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Groundwater and Soil Moisture Conditions from GRACE Data Assimilation

Groundwater and soil moisture drought indicators based on terrestrial water storage observations derived from GRACE satellite data and integrated with other observations, produced each week by NASA

Period of Record
2003 - Present
File Format
images
pdf
xml
other
Data Type
Satellite

Historical Drought Data & Conditions Tool: U.S. Drought Portal

 The U.S. Drought Portal's Historical Data & Conditions Tool displays three historical drought datasets side by side on an interactive time series graph and map: U.S.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Various
File Format
csv
json
xml
Data Type
Land-based Station
Paleoclimate

Historical Water Watcher

This tool, available as part of The Climate Toolbox, provides maps and summary tables of different drought types, such as agricultural and meteorological drought, for a location in the contiguous U

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
Current Conditions, Historical data (period of record varies)
File Format
images
pdf
Data Type
Land-based Station
Model
Satellite

HydroData

HydroData is the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s hydrologic database access portal.

Data Coverage
United States
File Format
images
csv
json
Data Type
Land-based Station