High-resolution multi-drought indices across Austria for the 1950 - 2023 period

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This dataset offers a comprehensive, long-term overview of multiple drought indices for Austria, spanning from 1950 to 2023. It includes six well-established drought indices: the Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDI), the modified Reconnaissance Drought Index (RDIe), the Standardised Precipitation-Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), the Standardised Precipitation Index (SPI), the Vapour Pressure Deficit (VPD), and the self-calibrating Palmer Drought Severity Index (scPDSI). These indices are calculated monthly using Reanalysis ERA5-Land data, which has a horizontal resolution of 0.1°. Additionally, the SPI is calculated monthly from 1950 to 2014 using the HISTALP dataset, which has a higher resolution of 5 minutes of a degree. The input parameters consist of total precipitation from both the HISTALP and ERA5-Land datasets, along with potential evapotranspiration derived from variables within the ERA5-Land data. The dataset encompasses multiscale indices that cover various timescales, ranging from 1 to 48 months. This provides a thorough perspective on hydroclimatic variability and represents different types of drought, including meteorological, agricultural, and hydrological. The data is available in several formats (.nc, .csv, and .xlsx), facilitating flexible spatial and temporal analyses. RDI_Austria_ERA5_Land_1950_2023_0.1deg.zip: monthly RDI for scales 1 to 48 across Austria with a horizontal resolution of 0.1º for the 1950-2023 period; derived from Reanalysis ERA5-Land data RDIe_Austria_ERA5_Land_1950_2023_0.1deg.zip: monthly RDIe for scales 1 to 48 across Austria with a horizontal resolution of 0.1º for the 1950-2023 period; derived from Reanalysis ERA5-Land data SPEI_Austria_1950_2023_ERA5_Land_0.1deg.zip: monthly SPEI for scales 1 to 48 across Austria with a horizontal resolution of 0.1º for the 1950-2023 period; derived from Reanalysis ERA5-Land data SPI_Austria_ERA5_Land_1950_2023_0.1deg.zip: monthly SPI for scales 1 to 48 across Austria with a horizontal resolution of 0.1º for the 1950-2023 period; derived from Reanalysis ERA5-Land data SPI_Austria_HISTALP_1950_2014_5mindeg.zip: monthly SPI for scales 1 to 48 across Austria with a horizontal resolution of 5 minutes of degree for the 1950-2023 period; derived from the HISTALP dataset VPD_Austria_ERA5_Land_1950_2023_0.1deg.zip: monthly VPD across Austria with a horizontal resolution of 0.1º for the 1950-2023 period; derived from Reanalysis ERA5-Land data scPDSI_Austria_ERA5_Land_1950_2023_0.1deg.zip: monthly scPDSI across Austria with a horizontal resolution of 0.1º for the 1950-2023 period; derived from Reanalysis ERA5-Land data

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