Efforts Toward an Early Warning Crop Monitor for Countries at Risk

Michael E Budde1, James P Verdin2, Brian Barker3, Michael Laurence Humber4, Inbal Becker-Reshef4, Christopher Owen Justice5, Tamuka Magadzire6, Gideon Galu7, Mario Rodriguez8 and Harikishan Jayanthi9, (1)U.S. Geological Survey, Sioux Falls, United States, (2)University of Maryland, Boulder, United States, (3)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States, (4)University of Maryland College Park, Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD, United States, (5)University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States, (6)FEWS NET, Gaborone, Botswana, (7)FEWS NET, Nairobi, Kenya, (8)FEWS NET, Guatemala City, Guatemala, (9)Climate Hazards Group, Santa Barbara, CA, United States