GDO Standardized Precipitation Index CHIRPS, 12-month accumulation period (SPI-12) (version 3.0.0)

Description

The 12-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-12) is an indicator used to monitor meteorological drought based on precipitation anomalies over 12-month accumulation periods. SPI-12 serves as a proxy for medium-term impacts, such as reduced stream flow and reservoir storage, and for long-term impacts, such as reduced reservoir and groundwater recharge. The input data for calculating the SPI-12 is CHIRPS (Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data) rainfall estimates from rain gauge and satellite observations, version 3.0, baseline 1991-2020.

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) (2024): GDO Standardized Precipitation Index CHIRPS, 12-month accumulation period (SPI-12) (version 3.0.0). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/922a1f71-e1a4-480b-bbd2-a5ee75bb30c9

Keywords

CEMS CHIRPS Copernicus Drought European Drought Observatory (EDO) Global Drought Observatory (GDO) Precipitation Precipitation Anomaly SPI

Data access

Data Download Service

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URL

Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) Factsheet

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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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Spatial coverage

GML

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GML

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WKT

POLYGON ((-180 50, 180 50, 180 -50, -180 -50, -180 50))

Temporal coverage

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

Additional information

Published by: European Commission, Joint Research Centre
Created date: 2024-07-02
Modified date: 2025-05-16
Issued date: 2024-07-02
Landing page: https://drought.emergency.copernicus.eu/
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Environment
Update frequency: monthly
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/922a1f71-e1a4-480b-bbd2-a5ee75bb30c9
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