Agricultural drought is a recurring problem in the Philippines, especially during El Niño year. In this study, the performance of satellite-based drought forecasts was assessed for the entire country to determine when and where the predictions are reliable. Metrics for evaluation included the accuracy, hit rate, and false alarm rate.

This paper is part of the 41st Samahang Pisika ng Pilipinas Physics Conference (SPP 2023). These conference proceedings can be accessed for free via the SPP proceedings website upon account registration.