HUNGARIAN DROUGHT INDEX (HDI)
What is the HDI?
- new Hungarian drought index developed throughout 2015
- it can be calculated on a daily basis
- suitable for your daily water shortage / drought characterization
- requires minimal parameter input
- meteorological parameters are only daily rainfall and average temperature
- the most important new feature: installation of soil types differentiated soil moisture
- modular
- its calculation can be algorithmised, free of subjective human decisions
