Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)

grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1979) to (Dec 2015) by 1.0 N= 444 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