Canadian Drought Outlook

Canadian Drought Outlook 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. 2023-02-28 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada Agri-Geomatics-Agrog@agr.gc.ca AgricultureNature and EnvironmentScience and TechnologyDrought ForecastClimateWeatherWeather forecastsFarmlandsMeteorologyTemperatureAgricultureDrought Data Product Specification (English)PDF https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/droughtOutlook/supportdocument_documentdesupport/en/ISO_19131_Drought_Outlook_-_Data_Product_Specification.pdf Pre-packaged FGDB filesFGDB/GDB https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/droughtOutlook/data_donnees/fgdb/ Pre-packaged geoJSON filesGEOJSON https://agriculture.canada.ca/atlas/data_donnees/droughtOutlook/data_donnees/geojson/drought_outlook_geojson.zip Pre-packaged SHP filesSHP 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/ Canadian Drought Outlook (English)ESRI REST https://services.arcgis.com/lGOekm0RsNxYnT3j/arcgis/rest/services/Drought_Outlook/FeatureServer Canadian Drought Outlook (French)ESRI REST https://services.arcgis.com/lGOekm0RsNxYnT3j/arcgis/rest/services/Perspectives_de_secheresse/FeatureServer 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

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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Electronic Mail Address: Agri-Geomatics-Agrog@agr.gc.ca

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