Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) Precipitation Climatologies

Monthly and seasonal climatologies. A seasonal climatology contains the long-term mean of a three month period. e.g. the first time step contains the Dec-Jan-Feb mean, the next, Jan-Feb-Mar. 
SOURCE: 

FORMAT: CCM2 History Tape

GRID:   Global - T42 Gaussian (128 x 64) and 2.5 degree (144 x 72)

LEVELS: Surface

FIELDS: Description                     Name    Units   Levels
        -------------------------------------------------------
	Precipitation			PRECT	mm/day	surface
	 Standard Deviation		SDPRECT mm/day  surface

TIMES:  Average of a given month or season (3 month period) 
	over several years.

Current holdings: January 1979 - May 1994 (12 time steps per file)
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/TRENBERT/CLM/PRC/MSU_SEASON_T42/CLM_JAN79_MAY94	seasonal climatology on a T42 grid
/TRENBERT/CLM/PRC/MSU_SEASON_R25/CLM_JAN79_MAY94	seasonal climatology on a 2.5 degree grid
/TRENBERT/CLM/PRC/MSU_MONTH_T42/CLM_JAN79_MAY94      monthly climatology on a T42 grid
/TRENBERT/CLM/PRC/MSU_MONTH_R25/CLM_JAN79_MAY94      monthly climatology on a 2.5 degree grid

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