Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) Monthly Precipitation, Version 4

Description

The Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) Monthly Precipitation, Version 4 is a collection of worldwide monthly precipitation values with measurement, quality control, and source flags for global locations. Values are in tenths of a millimeter and coverage is mostly global land masses with voids as expected in less populated areas. It offers significant enhancements over the previous version 2. It contains more values both historically and for the most recent months. Its methods for merging records and quality control have been modernized. It is used by the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) to put recent months' precipitation into a historical context. The data set is updated each month and available through NCEI's data access portal.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://doi.org/10.25921/67zp-5m03
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables. https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables
0 NCEI home page with information, data access and contact information. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
0 Direct download links for the data files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-historical-climatology-network-monthly/v4/precipitation/access/
0 Direct download links for the documentation files. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-historical-climatology-network-monthly/v4/precipitation/doc/
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 Dataset information page. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/land-based-station/global-historical-climatology-network-monthly

Tags

  • vertical location
  • precipitation
  • land surface
  • nesdis
  • atmosphere
  • noaa
  • global
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • geographic region
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • atmospheric - surface - precipitation
  • national centers for environmental information
  • global land

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