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Description

The Amazon River Basin precipitation grids were derived from data which was collected daily by the gauging network operated by the Divisao Nacional de Aguas e Energia Eletrica (DNAEE, SGAN 603 Modulo J, Anexo DNC, CEP 70.830-030 Brasilia DF, Brazil). The DNAEE provided the Earth Observing System (EOS) Regional Amazon Model (EOSRAM) project with this data for cooperative analysis. The project includes both empirical and modeling studies of rainfall and runoff from sample hillslopes to the entire Amazon basin. The precipitation data is 0.2 degree gridded monthly precipitation data. The data spans the period from January 1972 to December 1992.

Product Summary

Platforms
GROUND STATIONS ,
METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS ,
STREAMFLOW STATION
Instruments
RAIN GAUGES
Spatial Extent

N: 5.2 S: -20 E: -49.4 W: -79.6

Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1972-01-01 to 1992-12-31
Data Partner
THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC) (ORNL_DAAC)
Concept ID
C2776924642-ORNL_CLOUD
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
3
Processing Level
3
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
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.

Copy Citation

Dunne, T. (1999). Amazon River Basin Precipitation, 1972-1992 (Version 1). ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/228 Date Accessed: 2026-05-02

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Regional Characterization of Pasture Changes through Time and Space in Rondonia, Brazil Numata, Izaya, Roberts, Dar A., Sawada, Yoshito, Chadwick, Oliver A., Schimel, Joshua P., Soares, Joao V. Precipitation Amount
Large-area spatially explicit estimates of tropical soil carbon stocks and response to land-cover change Holmes, Karen W., Chadwick, Oliver A., Kyriakidis, Phaedon C., Silva de Filho, Eliomar P., Soares, Joao Vianei, Roberts, Dar A. Precipitation Amount
Multi-scale variability in tropical soil nutrients following land-cover change Holmes, Karen W., Kyriakidis, Phaedon C., Chadwick, Oliver A., Soares, Joao Vianei, Roberts, Dar A. Precipitation Amount
Annual and interannual (ENSO) variability of spatial scaling properties of a vegetation index (NDVI) in Amazonia Poveda, German, Salazar, Luis F. Precipitation Amount
Soil databases and the problem of establishing regional biogeochemical trends Holmes, Karen W., Roberts, Dar A., Sweeney, Stuart, Numata, Izaya, Matricardi, Eraldo, Biggs, Trent W., Batista, Getulio, Chadwick, Oliver A. Precipitation Amount
A comparison of precipitation datasets for the Amazon Basin Costa, Marcos Heil, Foley, Jonathan A. Precipitation Amount
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