How to calculate standardized precipitation index (SPI).

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I have rainfall data in .mat format. Data is 2D matrix mxn where m are row representing m days and n is column representing n locations. I wanted to calculated SPI for each location as well as whole country. Please do not suggest any softweaer.
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dpb
dpb on 19 Jun 2019
Well, what's the actual definition one could use to calculate from? We're not all specialists in various fields...
What have you tried so far?
dpb
dpb on 19 Jun 2019
Edited: dpb on 20 Jun 2019
They're fitting multiple distributions to find best fit of precipitation data over the given time period, then using that to compute a percentile.
Search the FileExchange; there are several submissions there that should at least give you a head start...this won't be a five-minute exercise.

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Chad Greene
Chad Greene on 17 Jul 2019
Hi Govind,
You might want to check out the spei function in the Climate Data Toolbox for Matlab.
Chad

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