Creator: NSIDC_CPRD
Keywords: Air Temperature,Dew Point Temperature,Downwelling Longwave Radiation,Downwelling Shortwave Radiation,Relative Humidity,Specific Humidity,Surface Pressure,Total Surface Precipitation Rate,Wind Speed

Data at a Glance

Description

This data set provides downscaled six-hourly atmospheric forcings from European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) and Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS) precipitation from 2003 to 2019 at a spatial resolution of ~1km across High Mountain Asia.

Version Description

Initial release

Product Summary

Platforms

CHIRPS ,

ECMWF

Instruments

NOT APPLICABLE

Projects

HMA

Spatial Extent

N: 48.5 S: 12.95 E: 102.59 W: 56.94

Spatial Resolution

0.01 Decimal Degrees x 0.01 Decimal Degrees

Location

HIMALAYAS

Coordinate System

CARTESIAN

Granule Spatial Representation

CARTESIAN

Temporal Extent

2003-01-01 to 2018-12-31

Temporal Resolution

6 Hour

Concept ID

C3249536877-NSIDC_CPRD

Data State

COMPLETE

Number of Files/Granules

5845

Processing Level

Published

2021-07-22

Science Keywords

Air Temperature ,

Dew Point Temperature ,

Downwelling Longwave Radiation ,

Downwelling Shortwave Radiation ,

Relative Humidity ,

Specific Humidity ,

Surface Pressure ,

Total Surface Precipitation Rate ,

Wind Speed

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Xue, Y., Houser, P., Maggioni, V., & Mei, Y. (2021). High Mountain Asia 1 km 6-hourly Downscaled Meteorological Data 2003 to 2018, Version 1 [Dataset]. NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/CRN0E7YPPFGY Date Accessed: 2026-08-26

Documents

USER'S GUIDE

High Mountain Asia 1 km 6-hourly Downscaled Meteorological Data 2003 to 2018, Version 1 User Guide

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Publications Citing This Dataset

Title	Year Sort ascending	Author	Topic
Evaluation of High Mountain AsiaLand Data Assimilation System (Version 1) From 2003 to 2016: 2. The Impact of Assimilating SatelliteBased Snow Cover and ...	2022	Xue, Yuan, Houser, Paul R., Maggioni, Viviana, Mei, Yiwen, Kumar, Sujay V., Yoon, Yeosang	Air Temperature, Dew Point Temperature, Downwelling Longwave Radiation, Downwelling Shortwave Radiation, Relative Humidity, Specific Humidity, Surface Pressure, Total Surface Precipitation Rate, Wind Speed, Albedo, Snow Cover

High Mountain Asia 1 km 6-hourly Downscaled Meteorological Data 2003 to 2018 V001