Towards an integrated soil moisture drought monitor for East Africa

Drought in East Africa is a recurring phenomenon with significant humanitarian impacts. Given the steep climatic gradients, topographic contrasts, general data scarcity, and, in places, political instability that characterize the region, there is a need for spatially distributed, remotely derived mo...

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Main Authors: W. B. Anderson, B. F. Zaitchik, C. R. Hain, M. C. Anderson, M. T. Yilmaz, J. Mecikalski, L. Schultz
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-08-01
Series:Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
Online Access:http://www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/16/2893/2012/hess-16-2893-2012.pdf