Dataset
High resolution Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) dataset for Africa
Abstract
This dataset consists of high spatial resolution Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) drought dataset over the whole Africa at different time scales from 1 month to 48 months. It is calculated based on precipitation estimates from the satellite-based Climate Hazards group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS) and potential evaporation estimates by the Global Land Evaporation Amsterdam Model (GLEAM).
The SPEI dataset covers the whole of the African continent for a 36-year-long period (1981–2016) at a horizontal resolution of 5 km (0.05 deg) and a monthly time resolution. The dataset is provided in NetCDF format with in a Geographic Lat/Lon projection. Due to the lower reliability of SPEI over areas with low hydro-climatic variability, the areas with barren or sparsely vegetated areas in Africa were masked out based on data from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) land surface type product (MCD12Q1).
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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. |
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The dataset was produced based on UK Space Agency's International Partnership Programme (417000001429) and delivered for archiving at the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA). |
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Data are as given by the data provider, no quality control has been performed by the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA)
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Data are netCDF formatted.
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Citations: 1
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| Peng, J., Dadson, S., Hirpa, F., Dyer, E., Lees, T., Miralles, D. G., Vicente-Serrano, S. M., & Funk, C. (2020). A pan-African high-resolution drought index dataset. Earth System Science Data, 12(1), 753â769. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-753-2020 |
Process overview
| Title | Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) |
| Abstract | The Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) is an extension of the widely used Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI). |
| Input Description | None |
| Output Description | None |
| Software Reference | None |
- long_name: Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index
- units: z value
- var_id: spei
Co-ordinate Variables
- units: degrees_north
- standard_name: latitude
- var_id: lat
- units: degrees_east
- standard_name: longitude
- var_id: lon
- standard_name: time
- var_id: time
Temporal Range
1981-01-01T00:00:00
2016-12-01T00:00:00
Geographic Extent
47.9750° |
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-27.9750° |
75.9750° |
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-41.9750° |