Canadian Drought Outlook

Description

Agriculture is an important primary production sector in Canada. Agricultural production, profitability, sustainability and food security depend on many agrometeorological factors, including drought. The Canadian Drought Outlook predicts whether drought across Canada will emerge, stay the same or get better over the target month. The drought outlook is issued on the first Thursday of each calendar month and is valid for 32 days from that date. This series of datasets has been created by AAFC’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS) of the Agro-Climate, Geomatics and Earth Observations (ACGEO) Division of the Science and Technology Branch. The Canadian Drought Outlook maps are generated using Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) Global Ensemble Prediction (GEPs) forecast data. Agroclimate indices, such as the Standard Precipitation Index (SPI), the Standard Precipitation Evaporation Index (SPEI), and the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) are calculated using the GEPs forecast data. These indices are then combined with the current Canadian drought assessment to predict future changes in drought.

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Name Format Description Link
Pre-packaged FGDB files Unknown https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/droughtOutlook/data_donnees/fgdb/
Pre-packaged geoJSON files GeoJSON https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/droughtOutlook/data_donnees/geojson/drought_outlook_geojson.zip
Pre-packaged SHP files ESRI Shape https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/droughtOutlook/data_donnees/shp/drought_outlook_shp.zip
Pre-packaged Maps (English) PDF https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/droughtOutlook/maps_cartes/en/
Pre-packaged Maps (French) PDF https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/droughtOutlook/maps_cartes/fr/
Data Product Specification (English) PDF https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/droughtOutlook/supportdocument_documentdesupport/en/ISO_19131_Drought_Outlook_-_Data_Product_Specification.pdf
Data Product Specification (French) PDF https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/droughtOutlook/supportdocument_documentdesupport/fr/Aper%c3%a7u_de_la_s%c3%a9cheresse_-_SPC_ISO_19131.pdf
Canadian Drought Outlook (English) JSON https://services.arcgis.com/lGOekm0RsNxYnT3j/arcgis/rest/services/Drought_Outlook/FeatureServer
Canadian Drought Outlook (French) JSON https://services.arcgis.com/lGOekm0RsNxYnT3j/arcgis/rest/services/Perspectives_de_secheresse/FeatureServer

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