NASA GPCP V2p1

V2p1 from NASA GPCP: Combined satellite-gauge precipitation estimates and error estimates from the Global Precipitation Climatology Project.

Documents

overview	an outline showing sub-datasets of this dataset
dataset documentation
document	PDF Document Describing GPCP Version 2.1
source	Global Precipitation Climatology Project
summary	GPCP Version 2.1 Combination Summary

Datasets and variables

AGPI	NASA GPCP V2p1 AGPI[err prcp ]
GPCC_gauge	NASA GPCP V2p1 GPCC_gauge[nsamp err prcp ]
GPI	NASA GPCP V2p1 GPI[nsamp prcp ]
multi-satellite	NASA GPCP V2p1 multi-satellite[err prcp ]
OPI	NASA GPCP V2p1 OPI[err prcp ]
satellite-gauge	NASA GPCP V2p1 satellite-gauge[err prcp ]
SSMI_composite	NASA GPCP V2p1 SSMI_composite[nsamp source prcp ]
SSMI_emission	NASA GPCP V2p1 SSMI_emission[nsamp prcp ]
SSMI_scattering	NASA GPCP V2p1 SSMI_scattering[nsamp prcp ]
SSMI_TOVS_composite	NASA GPCP V2p1 SSMI_TOVS_composite[source err prcp ]
TOVS	NASA GPCP V2p1 TOVS[prcp ]

References

Adler, R. F., G. J. Huffman, A. Chang, R. Ferraro, P. Xie, J. Janowiak, B. Rudolf, U. Schneider, S. Curtis, D. Bolvin, A. Gruber, J. Susskind, P. Arkin, E. J. Nelkin, 2003: The Version-2 Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Precipitation Analysis (1979-Present). J. Hydrometeor., 4(6), 1147-1167.

Huffman, G. J., R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, G. Gu, 2009: Improving the global precipitation record: GPCP Version 2.1. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L17808, doi;10.1029/2009GL040000.

Last updated: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:04:07 GMT