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NOAA NCDC GHCN beta version 2 (prcp)

NOAA NCDC GHCN beta version 2 (prcp): Monthly weather station precipitation data from the Global Historical Climate Network.

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elev NOAA NCDC GHCN v2beta elev[ IWMO |]
latitude NOAA NCDC GHCN v2beta lat[ IWMO |]
longitude NOAA NCDC GHCN v2beta lon[ IWMO |]
Name NOAA NCDC GHCN v2beta Name[ IWMO |]
precipitation NOAA NCDC GHCN v2beta prcp[ T | IWMO]

Independent Variables (Grids)

station grid: /IWMO (ids) ordered [ (1001000) (1005000) (1008000) ... (98851001)] N= 20590 pts :grid
time grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (0011 1 Jan 1697 - 0011 1 Feb 1697) to (Apr 2012) by 0.9999999 N= 3784 pts :grid

References

Vose, R. S., Richard L. Schmoyer, Peter M. Steurer, Thomas C. Peterson, Richard Heim, Thomas R. Karl, and J. Eischeid, 1992: The Global Historical Climatology Network: long-term monthly temperature, precipitation, sea level pressure, and station pressure data. ORNL/CDIAC-53, NDP-041. Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Last updated: Wed, 16 May 2012 14:02:25 GMT