Mean State

Spatially integrated regional mean

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Data Information

  Title:
GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 2018 0.5x0.5 Monthly Total

  Version:
v2018

  Institutions:
Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC)

  Source:
GPCC Precipitation 0.5 degree V2018 Full Reanalysis

  History:
2020-10-07: downloaded source from ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/gpcc/full_v2018/precip.mon.total.v2018.nc
2020-10-07: converted to netCDF, original data is divided by days in a month for a mean monthly rate.

  References:
Schneider, Udo and Finger, Peter and Meyer-Christoffer, Anja and Rustemeier, Elke and Ziese, Markus and Becker, Andreas (2017), Evaluating the Hydrological Cycle over Land Using the Newly-Corrected Precipitation Climatology from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC), Atmosphere, 12, doi:10.3390/atmos8030052

  Comments:
time_period: 1980-01 through 2016-12
temporal_resolution: monthly
spatial_resolution: 0.5 degree
units: mm d-1

  Convention:
CF-1.8