Datasets

Lubuge

Sample

climatic

data

This is the sample dataset used in the examples of the scPDSI package.
It includes monthly precipitation (<code>P</code>, in mm) and potential
evapotranspiration (<code>PE</code>) for the Lubuge Bouyei and Miao Minority
Autonomous County (104.5 degree E, 24.75 degree N) from 1960 to 2016
(total 57 years). Lubuge is also the centroid of the severe drought
disaster of 2009-2010 in the southwest China.

datasets

Calculating the monthly conventional and self-calibrating Palmer
Drought Severity Index (PDSI and scPDSI) using the precipitation and potential
evapotranspiration data. The function to calculate PDSI is based on the C++
source codes developed by Nathan Wells, Steve Goddard and Michael J. Hayes,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Reference: Palmer W. (1965). Meteorological drought.
U.s.department of Commerce Weather Bureau Research Paper,
<https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/temp-and-precip/drought/docs/palmer.pdf>;
Wells N., Goddard S., Hayes M. J. (2004). A Self-Calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index.
Journal of Climate, 17(12):2335-2351, <DOI:10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017%3C2335:ASPDSI%3E2.0.CO;2>.

Ruida Zhong

scPDSI

Calculation of the Conventional and Self-Calibrating Palmer
Drought Severity Index

Xiaohong Chen

Zhaoli Wang

Chengguang Lai

Steve Goddard

Nathan Wells

Mike Hayes

Datasets function

<code>Lubuge</code> dataset:<dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>P</dt><dd>monthly precipitation totals [mm].</dd>
 <dt>PE</dt><dd>monthly potential evapotranspiration totals [mm].</dd>
</dl>

Format

Datasets for illustrating the functions in the scPDSI package. — Datasets

<code>Lubuge</code> dataset:<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
 <dt>P</dt><dd>monthly precipitation totals [mm].</dd>
 <dt>PE</dt><dd>monthly potential evapotranspiration totals [mm].</dd>
</dl>

Datasets for illustrating the functions in the scPDSI package.

Datasets: Datasets for illustrating the functions in the scPDSI package.

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