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Domain of the current products APHRO_MA/ME/RU_V1101 and APHRO_JP_V1207. Red, green and blue dots show stations corresponding to original rain-gauge data individually collected from local organizations, derived from precompiled datasets, and derived from global telecommunication system reports, respectively.

Data Sources

  • Individual collection (shown in Red)
  • Pre-compiled datasets (shown in Green)
    • Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN)
    • Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (CDIAC)
    • National Center for Atmospheric Research, Data Archive (NCAR-DS)
    • National Climatic Data Center (NCDC)
    • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    • GEWEX Asian Monsoon Experiment-Tropics (GAME-T) data center
    • The Mekong River Commission (MRC)
    • European Climate Assessment & Dataset (ECAD)
  • Global Telecommunication System (GTS/shown in Blue)
    • Integrated surface database station history

Current Products

All Users can download current products from DIAS (Data Integration and Analysis System).

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Current version: V1101R1 Readme

Name Domain Resolution Period
Monsoon Asia (MA)
(Yatagai et al., 2012)
60°E-150°E, 15°S-55°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1951-2007
Middle East (ME)
(Yatagai et al., 2012)
20°E-65°E, 15°N-45°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1951-2007
Russia (RU)
(Yatagai et al., 2012)
15°E-165°W, 34°N-84°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1951-2007

Current version, with Rain/Snow discrimination: V1101R2 Readme

Name Domain Resolution Period
Monsoon Asia (MA)
(Yasutomi et al., 2011)
60°E-150°E, 15°S-55°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1961-2007

Current version: AphroTemp V1204R1 Readme

Name Domain Resolution Period
Monsoon Asia (MA)
(Yasutomi et al., 2011)
60°E-150°E, 15°S-55°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1961-2007

Current version: APHRO_JP V1207 Readme

Name Domain Resolution Period
Japan (JP)
(Kamiguchi et al., 2010, 2011)
123°E-146°E, 24°N-46°N 0.05°, daily 1900-2011

Previous version: V1003R1 Readme Errata

Name Domain Resolution Period
Monsoon Asia (MA) 60°E-150°E, 15°S-55°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1951-2007
Middle East (ME) 15°E-65°E, 25°N-45°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1951-2007
Russia (RU) 15°E-165°W, 34°N-84°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1951-2007

Previous version: APHRO_JP V1005 Readme

Name Domain Resolution Period
Japan (JP)
(Kamiguchi et al., 2010)
123°E-146°E, 24°N-46°N 0.05°, daily 1900-2009

Previous version: V0902 Readme

Name Domain Resolution Period
Monsoon Asia (MA)
(Yatagai et al., 2009)
60°E-150°E, 15°S-55°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1961-2004
Middle East (ME)
(Yatagai et al., 2009)
20°E-65°E, 15°N-45°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1961-2004
Russia (RU)
(Yatagai et al., 2009)
15°E-165°W, 34°N-84°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1961-2004

Previous version: V0804

Name Domain Resolution Period
Monsoon Asia (MA)
(Yatagai et al., 2008)
65°E-150°E, 5°N-55°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1980-2002
Middle East (ME)
(Yatagai et al., 2008)
25°E-65°E, 25°N-45°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1979-2001
Russia (RU)
(Yatagai et al., 2009)
20°E-160°E, 40°N-75°N 0.5° and 0.25°, daily 1980-2002