Central Asia Drought Monitor

(Key Messages) Support

  1. Previous Precipitation Deficiency
  2. Current Land surface Status
  3. Meteorological Drought Conditions (SPIs, SPEIs, EDDIs)
  4. Agricultural Drought Conditons (Soil moisture)
  5. Hydrological Drought Condtions (Runoff)
  6. Snow Drought (SD & SWE)
  7. Vegetation Health (VHI)

Current ID/CPC Drought Criteria

Abnormal dryness

a.  Area has registered cumulative 4-week precipitation and soil moisture ranking less than the 30th percentile, with an SPI of 0.4 standard deviation below the mean.
b.  Area is expected to receive below-average precipitation (less than 80% of normal) during the outlook period.

Current ID/CPC Drought Criteria

Drought

a. Area must have previously been defined as “Abnormal Dryness”
b.  Area has continued to register seasonal precipitation and soil moisture deficits that have resulted in since the beginning of the rainfall season an eight-week cumulative precipitation, soil moisture, and runoff below the 20th percentile rank, and an SPI of 0.8 standard deviation below the mean
c.  Developing drought conditions must be supported by field observations, including impacts of moisture shortages on crops and water resources.

Current ID/CPC Drought Criteria

Severe Drought

a.  Area must have previously been defined as “Drought”
b.  Area has continued to register seasonal precipitation and soil moisture deficits that have resulted in since the beginning of the rainfall season a twelve-week cumulative precipitation, soil moisture, and runoff below the 10th percentile rank and an SPI of 1.2 standard deviation below the mean
c.  Severe drought conditions must be supported by field observations, including impacts of moisture shortages on crops and water resources.

Prcp Anomalies (recent 30 days & 60 days )

Prcp Anomalies (recent 90 days & 180 days )

Prcp Anomalies (recent 1 year & 2 years )

MSWEPv2 PRCP anomalies (7 dyears and 30 days)

MSWEPv2 PRCP anomalies (90 dyears and 180 days)

NASA_GPM IMERGGL PRCP anomalies (7 dyears and 30 days)

NASA_GPM IMERGGL PRCP anomalies (90 dyears and 180 days)

Soil Moisture Anomaly & Evaportation Anomaly

Runoff Anomaly & SWE Anomaly

SPI12 & SPEI12

SMP12 & ROP12

SPI6 & SPEI6

SMP6 & ROP6

SPI3 & SPEI3

SMP3 & ROP3

Recent SPI1 & SPEI1

FLDAS Snow Depth & Anomaly

FLDAS SWE & Anomaly

Evaporative Demand Drought Index (EDDI) & Vegetation Health Index (VHI)

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