Tales of Dry Lands: Chronicles of Drought

Welcome to our interactive journey into the world of drought data! 🌡️💧

We’re thrilled to have you embark on this adventure with us. Whether you’re a student, a curious newcomer or a passionate environmentalist, our mission is to make the complexities of drought data understandable and engaging for you.

Feel free to explore at your own pace: we only ask that you have a basic knowledge of Python, we’ll take care of the rest.

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Are you new to studying climate data? If so, we recommend starting with the Climate toolkit for beginners, which will provide you with all the general knowledge you need to embark on this journey. Or do you already feel confident about these topics? Dive right into the Drought focus chapter and start your analysis.

We hope to provide not just knowledge, but also inspiration as you delve into the critical challenges and fascinating aspects of climate data. Welcome aboard!

The Tales of Dry Lands Team

Climate toolkit for beginners

• What is climate?
• Earth's coordinate system
• Data sources
• netCDF files

Droughts focus

• Droughts and their impacts
• Historic droughts timeline
• Drought indices

Get the data

• The Copernicus Data Store

Setting up the environment

• What you need to install

First exploration

• The Time Machine
• Mapping current global drought events
• Focus on Madagascar

Second exploration

• Quantum of Drought

Third exploration

• Access Temperature variable from ADS/CDS
• Access relative humidity
• ERA5-Land monthly averaged data from 1950 to present
• Compare to baseline (1991 to 2023)

Appendix

• Credits and license

This project is part of the Code for Earth 2024 Challanges run by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).