European Drought Observatory
Real-time drought monitoring and forecasting for Europe
edo.jrc.ec.europa.eu
At a glance
- Region
- Europe
- Coverage
- European continent
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Regional
- Last updated
- 2024
What's inside
- Drought Indices
- Soil Moisture
- Precipitation Deficit
- Forecasts
Terms explained
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: Drought Indices
- 02
Planning
Plan reservoir releases and cropping for a dry year.
- 03
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: Precipitation Deficit
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
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
Machine access and documentation
Open API
JRC EDO WMS/WCS services
Licence: EU/JRC open data
Listed in our registry of open water APIs, which WaterDataGPT can query live.
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