Palmer Drought Severity Index from NCAR CGD CAS Indices: Palmer Drought Severity Index from the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time (time)
- grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (16 Jan 1860 - 15 Feb 1860) to (16 Nov 1995 - 15 Dec 1995) by 1.0 N= 1631 pts :grid
- Longitude (longitude)
- grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (178.75E) to (176.25E) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
- Latitude (latitude)
- grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (57.5S) to (75N) by 2.5 N= 54 pts :grid
Other Info
- file_missing_value
- -99999.0
- missing_value
- NaN
- units
- 39393.6762001409 radian-2 east year-1
References
Heddinghaus, T.R. and P. Sabol, 1991: A review of the Palmer Drought Severity Index and where do we go from here? Proceedings, 7th Conf. on Appl. Climatol., 10-13 September 1991, Boston: American Meteorological Society, 242-246.
Guttman, N.B., 1991: A sensitivity analysis of the Palmer Hydrologic Drought Index. Water Resour. Bull., 27, 797-807.
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