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.