Data Summary
Title: Australian Gridded Climate Data ( AGCD ) / AWAP ; v1.0.0 Snapshot (1900-01-01 to 2018-12-31) ( not yet released )
Status: planned
Start Time: 1900-01-01
End Time: 2018-12-31
Geographical Extent (deg):
West: 111.975
East: 156.275
South: -44.525
North: -9.975
Data Details
Abstract
Gridded climate data of site-based surface observations or satellite data:
- Time coverage: Site-based data are used to provide gridded climate data at the daily and monthly timescale for rainfall (1900+), maximum and minimum temperature (1910+), 9am and 3pm vapour pressure (1971+).
Spatial coverage: The data encompasses the Australian continent and Tasmania -
For this dataset (delivered publicly) - the dataset is reproducible from the same starting data using the code described in the file metadata.
The dataset can be cited in publications (see License details below.)
Background information is available in the paper by Jones,D., Wang, W. and Fawcett, R. [2009] "High-quality spatial climate data-sets for Australia", Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 58(4), pp.233-248; accessible from: [ http://www.bom.gov.au/amm/docs/2009/jones_hres.pdf ] or [ http://www.bom.gov.au/amm/papers.php?year=2009 ].
Supplementary Information:
Data are individual files at the daily and monthly timescale. The time record dimension is UNLIMITED, allowing concatenation of the daily/monthly files.
Limited spatial resolution (approx. 5km x 5km)
Purpose:
The AGCD grids are produced to show the rainfall, temperature, pressure, solar exposure, and NDVI values across Australia in the form of two-dimensional arrays, using 0.05x0.05 degree grids.
Topic Category: environment
Topic Category: climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Keywords:
- Meteorology
- Climatology
Keywords:
(Thesaurus:
ANZLIC Theme Search words)
- CLIMATE-AND-WEATHER-Temperature
- CLIMATE-AND-WEATHER-Rainfall
- ATMOSPHERE-Pressure
Keywords:
(Thesaurus:
GCMD Science Keywords)
- EARTH SCIENCE | Atmosphere | Precipitation | Liquid Precipitation | Rain
- EARTH SCIENCE | Atmosphere | Atmospheric Temperature | Surface Temperature | MAXIMUM / MINIMUM TEMPERATURE
Keywords:
- DataParam: Rainfall - totals - per day - gridded - Australia
- DataParam: Temperature, air - maximum - for each day, gridded
- DataParam: Temperature, air - minimum - for each day, gridded
Citation Details
Title: Australian Gridded Climate Data ( AGCD ) / AWAP ; v1.0.0 Snapshot (1900-01-01 to 2018-12-31) ( not yet released )
Alternative Title:
Australian Gridded Climate Data (AGCD); Australian Water Availability Project ( AWAP ) {DRAFT stopgap metadata}
Resource Date:
2019-01-27
(creation)
Identifier:
Code: https://doi.org/10.4227/166/5a8647d1c23e0
Party To Be Cited:
Organisation: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Role: originator
Point Of Contact For Dataset
Point Of Contact: Climate Monitoring, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Email:
climatedata@bom.gov.au
Custodian: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Owner: Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Dataset's Processing Context: netCDF libraries; bom-cmp-awap-1.00; Specified in Jones et al. 2009. http://www.bom.gov.au/amm/docs/2009/jones_hres.pdf;
Collective Title: zv2
Data Extent
Geographical Extent (deg):
West Bound Longitude: 111.975
East Bound Longitude: 156.275
South Bound Latitude: -44.525
North Bound Latitude: -9.975
Temporal Extent:
Dataset Constraints
Dataset Legal Constraints:
Access Constraints: copyright; otherRestrictions
Use Constraints: copyright; otherRestrictions
Use Limitation:
Operational dataset with snapshot of historical archive at a point in time. Limited spatial resolution (approx. 5kmx5km)
Other Constraints:
Data Licence: The grid data files in this AGCD Snapshot are available under the CC-BY-NC 4.0 International Licence.
