EDO Soil Moisture Index (SMI) (version 3.0.1)

Description

Average root zone Soil Moisture Index (SMI) at 1 arcmin spatial resolution. The dataset is derived from 6-hourly LISFLOOD modelled soil moisture in the top two soil layers, as produced for EFAS5.

Contact

Email: JRC-EMS-DROUGHT (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecast, ECMWF
European Flood Awareness System, EFAS
European and Global Drought Observatories, EDO

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2021): EDO Soil Moisture Index (SMI) (version 3.0.1). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/a47c68f3-818f-4c41-92cc-1b94bdefcb6f

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Droughts Europe European Drought Observatory (EDO) Soil Moisture

Data access

Data Download Service (NetCDF)

Use conditions: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

Data Download URL

Use conditions: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

Data Download Service (GeoTIFF)

Use conditions: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
Access conditions: No limitations

URL

Soil Moisture Index (SMI) and Soil Moisture Anomaly (SMA) Factsheet

Use conditions: European Commission reuse notice
Access conditions: No limitations

Download

This Factsheet provides a detailed technical description of the indicator Soil Moisture Anomaly (SMA), which is implemented in the Copernicus European Drought Observatory (EDO), and used for

detecting and monitoring agricultural drought conditions.

Publications

Publication

A novel soil moisture-based drought severity index (DSI) combining water deficit magnitude and frequency

Cammalleri C, Micale F, Vogt J. A novel soil moisture-based drought severity index (DSI) combining water deficit magnitude and frequency. HYDROLOGICAL PROCESSES 30 (2); 2016. p. 289-301. JRC96439

URL

Geographic areas

Europe

Spatial coverage

GML

<gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml">  <gml:outerBoundaryIs>    <gml:LinearRing>      <gml:coordinates>50.25,72.25 -25.25,72.25 -25.25,27.257 50.25,27.257 50.25,72.25</gml:coordinates>    </gml:LinearRing>  </gml:outerBoundaryIs></gml:Polygon>

GML

<gml:Polygon xmlns:gml="http://www.opengis.net/gml/3.2">  <gml:exterior>    <gml:LinearRing>      <gml:posList>50.25 72.25 -25.25 72.25 -25.25 27.257 50.25 27.257 50.25 72.25</gml:posList>    </gml:LinearRing>  </gml:exterior></gml:Polygon>

WKT

POLYGON ((50.25 72.25, -25.25 72.25, -25.25 27.257, 50.25 27.257, 50.25 72.25))

Temporal coverage

From date	To date
1995-01-01	N/A

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2021-04-06
Modified date: 2024-11-05
Issued date: 2021-04-01
Landing page: https://drought.emergency.copernicus.eu/
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Environment
Update frequency: three times a month
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/a47c68f3-818f-4c41-92cc-1b94bdefcb6f
Popularity