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Climate Engine

Climate Engine allows users to analyze and interact with climate and earth observations for decision support related to drought, water use, agricultural, wildfire, and ecology.

Data Coverage
Global
Period of Record
Current Conditions, Historical data (period of record varies)
File Format
images
pdf
csv
Data Type
Land-based Station
Model
Satellite

Drought Impact Reporter (DIR)

Drought Impacts Reporter (DIR): an interactive database of drought impacts in the U.S., by location, data, type, and cost built from stakeholder, government, media and other reports.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
2005 - Present

Forest Drought Response Index (ForDRI)

The Forest Drought Response Index (ForDRI) is a new combined indicator tool to identify and characterize forest drought stress. The ForDRI presents a weekly depiction of drought-related forest stress across the continental U.S. 

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
Current Conditions
File Format
images
geotiff
Data Type
Blended Products

Groundwater and Soil Moisture Conditions from GRACE Data Assimilation

Groundwater and soil moisture drought indicators based on terrestrial water storage observations derived from GRACE satellite data and integrated with other observations, produced each week by NASA.

Period of Record
2003 - Present
File Format
images
pdf
xml
other
Data Type
Satellite