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Description

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.

Product Summary

Platforms
CHIRPS ,
ECMWF
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Spatial Extent

N: 48.5 S: 12.95 E: 102.59 W: 56.94

Spatial Resolution
0.01 Decimal Degrees x 0.01 Decimal Degrees
Geographic Region
HIMALAYAS
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
2003-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Concept ID
C3249536877-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
5845
Processing Level
4
Published
Science Keywords
Air Temperature ,
Dew Point Temperature ,
DOWNWELLING LONGWAVE RADIATION ,
DOWNWELLING SHORTWAVE RADIATION ,
Relative Humidity ,
Specific Humidity ,
Surface Pressure ,
Total Surface Precipitation Rate ,
Wind Speed

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Xue, Y., Houser, P., Maggioni, V., & Mei, Y. (2021). High Mountain Asia 1 km 6-hourly Downscaled Meteorological Data 2003 to 2018, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/CRN0E7YPPFGY Date Accessed: 2025-12-16

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