GDO Standardized Precipitation Index CPC, 3-month accumulation period (SPI-3) (version 1.0.0)

Description

The 3-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-3) is an indicator used to monitor meteorological drought based on precipitation anomalies over 3-month accumulation periods. SPI-3 serves as a proxy for medium-term impacts, such as reduced stream flow and reservoir storage. The input data for calculating the SPI-3 is CPC (NOAA (USA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) Climate Prediction Center) global precipitation.

Contact

Email: JRC-EMS-DROUGHT (at) ec.europa.eu

Contributors

European and Global Drought Observatories, EDO

How to cite

European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025): GDO Standardized Precipitation Index CPC, 3-month accumulation period (SPI-3) (version 1.0.0). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/3c6ca009-e523-4b77-9c24-58593bb49e2b

Keywords

CEMS Copernicus Drought European Drought Observatory (EDO) Global Drought Observatory (GDO) NOAA - CPC Precipitation Precipitation Anomaly SPI

Data access

Data Download Service URL

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URL

Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) Factsheet

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Download

Factsheet

Publications

Publication

The relationship of drought frequency and duration to time scale.

McKee, T.B., N.J. Doesken and J. Kleist. 1993. The relationship of drought frequency and duration to time scale. In: Proceedingsof the Eighth Conference on Applied Climatology, Anaheim, California, 17–22 January 1993. Boston, American Meteorological Society, 179–184

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Geographic areas

World

Spatial coverage

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((180 90, -180 90, -180 -90, 180 -90, 180 90))

Temporal coverage

From date	To date
1991-01-01	N/A

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2025-02-21
Modified date: 2025-03-21
Issued date: 2025-02-25
Landing page: https://drought.emergency.copernicus.eu/
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Environment
Update frequency: three times a month
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/3c6ca009-e523-4b77-9c24-58593bb49e2b
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