Central Asia Temperature and Precipitation Data, 1879-2003, Version 1
Data set id:
G02174
DOI: 10.7265/N5NK3BZ8
This is the most recent version of these data.
Overview
This data set provides temperature and precipitation data from 298 meteorological stations in the Northern Tien Shan and Pamir Mountain Ranges of Central Asia, specifically from stations in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The period of record covered by each station is variable, however, most stations have almost 100 years of observations with the earliest record from 1879 and the latest from 2003. The data are stored as tab-delimited ASCII text format, Microsoft Excel, and PDF, and are availabe via FTP.
Parameter(s):
AIR TEMPERATUREPRECIPITATION AMOUNT
Platform(s):
GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS
Sensor(s):
RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS
Data Format(s):
PDF, ASCII, Excel
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 1879 to 31 December 2003
Temporal Resolution:
- 1 month
Spatial Resolution:
- Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
N:
50
S:
35
E:
85
W:
55
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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