GPCP Precipitation Level 3 Monthly 0.5-Degree V3.1 (GPCPMON) at GES DISC

Description

The Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) is the precipitation component of an internationally coordinated set of (mainly) satellite-based global products dealing with the Earth's water and energy cycles, under the auspices of the Global Water and Energy Experiment (GEWEX) Data and Assessment Panel (GDAP) of the World Climate Research Program. As the follow on to the GPCP Version 2.X products, GPCP Version 3 (GPCP V3.1) seeks to continue the long, homogeneous precipitation record using modern merging techniques and input data sets. The GPCPV3 suite currently consists the 0.5-degree monthly. Additional products are planned, namely a 0.5° daily product for the entire record from 1983 to the (delayed) present and a 0.1° 3-hourly product from 1998 to the (delayed) present. All GPCPV3 products will be internally consistent. The monthly product spans 1983 - 2019. Inputs consist of the GPROF SSMI/SSMIS orbit files that are used to calibrate the PERSIANN-CDR IR-based precipitation in the span 60°N-S. Outside of 58°N-S, TOVS/AIRS estimates, calibrated by the IR estimates and the GPCC gauge analyses are used. This satellite-only estimate is then merged with GPCC gauge analyses over land to compute the final product. In addition to the final precipitation field, ancillary precipitation and error estimates are provided.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 Access the dataset landing page from the GES DISC website. https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/GPCPMON_3.1.html
21 Access to the data via OPeNDAP protocol https://measures.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/opendap/GPCP/GPCPMON.3.1/
33 README document https://measures.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/GPCP/GPCPMON.3.1/doc/README.GPCPV3.1_Monthly.pdf
33 GPCP_ATBD_V3.1_Monthly.pdf https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/MEaSUREs/GPCP/GPCP_ATBD_V3.1_Monthly.pdf
21 More information about the GPCP project https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc%3AC00979
33 GPCP V3.1 Release Notes https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/MEaSUREs/GPCP/Release_Notes.V3.1.pdf
21 Use the Earthdata Search to find and retrieve data sets across multiple data centers. https://search.earthdata.nasa.gov/search?q=GPCPMON_3.1
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.5067%2FDBVUO4KQHXTK
34 A sample map for sat_gauge_precip https://docserver.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/public/project/Images/GPCPMON_V31.png
21 The GES-DISC Interactive Online Visualization ANd aNalysis Interface (Giovanni) is a web-based tool that allows users to interactively visualize and analyze data. https://giovanni.gsfc.nasa.gov/giovanni/#dataKeyword=GPCPMON
21 Access the data via HTTPS. https://measures.gesdisc.eosdis.nasa.gov/data/GPCP/GPCPMON.3.1/

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  • precipitation
  • atmosphere
  • earth-science

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