All-India June Through September Rainfall Totals, Sontakke et al. 1844-1992

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Originator: Sontakke, et al.

Publication_Date: Unknown

Title: All-India June Through September Rainfall Totals, Sontakke et al. 1844-1992

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Publication_Place: Seattle, Washington, USA

Publisher: Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO)

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Abstract:

The University of Washington Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) offers June through September rainfall total data for India. The data cover the years 1844-1992.

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Sontakke, N. A., G. B. Pant, and N. Singh 1993 Construction of all-India summer monsoon rainfall series for the period 1844-1991 J. Climate 6 1807-1811

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Kaplan, A., M. A. Cane, Y. Kushnir, A. C. Clement, M. B. Blumenthal, and B. Rajagopalan 1998 Analyses of global sea surface temperature 1856-1991 J. Geophys. Res 103 18567-18589

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Beginning_Date: 18440601

Ending_Date: 19920930

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Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: 68.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 97.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 36.0

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN

Theme_Keyword: CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

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Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: GCMD

Place_Keyword: CONTINENT > ASIA > SOUTHCENTRAL ASIA > INDIA

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Please cite the dataset authors (Sontakke et al.) if you use this data.

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Contact_Organization: UWA/ATMOS/JISAO > Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington

Contact_Person: TODD MITCHELL

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: mitchell@atmos.washington.edu

Resource_Description: All India Precipitation

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http://www.jisao.washington.edu/

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Fees: None

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Metadata_Review_Date: 20110406

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Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: SCOTT A. RITZ

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Global Change Master Directory

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: Maryland

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-614-5126

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Scott.A.Ritz@nasa.gov

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time