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HYDRA
Active · in prep
HYdroclimate Drought & Rainfall Atlas
A global atlas linking hydroclimate variability to large-scale ocean–atmosphere climate modes. Presented at AGU Fall Meeting 2026.
ROOTS
In preparation
Harmonized Soil Moisture Database
An open-source, harmonized global soil moisture database for drought and hydroclimate analysis, with Sarah Croppers.
2021–23
Published
Extreme Years of Global Drought
2021–2023 in the context of long- and short-term hydroclimate trends, with J. Smerdon, R. Seager & B. Cook. Journal of Climate, 2026.
Publications
Papers
2026
2021–23: Extreme Years of Global Drought in the Context of Long- and Short-Term Hydroclimate Trends
Samara, A., Smerdon, J. E., Seager, R., & Cook, B. I. · Journal of Climate, 39(9), 2075–2096
Peer-reviewed
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Hydrological Drought and Rainfall Atlas: Hydroclimate variability linked to large-scale ocean–atmosphere climate modes
Samara, A., Seager, R., Smerdon, J.
In preparation
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ROOTS: A Harmonized Open-Source Global Soil Moisture Database for Drought and Hydroclimate Analysis
Samara, A., Croppers, S.
In preparation
Talks
Selected presentations
2026
The HYdroclimate Drought and Rainfall Atlas (HYDRA)
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco · December 2026
2025
Emerging Global Patterns of Persistent Drying: Climate Modes & Anthropogenic Forcing
AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans · Highlighted Oral Presentation
2025
ROOTS: A Harmonized Open-Source Global Soil Moisture Database
AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans · Oral Presentation
2024
2021 and 2022: Extreme Global Drought Across a Comprehensive Assessment of Soil-Moisture Datasets
AGU Fall Meeting, Washington D.C. · Poster