The CC-BY-NC 4.0 International ( Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial CC-BY-NC v.4.0 international ) license summary may be found here: [ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ ].
The full license text may be found here: [ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode ].
This AGCD snapshot will be : a) freely accessible (via thredds), and b) available for registered researchers, from NCI's raijin.
Data should be cited as :
Australian Bureau of Meteorology (2019), "Australian Gridded Climate Data ( AGCD ) / AWAP ; v1.0.0 Snapshot (1900-01-01 to 2018-12-31)". Downloaded from https://doi.org/10.4227/166/5a8647d1c23e0 on [date].
Dataset Constraints
Dataset Security Constraints:
Classification: unclassified
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Data Information
Data Distribution Information
Distribution Format:
Name: NetCDF4 with zlib compression
Version: CF-1.6
Transfer Options:
DownloadableData : Openly accessible thredds INDEX webpage for data (opendap, etc) (not yet available) [http://www.nci.tobeAdvised]
(WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link)
, Function: download
Paper : Jones,D et al. [2009] "High-quality spatial climate data-sets for Australia", Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Journal, 58(4), pp.233-248 [http://www.bom.gov.au/amm/docs/2009/jones.pdf]
(WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link)
, Function: information
Webpage about the project [http://www.bom.gov.au/tobeAdvised.html]
(WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link)
, Function: information
Raijin file path: /g/data2/zv2 (Registered researchers only) [http://www.nci.au/tobeAdvised.html]
(WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link)
Point of truth URL of authoritative version of this metadata record [http://www.bom.gov.au/metadata/19115/ANZCW0503900567]
(www link)
, Function: information
Data Quality
Scope:
Level: dataset
Lineage:
Statement: bom-cmp-awap-1.00;
netCDF libraries;
Lineage and processing is specified in Jones et al. 2009. [ http://www.bom.gov.au/amm/docs/2009/jones_hres.pdf ];
This snapshot is also stored at the Bureau, on the tape archive.
Process Step:
Description: .
Rationale: /g/data2/zv2
Dataset Update Frequency
Maintenance And Update Frequency: biannually
Maintenance Note: This netcdf dataset is a snapshot from the start of the timeseries (1900 to December 2018);
Each snapshot is of the entire previous dataset and extends a further 6 months, superceding the preceding snapshot. The superseded snapshots will be archived once superceded, but will still be available on request.
Metadata Constraints
Metadata Legal Constraints:
Access Constraints: copyright; otherRestrictions
Use Constraints: copyright; otherRestrictions
Other Constraints:
- Metadata constraints: The authoritative (Point of truth) full version of this metadata record is under copyright, and available from [ http://www.bom.gov.au/metadata/19115/ANZCW0503900567 ]. Licence details about harvesting and derivative versions of the metadata are included there.
- Metadata Licence details: The authoritative metadata record may be copied, harvested and/or re-presented, provided* that, in relation to the metadata record available from the "Point of truth URL of this metadata record" : a) the "Key content" listed below is retained, visible, and unaltered, and b) the interpretation of any newly assigned field-labelling (for that content) is consistent with the original, such that content interpretation will be correct (*except where permission is given by the Bureau of Meteorology to do otherwise). Key Content: Distribution/TransferOptions section's content; MetadataConstraints section's content; the ResourceConstraints section's content, and the Citation/CitedResponsibleParty section.
Metadata Maintenance
Maintenance And Update Frequency: asNeeded
Maintenance Note: 2018-0126: converted from NCI record, & improved;
2019-0619: 'Data maintenance note' amended, to reflect timespan that is in the title, etc.
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Metadata Information
Metadata Identifier: ANZCW0503900567
Metadata Contact:
Point Of Contact: Climate Monitoring, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
Email:
metadata@bom.gov.au
Date Metadata Revised: 2019-06-20T04:59:47
Metadata Standard:
ISO19115:2003/ISO19139:2007; Geographic information - Metadata
(ver. 1.0)