Fig. 1: Spatial distribution of drought intensity and drought duration identified by SPEI. | Communications Earth & Environment

Fig. 1: Spatial distribution of drought intensity and drought duration identified by SPEI.

From: Satellite observations indicate slower recovery of woody components compared to upper-canopy and leaves in tropical rainforests after drought

Fig. 1

a Drought intensity and b drought duration. Mild drought (\(-1 < {{{\rm{SPEI}}}}\le -0.5\)), moderate drought (\(-1.5 < {{{\rm{SPEI}}}}\le -1\)), severe drought (\(-2 < {{{\rm{SPEI}}}}\le -1.5\)), and extreme drought (\({{{\rm{SPEI}}}}\le -2\)).

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