Recent drought prevalence in the Limpopo River Basin: insights from the digital twin platform

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cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationAssociation for Water and Rural Development (AWARD), Hoedspruit, South Africaen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.donorLeona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trusten
cg.contributor.initiativeDigital Innovation
cg.coverage.countryBotswana
cg.coverage.countryMozambique
cg.coverage.countrySouth Africa
cg.coverage.countryZimbabwe
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2BW
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MZ
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZA
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ZW
cg.coverage.subregionLimpopo River Basin
cg.creator.identifierSurajit Ghosh: 0000-0002-3928-2135
cg.creator.identifierKayathri Vigneswaran: 0009-0004-4573-7978
cg.creator.identifierChris Dickens: 0000-0002-4251-7767
cg.creator.identifierMariangel Garcia: 0000-0002-4145-0847
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-025-02133-yen
cg.identifier.iwmilibraryH053482
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn0974-3006en
cg.journalJournal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensingen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.river.basinLIMPOPOen
dc.contributor.authorGhosh, Surajiten
dc.contributor.authorVigneswaran, Kayathrien
dc.contributor.authorDickens, Chrisen
dc.contributor.authorRetief, H.en
dc.contributor.authorGarcia Andarcia, Mariangelen
dc.date.accessioned2025-02-28T05:46:38Zen
dc.date.available2025-02-28T05:46:38Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/173427
dc.titleRecent drought prevalence in the Limpopo River Basin: insights from the digital twin platformen
dcterms.abstractThe Limpopo River Basin (LRB), a transboundary river basin extending over Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, and Zimbabwe, is highly vulnerable to drought. This manuscript analyzes drought conditions in the LRB using Earth Observation (EO) datasets and key drought indices such as the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Vegetation Condition Index (VCI). The year 2023, marked by the El Niño phenomenon, exacerbated dry conditions, resulting in prolonged water shortages and reduced agricultural output. Approximately 37% of the basin has been experiencing drought since the 2023–2024 cropping season, impacting ecosystems and crop yields. The present manuscript presents a comprehensive analysis of drought conditions in the LRB and applications of the Digital Twin platform for the LRB to support resource allocation for agricultural planning. Integrating multiple near real-time datasets, the platform enables policymakers to visualize and analyze drought conditions, enhancing decision-making for sustainable resource management and food security in the basin.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2025-02-14
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGhosh, Surajit; Vigneswaran, Kayathri; Dickens, Chris; Retief, H.; Garcia Andarcia, Mariangel. 2025. Recent drought prevalence in the Limpopo River Basin: insights from the digital twin platform. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 8p. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-025-02133-y]en
dcterms.extent8p.en
dcterms.issued2025-02
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.subjectdroughten
dcterms.subjectmonitoringen
dcterms.subjectdigital technologyen
dcterms.subjectdatasetsen
dcterms.subjectriver basinsen
dcterms.subjectprecipitationen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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