On April 11 2023, EO Africa Research & Development Facility will offer an online webinar describing ways to monitor drought events using microwave Earth Observation data. The existing methods for calculating climate normals, anomalies and drought indicators will be described and demonstrated over Africa. The strength and weaknesses of the indicators and an evaluation with common drought indicators such as the Standardized Precipitation Index will be discussed. Furthermore, the use of soil moisture for early-season yield prediction will also be discussed.
The webinar will be 75 minutes, followed by a live Q&A session. There will be a live chat available as well.
The webinar will be executed under the framework of the EO Africa Research & Development Facility by TU Wien.
