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Publication | Jones D.A., Wang W, Fawcett R (2002) High-quality spatial climate data-sets for Australia. Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal 58, 233-248. http://www.bom.gov.au/jshess/docs/2009/jones.pdf |
Overview
These datasets are gridded analyses of daily rainfall measurements from the Bureau of Meteorology's rain gauge network across Australia.
Monthly datasets represent the accumulation of the daily values over the observed month.
Key specifications
Spatial resolution | 0.05° grid |
Spatial coverage | Australia, valid over land only |
Temporal resolution | Daily, Monthly |
Temporal coverage | 1970 to 6 months before present |
Sensor & platform | Rain gauges stationed across Australia |
Custodian | Bureau of Meteorology |
Version | 1 |
Algorithm | The analyses (grids) are produced using a sophisticated analysis technique described in Jones et al. (2009), which decomposes the rainfall into a long-term average component and an anomaly component. |
File format | netCDF |
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Bureau of Meteorology climate maps - Rainfall
Background
What is rainfall?
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Interannual rainfall difference from current year to 3 years ago.
Other specifications
Citation | Interpolated Rain Gauge Precipitation Australia 5km Gridded |
Data source | Bureau of Meteorology |
Geographical coverage | 112°E–156.25°E, 44.5°S–10°S |
Coordinate system | Geographic; Datum: WGS84 |
Positional accuracy | 0.01o |
Accuracy | Daily rainfall values: root mean square error 3.1 mm, mean absolute error 0.9 mm. |
Completeness | Complete |
Update plan | The dataset will be updated to set ocean values to missing values. |
Use limitation | Copyright for any data supplied by the Bureau of Meteorology is held in the Commonwealth of Australia and the purchaser shall give acknowledgement of the source in reference to the data. Apart from dealings under the Copyright Act 1968, the purchaser shall not reproduce (electronically or otherwise), modify or supply (by sale or otherwise) these data without written permission from the supplier. |
Use constraints | Copyright: Exclusive right to the publication, production, or sale of the rights to a literary, dramatic, musical, or artistic work, or to the use of a commercial print or label, granted by law for a specified period of time to an author, composer, artist, distributor. |
Contact | Ian Grant |
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