A drought monitoring and early warning service for food security in South Africa

A drought monitoring and early warning service for food security in South Africa

In this paper we present an operational system for drought monitoring and early warning over South Africa-Lesotho. The indicators used for the alert issuance are based on meteorological, agricultural and hydrological indices, assembled by satellite and reanalysis raw data, to cover for all aspects o...

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Main Authors: Vasileios Pavlidis, Mahlatse Kganyago, Mxolisi Mukhawana, Thomas Alexandridis, Ines Cherif, Giovanni Laneve, Riccardo Orsi, Stergios Kartsios, Maria Chara Karypidou, Ioannis Sofiadis, Eleni Katragkou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-04-01
Series:Climate Services
Subjects:
Climate services
Drought
Drought monitoring
Drought early warning
Combined Drought Indicator
Food security
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405880724000189

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