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NASA GPCP V2p1 SSMI_composite

V2p1 SSMI_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_composite nsamp[ X Y | T]
NASA GPCP V2p1 SSMI_composite prcp[ X Y | T]
NASA GPCP V2p1 SSMI_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 21:33:13 GMT

Data Views

SOURCES
NASA[ARC GSFC GISS ISLSCP PO-DAAC ASDC-DAAC JPL ERBE GPCP msu NCCS_Dataserver AVHRR-LST GES_DISC IDS GES-DAAC ISCCP ]
NASA GPCP[V2p2 V1DD V2p1 V2 V1B V3p2 V2p3 ]
NASA GPCP V2p2[AGPI satellite-gauge TOVS SSMI_scattering GPCC_gauge multi-satellite SSMI_TOVS_composite OPI GPI SSMI_emission SSMI_composite ]
NASA GPCP V2p2 satellite-gauge[err prcp ]
NASA GPCP V2p2[AGPI satellite-gauge TOVS SSMI_scattering GPCC_gauge multi-satellite SSMI_TOVS_composite OPI GPI SSMI_emission SSMI_composite ]
NASA GPCP V2p2 satellite-gauge[err prcp ]
NASA GPCP V2p1 SSMI_composite[prcp source nsamp ]