High resolution 5 km daily reference climate dataset of upper Indus, upper Ganges, and upper Bramhmaputra river basins from 1981 to 2010

Bias-corrected reference climate dataset for daily mean air temperature (Tavg), daily maximum air temperature (Tmax), daily minimum air temperature (Tmin) and daily precipitation (P). This dataset has a daily temporal resolution spanning 30 years from 1 January 1981 to 31 December 2010 and a spatial resolution of 5x5 km.

Date ( Publication ): 2016-02-01

Purpose: Reference Climate dataset.

Credit: This dataset has been developed by HI-AWARE Project.

Status: Completed

Maintenance and update frequency: As needed

GEOSS THEME ( Theme )

Afghanistan
India
Pakistan
Nepal
Bhutan
Tibet
China

Keywords ( Place )

Upper Indus
Upper Brahmaputra
Upper Ganges

Access constraints: Copyright

Use constraints: Copyright

Distance: 5000 m

Metadata language: eng

Character set: UTF8

Topic category

Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere

Reference system identifier: WGS 1984

Distributor

ICIMOD -

Hierarchy level: Dataset

Statement: Lutz, A. F., and W. W. Immerzeel (2015), HI-AWARE Reference Climate Dataset for the Indus , Ganges and Brahmaputra River Basins. FutureWater report 146, Wageningen, The Netherlands.