MAHASRI Pathfinder Gridded Precipitation Data of the Asian Region

This is a gridded data set of precipitation made from station precipitation included in the GAME Phase 2 Collected Data, by first summing up for each month at each station and then interpolating spatially. We have not taken account of topographical effects, nor systematic errors of raingauges. In our product, data are given on grid boxes over land only. Furthermore, those grid boxes which are far from any observing stations to be void of data. (The threshold distance is predetermined by subjective decision of the analyst.) The production of this data set is also a part of MAHASRI (Monsoon Asian Hydro-Atmosphere Scientific Research and Prediction Initiative) which has evolved from the legacy of GAME.