Global Change Master Directory (GCMD). 2015. GCMD Keywords, Version 8.1. Greenbelt, MD: Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). URL:http://gcmd.nasa.gov/learn/keywords.html
Acknowledgment:
The Australian Government, Bureau of Meteorology
Keywords_vocabulary:
GCMD Science Keywords, Version 8.1
Standard_name_vocabulary:
CF Standard Names, v28
Keywords:
Earth Science, Atmosphere, Precipitation, Precipitation Amount, Liquid Water Equivalent
The monthly rainfall data represents the amount of precipitation of any type (including the liquid equivalent of frozen hydrometeors such as hail and snow) observed by means of rain gauges stationed across Australia. These gauges measure millimetres of liquid water depth over a 24-hour period running from 9am local clock time the previous day to 9am on the observed day. Monthly rainfall totals are calculated from the accumulation of the contributing daily rainfall totals at stations, and may incorporate multi-day rainfall totals if observations were missing on any one day. Rainfall data from up to 8000 sites across the country are analysed, with limited quality control, onto 0.01x0.01 degree grids using the statistical interpolation technique described in Evans et al. (2020). Multi-month rainfall totals are calculated from the sum of monthly grids.
This AGCD data is a snapshot of the operational monthly gridded rainfall dataset, updated every 6 months. It covers the most recent version of the complete historical archive, excluding grids covering the most recent 6 months. If you require data covering the most recent 6 months or wish to use this data for commercial purposes please contact Bureau of Meteorology Climate Data Services
Date_issued:
2024-06-05 23:27:39
Attribution:
Data should be cited as : Australian Bureau of Meteorology (2024), "Australian Gridded Climate Data ( AGCD )
v2.0.2 Snapshot (1900-01-01 to 2023-12-31)". Downloaded from NCI on [date]. The metadata repository for this dataset is doi:10.25914/j9h0-c780.
Copyright:
(C) Copyright Commonwealth of Australia 2024, Bureau of Meteorology (ABN 92637 533532)