigation strategies. GIDMaPS data sets are a significant extension to current capabilities and data sets for global drought assessment and early warning. The presented data sets would be instrumental in reducing drought impacts especially in developing countries. Our results indicate that GIDMaPS data sets reliably captured several major droughts from across the globe.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Irvine, E4130 Engineering Gateway Irvine , Irvine, CA 92697-2175, USA.
authors.forename: Zengchao
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Hao
authors.affiliation: University of California, Irvine, E4130 Engineering Gateway Irvine , Irvine, CA 92697-2175, USA.
authors.forename: Amir
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: AghaKouchak
authors.affiliation: University of California, Irvine, E4130 Engineering Gateway Irvine , Irvine, CA 92697-2175, USA.
authors.forename: Navid
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakhjiri
authors.affiliation: University of California, Irvine, E4130 Engineering Gateway Irvine , Irvine, CA 92697-2175, USA.
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Farahmand
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D057231:Climate Change; D004190:Disasters / Q000517:prevention & control; D055864:Droughts; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods; D008962:Models, Theoretical