from NOAA NCDC GCPS MONTHLY GRIDDED: Baseline climatological dataset of gridded temperature and precipitation anomalies derived from the Global Historical Climate Network.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time (time)
- grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (16 Jan 1851 - 15 Feb 1851) to (16 Nov 1993 - 15 Dec 1993) by 1.0 N= 1715 pts :grid
- Longitude (longitude)
- grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (2.5W) to (7.5W) by 5.0 N= 72 pts :grid
- Latitude (latitude)
- grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (92.5S) to (92.5N) by 5.0 N= 38 pts :grid
Other Info
- bufferwordsize
- 8
- datatype
- doublearraytype
- file_missing_value
- -9999.9902
- missing_value
- NaN
- units
- mm /month
- standard units*
- 0.012 meter year-1
- history
- NOAA Baseline Climatological Dataset
References
Baker, C.B., J.K. Eischeid, T.R. Karl, and H.F. Diaz, 1994: The quality control of long-term climatological data using objective data analysis. Preprints of AMS Ninth Conference on Applied Climatology, Dallas, TX., January 15-20, 1995.
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