Dear Kilian,

Your best bets for getting satellite data over your region of interest in 1995-1996 will be

* Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), for frequent, low spatial resolution (1.1 to 5 km) images. AVHRR data may be retrieved from

http://www.class.ngdc.noaa.gov/saa/products/search?datatype_family=AVHRR

* Landsat-5, for occasional high spatial resolution (30 m in the solar spectral bands) images. Landsat data may be obtained from USGS, for instance here:

http://landsat.usgs.gov/Landsat_Search_and_Download.php

I hope this helps. Cheers, Michel.

Dear Michel, thanks a lot for your answer. I wasn't expresssing myself very clearly. I am looking for precipitation values only. I already have good imagery but for interpreting them I need some more information. How much rain they got during their monsoon periode for example. to compare it to the circumstances that have occured last year in October - December, 

But thanks for your effort. 

Dear Kilian Mathan,

If you need only precipitation data (observed), you can get it from India meteorological department (IMD) or Water Resources Department of TamilNadu or from Central Water Commission, India... Basically, these 3 organisations are providing station-wise data for Chennai.. Out of which, IMD is considered to be more reliable...

I hope it helps.

All the best!

Dear Sabyasachi Swain, 

thank you very much. I already tried it twice with the IMD, but I just don't get any replys. Hopefully one of the others will answers in time. I will givr them a go. 

Thanks and kind regards 

Kilian