Soil Moisture (Water) Assessment service provides decadal information about moisture conditions at different soil depth for Africa. This information are based on the 10-days Soil Water Index (SWI mean computed on a period of 10 days) of the Copernicus Global Land Service, which quantifies the moisture condition at various time intervals and soil depths. The soil moisture, up to 5cm soil depth, is recognized as an Essential Climate Variable (ECV) by the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS).
Soil Water Monitoring (SWM), 10x10km
The service provides a multi-band (17) raster, in geotiff format and quantifies the DAILY moisture condition at various depths in the soil. It is mainly driven by the precipitation via the process of infiltration.Bands 1-8 gives the moisture, in percentage, at different time lengths corresponding to different soil depths. Approximatively: band 1: 0.5cm, band 2: 1.2cm, band 3: 2.5cm, band 4: 4cm, band 5: 5cm, band 6: 10cm, band 7: 40cm, band 8: 100cm. The range of values is 0-100%, water bodies = -1100, Out of the ROI = -1111. Bands 9-16 gives the quality flag for the different 8-time lengths. It describes the level of confidence that the SWI calculation has had sufficient data, of acceptable quality, within the characteristic time length (T), to derive a meaningful SWM value. Band 17 gives the Surface State Flag.
- Soil Water Monitoring (SWM), 10x10km, Africa
- Soil Water Monitoring (SWM), 10x10km, Ethiopia
- Soil Water Monitoring (SWM), 10x10km, Ghana
- Soil Water Monitoring (SWM), 10x10km, Kenya
- Soil Water Monitoring (SWM), 10x10km, Mozambique
- Soil Water Monitoring (SWM), 10x10km, Niger
- Soil Water Monitoring (SWM), 10x10km, Rwanda
- Soil Water Monitoring (SWM), 10x10km, South Africa
- Soil Water Monitoring (SWM), 10x10km, Tunisia
Soil Water Index (SWI10), 10x10km
The service provide a multi-band (17) raster, in geotiff format and quantifies the 10-days averaged moisture condition at various depths in the soil. Bands 1-8 give the moisture, in percentage, at different time lengths corresponding to different soil depths. Approximatively: band 1: 0.5cm, band 2: 1.2cm, band 3: 2.5cm, band 4: 4cm, band 5: 5cm, band 6: 10cm, band 7: 40cm, band 8: 100cm. The range of values is 0-100%.The Bands 9 – 16 gives the quality flag for the different 8 time lengths and describes the level of confidence that the SWI calculation has had sufficient data, of acceptable quality, within the characteristic time length (T), to derive a meaningful SWM value. Range values: 0 – 100 %. Bands 17-24 contain the percentage of valid observations in the averaging period with range values: 0 – 100 %, water bodies = -1100, Out of the ROI = -1111.
- Soil Water Index (SWI10), 10x10km, Africa
- Soil Water Index (SWI10), 10x10km, Ethiopia
- Soil Water Index (SWI10), 10x10km, Ghana
- Soil Water Index (SWI10), 10x10km, Kenya
- Soil Water Index (SWI10), 10x10km, Mozambique
- Soil Water Index (SWI10), 10x10km, Niger
- Soil Water Index (SWI10), 10x10km, Rwanda
- Soil Water Index (SWI10), 10x10km, South Africa
- Soil Water Index (SWI10), 10x10km, Tunisia
Soil Water Condition Index (SWCI), 10x10km
Soil Water Condition Index (SWCI) is based on the AfriCRS Soil Water monitoring (SWM) service. The service allows a comparison between the actual values of SWI10 (10-days SWI) and the averaged, max and min value computed for the same days of the year in the previous 10 years. Therefore, the maps allow to detect any significant changes in soil moisture compared with previous years, which could have a serious impact on agricultural productivity, forestry and ecosystem health. Bands 1-8 give the moisture, in percentage, at different time lengths corresponding to different soil depths. Approximatively: band 1: 0.5cm, band 2: 1.2cm, band 3: 2.5cm, band 4: 4cm, band 5: 5cm, band 6: 10cm, band 7: 40cm, band 8: 100cm. Range values: -632 - +632. The Bands 9 – 16 give the quality flag for the different 8 time lengths and describes the level of confidence that the SWI calculation has had sufficient data, of acceptable quality, within the characteristic time length (T), to derive a meaningful SWM value. Range values: 0 – 100 %. Bands 17-24 contain the percentage of valid observations in the averaging period with range values: 0 – 100 %, water bodies = -1100, Out of the ROI = -1111.
