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nasa-ornldaac-940

LBA-ECO LC-09 Daily Precipitation for Altamira and Santarem, Para, Brazil: 1961-1998

ABSTRACT: This data set reports daily total precipitation data retrieved from Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology (INMET) network for three stations near two Amazonian research sites: Altamira, and Santarem, from 1961-1998. Daily precipitation totals are provided in one comma-separated ASCII file for three stations in Para, including two sites in Altamira: Altamira City and on the Transamazon Highway at Km 100 near Medicilandia (operated by EMBRAPA); and, one site in Santarem: Taperinha. Data availability varies by station (sublocation): Altamira City from 1961-1990, Transamazon Km 100 from 1982-1998, and Taperinha from 1983-1992.

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Identified by : LBA_LC09_PRECIP

This dataset was released on January 01, 2009.

The time range for this dataset is January 01, 1961 to December 31, 1998.

The spatial range for this dataset is -4° to -2.5° latitude, and -54° to -51° longitude. map (center)

DOI : 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/940
Also known as :

• dataset oai:mercury-ops2.ornl.gov:ornldaac_940 (ornl lexicon)
• dataset oai:mercury.ornl.gov:ornldaac_940 (ornl lexicon)