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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-331-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-13-331-2021
Data description paper
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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, Jingyu Zeng, Junyu Qi, Xuesong Zhang, Yue Zeng, Wei Shui, Zhanghua Xu, Rongrong Zhang, Xiaoping Wu, and Jiang Cong

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(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.
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