GPCC Global Preciptiation Climatology Centre.

Dataset identifier: GPCC

One-line description: GPCC Precipitation Data Set: Monthly Mean Monitoring and Full Data.

Spatial coverage:

  • 90N-90S (by 1.0 and 0.5), 0E-360E (by 1.0 and 0.5) 360,180 and 720,360
Temporal coverage:
  • January 1951 through present.
Update Schedule:
  • Monthly.
Source: Archive parameters: File names are composed of a variable abbreviations: precip.time.stat.nc

Variable units Abbreviation Statistic Plot/Subset Data Download netCDF File
Precipitation mm/day precip Mean (0.5x0.5 full data product plot precip.mon.mean.nc
Precipitation mm/day precip Mean (1x1 full data product) plot precip.mon.mean.nc
Precipitation mm/day precip mean (1x1 monitoring) plot precip.mon.mean.nc
Precipitation mm/day precip LTM (0.5 full monitoring) plot precip.mon.ltm.nc
Precipitation mm/day precip LTM (1.0 full monitoring) plot precip.mon.ltm.nc

Detailed description: Infor here.

Missing data: yes.

Dataset format and size:

  • netCDF
  • 1 file, 1x1 full data
  • 1 file, 0.5x0.5 full data
  • 1 file, 1x1 monitoring product
  • 1 file, 1x1 long term mean of precipitation.
  • 1 file, 0.5x0.5long term mean of precipitation.

References:

Standard reference:

  • Rudolf, B., H. Hauschild, W. Rueth and U. Schneider (1994): Terrestrial Precipitation Analysis: Operational Method and Required Density of Point Measurements. In: Global Precipitations and Climate Change (Ed. M. Desbois, F. Desalmond), NATO ASI Series I, Vol. 26, Springer-Verlag, p. 173-186.
  • Rudolf, B., T. Fuchs, U. Schneider and A. Meyer-Christoffer (2003): Introduction of the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC), Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach a.M.; pp. 16, available on request per email gpcc@dwd.de or by download from GPCC's Website
  • GPCC Homepage: http://gpcc.dwd.de
Original Source:The data creator is GPCC.

Archive location(s):

Climate Diagnostics branch of ESRL/PSD
325 Broadway
R/PSD1
Boulder, CO 80305-3328

Availability and usage restrictions:

There are no usage restrictions and the data is available via anonymous ftp at ftp.cdc.noaa.gov in /Datasets/gpcc/

Contact person(s):

Climate Diagnostics Data Management
Climate Diagnostics branch of ESRL/PSD
325 Broadway
R/PSD1
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
cdcdata@noaa.gov