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NASA GPCP V1B SSMI_scattering precipitation
V1B SSMI_scattering precipitation from NASA GPCP: Combined satellite-gauge precipitation estimates and error estimates from the Global Precipitation Climatology Project.Documents
| overview | an outline showing sub-datasets of this dataset |
Independent Variables (Grids)
| Time (time) | grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jul 1987) to (Sep 1998) by 1.0 N= 135 pts :grid |
| Longitude (longitude) | grid: /X (degree_east) periodic (1.25E) to (1.25W) by 2.5 N= 144 pts :grid |
| Latitude (latitude) | grid: /Y (degree_north) ordered (88.75N) to (88.75S) by 2.5 N= 72 pts :grid |
Other Info
- missing_value
- -99999.0
- technique
- SSMI scattering
- standard units
- 1.15740740740741e-08 meter second-1
References
Huffman, G. J., R.F. Adler, P.A. Arkin, A. Chang, R. Ferraro, A. Gruber, J. Janowiak, R.J. Joyce, A. McNab, B. Rudolf, U. Schneider, and P. Xie, 1997: The Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Combined Precipitation Data Set. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 5-20.
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