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Uncertainty analysis of the Standardized Precipitation Index in the presence of trend
- Published 2009
Abstract
The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) is an index widely used for drought monitoring purposes. Since its computation requires the preliminary fitting of a probability distribution to monthly precipitation aggregated at different time scales, the SPI value for a given year and a given month will depend on the particular sample of observed precipitation… (More)