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Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) and Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), traditionally derived at a monthly scale, are widely used drought indices. To overcome temporal-resolution limitations, we have previously developed and published a well-validated daily SPI/SPEI in situ dataset. Although having a high temporal resolution, this in situ dataset presents low spatial resolu-tion due to the scarcity of stations. Therefore, based on the China Meteorological Forcing Dataset, which is composed of data from more than 1,000 ground-based observation sites and multiple remote sensing grid meteorological dataset, we present the first high spatiotemporal-resolution daily SPI/SPEI raster datasets over China. It spans from 1979 to 2018, with a spatial resolution of 0.1 degrees x 0.1 degrees, a temporal resolution of 1-day, and the timescales of 30-, 90-, and 360-days. Results show that the spatial distributions of drought event characteristics detected by the daily SPI/SPEI are con-sistent with the monthly SPI/SPEI. The correlation between the daily value of the 12-month scale and the monthly value of SPI/SPEI is the strongest, with linear correlation, Nash-Sutcliffe coefficient, and nor-malized root mean square error of 0.98, 0.15, and 0.32, respectively. The daily SPI/SPEI is shown to be more sensitive to flash drought than the monthly SPI/SPEI. Our improved SPI/SPEI shows high accuracy and credibility, presenting enhanced results when compared to the monthly SPI/SPEI. The total data volume is up to 150 GB, compressed to 91 GB in Network Common Data Form (NetCDF). It can be available from Figshare (https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5823533) and ScienceDB (https://doi.org/10.57760/sciencedb.j00076.00103).
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BIG EARTH DATA
ISSN: 2096-4471
Year: 2023
Issue: 3
Volume: 7
Page: 860-885
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JCR@2023
JCR Journal Grade:1
CAS Journal Grade:3
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