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ISLSCP II Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) Monthly Precipitation

Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

The Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC), which is operated by the Deutscher Wetterdienst (National Meteorological Service of Germany), is a component of the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) with the main emphasis on the treatment of the global in-situ observations. The GPCC simultaneously contributes to the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) and other international research and climate monitoring projects. This rain gauge-only data set was acquired from GPCC and resampled to 0.5 degree grid boxes for use in the International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Initiative II. The GPCC collects precipitation data which are locally observed at rain gauge stations and distributed as CLIMAT and SYNOP reports via the Global Telecommunication System of the World Weather Watch (GTS) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The Centre acquires additional monthly precipitation data from meteorological and hydrological networks which are operated by national services.

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Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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Metadata Created Date October 25, 2023
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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Harvested from NASA Data.json

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Resource Type Dataset
Metadata Created Date October 25, 2023
Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
Publisher ORNL_DAAC
Maintainer
Identifier C2784898435-ORNL_CLOUD
Data First Published 2023-10-15
Language en-US
Data Last Modified 2023-10-17
Category ISLSCP II, geospatial
Public Access Level public
Bureau Code 026:00
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Citation Hall, F.G., G.J. Collatz, B.W. Meeson, S.O. Los, E. Brown de Colstoun, and D. R. Landis. 2011. ISLSCP II Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) Monthly Precipitation. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/995
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Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/995
Metadata Type geospatial
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Program Code 026:001
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Source Schema Version 1.1
Spatial
Temporal 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z/1995-12-31T23:59:59Z

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