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