Drought early warning system
The Drought Early Warning Assessment system uses near real-time rainfall data, weather forecasts and remote sensing data to provide early warning to MGNREGS officials and communities about the onset of droughts.
What are its key features and services?
- Provides a system for the acquisition of updated data on all the parameters related to the assessment of a drought situation on a real-time basis, with different indicators updated every 24–48 hours.
- Provides a mechanism to monitor and identify the onset of drought-like situations through Drought and impact indicators
- Diagnosis of emerging droughts based not only on rainfall patterns but on impact parameters predicting hydrological, meteorological and agricultural drought, and establishing a threshold at which to trigger alerts to MGNREGS functionaries and community . These indicators, reference values and thresholds comply with the range prescribed in the Indian Manual of Drought Management,10 enabling state governments to use the report and data generated through UNIVERSAL CRISP to initiate a drought declaration process.
How does Drought Early Warning System work?
