Global Precipitation Climatology Centre Drought Database

This dataset can be used to obtain near real-time data of meteorological drought hazards.

Date (Publication)

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Custodian

The Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC): operated by DWD under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) - Dr. Andreas Becker ( )

http://www.dwd.de/EN/ourservices/gpcc/gpcc.html ftp://ftp-anon.dwd.de/pub/data/gpcc/html/download_gate.html

Presentation form: Digital map

Purpose: Mapping meteorological drought hazard

Credit: Ziese, Markus; Becker, Andreas; Finger, Peter; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Rudolf, Bruno; Schneider, Udo (2013): GPCC Drought Index Product (GPCC_DI) at 1.0° . DOI: 10.5676/DWD_GPCC/DI_M_100

Custodian

The Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC): operated by DWD under the auspices of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), gpcc@dwd.de

Maintenance and update frequency: Daily

Update scope: Dataset

Theme

Type: Dataset
Type of Drought: Meteorological Drought
Application: Mapping meteorological drought hazard
Extent: global

Use limitation: None

Access constraints: Intellectual property rights

Use constraints: Other restrictions

Date

Spatial representation type: Vector

Spatial resolution

Distance: Aggregation period: 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24, 48 months

Distance: Spatial scale: 1

Spatial resolution

No information provided.

Metadata language: eng

Description: global

Begin date: 1952

End date: near real-time

Date (Revision)

Reference system identifier: EPSG / Spatial_reference / 7.9

Distribution format

( Various )

OnLine resource

http://www.dwd.de/EN/ourservices/gpcc/gpcc.html ftp://ftp-anon.dwd.de/pub/data/gpcc/html/download_gate.html

http://www.dwd.de/EN/ourservices/gpcc/gpcc.html

ftp://ftp-anon.dwd.de/pub/data/gpcc/html/download_gate.html

Hierarchy level: Series

Description: global

Temporal Extent

No information provided.

Vertical extent

Dataset: Mapping meteorological drought hazard

Non quantitative attribute accuracy

Measure description: peer-reviewed

Evaluation Method: Direct internal

Conformance result

Date (Revision)

Pass

Conformance result

Date

Completeness omission

Name of measure: Codelist omission

Evaluation Method: Direct internal

Conformance result

Date (Revision)

Pass

Statement: Data requirements to use: None;

Data used: GPCC precipitation, NOAA global surface air temperature ;

Data format: netcdf;

Data access: website/ftp;

Concise description:

The GPCC drought index is a standardized anomaly of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration regarding to long term means. Precipitation data are taken from GPCC's First Guess product and temperature data from "NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Monthly Global Surface Air Temperature Data Set". Aggregation periods of 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24 and 48 months are calculated. The drought index is available from 2013 until near real-time. The retrospective GPCC drought index is a standardized anomaly of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration regarding long term means for the period 1952 to 2013. Precipitation data are taken from GPCC's "Full Data Monthly" product and temperature data from "NOAA's Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Monthly Global Surface Air Temperature Data Set". Aggregation periods of 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 24 and 48 months are calculated. The retrospective GPCC drought index is available from 1952 - 2013. ""