Data Library ∂X [ NCAR CGD CAS Indices PDSI ]
X177.5E - 177.5E
Y60S - 77.5N
T1860-1995
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∂X [ NCAR CGD CAS Indices PDSI ]: ∂X Palmer Drought Severity Index data

PDSI ∂X Palmer Drought Severity Index from NCAR CGD CAS Indices: Palmer Drought Severity Index from the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

Documents

dataset documentation
PDSI2004replaced by PDSI2004

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 (178.75E) to (176.25E) 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

Other Info

file_missing_value
-99999.0
missing_value
NaN
units
57.2957795130823 radian-1 east

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.

Last updated: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:27:54 GMT

Data Views

TXY
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Filters

Here are some filters that are useful for manipulating data. There are actually many more available, but they have to be entered manually. See Ingrid Function Documentation for more information. Average over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
RMS (root mean square with mean *not* removed) over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
RMSA (root mean square with mean removed) over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
Maximum over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
Minimum over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
Detrend (best-fit-line) over X Y T | X Y X T Y T | X Y T |
Convert units from 57.2957795130823 radian-1 east to

Note on units