GLOBAL MONTHLY PRECIPITATION OVER LAND: 50+ YRS

SOURCE: National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Climate Prediction Center 

ftp.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/precip/50yr

FORMAT: NetCDF

GRID:    2.5 x 2.5 degree grid

LEVELS: Surface

FIELDS: Description             Name    	Units   Levels
        -------------------------------------------------------
	Precipitation		PRECIP_RATE	mm/day	surface
        Number of gauges used   NUMBER_GAUGES   --	surface

TIMES: One value per month.

MSS Directory: /TRENBERT/CLM/PRC/

Filename: precl_1850_2009.nc


Current holdings:  Jan 1850 -- Aug 2009


References: Chen, M., P. Xie, J. E. Janowiak, and P. A. Arkin, 2002:
Global Land Precipitation: A 50-yr Monthly Analysis Based on Gauge Observations,  
J. of Hydrometeorology, 3, 249-266
For data prior to Jan 1948, see:
Dai, A., I. Fung and A. Del Genio, 1997: Surface Observed Global Land Precipitation 
Variations during 1900-88, J. of Climate, 10, 2942-2962.

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