A multi-scale daily SPEI dataset for drought characterization at observation stations over  mainland China from 1961 to 2018

Wang, Qianfeng; Zeng, Jingyu; Qi, Junyu; Zhang, Xuesong; Zeng, Yue; Shui, Wei; Xu, Zhanghua; Zhang, Rongrong; Wu, Xiaoping; Cong, Jiang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-331-2021

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 331–341, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-331-2021

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Earth Syst. Sci. Data, 13, 331–341, 2021

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-331-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 2

Data description paper 11 Feb 2021

Data description paper | 11 Feb 2021

A multi-scale daily SPEI dataset for drought characterization at observation stations over mainland China from 1961 to 2018

Qianfeng Wang et al.

Data sets

muliti-scale daily SPEI dataset over the Mainland China from 1961-2018 Qianfeng Wang, Jingyu Zeng, Junyu Qi, Xuesong Zhang, Yue Zeng, Wei Shui, Zhanghua Xu, Rongrong Zhang, and Xiaoping Wu https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.12568280

Short summary

(1) The SPEI has been widely used to monitor and assess drought characteristics. (2) A multi-scale daily SPEI dataset was developed across mainland China from 1961 to 2018. (3) The daily SPEI dataset can identify the start and end days of a drought event. (4) The daily SPEI dataset developed is free, open, and publicly available from this study.