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NASA GPCP V1B gauge

V1B gauge from NASA GPCP: Combined satellite-gauge precipitation estimates and error estimates from the Global Precipitation Climatology Project.

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Datasets and variables

abs. error NASA GPCP V1B gauge err[ X Y | T]
number of samples NASA GPCP V1B gauge nsamp[ X Y | T]
precipitation NASA GPCP V1B gauge prcp[ X Y | T]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jul 1987) to (Sep 1998) by 1.0 N= 135 pts :grid
Longitude grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (1.25E) to (1.25W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
Latitude grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (88.75N) to (88.75S) by 2.5 N= 72 pts :grid

References

Huffman, G. J., R.F. Adler, P.A. Arkin, A. Chang, R. Ferraro, A. Gruber, J. Janowiak, R.J. Joyce, A. McNab, B. Rudolf, U. Schneider, and P. Xie, 1997: The Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Combined Precipitation Data Set. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 5-20.

Last updated: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 15:05:20 GMT