IMD Regional Climate Centre (RA II) - South Asia Gridded Rainfall & IMDAA Reanalysis
India Meteorological Department Regional Climate Centre for South Asia offering free downloads of the merged satellite (GPM) and gauge daily gridded rainfall dataset (0.25 deg) over South Asia and the high-resolution IMDAA regional reanalysis (~12 km, 1979-2018) for the Indian subcontinent.
rcc.imdpune.gov.in
At a glance
- Region
- India (Asia)
- Coverage
- South Asia
- Access
- Free
- Category
- Government
- Last updated
- 2025
What's inside
- Rainfall
- Reanalysis
- Gridded climate
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Risk screening
Screen projects and assets for climate risk.
Because it has: Reanalysis
- 02
Future water
Estimate water availability under future scenarios.
- 03
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: Rainfall
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Bias correction
Correct and downscale climate model output for a site.
- 02
Emulators
Replace slow model runs with fast ML emulators.
- 03
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
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