GCIP/EOP Surface: Precipitation NCEP/CPC Unified Raingauge Dataset

Summary

This dataset contains the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Unified Raingauge Dataset. This dataset has been developed by NCEP/CPC from multiple sources of U.S. raingauge data. The files are compressed using the UNIX "compress" command and "uncompress" must be used before decoding. This dataset is provided as is and was not quality controlled by UCAR/JOSS.

Data access

ORDER data for delivery by FTP

Additional information

Related projects: GCIP/EOP
Observational frequency: hourly
Spatial type: point
Categories: Surface
Platforms: NCEP Precipitation
Documentation: CPC_URD.txt [1 KB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime: 1948-01-01 00:00:00, End datetime: 1997-12-31 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Minimum latitude: 28.000000, Minimum longitude: -115.000000
Maximum latitude: 50.000000, Maximum longitude: -80.000000

Point of contact

Wayne Higgins
Meteorologist
Climate Analysis Center
E-Mail address: wd52wh at sgi85 dot wwb dot noaa dot gov