A pan-African high-resolution drought index dataset

Peng, Jian; Dadson, Simon; Hirpa, Feyera; Dyer, Ellen; Lees, Thomas; Miralles, Diego G.; Vicente-Serrano, Sergio M.; Funk, Chris

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-753-2020

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-753-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-753-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 12, issue 1

Data description paper

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31 Mar 2020

Data description paper |

| 31 Mar 2020

A pan-African high-resolution drought index dataset

Jian Peng, Simon Dadson, Feyera Hirpa, Ellen Dyer, Thomas Lees, Diego G. Miralles, Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano, and Chris Funk

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Final revised paper (published on 31 Mar 2020)
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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review report', Anonymous Referee #1, 22 Oct 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #1', Jian Peng, 13 Jan 2020
SC1: 'Comments on the paper "A pan-African high-resolution drought index dataset"', Gebremedhin Haile, 25 Oct 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Gebremedhin Haile', Jian Peng, 13 Jan 2020
RC2: 'Comments on the manuscript entitled "A pan-African high-resolution drought index dataset"', Anonymous Referee #2, 01 Nov 2019
- AC3: 'Response to Anonymous Referee #2', Jian Peng, 13 Jan 2020

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Jian Peng on behalf of the Authors (22 Jan 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (22 Feb 2020) by Alexander Gelfan

AR by Jian Peng on behalf of the Authors (01 Mar 2020) Manuscript

Short summary

Africa has been severely influenced by intense drought events, which has led to crop failure, food shortages, famine, epidemics and even mass migration. The current study developed a high spatial resolution drought dataset entirely from satellite-based products. The dataset has been comprehensively inter-compared with other drought indicators and may contribute to an improved characterization of drought risk and vulnerability and minimize drought's impact on water and food security in Africa.