The GPCC Drought Index – a new, combined and gridded global drought index

Ziese, M.; Schneider, U.; Meyer-Christoffer, A.; Schamm, K.; Vido, J.; Finger, P.; Bissolli, P.; Pietzsch, S.; Becker, A.

doi:10.5194/essd-6-285-2014

Articles | Volume 6, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-6-285-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-6-285-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 6, issue 2

Review article

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29 Aug 2014

Review article |

| 29 Aug 2014

The GPCC Drought Index – a new, combined and gridded global drought index

M. Ziese, U. Schneider, A. Meyer-Christoffer, K. Schamm, J. Vido, P. Finger, P. Bissolli, S. Pietzsch, and A. Becker

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XML: 313
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Jun 2014	33	43	2	78
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Aug 2014	36	652	8	696
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Apr 2015	57	57	5	119
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Jun 2015	67	32	1	100
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Aug 2015	38	32	1	71
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May 2017	43	24	2	69
Jun 2017	59	18	2	79
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Feb 2018	35	22	4	61
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Nov 2020	17	18	0	35
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Feb 2022	31	36	2	69
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Apr 2022	30	12	1	43
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Aug 2022	55	32	1	88
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Apr 2023	28	24	3	55
May 2023	83	24	0	107
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Jul 2023	122	20	5	147
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Oct 2023	108	25	5	138
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Apr 2024	45	17	13	75
May 2024	43	28	6	77
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Aug 2024	52	11	3	66
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Oct 2024	41	20	0	61
Nov 2024	57	17	1	75
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Aug 2025	56	16	2	74
Sep 2025	59	21	0	80
Oct 2025	54	40	2	96
Nov 2025	80	32	3	115
Dec 2025	63	32	5	100
Jan 2026	76	29	7	112
Feb 2026	7	6	2	15

Cumulative views and downloads (calculated since 29 Apr 2014)

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May 2014	39	33	5	77
Jun 2014	33	43	2	78
Jul 2014	16	85	0	101
Aug 2014	36	652	8	696
Sep 2014	120	1,491	8	1,619
Oct 2014	75	320	8	403
Nov 2014	69	89	3	161
Dec 2014	62	156	8	226
Jan 2015	66	247	3	316
Feb 2015	48	76	2	126
Mar 2015	50	58	1	109
Apr 2015	57	57	5	119
May 2015	52	38	2	92
Jun 2015	67	32	1	100
Jul 2015	55	29	1	85
Aug 2015	38	32	1	71
Sep 2015	41	42	1	84
Oct 2015	45	28	4	77
Nov 2015	25	16	1	42
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May 2017	43	24	2	69
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Oct 2025	54	40	2	96
Nov 2025	80	32	3	115
Dec 2025	63	32	5	100
Jan 2026	76	29	7	112
Feb 2026	7	6	2	15

Latest update: 09 Feb 2026