Drought in West Africa: How CHIRPS and Reference Evapotranspiration can be used for Index Insurance in a Non-Stationary Setting

S Lucille Lucille Blakeley1, Gregory J Husak2, Laura Harrison3, Chris C Funk4, Daniel E Osgood5 and Pete Peterson3, (1)University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (2)USGS, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (3)University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (4)U.S. Geological Survey EROS Center / FEWS NET, Sioux Falls, United States, (5)Columbia University of New York, International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Palisades, NY, United States