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Drought events in the GHA region
Resource ID
4a0352c2-8ecd-11ea-b8a4-02d5b8a24ad6
Title
Drought events in the GHA region
Date
May 5, 2020, 12:38 p.m., Publication
Abstract
This dataset includes an estimate of regional drought annual repartition based on Standardized Precipitation Index. It is based on two sources: 1) A global monthly gridded precipitation dataset obtained from the Climatic Research Unit (University of East Anglia). 2) A GIS modeling of global Standardized Precipitation Index based on Brad Lyon (IRI, Columbia University) methodology. Drought events are defined as area where monthly precipitation are lower than 50% of the median value calculat...
Edition
Global Risk Data Platform website- data-download
Responsible
igad
Point of Contact
igad@geonode.igad.int
Purpose
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Maintenance Frequency
None
Type
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Restrictions
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License
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Language
eng
Temporal Extent
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Supplemental Information
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Data Quality
Global Risk Data Platform website- data-download
Extent
  • x0: 21.838970864889400
  • x1: 49.999970864889400
  • y0: -11.611507400000100
  • y1: 18.499992599999900
Spatial Reference System Identifier
EPSG:4326
Keywords
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Category
Climatology Meteorology Atmosphere
Regions
East Africa