Afghanistan Drought Early Warning Decision Support (AF-DEWS)
World Bank-supported cloud-based drought early warning system with meteorological, hydrological, and agricultural drought monitoring for food security
mew.gov.af
At a glance
- Region
- Afghanistan (Asia)
- Coverage
- Afghanistan nationwide with focus on drought-prone agricultural regions
- Access
- Limited
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- Meteorological Drought Indices
- Hydrological Drought Monitoring
- Agricultural Drought Assessments
- Precipitation Data
- Drought Thresholds
- Seasonal Weather Forecasts
- Food Security Data
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Drought indices
Track SPI and SPEI style indices for declarations and relief.
Because it has: Meteorological Drought Indices
- 02
Planning
Plan reservoir releases and cropping for a dry year.
- 03
Design flows
Estimate 1-in-50 and 1-in-100 year floods for bridges, culverts and spillways.
Because it has: Hydrological Drought Monitoring
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Onset forecasts
Predict drought onset months ahead from climate signals.
- 02
One risk score
Combine many indices into a single, explainable risk score.
- 03
Flow forecasting
Train LSTM-style models on past records to forecast river levels and flow days ahead.
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