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  ds482.0 Detailed Metadata

Overview
Dataset Citation:
Australian Bureau of Meteorology, 1983: Australia Precipitation, Daily and Monthly from January 1832 to February 1983. Dataset ds482.0 published by the CISL Data Support Section at the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, available online at http://dss.ucar.edu/datasets/ds482.0/.
Types of data:
  • Platform Observations
Data formats:
  • Dataset-specific ASCII
Data contributors:
  • AU/BOM > Bureau of Meteorology, Australia
Total volume:  438.136 Mbytes

Summary for Platform Observations in ASCII Format
Observing PlatformObservation Type
  • Data Types
Average Frequency of Data
(varies by individual platform ID and data type)
Temporal/Geographical Coverage
(each dot represents a 3° box containing one or more observations)
Land StationSurface
  • Daily precipitation total (mm)
  • Monthly precipitation total (mm)
  • 1 per day
  • 1 to 6 per week
  • 1 to 4 per month
  • 2 to 10 per year
1832-01-01 to 1983-02-28 

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