U.S. Unified Daily Precipitation Analysis(1948-1998)

SOURCE: Climate Prediction Center (CPC) Retrospective Analysis

 via Climate Diagnostics Center (CDC) 

FORMAT: NetCDF

GRID:    .25 x .25 degree grid

         Domain: (220E-300E, 20N-60N)

LEVELS: Surface

FIELDS: Description                     Name 	Units       Levels
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	daily accumulated Precipitation	Precip	inches  surface

TIMES: 1 value per day; 365 or 366 values per year

MSS Directory: /CA/PRECIP/CPC/UNIFIED

Filename: usd.uprecip.YYYY.nc, where YYYY is the 4-digit year, 

   e.g. usd.uprecip.1997.nc contains the data for 1997 (365 times).

Current holdings:  Jan 1948 -- Dec 1998

References: 

R. W. Higgins, W. Shi, E. Yarosh, R.Joyce, 2000:
"Improved United States Precipitation Quality Control System and Analysis",
NCEP/Climate Prediction Center ATLAS No. 7, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service 

link to NCEP/CPC Atlas.

Acknowledgements:CDC asks "that you acknowledge us in your use of the data. This may be done by including text such as CPC US Unified Precipitation data provided by the NOAA-CIRES Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, Colorado, USA, from their Web site at http://www.cdc.noaa.gov/ in any documents or publications using these data. We would also appreciate receiving a copy of the relevant publications."

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