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High Mountain Asia 1 km 6-hourly Downscaled Meteorological Data 2003 to 2018, Version 1
Data set id:
HMA_DM_6H
DOI: 10.5067/CRN0E7YPPFGY
This is the most recent version of these data.
Version Summary
Initial release

Overview

This data set provides downscaled six-hourly atmospheric forcings from European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS) precipitation from 2003 to 2019 at a spatial resolution of ~1km across High Mountain Asia.
Parameter(s):
AIR TEMPERATUREDEW POINT TEMPERATUREDOWNWELLING LONGWAVE RADIATIONDOWNWELLING SHORTWAVE RADIATIONRELATIVE HUMIDITYSPECIFIC HUMIDITYSURFACE PRESSURETOTAL SURFACE PRECIPITATION RATEWIND SPEED
Platform(s):
CHIRPS, ECMWF
Sensor(s):
NOT APPLICABLE
Data Format(s):
NetCDF, GeoTIFF
Temporal Coverage:
1 January 2003 to 31 December 2018
Temporal Resolution:
  • 6 hour
Spatial Resolution:
  • 0.01 deg
  • 0.01 deg
Spatial Coverage:
N:
48.5
S:
12.95
E:
102.59
W:
56.94
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.

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