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NASA GPCP V2 satellite-gauge prcp: precipitation data

V2 satellite-gauge precipitation from NASA GPCP: Combined satellite-gauge precipitation estimates and error estimates from the Global Precipitation Climatology Project.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time: grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1979) to (Jun 2008) by 1.0 N= 354 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

Other Info

bufferwordsize: 4
datatype: realarraytype
missing_value: -99999.
plotfirst: null
plotlast: null
pointwidth: 0
technique: Satellite-Gauge
units: mm /day
standard units*: 1.15740740740741×10^-08 meter second^-1

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: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 18:04:06 GMT