2.2.1. China meteorological forcing dataset
The China Meteorological Forcing Dataset (CMFD) is a gridded near-surface meteorological dataset with high spatio-temporal resolution, which was developed by the hydrometeorological research group of the Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Yang, He et al. 2010, Yingying, Chen et al. 2011). The dataset was obtained through fusion of remote sensing products, reanalysis dataset and in-situ observation data at weather stations. Its record starts from January 1979 and keeps extending (currently up to December 2018) with a temporal resolution of three hours and a spatial resolution of 0.1°. Seven near-surface meteorological elements are provided in the CMFD, including 2-m air temperature, surface pressure, specific humidity, 10-m wind speed, downward shortwave radiation, downward longwave radiation and precipitation rate.