THE PACIFIC RAIN-GAUGE RAINFALL DATABASE

The Comprehensive Pacific Rainfall Database includes daily rain gage d ata from over 250 meteorological stations located on islands and atoll s throughout the Pacific basin with records beginning in 1971 and exte nding up to the present. Included with these station records are data obtained from the Schools of the Pacific Rainfall Climate Experiment. The database includes a metadata file containing information pertainin g to local island topography and other site characteristics. The data are constantly updated and are available to interested researchers thr ough the Internet file transfer protocol system.