- Soil Water Condition Index (SWCI), 10x10km, Africa
- Soil Water Condition Index (SWCI), 10x10km, Ethiopia
- Soil Water Condition Index (SWCI), 10x10km, Ghana
- Soil Water Condition Index (SWCI), 10x10km, Kenya
- Soil Water Condition Index (SWCI), 10x10km, Mozambique
- Soil Water Condition Index (SWCI), 10x10km, Niger
- Soil Water Condition Index (SWCI), 10x10km, Rwanda
- Soil Water Condition Index (SWCI), 10x10km, South Africa
- Soil Water Condition Index (SWCI), 10x10km, Tunisia
Soil Water Accumulated Condition Index (SWACI), 10x10km (Pan-African)
Soil Water Accumulated Condition Index (SWACI) is based on the AfriCRS Soil Water monitoring (SWM) service (AfriCRS-S6-P07). The service will allow a comparison between the accumulated values of SWI10 from the start of the year and the averaged, max and min value computed for the same periods in the previous 10 years. Therefore, the maps produced by the Soil Water assessment service allows to detect any significant changes in soil moisture compared with previous years, which could have a serious impact on agricultural productivity, forestry and ecosystem health.
The SWACI has 24-bands raster, where the Bands 1 – 8 gives the SWACI values at different time lengths corresponding to different soil depths. Band 1: 0.5cm, band 2: 1.2cm, band 3: 2.5cm, band 4: 4cm, band 5: 5cm, band 6: 10cm, band 7: 40cm, band 8: 100cm. Range values: -5 - +5. The Bands 9 – 16 gives the quality flag for the different 8 time lengths and describes the level of confidence that the SWI calculation has had sufficient data, of acceptable quality, within the characteristic time length (T), to derive a meaningful SWM value. The range values: 0 – 100 %. Band 17-24 contains the percentage of valid observations in the averaging period with range values: 0 – 100 %, water bodies = -1100, Out of the ROI = -1111.
- Soil Water Accumulated Condition Index (SWACI), 10x10km, Africa
Soil Water Accumulated Condition Index (SWACI), 10x10km (Countries)
Soil Water Accumulated Condition Index (SWACI) is based on the AfriCRS Soil Water monitoring (SWM) service. The service allows a comparison between the accumulated values of SWI10 from the start of the year to the present date (SWCI) and the averaged, max and min value computed for the same periods in the previous 10 years. Therefore, the maps allow to detect any significant changes in soil moisture compared with previous years, which could have a serious impact on agricultural productivity, forestry and ecosystem health.
The SWACI has 24-bands raster, where Bands 1 – 8 give the SWACI values at different time lengths corresponding to different soil depths. Band 1: 0.5cm, band 2: 1.2cm, band 3: 2.5cm, band 4: 4cm, band 5: 5cm, band 6: 10cm, band 7: 40cm, band 8: 100cm. Range values: -5 - +5. Bands 9 – 16 give the quality flag for the different 8 time lengths and describes the level of confidence that the SWI calculation has had sufficient data, of acceptable quality, within the characteristic time length (T), to derive a meaningful SWM value. Range values: 0 – 100 %. Band 17-24 contains the percentage of valid observations in the averaging period with range values: 0 – 100 %, water bodies = -1100, Out of the ROI = -1111.
- Soil Water Accumulated Condition Index (SWACI), 10x10km, Ethiopia
- Soil Water Accumulated Condition Index (SWACI), 10x10km, Ghana
- Soil Water Accumulated Condition Index (SWACI), 10x10km, Kenya
- Soil Water Accumulated Condition Index (SWACI), 10x10km, Mozambique
- Soil Water Accumulated Condition Index (SWACI), 10x10km, Niger
- Soil Water Accumulated Condition Index (SWACI), 10x10km, Rwanda
- Soil Water Accumulated Condition Index (SWACI), 10x10km, South Africa
- Soil Water Accumulated Condition Index (SWACI), 10x10km, Tunisia