74fab393-2718-4bdb-b229-190ae72a9fe1 eng utf8 dataset dataset NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information pointOfContact 2019-12-05 ISO 19115 Geographic Information - Metadata ISO 19115:2003(E) European Petroleum Survey Group (EPSG) Geodetic Parameter Registry 2008-11-12 publication European Petroleum Survey Group EPSGadministrator@iogp.org https://www.epsg-registry.org/ EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset The EPSG Geodetic Parameter Dataset is a structured dataset of Coordinate Reference Systems and Coordinate Transformations, accessible through this online registry. information publisher urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG::3031 6.18.3 Model-simulated and bias-corrected daily total precipitation from a reanalysis-driven Weather Research and Forecasting simulation of the Beas and Sutlej river basins in the Himalaya, 1980 to 2012 2019-12-05 creation 2019-12-05 revision 2019-12-05 publication 2019-12-05 released 1.0 https://doi.org/10.5285/74fab393-2718-4bdb-b229-190ae72a9fe1 doi GB/NERC/BAS/PDC/01280 https://data.bas.ac.uk/ NE/N015592/1 award Please cite this item as: Bannister, D., Orr, A., & Phillips, T. (2019). Model-simulated and bias-corrected daily total precipitation from a reanalysis-driven Weather Research and Forecasting simulation of the Beas and Sutlej river basins in the Himalaya, 1980 to 2012 (Version 1.0) [Data set]. UK Polar Data Centre, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation. https://doi.org/10.5285/74fab393-2718-4bdb-b229-190ae72a9fe1 High-resolution simulations of daily precipitation over the Beas and Sutlej basins in the Himalaya from 1980 to 2012 were conducted using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model by the British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK. It was shown that applying a non-linear bias-correction method to the model precipitation output resulted in much better results. The work formed part of the project 'Sustaining Himalayan Water Resources in a Changing Climate (SusHi-Wat)' during 2015 to 2018, and was funded by the UK Natural Environmental Research Council grant number NE/N015592/1. The datasets produced are necessary as accurate fine-scale estimates of precipitation over catchments in the Himalaya mountain range are required for providing input to hydrological models, as well as identifying precipitation extremes for assessing hydro-meteorological hazards. No credit. completed Bannister, Daniel British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation Researcher author Orr, Andrew British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation Researcher author Phillips, Tony British Antarctic Survey, Natural Environment Research Council, UK Research & Innovation Researcher author NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information pointOfContact asNeeded completed EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Amount EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Precipitation theme Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Science Keywords 2026-01-27 publication 23 Global Change Data Center, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Greenbelt MD United States of America https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Keywords The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. information publisher Himalaya bias-correction high-resolution regional climate modelling hindcast precipitation theme The Beas and Satluj catchments in the Himalayas Asia place Atmospheric conditions theme GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2021-01-06 revision otherRestrictions no limitations to public access otherRestrictions no limitations license Open Government Licence v3.0 otherRestrictions This data is governed by the NERC Data Policy: https://www.ukri.org/who-we-are/nerc/our-policies-and-standards/nerc-data-policy/ otherRestrictions This data is governed by the NERC data policy and supplied under Open Government Licence v.3 otherRestrictions No restrictions apply. url url crossReference url url crossReference doi doi crossReference doi doi crossReference doi doi crossReference doi doi crossReference doi doi crossReference doi doi crossReference doi doi crossReference doi doi crossReference url url crossReference textTable eng utf8 climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere environment 75.1 83.3 29.7 34.1 1980-01-01 2012-12-31 It is recommended that careful attention be paid to the contents of any data, and that the author be contacted with any questions regarding appropriate use. If you find any errors or omissions, please report them to polardatacentre@bas.ac.uk. NERC EDS UK Polar Data Centre +44 (0)1223 221400 British Antarctic Survey, High Cross, Madingley Road Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0ET United Kingdom PDCServiceDesk@bas.ac.uk https://www.bas.ac.uk/team/business-teams/information-services/uk-polar-data-centre/ information distributor application/netcdf text/plain bytes 1610612736 https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=74fab393-2718-4bdb-b229-190ae72a9fe1 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Get Data Download data download bytes 1610612736 https://ramadda.data.bas.ac.uk/repository/entry/show?entryid=74fab393-2718-4bdb-b229-190ae72a9fe1 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Get Data Download data download dataset Methodology: We ran version 3.8.1 of the WRF model on a series of three nested domains. The innermost domain had 157 × 100 grid points with a 5 km spatial resolution, and included the Beas and Sutlej river basins. A Lambert conformal conic projection was used, centred on point 23°N, 80°E with one standard parallel at 30°N on a spherical model Earth of radius 6370 km. This was nested within a domain covering the whole of the wider Himalayan region with 124 × 100 grid points and a 15 km spatial resolution, and an outermost domain covering the whole of the Indian subcontinent with 100 × 100 grid points and a 45 km spatial resolution. All domains had 30 vertical levels between the surface and the model top at 50 hPa. The model was forced with atmospheric initial and boundary conditions derived from ERA-Interim reanalysis. The glacier mask used in all three domains was updated using version 5.0 of the Randolph Glacier Inventory. To deal with the complex terrain, the topography was derived from 90 m Shuttle Radar Topography Mission dataset. The model was run from continuously for one calendar year beginning on 15 December, reinitialising every year between 1980 and 2012 (i.e. a total of 33 years) in time zone UTC +5:30. This included a 16-day spin-up period. The model output from the innermost (5 km) domain was archived. We used a power transformation, first proposed by Leander and Buishand (2007), in order to correct the mean and variance statistics of the WRF precipitation output from the model to match the daily in-situ observations. Regression relationships were subsequently derived to allow us to apply a correction to all grid cells in the model innermost domain based on elevation. Leander, R., and T. A. Buishand (2007), Resampling of regional climate model output for the simulation of extreme river flows, J. Hydrol., 332, 487-496, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2006.08.006. Data collection: The model used is version 3.8.1 of the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model. Data quality: Both the raw and bias-corrected precipitation output at a spatial resolution of 5 km were compared to precipitation measurements from seven independent sites. For annual as well as seasonal amounts, the bias based on the bias-corrected WRF output is (often considerably) smaller than the raw WRF model output. asNeeded completed