precipitation from NASA msu: Gridded oceanic rainfall data from the Microwave Sounding Unit.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time (time)
- grid: /T (julian_day) ordered (1 Jan 1979) to (31 May 1994) by 1.0 N= 5630 pts :grid
- Longitude (longitude)
- grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (180W) to (177.5E) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
- Latitude (latitude)
- grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (57.5N) to (57.5S) by 2.5 N= 47 pts :grid
Other Info
- bufferwordsize
- 8
- CE
- null
- CS
- null
- datatype
- doublearraytype
- file_missing_value
- -99.900002
- missing_value
- NaN
- units
- 0.0572957795130823 meter radian-1 east
References
Spencer, R.W. and J.R. Christy, 1990: Precise monitoring of global temperature trends from satellites. Science, 247, 1558-1562.
Spencer, R.W., J.R. Christy, and N.C. Grody, 1990: Global atmospheric temperature monitoring with satellite microwave measurements: Methods and results 1979-84. J. Climate, 3, 1111-1128.
Spencer, R.W. and J.R. Christy, 1993: Precision lower stratospheric temperature monitoring with the MSU: Technique, validation, and results 1979-91. J. Climate, 6, 1194-1204.
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