Table 3 Overview of table fields (columns) in each of the data records available for individual gauges in GSDR-I.

From: An Observation-Based Dataset of Global Sub-Daily Precipitation Indices (GSDR-I)

Data Record

Table Fields (Columns)

Gauge metadata

Gauge ID, country, latitude, longitude, elevation, record start date/time, record end date/time, time zone (UTC offset), percent missing, measurement resolution/precision

Time series indices (e.g. maxima)

Gauge ID, latitude, longitude, year, (season), (month), index value, percent completeness

Supplementary statistics (extreme percentiles and diurnal cycle/profile)

Gauge ID, latitude, longitude, (season), (month), (hour), record completeness threshold, number of years meeting completeness threshold, value of statistic

  1. Brackets indicate which fields are present only if relevant, e.g. monthly Rx1hr will include a month column. For the diurnal cycle supplementary statistics, the value for each hour of the day is provided in its own column and an additional column records the number of wet days for the period.
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