Identification

Title

Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Climate Data Record (CDR), Version 2.3 (Monthly)

Alternative title(s)

d728006

Abstract

This dataset contains the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Analysis Product, version 2.3, and is a part of the NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) Program for satellites. This dataset consists of monthly satellite-gauge and associated precipitation error estimates, and covers the period January 1979 to the present. The general approach is to combine the precipitation information available from each of several satellite and in situ sources into a final merged product, taking advantage of the strengths of each data type. Passive Microwave estimates are based on Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMI/SSMIS) data; infrared precipitation estimates are included using Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) data and Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) data, as well as other low earth orbit data and in situ observations. Data are provided on a 2.5 degree grid. For more information, see the NOAA CDR support site [https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/climate-data-records/precipitation-gpcp-monthly].

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/d728006/

protocol: https

applicationProfile: browser

description: Related Link

function: information

https://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/d728006/dataaccess/

protocol: https

applicationProfile: browser

description: Related Link

function: download

Unique resource identifier

code

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

DMSP > Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

GOES > NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites

METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS > METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS

NOAA POES > NOAA Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites

GMS > Japan Geostationary Meteorological Satellite

METEOSAT > Meteosat Operational Programme

MTSAT > Multi-functional Transport Satellite

Aqua > Earth Observing System, Aqua

originating controlled vocabulary

title

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2024-08-09

Keyword set

keyword value

SSMIS > Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder

RAIN GAUGES > RAIN GAUGES

TOVS > TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder

AIRS > Atmospheric Infrared Sounder

SSM/I > Special Sensor Microwave/Imager

AVHRR > Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

originating controlled vocabulary

title

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2024-08-09

Keyword set

keyword value

GPCP > Global Precipitation Climatology Project

NOAA CLIMATE DATA RECORD (CDR) PROGRAM

NOAA OneStop Project

originating controlled vocabulary

title

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2024-08-09

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

originating controlled vocabulary

title

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2024-08-09

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-180

East bounding longitude

180

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

-90

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

End position

2024-06-01T00:00:00Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-12-16

Frequency of update

monthly

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Limitations on public access

None

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Research Data Archive

full postal address

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DECS

P.O. Box 3000

Boulder

80307

U.S.A.

telephone number

(303)-497-1217

facsimile number

303-497-1291

email address

tcram@ucar.edu

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

organisation name

NCAR Research Data Archive

full postal address

National Center for Atmospheric Research

CISL/DECS

P.O. Box 3000

Boulder

80307

U.S.A.

facsimile number

303-497-1291

email address

rdahelp@ucar.edu

web address

https://rda.ucar.edu/

description: The Research Data Archive (RDA), managed by the Data Engineering and Curation Section (DECS) of the Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) at NCAR, contains a large and diverse collection of meteorological and oceanographic observations, operational and reanalysis model outputs, and remote sensing datasets to support atmospheric and geosciences research, along with ancillary datasets, such as topography/bathymetry, vegetation, and land use.

function: downlaod

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-08-29T19:05:03Z

Metadata language

eng; USA