@idefix37 Hello! We appreciate your interest in new drought monitoring layers. Soil types and plant cover are considered. The current model uses vegetation information from ERA5-Land and information about the soil types based on the SoilGrids product.

@wadhwa Hello, you can find more detailed information about the model setup in Řehoř et al. 2021.

@jgbrown14 Hello, which drought monitoring layer are you referring to? Both Drought Intensity and Moisture anomaly show deviation from the long-term average for a specific place and time. For these, too, there might still be a negative anomaly if the soil is drier than usual (average of 1961-2010 period). On the other hand, the Soil Moisture layer shows actual modelled soil moisture content, so in case of a heavy rain event, this one should capture it in "real-time".