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Description

This data product contains either monthly averaged or monthly accumulated modeled data in the High Mountain Asia region, generated by the Coupled-Ocean-Atmosphere-Waves-Sediment Transport (COAWST) modeling system (operated as a regional climate model). These modeled data span 15 years and have been used by the NASA High Mountain Asia Team (HiMAT) to research water resource use.

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Spatial Extent

N: 46.34996 S: 20.96392 E: 120.8316 W: 49.1684

Spatial Resolution
4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers
Geographic Region
HIMALAYAS
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
1999-10-01 to 2014-09-30
Concept ID
C3249543522-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
ACTIVE
Number of Files/Granules
1246
Processing Level
3
Science Keywords
Albedo ,
Liquid Precipitation ,
Longwave Radiation ,
Relative Humidity ,
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.

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Osmanoglu, B., & Nicholls, S. (2020). High Mountain Asia COAWST Monthly 4km Regional Climate Model Simulations, Version 1 [Data set]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/W2O7VL8G25BS Date Accessed: 2025-12-14

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