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HMA2_DSPAT·v1·dataset

Projected rain and temperature for High Mountain Asia (daily, 5 km)

High Mountain Asia Daily 5 km Downscaled SPEAR Precipitation and Air Temperature Projections V001
atmosphere NASA NSIDC_CPRD Level 4 netCDF-4
In plain English

What it measures. Projected daily rainfall and near-surface air temperature for the High Mountain Asia region, looking ahead from 2015 through 2100 at a fine 5 km scale.

How it's made. Created by taking coarse output from the GFDL SPEAR climate model and statistically sharpening (downscaling) it to local detail; a historical run for 1990-2014 is also provided.

How & where you'd use it. Offers two future scenarios (a moderate and a high-emissions path) to help anticipate how climate change may affect water, snow, and conditions across this mountainous, glacier-fed region.

What's measured

ATMOSPHERE › ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE › SURFACE TEMPERATURE › AIR TEMPERATUREATMOSPHERE › PRECIPITATION › PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span1990-01-01 → 2014-12-31
  • Measured byMODELS (NOT APPLICABLE)
  • Processing levelLevel 4
  • Spatial extent60.025, 20.025, 110.975, 45.975
  • FormatsnetCDF-4
  • StatusCOMPLETE

What you can do with it

  • Map air pollutants — NO₂, aerosols, ozone
  • Track greenhouse gases and Earth's energy budget
  • Feed weather and air-quality analysis
Official description

This data set consists of daily, 5 km resolution precipitation and mean, near-surface air temperature projections from 2015 through 2100 for the High Mountain Asia (HMA) region. The data were generated by statistically downscaling 0.5° resolution model data from the Geophysical Fluid Dynamic Laboratory (GFDL) Seamless System for Prediction and EArth System Research (SPEAR) 30-member ensemble climate model. Projections are provided for two Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs): SSP2-4.5 and SSP5 8.5. A historical model run from 1990 through 2014 is also available.

Get the data

hma2_dspat_access.py
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")          # free Earthdata Login

results = earthaccess.search_data(
    short_name="HMA2_DSPAT",
    version="1",
    bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),  # your area (W,S,E,N)
    temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),       # your dates
)
files = earthaccess.open(results)   # stream straight from NSIDC_CPRD
Browsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package.