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
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 TEMPERATURE
DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
DOWNWELLING LONGWAVE RADIATION
DOWNWELLING SHORTWAVE RADIATION
RELATIVE HUMIDITY
SPECIFIC HUMIDITY
SURFACE PRESSURE
TOTAL SURFACE PRECIPITATION RATE
WIND SPEED
Platform(s):
CHIRPS
ECMWF
Sensor(s):
NOT APPLICABLE
Data Format(s):
netCDF-4
GeoTIFF
Temporal Coverage:
- 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2018
Temporal Resolution:
- 6 hour
Spatial Resolution:
- 0.01 deg
- 0.01 deg
Spatial Reference System(s):
Not Specified
Spatial Coverage:
- N:48.5S:12.95E:102.59W:56.94
Blue outlined yellow areas on the map below indicate the spatial coverage for this data set.
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