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SOURCESUEACRUTS2p1*monthlyprecipitation

UEA CRU TS2p1 monthly prcp: precipitation data

monthly precipitation from UEA CRU TS2p1: Mean surface climate data over global land areas, including tercile and percentile data.

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time
grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1901) to (Dec 2002) by 1.0 N= 1224 pts :grid
Longitude
grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (179.75W) to (179.75E) by 0.5 N= 720 pts :grid
Latitude
grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (89.75S) to (89.75N) by 0.5 N= 360 pts :grid

Other Info

missing_value
-99.900002
units
mm /month
standard units*
0.012 meter year-1

References

Mitchell, T. D., P. D. Jones. An improved method of constructing a database of monthly climate observations and associated high-resolution grids. Int. J. Climatol. 25, 2005

Last updated: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:18:24 GMT