How to get Xie-Arkin: CPC Merged Monthly Precipitation Data
Recall the following data is available:
- XieArkin-T42-1979-2002.nc -- T42 Gaussian (128 x 64)
- XieArkin-T63-1979-2002.nc -- T63 Gaussian (192 x 96)
- XieArkin-1979-2002.nc -- 2.5 x 2.5 degree grid
- XieArkin-1x1-1979-2002.nc -- 1 x 1 degree grid
These are all in netCDF format.
1. Read it from the NCAR Mass Storage System (MSS) from an NCAR computer:
- Login to an NCAR computer.
- Read it from the MSS
- msrcp mss:/CA/CMAP/XieArkin-T42-1979-2002.nc XieArkin-T42-1979-2002.nc
- msrcp mss:/CA/CMAP/XieArkin-T63-1979-2002.nc XieArkin-T63-1979-2002.nc
- msrcp mss:/CA/CMAP/XieArkin-1979-2002.nc XieArkin-1979-2002.nc
- msrcp mss:/CA/CMAP/XieArkin-1x1-979-2002.nc XieArkin-1x1-1979-2002.nc
2. Get it from the Climate and Global Dynamics (CGD) Climate Analysis Section (CAS) data manager by emailing your request to: Jessica Mackaro