Data Library NASA GPCP V2p1 GPI prcp
X0 - 0
Y90S - 90N
TJan 1986 - Apr 2009
served from IRI/LDEO Climate Data Library

NASA GPCP V2p1 GPI prcp: precipitation rate data

V2p1 GPI precipitation rate 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 1986) to (Apr 2009) by 1.0 N= 280 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:PrecipitationRate
missing_value
-99999.0
pointwidth
0
units
mm /day
standard units*
1.15740740740741×10-08 meter second-1

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: Mon, 12 Sep 2016 21:33:14 GMT

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NASA IDS[Anomalies EvapTrans ]
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