Soil Moisture (SM) products for agricultural drought monitoring
Competency Framework
WMO Satellite Skills
Application
Description
The presenters show examples for the use of SM data in identifying drought conditions in some regions worldwide.
Length: 25+14 minutes.
Content
Satellite soil moisture (SM) products are highly suitable for monitoring agricultural drought. As satellite SM products cover long time periods and are available for large regions, the spatial and temporal analysis of drought conditions can be performed. The presentation will describe the theoretical background for performing drought analysis with satellite SM data, and will show some examples for the actual use of the data in identifying drought conditions in some regions worldwide.