Global Drought Classification Dataset（1981–2014）
WU Jianjun1YANG Jianhua1
1 Faculty of Geographical Science，Beijing Normal University，Beijing 100875，China
DOI:10.3974/geodb.2017.04.10.V1
Published:Nov. 2017
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Key Words：
global,yearly,drought classification,1981-2014,0.5°X0.5°
Abstract：
Based on the 12-month scale standard precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) at December of each year, 5 levels of global drought from 1981-2014 were identified. They are: SPEI>-0.5 no drought; -1.0<SPEI≤-0.5 light drought， -1.5<SPEI≤-1.0moderate drought， -2.0<SPEI≤-1.5 severe drought，SPEI≤-2.0 very severe drought. The Global Drought Classification Dataset（1981–2014）is consisted of the following data files: (1) Yearly spatial data of global drought classification from 1981 to 2014. (2) Yearly proportion of Global Drought classification from 1981 to 2014 based on the 12-month scale SPEI. The data results show that the global light and moderate drought areas decreased from 1981 to 2014; however, as for the areas of severe and very severe drought, there was a downward trend before 2004 and an upward trend since 2004. The dataset is archived in .tif and .xlsx format. The temporal resolution is 1 year and the spatial resolution is 0.5°X 0.5°. The data size is 33.6MB (563KB in compressed file).
Foundation Item：
Ministry of Science and Technology of P. R. China (2016ST0010)
Data Citation：
WU Jianjun, YANG Jianhua.Global Drought Classification Dataset（1981–2014）[J/DB/OL]. Digital Journal of Global Change Data Repository, 2017. https://doi.org/10.3974/geodb.2017.04.10.V1.
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