Forecast drought in MENA region by predicting vegetation indicators with Machine Learning models

Sachithra Perera1, Wenzhao Li1, Hesham Mohamed El-Askary2,3, Erik Linstead4 and Thomas C. Piechota5, (1)Chapman University, Computational and Data Sciences Graduate Program, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Orange, CA, United States, (2)Alexandria University, Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Alexandria, Egypt, (3)Chapman University, Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling & Observations, Orange, CA, United States, (4)Chapman University, Schmid College of Science and Technology, Orange, CA, United States, (5)Chapman University, Orange, CA, United States