Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)

grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan-Jun 1979) to (Jul-Dec 1987) by 1.0 N= 103 pts :grid

Longitude (longitude)

grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (1.25E) to (1.25W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid

Latitude (latitude)

grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (88.75N) to (88.75S) by 2.5 N= 72 pts :grid

Other Info

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8

CE

3.0999999

CS

-3.0999999

datatype

doublearraytype

file_missing_value

-9.9899998

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254

missing_value

NaN

pointwidth

0

scale_max

3.0999999

scale_min

-3.0999999

technique

OPI

units

unitless

colorscale

References

Guttman, N. B., 1999: Accepting the Standandardized Precipitation Index: a calculation algorithm. J. Amer. Water Resour. Assoc., 35(2), 311-322

McKee, T.B., N. J. Doesken, and J. Kliest, 1993: The relationship of drought frequency and duration to time scales. In Proceedings of the 8th Conference of Applied Climatology, 17-22 January, Anaheim, CA. American Meterological Society, Boston, MA. 179-184.

McKee, T.B., N.J. Doesken, and J. Kliest, 1995: Drought monitoring with multiple time scales. In Proceedings of the 9th Conference of Applied Climatology, 15-20 January, Dallas TX. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. 233-236

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