Chile is well known as a narrow and long country (over 4,000 km) that encompasses many climate zones and that presents significant west-east gradients as altitudes change from sea level to several thousand meters. Although Chile is recognized as one of the most affected countries by climate change, it is also one of the least covered by hydrometeorological measuring instruments. This data scarcity prevents thorough characterization of hydrological basins. To solve this problem, we constructed a decade-long (2000)(2001)(2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011) high-resolution (∼ 800 m) monthly gridded precipitation product for the central-southern zone (34 + S-41 + S) covering regions from O'Higgins to Los Ríos. These regions contain most of Chile's agricultural land, livestock, forestry, and hydroelectric production. The study zone covers a variety of topographies and climates, including eight hydrological basins: Rapel, Mataquito, Maule, Itata, BioBío, Imperial, Toltén, and Valdivia. We develop a dynamic topo-climatic methodology that includes local and global data. We combined a dynamic downscaling and a spatial-temporal multivariate model over different geographical areas that considered high-resolution precipitation fields from model data, in situ stations, and different global precipitation datasets that also understand satellite observations. Results show that most of the precipitation spatialtemporal variability is well-captured by the model in the north and central regions, from O'Higgins to Biobío, with the goodness of fit (R 2 ) fluctuating around 0.86 and 0.82, respectively. Toward the south, Araucanía and Los Ríos, the goodness of fit (R 2 ) decreased to values around 0.74 and 0.72, respectively. Both the modified Willmott coefficient (d) and the nse indicated a good model skill, with values over 0.8 and 0.7, respectively. Meanwhile, the σ e , nrmse, and pbias changed between 0.04-0.2, 0.35-0.52, and 12-22%, respectively. This database is freely available to different regional or national institutions and will help the development of a better understanding and management of local and regional hydrology.
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