PDSI Palmer Drought Severity Index from NCAR CGD CAS Indices PDSI2004: Palmer Drought Severity Index (2004) from the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time (time)
- grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1870) to (Dec 2005) by 1.0 N= 1632 pts :grid
- Longitude (longitude)
- grid: /X (degree_east) ordered (180W) to (180) by 2.5 N= 145 pts :grid
- Latitude (latitude)
- grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (58.75S) to (76.25N) by 2.5 N= 55 pts :grid
Other Info
- bufferwordsize
- 8
- datatype
- doublearraytype
- file_missing_value
- -99999.0
- missing_value
- NaN
- units
- degree_east
- standard units*
- 0.0174532925199433 radian east
References
Dai, A., K. E. Trenberth, and T. Qian, 2004: A global data set of Palmer Drought Severity Index for 1870-2002: Relationship with soil moisture and effects of surface warming. J. Hydrometeorology, 5, 1117-1130
Last updated: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:27:55 GMT