Data · dataset · 2026
GPCP Version 2.0 Combined Precipitation Data Set
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This dataset contains version 2.0 of the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) monthly combined satellite-gauge precipitation data as well as error estimates.
Description
A climatology is also available. All data is available on a 2.5 by 2.5 degree global latitude/longitude grid.
The general approach used to create the final product was to combine precipitation information available from each of several sources into a final merged product, taking advantage of the strengths of each data type. The satellite data included microwave estimates based on Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) data, and IR precipitation estimates from geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites. Additional low-Earth orbit estimates include the TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) and OPI data from the NOAA series satellites.
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The gauge data are assembled and analyzed by the Global Precipitation Climatology Center (GPCC) of the Deutscher Wetterdienst and by the Climate Prediction Center of NOAA. A more detailed description of the data can be found here [rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds728.0/docs/V2_doc].
Links
Get the data
- Resource Homepage doi.org/10.5065/z72w-y707 ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/gpcp-version-2-0-combined-precipitation-data-set ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=016fe438-6fa3-4d3d-a464-00e92b90f… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
- Inferred from text
- Climate change science 71%
Provenance · 1 source records, 8 field assertions
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| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
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