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Flash Drought indicators at catchment scale for CONUS

Dataset ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.57931/2568767· OSTI ID:2568767
Flash droughts are defined by the rapid onset and intensification of drought conditions - a feature common across various proposed indicators. However, the absence of a standardized definition and detection method makes them particularly difficult to anticipate and manage. This dataset includes flash drought classifications based on six different methods across 222 catchments (4-digit Hydrologic Units, HUC4) in the Contiguous United States (CONUS) from 1983 to 2023. It also includes the pairwise agreement between indicators and the event-level multi-indicator agreement.  For a detailed description of each file, refer to README_MSDlive.pdf
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest National Lab (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC); Biological and Environmental Research (BER); Awarding Entity, Inc.
OSTI ID:
2568767
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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