Afghanistan is a landlocked country in central Asia. It is predominantly mountainous with plains in the north and the southwest, separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. It has cold winters and dry, hot summers, depending on altitude and the climate is dry.
Since the late 1970s, Afghanistan's history has been dominated by extensive warfare, which has led to major gaps in meteorological and hydrological observational records. The time series mainly cover the period from the mid-60’ties to 1980 and then from mid-2000 to mid-2010.
With the advance and availability of a range of global data products, this study aims to apply different techniques to combine these data sources to fill existing gaps in the observed times series. These data will subsequently be analysed for changes and trends (in both mean values as well as extremes) and discussed in light of recent trends in the larger region of central Asia.
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