Canadian Drought Outlook

Agriculture is an important primary production sector in Canada. Agricultural production, profitability, sustainability and food security depend on many agrometeorological factors, including drought. The Canadian Drought Outlook predicts whether drought across Canada will emerge, stay the same or get better over the target month. The drought outlook is issued on the first Thursday of each calendar month and is valid for 32 days from that date.

This series of datasets has been created by AAFC’s National Agroclimate Information Service (NAIS) of the Agro-Climate, Geomatics and Earth Observations (ACGEO) Division of the Science and Technology Branch. The Canadian Drought Outlook maps are generated using Environment and Climate Change Canada’s (ECCC) Global Ensemble Prediction (GEPs) forecast data. Agroclimate indices, such as the Standard Precipitation Index (SPI), the Standard Precipitation Evaporation Index (SPEI), and the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) are calculated using the GEPs forecast data. These indices are then combined with the current Canadian drought assessment to predict future changes in drought.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2020-12-01
Date ( RI_366 )
2020-09-01
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada;Science and Technology Branch/Agri-Climate, Geomatics and Earth Observation/National Agroclimate Information Service
Canada
http://agriculture.canada.ca
Presentation form
mapDigital;carteNumérique RI_391
Status
onGoing; enContinue RI_596
Maintenance and update frequency
daily; quotidien RI_533
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • Drought Forecast
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Climate
  • Weather
  • Weather forecasts
  • Farmlands
  • Meteorology
  • Temperature
  • Agriculture
  • Drought
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
grid; grille RI_636
Metadata language
english; french CAN
Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
  • Farming
Begin date
2020-12-04
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 / 8.3.4
Distribution format
  • FGDB/GDB ( 10.1 )

  • GEOJSON ( 1 )

  • SHP ( 1 )

RI_414
  Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch
Canada
http://agriculture.canada.ca
OnLine resource
Data Product Specification (English) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Pre-packaged FGDB files ( HTTPS )

Dataset;FGDB/GDB;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Pre-packaged geoJSON files ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GEOJSON;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Pre-packaged SHP files ( HTTPS )

Dataset;SHP;eng,fra

OnLine resource
Pre-packaged Maps (English) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;PDF;eng

OnLine resource
Pre-packaged Maps (French) ( HTTPS )

Dataset;PDF;fra

OnLine resource
Canadian Drought Outlook (English) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
Canadian Drought Outlook (French) ( HTTPS )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
Data Product Specification (French) ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;PDF;fra

File identifier
2c82daab-f6d9-4b19-96b5-238249e09fb9 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2022-12-19T13:25:42
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_414
  Government of Canada; Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada; Science and Technology Branch
Canada
http://agriculture.canada.ca
 
 

Overviews

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overview
droughtOutlook.JPG

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