Observational Datasets in South America

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Many of the regular precipitation and temperature observations in South America are operated by governmental institutions dedicated to water management and forecasting operations. We have gathered some of the publicly available data and combined them with the global datasets that are available in this region.

The following tables summarize observational datasets in South America. For further information contact Lucia Scaff (lucia.scaff@usask.ca) or Kyoko Ikeda (kyoko@ucar.edu). *many of the websites are in Spanish or Portuguese and need registration

Weather Stations

country variables Period datasource URL-data URL-documentation
Argentina Precipitation, temperature extremes 2010-2020* IANIGLA-SSRH Data link  
Argentina Precip., temperature, dewpoint, wetbulb, ew, ps, psl, wind speed and direction, wind gust and direction, pressure tendency, hourly and 6hourly precipitation 1 Jan 2018-31 Dec. 2018 WMO Data Link  
Argentina Several variables   SNIH Data Link  
Argentina For agriculture (e.g. T, P, HR, Frost hours, radiation, etc) variable SIGA Data Link  
Brazil Precipitation, temperature extremes, RH, Td, Pressure, Wind, radiation 2010-2018* INMET Data Link  
Brazil T, PR, RH, U2 1980–2013   Data Link Documentation Link
Brazil Rainfall, River levels, flow rates, water quality, and sediments Depends on the station ANA Data Link Doucumentation Link
Chile Precipitation, temperature extremes 1979-2016 CAMELS-CR2met Data Link Documentation Link
Colombia Precipitation variable IDEAM Data Link  
Peru Temperature, Precipitation, Relative Humidity   SENAMHI Data Link  
Paraguay Several variables   DMH Data Link Documentation Link
Venezuela Several variables   INAMEH Data Link  
Global     NCEI Data Link  

Field experiments and radiosondes

country variables Period datasource URL-data URL-documentation
Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru   15 November 2002 and 15 February 2003 SALLJEX experiment Data Link Documentation Link
Argentina     extra data sources Data Link  
Argentina     extra data sources Data Link  
Argentina- La Plata basin Precipitation 1961-1999 CLARIS_LPB experiment Data Link Documentation Link
Argentina- La Plata basin Temperature 1961-2000 CLARIS_LPB experiment Data Link Documentation Link
Peru and Bolivia   2014-2018 DECADE experiment Data Link Documentation Link
Radiosondes South America vertical profiles of Hgt, T, Td. RH, w, wind, etc   U off Wyoming Data Link  

Gridded data (from observations and remote data)

country variables Period datasource URL-data URL-documentation
Brazil T, PR, RH, U2 1980–2013   Data Link Documentation Link
Chile Precipitation, temperature extremes 1979-2018 CAMELS-CR2met Data Link Documentation Link
Chile Precipitation 1981-2016 CAMELS-CHIRPS Data Link Documentation Link
Chile Precipitation 1979-2016 CAMELS-MSWEP Data Link Documentation Link
Chile Precipitation 1998-2016 CAMELS-TMPA Data Link Documentation Link
Peru Precipitation, temperature extremes 1981-2017 SENAMHI Data Link Documentation Link
Latitudes 60°N-S Precipitation 2000-present TRMM 3B42 V7.0 Data Link Documentation Link
Latitudes 90°N-S Precipitation 2000-present GPM-IMERG V06 Data Link Documentation Link

Contact

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Andrew Newman

Project Scientist II

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Erin Dougherty

Project Scientist I

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