Observational Datasets in South America

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 table summarizes 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

Observational datasets in South America
datasource country type variables Period spatial
res.
temporal
res.
Data
Access*
Additional
Info
IANIGLA-
SSRH
Argentina stations PR
TMAX
TMIN
2010-2020* point daily Link  
INMET Brazil stations PR
TMAX
TMIN
RH
DT
Pressure
Wind
radiation
2010-2018* point hourly Link Link
CAMELS-
CR2met
Chile stations PR
TMAX
TMIN
1979-2016 point daily Link Link
CAMELS-
CR2met
Chile gridded PR
TMAX
TMIN
1979-2018 0.05deg daily Link Link
CAMELS-
CHIRPS
Chile gridded PR 1981-2016 0.05deg daily Link Link
CAMELS-
MSWEP
Chile gridded PR 1979-2016 0.25deg daily Link Link
CAMELS-
TMPA
Chile gridded PR 1998-2016 0.25deg daily Link Link
IDEAM Colombia stations PR   point daily Link Link
SENAMHI Peru gridded PR
TMAX
TMIN
1981-2017 0.1deg daily Link Link
NCEI Global stations         Link  
TRMM
3B42 V7.0
Lat
60°N-S
gridded PR 2000-present 0.25 deg 3hrly Link Link
GPM-
IMERG V06
Lat
90°N-S
gridded PR 2000-present 0.1 deg 30 min, 3hrs, 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, 1mo Link Link

Argentina National Weather Service

(updated on Aug. 26, 2020)

Argentina stations

PR, T, Wind,

Clouds, and others

2018 point hourly LINK

Dr. Lluís Fita Borrell 

 

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