Central Asia Extended Outlook: Reservoir water levels are low with a possible drought looming, 2021. https://blog.chc.ucsb.edu/?p=1044

Elevated chances of drought in March to May 2022 rainy season in East Africa,  https://blog.chc.ucsb.edu/?p=1008.

We are pleased to announce the release of the new and reprocessed Global Land Data Assimilation System Version 2 data.  Please read the announcement of 

With the upgraded Land Surface Models (LSMs) and updated forcing data sets, the GLDAS-2.1 production stream serves as a replacement for GLDAS-1.  Therefore, the GLDAS-1 production stream will end with the March 2020 data.  The entire collection will be aviable at the

Famine Early Warning Systems Network Land Data Assimilation System (FLDAS) global data are now publicly available on Climate Engine.

NLDAS Phase 1 (NLDAS-1) data will be removed from the NASA GES DISC on 1 April 2020.

2019 Short Rains in East Africa Among the Wettest on Historical Record

6 Jan 2020: NCA-LDAS v2.0 trends data are now publicly available from the NASA GES DISC.

McNally, A., et.al. 2019, Water, 11(10), 1968; https://doi.org/10.3390/w11101968

5 Sep 2019: NCA-LDAS v2.0 Noah-3.3 LSM datasets are now publicly available from the NASA GES DISC.