<div dir="ltr"><div>[1] <br>To be clear, the 'speidx' error was in the original C-code .. not in NCL's implementation of the code. As noted, subsequently the original author created a new function written entirely in R. The is no C or fortran version of the updated code. Hence, no NCL function. :-(<br><br>[2]<br></div>Yes. We are tentatively planning to create a self-calibrating PDSI in a future release. It will be a very useful function.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Jared Lee <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jaredlee@ucar.edu" target="_blank">jaredlee@ucar.edu</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Seshagirirao,<div><br></div><div>The NCL function 'speidx' was originally pegged for release with NCL v6.4.0, but to my knowledge it has been pulled from that release. There are known bugs with that function, but the developer of the underlying C code for that function has stopped supporting it, and moved on to the R package 'SPEI':</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/SPEI/index.html" target="_blank">https://cran.r-project.org/<wbr>web/packages/SPEI/index.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>For a project this summer I had also tried to use the beta version of NCL's speidx, but had to abandon it for the R version because of the bugs.</div><div><br></div><div>I am not sure if an implementation of PDSI is in the works for NCL or not. I'll leave it to the NCL development team to respond to that part.</div><div><br></div><div>Jared</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 2:06 AM, Seshagirirao Kolusu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:seshukolusu@gmail.com" target="_blank">seshukolusu@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">Dear All, <div>I would like to use SPEIDX function . I have been using 6.3.0 (latest) version but this function only available at 6.3.1. I wonder whether the 6.3.1 beta version is ready to use for users. Any time line for next ncl version release would be grateful to know ? </div><div><br></div><div>I am also looking for palmer-drought-severity-index (PDSI) function in ncl. I did check the function list but this is not available yet.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/palmer-drought-severity-index-pdsi" target="_blank">https://climatedataguide.ucar.<wbr>edu/climate-data/palmer-drough<wbr>t-severity-index-pdsi</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>If anyone had these functions in NCL please share me. </div><div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><span class="m_-5935273760595259984HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- <br><div class="m_-5935273760595259984m_105132122839137840gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">******************************<wbr>**********************<br>Dr.rer.nat. K.Seshagirirao<br>PDRA<br><a href="http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/research/icas/" target="_blank">Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS)</a>, <br>
<a href="http://www.see.leeds.ac.uk/" target="_blank"> School of Earth and Environment (SEE)</a>,<br>
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Leeds, <br>
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