Agricultural Analytics
Drought Monitor
Year after year we measure record breaking temperatures. Changes in temperature often come with changes in precipitation patterns, which eventually result in dry spells or even droughts. Vista aims at monitoring such droughts from an agricultural perspective.
Vista’s drought monitor can detect, where water availability is sufficient for plant growth at the plant’s current phenological stage and, more importantly, where it is not.
Vista’s drought monitor is a map service that shows water stress for different crop types in a 5x5km raster. Satellite-based LAI is used as an input for our physical-based crop growth model PROMET. The data is evaluated based on current meteorological data, as well as the crop’s phenological development, thus detecting when and where yield loss may be expected. In turn farmers can use this information to adjust irrigation practices accordingly.
The map is shows weekly data of the water stress as a multi-day mean and the current data relative to a long-term mean of the same multi-day period. Users can thus see how current developments relate to past years. The data is updated throughout the vegetation period for each crop type (May – July for winter wheat, July – September for summer crops).
Unlike other services that analyse solely soil water content and changes in the ground water table, Vista’s drought monitor analyses data from an agricultural perspective and the plants water requirements to thrive. It can anticipate potential yield loss before it occurs.
Find out how our partner BayWa has implemented the drought monitor!
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The drought monitor service is available thoughout Europe.
Learn more about how drought monitoring can help your business!
