A High Resolution Dataset of Drought Indices for Spain

Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano, Miquel Tomas-Burguera, Santiago Beguería, Fergus Reig, Borja Latorre, Marina Peña-Gallardo, M. Yolanda Luna, Ana Morata and José C. González-Hidalgo
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Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano: Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE–CSIC), 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
Miquel Tomas-Burguera: Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EEAD-CSIC), 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
Santiago Beguería: Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EEAD-CSIC), 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
Fergus Reig: Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE–CSIC), 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
Borja Latorre: Estación Experimental de Aula Dei, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EEAD-CSIC), 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
Marina Peña-Gallardo: Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IPE–CSIC), 50059 Zaragoza, Spain
M. Yolanda Luna: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, 28071 Madrid, Spain
Ana Morata: Agencia Estatal de Meteorología, 28071 Madrid, Spain
José C. González-Hidalgo: Departamento de Geografía, Universidad de Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain

Data, 2017, vol. 2, issue 3, 1-10

Abstract: Drought indices are essential metrics for quantifying drought severity and identifying possible changes in the frequency and duration of drought hazards. In this study, we developed a new high spatial resolution dataset of drought indices covering all of Spain. The dataset includes seven drought indices, spans the period 1961–2014, and has a spatial resolution of 1.1 km and a weekly temporal resolution. A web portal has been created to enable download and visualization of the data. The data can be downloaded as single gridded points for each drought index, but the entire drought index dataset can also be downloaded in netCDF4 format. The dataset will be updated for complete years as the raw meteorological data become available.

Keywords: Gridded data; Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI); Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI); Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C8 C80 C81 C82 C83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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