Table 4 Drought categories based on different drought indices.
From: A global near real-time dataset of Microwave Integrated Drought Index from the Fengyun-3 satellites
Category | MIDI | SPEI | scPDSI |
|---|---|---|---|
Extreme drought | 0.05 and less | −2 and less | −4 and less |
Severe drought | 0.06 to 0.15 | −1.5 to −1.99 | −3 to −3.99 |
Moderate drought | 0.16 to 0.25 | −1 to −1.49 | −2 to −2.99 |
Mild drought | 0.26 to 0.35 | −0.5 to −0.99 | −1 to −1.99 |
None | 0.36 and above | −0.49 and above | −0.99 and above |
