NOAA NCEP-NCAR Reference_Data DegreeGrid MONTHLY gpcp: mean precipitation rate data

DegreeGrid MONTHLY mean precipitation rate from NOAA NCEP-NCAR Reference_Data: CDAS Reference Data.

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dataset documentation

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time)
grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jul 1987) to (Dec 1994) by 1.0 N= 90 pts :grid
Longitude (longitude)
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (0) to (2.5W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid
Latitude (latitude)
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (90N) to (90S) by 2.5 N= 73 pts :grid

Other Info

missing_value
-9999.0
note
x 86400 to get mm/day
units
kg /m2 /s
standard units*
kilogram meter-2 second-1

References

Kalnay, E., M. Kanamitsu, R. Kistler, W. Collins, D. Deaven, L. Gandin, M. Iredell, S. Saha, G. White, J. Woollen, Y. Zhu, A. Leetmaa, B. Reynolds, M. Chelliah, W. Ebisuzaki, W. Higgins, J. Janowiak, K. C. Mo, C. Ropelewski, J. Wang, R. Jenne, and D. Joseph. The NCEP/NCAR 40-Year Reanalysis Project. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, March, 1996

Last updated: Wed, 13 Feb 2019 20:27:28 GMT

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