Publications by authors named "Kimberly Slinski"
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- Early warning systems for crop failures need to predict yields 6 to 12 months in advance, but such forecasts are currently limited.
- Recent advancements in climate forecasting have shown that it is possible to create skillful preseason crop yield forecasts for major crops like maize and wheat.
- These skillful forecasts can cover significant areas globally, especially in regions like Southeast Africa and Southeast Asia for maize, and parts of Asia, Australia, and South America for wheat, with some forecasts accurate over 18 months prior to harvest.
Groundwater is an important source of water for people, livestock, and agriculture during drought in the Horn of Africa. In this work, areas of high groundwater use and demand in drought-prone Kenya were identified and forecasted prior to the dry season. Estimates of groundwater use were extended from a sentinel network of 69 in-situ sensored mechanical boreholes to the region with satellite data and a machine learning model.
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