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Domain of the current products APHRO_MA/ME/RU_V1101 and APHRO_JP_V1005. 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)
Negotiation with local meteorological/hydrological organizations and/or local researchers
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

NOTICE

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

Links to APHRODITE metadata on DIAS(User registration and download) are:

Monsoon Asia: APHRO_MA
Middle East: APHRO_ME
Norhtern Eurasia(Russia): APHRO_RU
Combined Eurasia: APHRO_PR
Japan hi-resolution: APHRO_JP
Daily mean temperature(Monsoon Asia): AphroTemp

Registered users also can sign-in this webpage.

Name	Domain	Resolution	Period
Monsoon Asia (MA) (Yatagai et al. 2011)	60°E-150°E, 15°S-55°N	0.5° and 0.25°, daily	1951-2007
Middle East (ME) (Yatagai et al. 2011)	20°E-65°E, 15°N-45°N
Russia (RU) (Yatagai et al. 2011)	15°E-165°W, 34°N-84°N

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

AphroTemp Current version: 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

APHRO_JP Current version: 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

Russia (RU) 15°E-165°W, 34°N-84°N

APHRO_JP Previous version: V1005

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     »Errata

Name Domain Resolution Period

Monsoon Asia (MA)
(Yatagai et al. 2009) »Readme 60°E-150°E, 0°N-55°N 0.5° and 0.25°,
daily 1961-2004

Middle East (ME)
(Yatagai et al. 2009) »Readme 15°E-65°E, 25°N-45°N

Russia (RU)
(Yatagai et al. 2009) »Readme 15°E-165°W, 34°N-84°N

Previous version: V0804   (Contact us for further information)

Name Domain Resolution Period

East Asia (EA)
(Yatagai et al. 2008) »Readme 65°E-155°E, 5°N-60°N 0.5° and 0.25°,
daily 1980-2002

Middle East (ME)
(Yatagai et al. 2008) »Readme 25°E-60°E, 25°N-45°N 1979-2001

Russia (RU)
(Takashima et al. 2009) »Readme 20°E-160°E, 40°N-75°N 1980-2002

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
Russia (RU)	15°E-165°W, 34°N-84°N

Name	Domain	Resolution	Period
Monsoon Asia (MA) (Yatagai et al. 2009) »Readme	60°E-150°E, 0°N-55°N	0.5° and 0.25°, daily	1961-2004
Middle East (ME) (Yatagai et al. 2009) »Readme	15°E-65°E, 25°N-45°N
Russia (RU) (Yatagai et al. 2009) »Readme	15°E-165°W, 34°N-84°N

Name	Domain	Resolution	Period
East Asia (EA) (Yatagai et al. 2008) »Readme	65°E-155°E, 5°N-60°N	0.5° and 0.25°, daily	1980-2002
Middle East (ME) (Yatagai et al. 2008) »Readme	25°E-60°E, 25°N-45°N		1979-2001
Russia (RU) (Takashima et al. 2009) »Readme	20°E-160°E, 40°N-75°N		1980-2002