All water data sources
FreeResearchEurope

European Drought Observatory (EDO)

European drought monitoring system from Copernicus

copernicus.eu

At a glance

Region
Europe
Coverage
European coverage
Access
Free
Category
Research
Last updated
2025

What's inside

  • Drought
  • Monitoring
  • Early Warning
  • Europe

Terms explained

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    Drought indices

    Track SPI and SPEI style indices for declarations and relief.

    Because it has: Drought

  2. 02

    Planning

    Plan reservoir releases and cropping for a dry year.

  3. 03

    History

    Compare this year with the worst droughts on record.

Where AI adds value

Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.

  1. 01

    Onset forecasts

    Predict drought onset months ahead from climate signals.

  2. 02

    One risk score

    Combine many indices into a single, explainable risk score.

  3. 03

    Impact links

    Connect drought to yields, prices and migration with ML.

Find more water data

Search and compare 1,900+ water data sources by region, type and access.