GPCP Global Pentad (5-Day) Precipitation Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.078

Summary
A link to the NOAA Data Catalog Global Precipitation Climatology Project
(GPCP) - Pentad data archive.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 87.078

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 1970. GPCP Global Pentad (5-Day)
 Precipitation Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.078 Accessed 23 Apr 2024.

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 datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
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Acknowledgement
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please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/NAME
 * RICO: Rain in Cumulus Over the Ocean
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/RICO
 * LPB: La Plata River Basin
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/LPB

Additional information
 * Progress: completed
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Precipitation

Platforms
 * GOES
 * NOAA POES
 * Satellite, DMSP
 * TIROS - Television Infrared Observation Satellite
 * Weather Stations

Instruments
 * Atmospheric Infrared Sounder - AIRS
 * Rain Gauges
 * Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder - SSMI/S
 * Special Sensor Microwave/Imager - SSM/I
 * TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder - TOVS

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

Related links
 * info: RICO Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/rico/catalog/missions.html
 * download: GPCP Pentad Data
   https://data.noaa.gov/dataset/dataset/global-precipitation-climatology-project-gpcp-pentad-version-2-2
 * homepage: EOL NAME website
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/name
 * info: NAME Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/name/catalog/missions.html
 * homepage: RICO Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/rico
 * info: RICO Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/rico-data-policy
 * info: NAME Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/name-data-policy

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2004-11-24 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2005-01-24 23:59:00 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 21.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 15.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -72.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -57.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.078?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.078?format=isotc211