Calculation of the Conventional and Self-Calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index
Calculating the monthly conventional and self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI and scPDSI) using the precipitation and potential evapotranspiration data. The function to calculate PDSI is based on the C++ source codes developed by Nathan Wells, Steve Goddard and Michael J. Hayes, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Reference: Palmer W. (1965). Meteorological drought. U.s.department of Commerce Weather Bureau Research Paper, ; Wells N., Goddard S., Hayes M. J. (2004). A Self-Calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index. Journal of Climate, 17(12):2335-2351, .