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Rainfall Datasets offered by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Entry ID: INDIA_IITM_RAINFALL

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Summary

Abstract: [Source: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Homepage, http://www.tropmet.res.in/ ]

The Indian rainfall data set was derived from 306 almost uniformly distributed stations for which rainfall data are available from 1871. The hilly regions consisting of four meteorological subdivisions of India which are parallel to Himalayan mountain range have not been considered in view of the meagre ...

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Description: Access to core monsoon region Central Indian Precipitation Index since 1948.

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 36.0

S: 7.0

E: 97.0

W: 68.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: D.R. Kothawale, K. Rupa Kumar, D.A. Mooley, A.A. Munot, B. Parthasarathy, N.A. Sontakke

Dataset Title: IITM Indian regional/subdivisional Monthly Rainfall data set (IITM-IMR)

Dataset Release Place: Maharashtra, India

Dataset Publisher: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Online Resource: http://www.tropmet.res.in/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1871-01-01

Stop Date: 2003-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > ASIA > SOUTHCENTRAL ASIA > INDIA

Data Resolution

Temporal Resolution: monthly
Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION ANOMALIES

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN > RAINFALL

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS

Instrument

RAIN GAUGES

Use Constraints Copy Right:
Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM)
Homi Bhabha Road
Pune 411 008, India

The accompanying data as described below may be freely used
and redistributed for non-profit and non-commercial research
purposes provided IITM is duly acknowledged as the data source. Any
redistribution should necessarily include this document.

Ancillary Keywords

central Indian precipitation index

core monsoon region

precipitation anomalies

Data Set Progress

IN WORK

Originating Center

IITM/INDIA

Data Center

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Department of Science and Technology, India

Data Center URL: http://www.tropmet.res.in/
Dataset ID: India Rainfall Data

Data Center Personnel
Name: V. V. SAPRE Email: vvscpt at tropmet.res.in Contact Address: Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology Pune 411 008 City: Maharashtra Country: India

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online (HTTP)

Distribution Format: ASCII

Fees: None

Personnel

V. V. SAPRE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Email: vvscpt at tropmet.res.in

Contact Address:

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Pune 411 008

City: Maharashtra

Country: India

Publications/References

Mooley, D. A., Parthasarathy, B., Sontakke, N. A., and Munot,
A. A 1981 : Annual rain-water over India, its variability and
impact on the economy. J. Climatol, 1, 167-186.

Parthasarathy, B., Sontakke, N. A., Munot, A. A. and
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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 1999-07-06

Last DIF Revision Date: 2009-11-05

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