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Abstract

This is a gridded precipitation data set of the Asian region, for the period 1997 - 2002, based on the daily values of precipitation observed by ground-based raingauges. Gridded data sets of precipitation of the world have been already produced at institutions in Europe and in America. But, since their main data sources of ground-based raingauge observations are archives of telecommunications between national meteorological agencies, failure of data communication from Asia to Europe and America often result in inferior quality of their products with respect to Asian region, in spite of regular observations conducted by Asian countries. In the present product, observational data provided by operational meteorological and hydrological agencies of Asian countries "GAME" (GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment) are utilized. Those data were provided in the framework of an international scientific research initiative in which our members participated. Accordingly this product represents geographical distribution of precipitation better than previously available global products.

Data Set Citation

Dataset Creator
Kooiti Masuda
Dataset Title
Gridded precipitation data of the Asian region (Version 1.1)
Dataset Release Date
2008-11-24
Version
1.1
Persistent Identifier
Type
DOI
Identifier
10.20783/DIAS.38

Personnel

Role
TECHNICAL CONTACT
Contact
SHUICHI MORI (Dynamic Coupling of Ocean-Atmosphere-Land Research Program) JAMSTEC (morishu@jamstec.go.jp)
Role
DIF AUTHOR
Contact
dmo@jamstec.go.jp (dmo@jamstec.go.jp)

Keyword List

ISO Topic Category
CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
Parameter
EARTH SCIENCE>ATMOSPHERE>PRECIPITATION
Platform
Other
JAMSTEC

Start Date - End Date

  • 1997-01-01 - 2002-12-31

Bounding Rectangle

South Bound
-5
North Bound
50
West Bound
60
East Bound
145

Location

CONTINENT>ASIA

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution
1 degree
Longitude Resolution
1 degree

Project

Short Name
DIAS
Long Name
Data Integration and Analysis System

Access Constraints

Please see to the Related URL for the data file.

Language

ENGLISH
JAPANESE

Originating Center

JAMSTEC

Organization

Organization Type
ORIGINATOR
Organization Name
Short Name
JAMSTEC
Long Name
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology, Japan
Personnel
Role
DATA CENTER CONTACT
Contact
dmo@jamstec.go.jp (dmo@jamstec.go.jp)

Related URL

Description
DIAS
Description
Gridded Precipitation Data of the Asian Region - Catalog Page

Last Metadata Revision Date

2022-11-29