Enhancing Famine Early Warning Systems with Improved Forecasts, Satellite Observations and Hydrologic Simulations
Chris C Funk1, James Verdin2, Wassila Mamadu Thiaw3, Andrew Hoell4, Driba Korecha5, Amy McNally6, Shraddhanand Shukla7, Kristi R Arsenault8, Tamuka Magadzire9, Nicholas Novella10, Christa D Peters-Lidard11, Miliaritiana Robjohn10, Catherine Pomposi12, Gideon Galu13, James Rowland14, Michael E Budde15, Martin Francis Landsfeld16, Laura Harrison17, Dr. Frank Davenport IV, PhD18, Gregory J Husak19 and Endalkachew Endalkachew10, (1)University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Geography Department, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (2)US Agency for International Development, Washington, United States, (3)NOAA NWS Weather Prediction Center, College Park, United States, (4)NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)National Meteorology Agency Ethiopia, Addis ababa, Ethiopia, (6)Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD, United States, (7)UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (8)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (9)FEWS NET, Gaborone, Botswana, (10)Climate Prediction Center College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (11)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (12)US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, United States, (13)FEWS NET, Nairobi, Kenya, (14)U.S. Geological Survey, Sioux Falls, United States, (15)Earth Resources Observation Systems Sioux Falls, Sioux Falls, United States, (16)University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Group, Santa Barbara, United States, (17)University of California Santa Barbara, Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (18)University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (19)USGS, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
