Developing a hydrological monitoring and sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasting system for South and Southeast Asian river basins

Zhou, Yifan; Zaitchik, Benjamin F.; Kumar, Sujay V.; Arsenault, Kristi R.; Matin, Mir A.; Qamer, Faisal M.; Zamora, Ryan A.; Shakya, Kiran

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-41-2021

Articles | Volume 25, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-41-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-41-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 25, issue 1

Research article

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04 Jan 2021

Research article |

| 04 Jan 2021

Developing a hydrological monitoring and sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasting system for South and Southeast Asian river basins

Yifan Zhou, Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Sujay V. Kumar, Kristi R. Arsenault, Mir A. Matin, Faisal M. Qamer, Ryan A. Zamora, and Kiran Shakya

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-41-2021-supplement

Data sets

Data associated with publication: Developing a hydrological monitoring and sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasting system for South and Southeast Asian river basins Yifan Zhou, Benjamin F. Zaitchik, Sujay V. Kumar, Kristi R. Arsenault, and Ryan A. Zamora https://doi.org/10.7281/T1/JYAHTN

Regional Drought Monitoring and Outlook System for South Asia ICIMOD http://tethys.icimod.org/apps/regionaldrought/current/

Short summary

South and Southeast Asia face significant food insecurity and hydrological hazards. Here we introduce a South and Southeast Asia hydrological monitoring and sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasting system (SAHFS-S2S) to help local governments and decision-makers prepare for extreme hydroclimatic events. The monitoring system captures soil moisture variability well in most regions, and the forecasting system offers skillful prediction of soil moisture variability 2–3 months in advance, on average.