crea-agrometeorology/agromind

Agro-meteorological Monitoring INDices

AgroMIND

Agro-meteorological Monitoring INDices

Acronym	Indicator name	Definition	Units
TXa	Maximum temperature anomaly	Departure of maximum temperature from the LTA value	°C
TNa	Minimum temperature anomaly	Departure of minimum temperature from the LTA value	°C
TX90p	Warm days	Percentage of days when TX>90th percentile	%
TN90p	Warm nights	Percentage of days when TN>90th percentile	%
GDD0	Growing degree days above 0 °C	Cumulative sum since the 1st of January of daily mean temperature exceedances of 0 °C	°C
GDD0a	Growing degree days above 0 °C anomaly	Departure of growing degree days above 0 °C from the LTA value	°C
GDD10	Growing degree days above 10 °C	Cumulative sum since the 1st of January of daily mean temperature exceedances of 10 °C	°C
GDD10a	Growing degree days above 10 °C anomaly	Departure of growing degree days above 10 °C from the LTA value	°C
LFD0	Late frost days	Count when TN (daily minimum) < 0°C during the early boreal spring	days
LFD0a	Late frost days anomaly	Departure of late frost days from the LTA value	days
HI	Huglin heliothermal index (viticulture specific)	Product of the accumulated daily mean and maximum temperatures with a 10 °C baseline and a latitude dependent coefficient	°C
HIa	Huglin index anomaly	Departure of Huglin heliothermal index from the LTA value	°C
RR	Precipitation	Total precipitation amount	mm
RRa	Precipitation anomaly	Percentage departure of total precipitation from the LTA value	%
RX1day	Max 1-day precipitation amount	Maximum 1-day precipitation (during the period of interest)	mm
RX5day	Max 5-day precipitation amount	Maximum consecutive 5-day precipitation (during the period of interest)	mm
ETo	Reference crop evapotranspiration	Evapotranspiration from a vegetated reference surface	mm
EToa	Reference evapotranspiration anomaly	Percentage departure of reference crop evapotranspiration from the LTA value	%
CWB	Climatic water balance	Difference between RR and ETo	mm
CWBa	Climatic water balance anomaly	Departure of climatic water balance from the LTA value	mm
SPEI3	3-month Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index	3-month time scale drought index based on CWB climatic data	Dimensionless
SPEI6	6-month Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index	6-month time scale drought index based on CWB climatic data	Dimensionless