Rwanda WRSI Forecast

Bush Beans Water Requirement Satisfaction Index Forecasts in September-December season.

Rwanda has a growing season from September to December. This Maproom shows September-December Bush Beans WRSI forecast made in August in different fashion.

The default map shows, for the latest forecast made, the more likely seasonal water requirement satisfaction index in the season. Users can use the Field menu to express the forecast in different ways, as follows:

• WRSI: most likely seasonal WRSI
• Anomaly: deviation of the most likely seasonal WRSI from yearly average of the most likely seasonal WRSI predicted by the hindcast (1982-2014)
• Percent of Median: deviation in percentages of the most likely seasonal WRSI from yearly median of the most likely seasonal WRSI predicted by the hindcast (1982-2014)
• Probability of non-/exceeding a Percentile: forecast probability of seasonal WRSI to be below/above the historically observed (1982-2014) chosen percentile
• Probability of non-/exceeding a WRSI value: forecast probability of seasonal WRSI to be below/above the chosen value

The Layers button, showing when mousing over the map, will reveal in/active layers on the map. The Skill map is inactive by default and can be activated here, to be overlaid over the forecast map.

Clicking on the map will reveal information about the location clicked, as well as the full forecast distribution at that given location, compared with the historical distribution. Cumulative full distribution of the forecast (red) together with the climatological distribution (blue and black) for the forecast in view on the map shows under Probability of Exceedance, as well as the full probability distribution under Probability Distribution. If the SKill Layer is activated, a 3^rd graph will show to present the comparison of hindcast performance versus actually observed seasonal WRSI.

Dataset Documentation

Daily precipitation, minimum and maximum temperature: Rwanda ENACTS.

Total Available Water: SoilGrids GYGA .

Helpdesks

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