SMAP-based near real-time daily drought maps for CONUS

Sara Sadri1, Eric F Wood2, Ming Pan3 and Dennis P. Lettenmaier1, (1)University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States, (2)Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States, (3)Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes (CW3E), Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, United States