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Description

This High Mountain Asia (HMA) data set contains simulated meteorological data for the Indus Basin from 2000 through 2015, at three horizontal resolutions – 36 km, 12 km, and 4 km – and 9 pressure levels spanning 1000 hPa – 200 hPa. The data were produced by using the Advanced Research Weather Research & Forecasting (ARW-WRF) model to dynamically downscale Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR) data into three nested domains with increasing horizontal resolution.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
NOT APPLICABLE
Spatial Extent

N: 45.569 S: 10.34 E: 108.829 W: 43.179

Spatial Resolution
4 Kilometers x 4 Kilometers
12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
36 Kilometers x 36 Kilometers
Location
AFGHANISTAN ,
KYRGYZSTAN ,
PAKISTAN ,
TAJIKISTAN
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
GEODETIC
Temporal Extent
2000-01-01 to 2016-01-01
Temporal Resolution
Varies
Concept ID
C3266793157-NSIDC_CPRD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3264
Processing Level
4
Published
Science Keywords
Air Temperature ,
Precipitation Amount

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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Wolvin, S., Strong, C., & Kochanski, A. K. (2024). High Mountain Asia 4-km Dynamically Downscaled Meteorological Data, 2000-2015, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/90SYW7APOXKX Date Accessed: 2026-08-15

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Climatology of orographic precipitation gradients over High Mountain Asia derived from dynamical downscaling Wolvin, S., Strong, C., Rupper, S., Steenburgh, W. J. Air Temperature, Precipitation Amount, Total Surface Precipitation Rate
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