| Description: |
Maximum month soil water stress index |
| Short Name: |
pwat_max |
| Metadata contact organization: |
CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences |
| Organisation role: |
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| Metadata date: |
2010-07 |
| Reference date: |
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| Resource constraints: |
- Licence level: 1
- Licence info:
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| Licence notes: |
Permission required to re-distribute derivative works. Please contact Dr. Kristen Williams - kristen.williams@csiro.au |
| Type: |
Environmental (gridded) 0.01 degree (~1km)
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| Classification: |
Substrate
⇒ Moisture
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| Units: |
dimensionless |
| Data language: |
eng |
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| Notes: |
The monthly water stress is the percentage of actual to potential evapotranspiration. Adapted from the index by (Hackett 1988). Actual evapotranspiration is an output of a water balance model, and potential evapotranspiration is the pan evaporation (free-water surface) adjusted by the coefficient of potential evapotranspiration (PETCF). A constant PETCF value of 0.9 was used for all months which assumes constant leaf area index. |
| Keywords: |
soil, evaporation, temperature, rain, precipitation |
| More information: |
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