References | |
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official web page | ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/paleo/drought/pdsi2004/readme-pdsi-na2004.txt |
Climate Explorer URL | climexp.knmi.nl/getindices.cgi?WMO=RapidData/dai&STATION=Western_US_Drought_Index&NPERYEAR=1 |
Climate Explorer filename | RapidData/dai.dat |
Variable | |
name | DAI |
units | % |
long_name | area with PDSI lt -1 |
Ascii global metadata | |
description | Cook et al. 1999/2004 Drought Area Index for the West, Percent area occupied by drought (PDSI < -1), documentation, DAI [%] area with PDSI<-1, |