Table 1 List of data available for study and their sources
Data | Spatial resolution | Temporal resolution | Period | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Climate data | ||||
Precipitation* (rainfall) | Point data | Daily (32 stations) | 1891–1937 | “Rainfall of India (1891–1914) and Daily Rainfall of India (1915–1937)” available on the web page of the NOAA Central Library, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA https://library.noaa.gov/Collections/Digital-Docs/Foreign-Climate-Data/India-Climate-Data Data were checked by the original books at the Library of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) |
1938–1939 | “Daily Rainfall Recorded in Burma” stored in the Library of The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI; 1938–1939) | |||
Rice crop data | ||||
Rice-cultivated area | District-level data | Yearly (37 districts) | 1901/02–1946/47** | Okamoto (1998) http://hdl.handle.net/10086/14672 |
Country level data (whole Burma) | 5-Yearly (from 1830 to 1900), Yearly (from 1900 to 1985) | 1830–1985 | Win (1991): 1830–1985 Okamoto (1998): 1901–1946 | |
Rice-harvested area | District-level data | Yearly (37 districts) | 1912/13–1946/47 | Okamoto (1998) http://hdl.handle.net/10086/14672 |
Rice yield | District-level data | Yearly (37 districts) | 1901/02–1946/47** | Okamoto (1998) |
Rice production | District-level data | Yearly (37 districts) | 1901/02–1946/47 (not available for 1941/42–1944/45) ** | Okamoto (1998) |
Country level data (whole Burma) | 5-Yearly (from 1830 to 1900), Yearly (from 1900 to 1985) | 1830–1985 | Win (1991): 1830–1985 Okamoto (1998): 1901–1946 | |
Rice export | Country level data (whole Burma) | 10-Yearly (from 1860 to 1900), Yearly (from 1900 to 1985) | 1860–1985 | Win (1991): 1860–1985 |
Digital elevation data (DEM, flow direction, flow accumulation) | 30-arcsecond | – | – | HydroSHEDS (provided by the United States Geological Survey) https://www.hydrosheds.org/downloads |
Administrative boundary map and data | District, country | – | – | Okamoto (1998), Myanmar Information Management Unit (http://themimu.info/) |
Soil Types (Digital Soil Map) | ||||