GPCP Global Monthly 2.5-Degree Combination Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.076

Summary
A link to the NOAA/NCEI GPCP Global Monthly 2.5-Degree precipitation dataset.
This dataset consists of monthly satellite-gauge and associated precipitation
error estimates, and covers the period January 1979 to the present. The
general approach is to combine the precipitation information available from
each of several satellite and in situ sources into a final merged product,
taking advantage of the strengths of each data type. Passive Microwave
estimates are based on Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Special Sensor
Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMI/SSMIS) data; infrared precipitation estimates
are included using Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES)
data and Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) data, as
well as other low earth orbit data and insitu observations. Data are provided
on a 2.5 degree grid.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 87.076

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 1970. GPCP Global Monthly 2.5-Degree
 Combination Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.076 Accessed 19 Apr 2024.

If you plan to cite this dataset in a publication, please email us at:
 datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
We may be able to provide an updated citation that includes a DOI.

Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
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
 * LPB: La Plata River Basin
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/LPB
 * RICO: Rain in Cumulus Over the Ocean
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/RICO

Additional information
 * Progress: completed
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Precipitation

Platforms
 * NOAA POES
 * Satellite, Aqua
 * Satellite, DMSP
 * 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
 * homepage: RICO Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/rico
 * info: NAME Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/name/catalog/missions.html
 * homepage: EOL NAME website
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/name
 * 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
 * download: NOAA/NCEI GPCP Global Monthly Precipitation Data
   https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdr/atmospheric/precipitation-gpcp-monthly

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/87.076?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/87.076?format=isotc211