Homogeneous Indian Monthly Temperature

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Note that the lat/lon coordinates of each "station" approximate the center of each region. An image of the IITM regions can be found here.

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This document was last updated on June 30, 2000.

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The accompanying data as described below may be freely used and
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redistribution should necessarily include this document.

Title:

IITM Indian Regional Monthly Surface Air Temperature data set

Contributors:

K. Rupa Kumar
K. Krishna Kumar
G.B. Pant
D.R. Kothawale

Raw Data Source:

India Meteorological Department

Data Period:

1901-1990

Accompanying Data Files:

TXREGION.TXT
TNREGION.TXT

Data Description:

The network selected to work out these regional means of maximum and
minimum temperatures consists of 121 uniformly distributed
stations for which temperature data are available from 1901. Adequate
care has been taken to ensure that the data are homogeneous and free
from changes in observational procedures. All-India and six regional
means of the temperatures have been worked out by computing the
arithmetic means of the data at stations comprising the region.
The regions have been delineated based on their distinct climatic and
geographical settings.

Key References

Rupa Kumar K., Krishna Kumar K., Pant G.B., 1994. Diurnal asymmetry of surface temperature trends over India. Geophysical Research Letters, 21, 677-680.

Pant, G.B. and Rupa Kumar, K., 1997. Climates of South Asia. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, 320 pp.

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Dr. Rupa Kumar Kolli
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