NASA GPCP V2p1 SSMI_TOVS_composite

V2p1 SSMI_TOVS_composite from NASA GPCP: Combined satellite-gauge precipitation estimates and error estimates from the Global Precipitation Climatology Project.

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Datasets and variables

NASA GPCP V2p1 SSMI_TOVS_composite err[ X Y | T]
NASA GPCP V2p1 SSMI_TOVS_composite prcp[ X Y | T]
NASA GPCP V2p1 SSMI_TOVS_composite source[ X Y | T]

Independent Variables (Grids)

Time (time) grid: /T (months since 1960-01-01) ordered (Jan 1987) to (Apr 2009) by 1.0 N= 268 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

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

Data Views

NASA GPCP V2p1 SSMI_TOVS_composite[source err prcp ]