Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index for western United States, 2001-2014, derived from gridMET climate estimates
October 20, 2020
These data are 30m by 30 m grids of the mean Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI) between 2001-2014 in the western United States. The SPEI index was developed by Sergio M. Vicente-Serrano and coauthors (https://spei.csic.es/index.html). Source evapotranspiration and precipitation data were generated by gridMET (http://www.climatologylab.org/gridmet.html).
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Title | Standardized Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index for western United States, 2001-2014, derived from gridMET climate estimates |
| DOI | 10.5066/P9MZKCWZ |
| Authors | David M. Barnard, Matthew Germino |
| Product Type | Data Release |
| Record Source | USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS) |
| USGS Organization | National Climate Adaptation Science Center |
| Rights | This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal |
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