EDO Standardized Precipitation Index E-OBS, 6-month accumulation period (SPI-6) (version 2.0.0)

Description

The 6-month Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI-6) is an indicator used to monitor meteorological drought based on precipitation anomalies over 6-month accumulation periods. SPI-6 serves as a proxy for medium-term impacts, such as reduced stream flow and reservoir storage. The input data for calculating the SPI-6 is E-OBS (ECA&D (European Climate Assessment & Dataset) observational dataset), version 30.0e.

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): EDO Standardized Precipitation Index E-OBS, 6-month accumulation period (SPI-6) (version 2.0.0). European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) [Dataset] PID: http://data.europa.eu/89h/96591da1-112f-45c0-8288-5fcbd7024dd3

Keywords

Copernicus CEMS Drought E-OBS Precipitation Precipitation Anomaly European Drought Observatory (EDO) SPI

Data access

Data Download Service URL

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Access conditions: No limitations

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 ((-25 71.5, 45.5 71.5, 45.5 25, -25 25, -25 71.5))

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: 2025-02-21
Landing page: https://drought.emergency.copernicus.eu/
Language(s): English
Data theme(s): Environment
Update frequency: monthly
Identifier: http://data.europa.eu/89h/96591da1-112f-45c0-8288-5fcbd7024dd3
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