Weighted Anomaly Standardized Precipitation Index (WASP)

This index can be used to determine and characterize meteorological, hydrological andagricultural drought hazards on a monthly basis. (source WMO and GWP, 2016)

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http://www.droughtmanagement.info/indices/
Presentation form
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Purpose

Mapping meteorological drought hazard, Mapping agricultural drought hazard, Mapping hydrological drought hazard
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Custodian
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Maintenance and update frequency
Daily
Update scope
Indices
Theme

  • Type: Indices

  • Type of Drought: Meteorological, Agricultural, Hydrological Drought

  • Application: Mapping meteorological drought hazard, Mapping agricultural drought hazard, Mapping hydrological drought hazard

  • Extent: Within 30° s of the equador
Use limitation

Gridded monthly precipitation data on a 0.5° by 0.5° resolution and annual precipitation
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Spatial scale: 0.5° by 0.5° resolution  

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Metadata language

eng
Description

Within 30° s of the equador
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Reference system identifier
EPSG / Spatial_reference / 7.9
Distribution format
  • ( Various )

OnLine resource
http://www.droughtmanagement.info/indices/
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Dataset

Mapping meteorological drought hazard, Mapping agricultural drought hazard, Mapping hydrological drought hazard

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Evaluation Method
Direct internal

Conformance result

Date (Revision)
Pass

Conformance result

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Completeness omission

Name of measure

Codelist omission
Evaluation Method
Direct internal

Conformance result

Date (Revision)
Pass
Statement

Data requirements to use: Gridded monthly precipitation data on a 0.5° by 0.5° resolution and annual precipitation;

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Concise description:

Used mainly in wet tropical regions to monitor developing drought, taking into account the defined wet and dry periods in the climate regime. Can be used to monitor droughts that affect agriculture and other sectors. Uses gridded monthly precipitation data on a 0.5° by 0.5° resolution, and is based on 12-month overlapping sums of weighted, standardized monthly precipitation anomalies.
File identifier
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Metadata language

eng
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Indices
Hierarchy level name

Weighted Anomaly Standardized Precipitation Index (WASP)
Date stamp
2022-02-07T11:04:54
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115:2003/19139
Metadata standard version

1.0
Custodian
  N/A - N/A ( )
http://www.droughtmanagement.info/indices/
Dataset URI

http://www.droughtmanagement.info/indices/

 
 

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Keywords

Application: Mapping meteorological drought hazard, Mapping agricultural drought hazard, Mapping hydrological drought hazard Extent: Within 30° s of the equador Type of Drought: Meteorological, Agricultural, Hydrological Drought Type: Indices

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