Seasonal Scale Water Deficit Forecasting in East Africa and the Middle East Region Using the NMME Models Forecasts

Shraddhanand Shukla, University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Chris C Funk, University of California Santa Barbara, Climate Hazards Center, Geography Department, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Benjamin F Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, Bala Narapusetty, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Kristi R Arsenault, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Hydrologic Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Christa D Peters-Lidard, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States