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NASA001
NASA Giovanni / TRMM Precipitation Data (open access)
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B43
Africa 1998-2015
Monthly precipitation estimates (mm/month)
0.25° x 0.25°
https://giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov
US Government — public domain
Drought monitoring; rainfall anomaly detection; planting calendar calibration
East Africa Long Rains (March-May) showed 15-20% decline 1998-2010 vs historical baseline
[ "rainfall", "drought", "nasa", "satellite", "east-africa", "climate" ]
null
NASA002
NASA MODIS Land Surface Temperature (open access)
MOD11A2 — 8-day land surface temperature 1km
Africa
Land surface temperature (°C)
1km x 1km
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov
US Government — public domain
Heat stress for crops; urban heat island detection; drought severity proxy
null
[ "temperature", "drought", "land-surface", "nasa", "satellite" ]
null
NASA003
NASA NDVI (Vegetation Index) via MODIS (open access)
MOD13Q1 — 16-day vegetation index 250m
Africa
NDVI and EVI vegetation indices
250m x 250m
https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov
US Government — public domain
Drought early warning; crop health monitoring; rangeland condition
NDVI anomalies 6-8 weeks before ground-level drought confirmation — early warning signal
[ "ndvi", "vegetation", "drought", "early-warning", "satellite", "crops" ]
null
NASA004
NOAA Climate Prediction Center — Africa Rainfall Estimates
Africa Rainfall Climatology version 2 (ARC2)
Africa 1983-present
Daily rainfall estimates from satellite + gauge
0.1° x 0.1°
https://iridl.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.NOAA/.CPC/.FEWS/.Africa/
NOAA open data — public domain
Seasonal rainfall monitoring; FEWS NET early warning system base data
null
[ "rainfall", "noaa", "daily", "africa", "fews", "early-warning" ]
null
NASA005
USDA Foreign Agricultural Service — Production, Supply & Distribution (PSD)
Grain and oilseed production estimates by country
Africa countries
Annual production, area, yield by crop and country
null
https://apps.fas.usda.gov/psdonline/
US Government — public domain
National food balance sheets; import/export planning; price outlook
null
[ "production", "usda", "grains", "food-security", "national", "africa" ]
[ "Maize", "Sorghum", "Millet", "Wheat", "Rice", "Cassava", "Sweet potato" ]
NASA006
USDA FEWS NET — Livelihoods and Food Security Zone Maps
East Africa livelihood zone maps
Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Somalia
Livelihood zones (pastoral, agropastoral, farming) with seasonal calendars
null
https://fews.net
USAID/USDA open data
Agricultural calendar coordination; market integration; shock response targeting
null
[ "livelihoods", "food-security", "fews", "east-africa", "pastoral", "agriculture" ]
null
NOAA001
NOAA CHIRPS — Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station Data
CHIRPS v2.0 — daily/monthly rainfall 1981-present
Africa (20N-40S)
Precipitation (mm)
0.05° x 0.05° (~5km)
https://www.chc.ucsb.edu/data/chirps
Open data — freely available
Highest resolution publicly available rainfall for East Africa; drought monitoring
null
[ "rainfall", "chirps", "daily", "high-resolution", "drought", "east-africa" ]
null