Indicator metadata: Drought hazard (number of drought months 1981-2010)

This drought hazard indicator shows the number of months under drought conditions for each country at NUTS0. The indicator is based on information retrieved from the European Drought Observatory (EDO) of JRC. The hazard assessment utilizes the Standardized Precipitation Index for three-month periods (SPI3), which is based on observed precipitation values. The SPI3 indicator shows deviations from the average three-monthly cumulative precipitation. For the drought indicator, the monthly SPI3 values at country level for the period 1981-2010 were calculated.
To calculate the number of droughts months in each country for the period 1981-2010, the number of months with a drought indicator value = 1 (see preliminary processing e) were summed up for the period the period 1981-2010.

Theme(s): Environment and Energy - Environment, Climate and Energy

Introduction

Author
ESPON project
Contact(s)
  • Tecnalia (Project leader)
  • Carolina Cantergiani (Tecnalia) (Responsible party)
Territorial information
Spatial Extent Nomenclature
name version level
EU28+4+CandidateCountries NUTS 2013 0
Years
1981-2010

Methodology

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Other attributes

Id
2219
Status
Key indicator
Name
Drought hazard (number of drought months 1981-2010)
Code
Drg_haz2
Is standard?
True
Is base indicator?
False
Type
Single
Data type
Float
Unit of measure - Numerator / Denominator Name
Number of drought months / time period
Unit of measure - Numerator / Denominator Scale
1
Is a ranking?
False
Main Theme
Environment and Energy - Environment, Climate and Energy
Nature type
Other
Labels

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