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Skill of large-scale seasonal drought impact forecasts
Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Environmental Sciences Department, Wageningen University and Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a,6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
Melati van der Weert
Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Environmental Sciences Department, Wageningen University and Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a,6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
Veit Blauhut
Hydrological Environmental Systems, University of Freiburg, Fahnenbergplatz, 79098 Freiburg, Germany
Henny A. J. Van Lanen
Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group, Environmental Sciences Department, Wageningen University and Research, Droevendaalsesteeg 3a,6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands
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Short summary
Present-day drought early warning systems only provide information on drought hazard forecasts. Here, we have developed drought impact functions to forecast drought impacts up to 7 months ahead using machine learning techniques, logistic regression, and random forest. Our results show that random forest produces a higher-impact forecasting skill than logistic regression. For German county levels, drought impacts can be forecasted up to 4 months ahead using random forest.
Present-day drought early warning systems only provide information on drought hazard forecasts....
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