completedata.csv

This dataset contains the data needed to implement the analysis in the paper "Spatio-temporal Forecasting for the US Drought Monitor" by Robert Erhardt, Staci Hepler, Daniel Wolodkin, and Andy Greene. The code to perform the analysis can be found here. This data contains observations on a 0.5 degree x 0.5 degree grid for the western United State - west of Nevada's eastern border. There is one observation for each grid location for each week beginning January 4, 2000 and ending June 15, 2021. The variables included are described below. <b>Index variables:</b>'time' is YYYYMMDD'grid' is an arbitrary naming convention based on lat/lon. Letters index lat, and numbers index lon. 'lon' is the longitude of the centroid for the grid cell'lat' is the latitude for the centroid for the grid cell<b>USDM variable:</b>'drought' is a factor with levels 0, D0, D1, D2, D3, D4 and refer to the value of the US Drought MOnitor at the particular time and at the grid centroid.<b>NOAA variables:</b>'apcp' is weekly total precipitation in kg/m2'air' is surface air temperature'soilm' is soil moisture<br>