Research Article

Downscaling of Open Coarse Precipitation Data through Spatial and Statistical Analysis, Integrating NDVI, NDWI, Elevation, and Distance from Sea

Table 1

Datasets used in this study.

DataPeriodSpatial resolutionTemporal resolution (synthesis)Name of the variable

TRMM 3B431998–20120.25°MonthlyTRMM
NDVI SPOT VegetationApril 1998–20121 kmDecadalNDVI
NDWI SPOT VegetationApril 1998–20121 kmDecadalNDWI
Altitude (SRTM V4.1)200890 mAltitude
Distance from sea and ocean20141 kmDistance
Bioclimatic map1932 reviewed 19581/2,000,000