Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)	grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan-Jun 1979) to (Nov 2003 - Apr 2004) by 1.0 N= 299 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 (88.75S) to (88.75N) by 2.5 N= 72 pts :grid

Other Info

bufferwordsize

8

CE

3.0999999

CS

-3.0999999

file_missing_value

-9.9899998

maxncolor

254

missing_value

NaN

scale_max

3.0999999

scale_min

-3.0999999

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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