V2p2 SSMI_TOVS_composite precipitation rate from NASA GPCP: Combined satellite-gauge precipitation estimates and error estimates from the Global Precipitation Climatology Project.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time (time)
- grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1987) to (Dec 2015) by 1.0 N= 348 pts :grid
- Longitude (longitude)
- grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (1.25E) to (1.25W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
- Latitude (latitude)
- grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (88.75N) to (88.75S) by 2.5 N= 72 pts :grid
Other Info
- bufferwordsize
- 4
- datatype
- realarraytype
- iridl:hasSemantics
- iridl:PrecipitationRate
- missing_value
- -99999.0
- pointwidth
- 0
- standard_name
- lwe_precipitation_rate
- units
- mm /day
- standard units*
- 1.15740740740741×10-08 meter second-1
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, 06 Jan 2021 14:52:06 GMT