Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2010 · 434 citations · 12 references
Natural SciencesEarth SciencesMeteorologyClimate ScienceClimatologyHydrometeorologyClimate ChangeClimate Data AnalysisClimate VariabilityDroughtDrought Impact AssessmentDrought ModelingDrought CharacterizationDrought Impact Trend AnalysisDrought Prediction ModelsDrought ProjectionsDrought Trend AnalysisDrought TrendsMultiscale Drought AssessmentRegional Drought Analysis
A new multiscalar drought dataset, \nthe SPEIbase, made available to the scientific and management community is presented. The multiscalar \ncharacter of the dataset allows finding the \nmost appropriate time scale of interest for a specific application, so potential uses of the dataset range over a wide variety of disciplines. The dataset (in three file \nformats) is distributed under an open license. Further work includes updating the dataset past December 2006, depending on the data availability.
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