Daily updated drought index shows how much drought is in Hungary

A daily scale drought index (NLA) was developed by the staff of the Agricultural Research Center of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA).

The indicator calculates the drought exposure of a given plant stock taking into account the properties of a particular plant type.

The daily update of the drought index is calculated by the National Meteorological Service (OMSZ). Professionals covered the country with a grid network and calculated the amount of drought for each grid point – mta.hu wrote. (MTI)