Table 2.
Parameters assigned to a drought event as included in the database. Regarding the special score, see Table 3.
| Ind | c/r | Ev | EvC | SM | SY | EM | EY | DD | DSa | DI | DA | P | PM | PY | PA | AM | AY | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spei-3 | AFG | 1 | 1 | 11 | 1952 | 5 | 1953 | 7 | 5.55 | 0.79 | 18.3 | −0.94 | 12 | 1952 | 39.1 | 12 | 1952 | 3 |
Ind: indicator; c/r: country or region; Ev: number of event (entire database); EvC: number of event for that country or region; SM: start of the event (month); SY: start of the event (year); EM: end of the event (month); EY: end of the event (year); DD: duration (months); DS: severity (sum of all indicator values, in absolute values, during the event); DI: intensity (severity/duration); DA: average area in drought (%) during the event; P: peak – lowest indicator value during the drought event; PM: peak of the event (month); PY: peak of the event (year); PA: largest area in drought during the event (%); AM: peak area of the event (month); AY: peak area of the event (year); S: special score to classify droughts (0–25).
Drought severity is computed over the drought threshold for that country or region.