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Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) – North Carolina State Climate Office

The Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) assesses the likelihood of wildfires becoming large and difficult to contain by representing the net effect of evapotranspiration and precipitation in pr

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions, Forecasts
File Format
images
csv
geotiff
Data Type
Satellite

Landscape Evaporative Response Index (LERI)

The Landscape Evaporative Response Index (LERI) is an experimental drought monitoring and early warning guidance tool that measures the anomaly in the actual evapotranspiration (ETa) from the

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
2000 - present
File Format
images
netcdf-4
Data Type
Satellite

Lawn and Garden Moisture Index

The Lawn and Garden Moisture Index measures the capacity of current soil moisture to sustain healthy lawns and gardens in the Southeast U.S. 

Data Coverage
Regional
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions
File Format
images
Data Type
Land-based Station
Radar

NASA SPoRT-LiS Soil Moisture Products

NASA’s Short-term Prediction and Transition Center – Land Information System (SPoRT-LIS) provides high-resolution (about 3-km) gridded soil moisture products in real-time to support regional and lo

Data Coverage
Puerto Rico
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions
File Format
images
geotiff
other
Data Type
Model
Radar
Satellite