NOAA NCDC GHCN v2beta prcp: precipitation data
precipitation from NOAA NCDC GHCN v2beta: Monthly weather station precipitation data from the Global Historical Climate Network.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- station
- grid: /IWMO (ids) ordered [ (72503001)] :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
Other Info
- datatype
- integerarraytype
- missing_value
- [ -9999. -8888. ]
- scale_factor
- 0.1
- units
- mm
- standard units*
- 0.001 meter
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: Sun, 20 May 2012 14:02:47 GMT