All-India Monsoon Rainfall Index at LDEO/IRI Climate Data Library
Entry ID: LDEO_INDICES_INDIA

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Summary
Abstract: An all-India summer monsoon rainfall series for the instrumental
period of 1844-1991 has been constructed using a progressively
increasing station density to 1870, and one that is fixed thereafter
at a uniformly distributed 36 stations. The statistical scheme
accounts for the increasing variance contributed to the all-India
series by the increasing number of stations during the period
1844-1870. An interesting outcome of this study is that a reliable
estimate of summer monsoon rainfall over India can be obtained using
only 36 observations.
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Description: All-India summer monsoon rainfall index
Geographic Coverage
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Spatial coordinates   
  N: 40.0   S: -10.0   E: 90.0   W: 70.0

Data Set Citation
Dataset Originator/Creator: Sontakke, N.A. , G.B. Pant, and N. Singh
Dataset Title: All-India Monsoon Rainfall Index
Dataset Release Place: Palisades, NY
Dataset Publisher: Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
Online Resource: http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/SOURCES/.Indices/.india/
Parent DIF
This data set description is a member of a collection. The collection is described in
LDEO_INDICES
Temporal Coverage
Start Date: 1813-06-01
Stop Date: 1998-09-30
Location Keywords
Data Resolution
Temporal Resolution: monthly summer
Science Keywords
ISO Topic Category
Project
Ancillary Keywords
Data Set Progress
COMPLETE
Originating Center
NASA/GISS
Data Center
Climate Data Library, International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University Supplemental Info
Data Center URL: http://ingrid.ldeo.columbia.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: BENNO BLUMENTHAL
Phone: (845) 680-4450
Fax: (845) 680-4864
Email: benno at iri.ldeo.columbia.edu
Contact Address:
Data Library Manager
International Research Institute for Climate Prediction
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Columbia University
City: Palisades
Province or State: NY
Postal Code: 10964-8000
Country: USA
Distribution
Distribution Media: WWW
Fees: none
Publications/References
Sontakke, N.A. , G.B. Pant, and N. Singh 1993, "Construction of
all-India summer monsoon rainfall series for the period 1844-1991,
J. Clim., 6, 1807-1811.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date: 2000-08-30
Last DIF Revision Date: 2004-05-06

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