Table 1 GIDMaPS's input data sets. GDCDR: Global Drought Climate Data Record28; GLDAS: Global Land Data Assimilation System27; GPCP: Global Precipitation Climatology Project55; MERRA: NASA Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications23; NLDAS: North American Land Data Assimilation System25,26; UCI: University of California, Irvine.

From: Global integrated drought monitoring and prediction system

Input data

Variables

Source

Spatio-temporal resolution

MERRA-Land

Precipitation and soil moisture

NASA

2/3°×1/2°, monthly

NLDAS

Precipitation and soil moisture

NASA

0.125°, monthly

GDCDR

Precipitation

UCI, GPCP

0.5° & 2.5°, monthly

GLDAS

Precipitation and soil moisture

NASA

1°, monthly