Afghanistan climate and weather data

The International Best Track Archive for Climate Stewardship (IBTrACS) project is the most complete global collection of tropical cyclones available. It merges recent and historical tropical cyclone data from multiple agencies to create a unified, publicly available, best-track dataset that improves inter-agency comparisons. Fields available: SID: A unique storm identifier (SID) assigned by IBTrACS algorithm. ISO_TIME: Time of the observation in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss) BASIN: Basin of the current storm position SUBBASIN: Sub-basin of the current storm position NATURE: Type of storm (a combination of the various types from the available sources) NUMBER: Number of the storm for the year (restarts at 1 for each year LAT: Mean position - latitude (a combination of the available positions) LON: Mean position - longitude (a combination of the available positions) WMO_WIND: Maximum sustained wind speed assigned by the responsible WMO agency WMO_PRES: Minimum central pressure assigned by the responsible WMO agency.

The Combined Drought Indicator (CDI) dataset identifies different drought classes and their extent, focusing on vegetated areas (at risk, affected, and recovering). It integrates three complementary indicators — Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), Soil Moisture Index Anomaly (SMA), and FAPAR anomaly — to capture meteorological, agricultural, and vegetation drought conditions. The dataset consists of raster maps with a spatial resolution of ~5 km at the Equator, using WGS84 (EPSG:4326) as the coordinate system. Data are available from 2012 to the present, updated every 10 days, which is suitable for monitoring short-term crop stress. Produced operationally by the European Drought Observatory (EDO), the CDI maps are freely accessible online. Recent updates include: CDIv3 (March 2023): integration of static crop masks to limit analysis to active growing seasons. CDIv4 (June 2024): introduction of dynamic snow masks and a new soil moisture input based on EFAS v5. More: https://drought.emergency.copernicus.eu/data/factsheets/factsheet_combinedDroughtIndicator_v4.pdf