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

Data review article

|

29 Aug 2014

Data 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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Dec 2025	63	32	5	100
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Feb 2026	51	17	3	71
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Latest update: 22 Mar 2026