V2p2 GPCC_gauge number of samples from NASA GPCP: Combined satellite-gauge precipitation estimates and error estimates from the Global Precipitation Climatology Project.
Independent Variables (Grids)
- Time (time)
- grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1979) to (Dec 2015) by 1.0 N= 444 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
- bufferwordsize
- 4
- datatype
- realarraytype
- iridl:hasSemantics
- iridl:Count
- missing_value
- -99999.0
- pointwidth
- 0
- units
- number of gauges
References
Adler, R. F., G. J. Huffman, A. Chang, R. Ferraro, P. Xie, J. Janowiak, B. Rudolf, U. Schneider, S. Curtis, D. Bolvin, A. Gruber, J. Susskind, P. Arkin, E. J. Nelkin, 2003: The Version-2 Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Precipitation Analysis (1979-Present). J. Hydrometeor., 4(6), 1147-1167.
Huffman, G. J., R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, G. Gu, 2009: Improving the global precipitation record: GPCP Version 2.1. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L17808, doi:10.1029/2009GL040000.
Last updated: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 14:52:41 GMT