Dataset
Global maps of monthly self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI) based on the Climatic Research Unit Time Series (CRU TS) 3.10.01 data (1901-2009)
Abstract
scPDSI consists of global maps of monthly self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI) which have been calculated for 1901-2009 based on the CRU TS 3.10.01 data sets.
The Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI) is a measure of soil moisture availability that has been
used extensively to study droughts and wet spells in the contiguous USA and elsewhere, particularly as the primary indicator of the severity and extent of recent droughts. Recently, the PDSI has become more popular as a drought metric in studies quantifying possible trends in future soil moisture availability and it has been used as the basis for reconstructing past variations in drought.
Details
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http://badc.nerc.ac.uk/view/badc.nerc.ac.uk__ATOM__ACTIVITY_577bbe8c-6768-11e3-b2eb-00163e251233
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Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
3.10.01 data files supplied by KNMI in November 2013. |
| File Format: |
Data are netCDF formatted.
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Related Documents
| G. van der Schrier et al. (2013) Reference |
Process overview
| Title | KNMI Penman-Monteith parameterization deployed on KNMI computer system based on the CRU TS data sets |
| Abstract | For details about the computation of scPDSI, please refer to van der Schrier et al. (2013) - see link below. |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
- long_name: xxx
- var_id: pdsi
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degrees_north
- standard_name: latitude
- long_name: latitude
- var_id: lat
- units: degrees_east
- standard_name: longitude
- long_name: longitude
- var_id: lon
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
Temporal Range
1901-01-01T00:00:00
2009-12-31T00:00:00
Geographic Extent
90.0000° |
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-180.0000° |
180.0000° |
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-60.0000° |