How to get Xie-Arkin: CPC Merged Monthly Precipitation Data

Recall the following data is available: These are all in netCDF format.
  1. Use an internet browser to go to: ftp://ftp.cgd.ucar.edu/pub/CAS/XIE_ARKIN
  2. Read it from the NCAR Mass Storage System (MSS) from an NCAR computer:
    1. Login to an NCAR computer.
    2. Read it from the MSS
      • msread XieArkin-T42-1979-2002.nc /CA/CMAP/XieArkin-T42-1979-2002.nc
      • msread XieArkin-T63-1979-2002.nc /CA/CMAP/XieArkin-T63-1979-2002.nc
      • msread XieArkin-1979-2002.nc /CA/CMAP/XieArkin-1979-2002.nc
      • msread XieArkin-1x1-1979-2002.nc /CA/CMAP/XieArkin-1x1-979-2002.nc
  3. Get it from the Climate and Global Dynamics (CGD) Climate Analysis Section (CAS) anonymous ftp site:
    1. ftp ftp.cgd.ucar.edu
    2. login: anonymous
    3. password: your full e-mail address
    4. cd pub/CAS/XIE_ARKIN
    5. Get the files
      • get XieArkin-T42-1979-2002.nc
      • get XieArkin-T63-1979-2002.nc
      • get XieArkin-1979-2002.nc
      • get XieArkin-1x1-1979-2002.nc
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