NACP Australian Drought Monitor
Northern Australia Climate Program Australian Combined Drought Indicator (SPI, soil moisture, ET, NDVI) drought monitor, served as an interactive map of national drought status by location.
nacp.org.au
At a glance
- Region
- Australia (Oceania)
- Coverage
- Australia
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Academic
- Last updated
- 2026
What's inside
- drought monitor
- combined drought indicator
- SPI
- soil moisture
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 monitor
- 02
Planning
Plan reservoir releases and cropping for a dry year.
- 03
Irrigation scheduling
Decide when and how much to irrigate.
Because it has: soil moisture
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
Field-scale ET
Estimate crop water use per field by combining satellite and weather with ML.
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