Global Earth Observation Systemof Systems (GEOSS)/ Asian Water Cycle
Initiative (AWCI) Kalu Ganga Basin data
1. IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION
Name

Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)/ Asian Water Cycle Initiative(AWCI) Kalu Ganga Basin data

Metadata
Identifier

AWCI_Kalu_Ganga20230727062716-DIAS20221121113753-en

2. CONTACT
2.1 CONTACT on DATASET
NameSaman Weerakoon

Organization

University of Peradeniya

Address

Peradeniya, 20400, Sri Lanka

TEL+94-81-2393566

E-mailsbweera@pdn.ac.lk

2.2 CONTACT on PROJECT
2.2.1 Data Integration and Analysis System
Name

DIAS Office

Organization

Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

Address

3173-25, Showa-Cho, Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa, 236-0001, Japan

E-maildias-office@diasjp.net

3. DOCUMENT AUTHOR
Name

Saman Weerakoon

Organization

University of Peradeniya

E-mailsbweera@pdn.ac.lk

4. DATASET CREATOR
Name

Saman Weerakoon

Organization

University of Peradeniya

1E-mailsbweera@pdn.ac.lk

5. DATE OF THIS DOCUMENT
2023-07-27

6. DATE OF DATASET
�creation : 2010-09-30

7. DATASET OVERVIEW
7.1 Abstract
The Kalu (River) Ganga basin located at the South-Western part of Sri Lanka. It is about 130 kmlong discharges into the Indian Ocean. The flood disasters continue in the basin due to climatic,hydrologic, topographic and land use characteristics in the basin. . There is a hydropower reservoir
at one of the upper reaches. Population density in Kalutara and Ratnapura districts are 677 and314 person/sq km.

7.2 Topic Category(ISO19139)
�climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

7.3 Temporal Extent
Begin Date

2003-01-01

End Date

2004-12-31

Temporal
Characteristics

Daily

7.4 Geographic Bounding BoxNorthlatitude

bound 6.731111

Westlongitude

bound 79.95

Eastboundlongitude
Southlatitude

80.583333
bound 6.4625

7.5 Grid
7.6 Geographic Description
7.7 Keywords

27.7.1 Keywords on Dataset
Keyword Type

Keyword

KeywordName

thesaurus

discipline

flood, AWCI, Kalu Ganga, stream flow, Rainfall

No_Dictionary

7.7.2 Keywords on Project
7.7.2.1 Data Integration and Analysis System
Keyword Type

Keyword

KeywordName

thesaurus

theme

DIAS &amp;gt; Data Integration and Analysis System

No_Dictionary

7.8 Online Resource
�: http://monsoon.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/AWCI/
�file download : https://data.diasjp.net/dl/storages/filelist/dataset:152

7.9 Data Environmental Information
7.10 Distribution Information
nameversionspecification

8. DATA PROCESSING
8.1 Data Processing (1)8.1.1 General Explanation of the data producer's knowledge about thelineage of a dataset
Estimated by the gauge height measured manually.
�Raw data was uploaded by using AWCI Upload IF accompany with some basic metadata.
(Data upload process.Then Quality Control was done by using
AWCI Quality Control Interface. Finally, the metadata information was described byusing AWCI Metadata registration system.

8.1.2 Data Source
Data Source Citation Name

Description of derived parameters and processing
techniques used39. DATA REMARKS
10. DATA POLICY
10.1 Data Policy by the Data Provider[Data Policy]
1) Release of Data in Compliance with WMO Resolution 40 (CG-XII) and WMO Resolution 25 (CG-XIII)
2) No Commercial Use or Exploitation
3) No Data Transfer to Third PartiesAWCI data policy is described at http://monsoon.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/AWCI/doc/DataPolicy.pdf.
[Reference Requirements]
Whenever GEOSS AWCI data distributed by DIAS are being used for publication ofscientific results, the data's origin must be acknowledged and referenced. A
minimum requirement is to reference GEOSS AWCI and the DIAS. If only data fromone river basin (or a limited number of river basins) has been used, additionalacknowledgement to the river basin(s) and its (their) maintaining institutions ororganizations shall be given.
Data users of GEOSS AWCI data are encouraged to establish direct contact with thedata providers for the purpose of complete interpretation and analysis of data forpublication purposes.

10.2 Data Policy by the Project
10.2.1 Data Integration and Analysis System
If data provider does not have data policy, DIAS Terms of Service (https://diasjp.net/en/terms/)
and DIAS Privacy Policy (https://diasjp.net/en/privacy/) apply.
If there is a conflict between DIAS Terms of Service and data provider's policy, the data provider'spolicy shall prevail.

11. LICENSE
12. DATA SOURCE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
12.1 Acknowledge the Data Provider

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12.2 Acknowledge the Project
12.2.1 Data Integration and Analysis System
If you plan to use this dataset for a conference presentation, paper, journal article, or reportetc., please include acknowledgments referred to following examples. If the data provider describes
examples of acknowledgments, include them as well.
" In this study, [Name of Dataset] provided by [Name of Data Provider] was utilized. This dataset
was also collected and provided under the Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS), which wasdeveloped and operated by a project supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Scienceand Technology. "13. REFERENCES

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