BUET-Japan Institute of Disaster Prevention and Urban
Safety (BUET-JIDPUS)
Assignment on Standardized Precipitation Index
Course No. DP 6003
Course Title: Remote Sensing and GIS for Disaster Mitigation
Submitted To:
Dr. Shampa
Assistant Professor, IWFM, BUET
Submitted By:
Abdullah Al Azwad
ID. 0423332518
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pit
ati
onCondi ti
onIndex( PCI)andt heStandardi
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Preci
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at i
on I
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ervaluableinsi
ghtsinto preci
pitati
on vari
abil
it
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droughtconditi
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lv ariabil
ity
, t
hePrecipi
tationCondi -
ti
onI ndex( PCI)focusess olel
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dingfactorss uchas
evapor ati
onort emper aturechanges .Byconcent ratingont heconcentrati
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tr
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,PCI aidsi nidenti
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i
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fr
om ext r
emelyunf avorabletooptimal. Forins t
ance, dur i
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charact eri
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on,PCIappr oachesorequal s0,whi l
e
TheSt andardi zed Precipi
tationIndex( SPI)s ervesasar obusttoolf oras ses s
ing
droughtcondi ti
onsbyf ocusings olelyonpr ecipitati
onpatternswhileaccountingf or
theinherentv ariabi
li
tyinpr ecipi
tat i
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sti
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standardi
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sonsacr ossdiversegeo-
graphicregionsr egardlessofl ocalcl imatev ari
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ansformati
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cit,orpr o-
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herebyidenti
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oughtev
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esourcemanagement.
.
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-
si
onsi nagricul
ture,watermanagement , andenvironmentalplanning. ThePCI offer
s
valuableins
ightsint
ot hespati
alandtempor al
as pectsofprecipit
ation,whi l
etheSPI
providesamor ecompr ehensiv
eunder s
t andingofdr oughtconditions,maki ngitpar
-
ti
cularlybenefi
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orpol i
cymakersandr es
earchersaddressingwat erscarcit
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Thedat aut i
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om t hehtt
ps :/
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y,av er
agemont hlyrainfal
ldataspannings i
xy ears,f
rom 201 4t o
2019,wasobt ained.Thi sdatawase xtractedinmi l
l
imeter
sperda y( mm/ day)formatf rom
theTropicalRainfal lMeasuringMi ss
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ableont hewebs ite.Subs e-
quently
,stati
stical meas ur
esi ncludi
ngt hemean, maximum, mi ni
mum, ands tandarddevi a-
ti
onwer ecomput edf rom thisdat asettocal culateboththePr ecipi
tationConcent rati
on
I
nde x(PCI)andt heSt andardi z
edPr ecipitat
ionI ndex(SPI).Thes eindiceswer eder i
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t
heNASAwebs
ite.
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ervat
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I
nFi gur
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ust
ratesdi sti
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desh,witht henortheas texperiencingnotabl yhigherprecipitati
onl ev
elscloset o66.217
mm/ day
,whi l
et he s outhwes tencount ered cons i
derablyl owerl evels around 15.
386
mm/ day
.Interesti
ngly
, thePrecipit
ationConcent rati
onIndex(PCI )didnotal i
gnclosel
ywi th
eit
herextreme,s ugges ti
ngal ackofs everedr oughtorfloodcondi tionsduringthefoll
ow-
i
ngy ear
.Conv ersel
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soft heStandardizedPr eci
pitati
onIndex(SPI)
for64dis t
rictsinBangl adeshr evealsheterogeneousmoi sturecondi t
ions.Certai
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ti
onsofNetrok
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Chi
tt
agongdemons tr
ateSPIvaluessur
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ofmoderat
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ateSPIreadi
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ghtsi
ntothelocal-
i
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iati
onsinprecipit
ati
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