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NCAR CGD CAS Indices
NCAR CGD CAS Indices: Palmer Drought Severity Index from the National Center for Atmospheric Research.Documents
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Datasets and variables
| Palmer Drought Severity Index | NCAR CGD CAS Indices PDSI[ X Y | T] |
| 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 1860) to (Dec 1995) by 1.0 N= 1632 pts :grid |
| Longitude (longitude) | grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (180W) to (177.5E) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid |
| Latitude (latitude) | grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (58.75S) to (76.25N) by 2.5 N= 55 pts :grid |
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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