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EOFs of Global Precipitation and the Gridded Data Set

Entry ID: JISAO_GLOBAL_EOF

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Summary

Abstract: The University of Washington Joint Institute for the Study of the
Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) offers A. Dai's Empirical Orthogonal
Function (EOF) of global precipitation and the gridded data set.
This analysis is applied to a global, monthly precipitation data set
of 2.5-degree latitude-longitude resolution for the period 1900-88
(Dai et al. 1997). Please address correspondence to Aiguo Dai
(adai@ucar.edu).

This data may be freely downloaded from the JISAO WWW site.
Link to: http://www.jisao.washington.edu/data/precip_eofts/

[Summary Adapted from the JISAO Homepage]

Related URL

Link: GET DATA

Description: Access to Precipitation EOFs

Link: VIEW RELATED INFORMATION

Description: Access to Dai precipitation data 1850-1996 from NASA/GISS

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: A. Dai, I. Fung, A. Del Genio

Dataset Title: EOFs of Global Precipitation and the Gridded Data Set

Dataset Release Place: Seattle, Washington, USA

Dataset Publisher: Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO)

Online Resource: http://www.jisao.washington.edu/data/precip_eofts/

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1900-01-01

Stop Date: 1988-12-31

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Data Resolution

Latitude Resolution: 2.5 degree
Longitude Resolution: 2.5 degree
Horizontal Resolution Range: 250 km - < 500 km or approximately 2.5 degrees - < 5.0 degrees
Temporal Resolution: 1 month
Temporal Resolution Range: Monthly - < Annual

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT > EMPIRICAL ORTHOGONAL FUNCTION

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS

Quality Dr. Aiguo has asked that potential users be warned that "data after
1990 should be used with caution because station data have a very
limited coverage for the latest several years".

Use Constraints Please cite the dataset originators if you use this data.

Ancillary Keywords

EOF

TEMS

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Originating Center

JISAO

Data Center

Center for Science in the Earth System, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington

Data Center URL: http://www.cses.washington.edu/

Data Center Personnel
Name: TODD MITCHELL Email: mitchell at atmos.washington.edu

Distribution

Distribution Media: Online (HTTP)

Distribution Size: 37 Mb

Distribution Format: netCDF

Fees: None

Personnel

AIGUO DAI

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Email: adai at ucar.edu

Contact Address:

NASA/Goddard Institute for Space Studies

2880 Broadway

City: New York

Province or State: NY

Postal Code: 10025

Country: USA

SCOTT A. RITZ

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 301-614-5126

Fax: 301-614-5268

Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

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City: Greenbelt

Province or State: Maryland

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

Dai, A., I. Y. Fung, and A. D. Del Genio (1997), Surface observed global land precipitation variations during 1900-1988, J. Climate, No.11, 10, 2943-2962, http://pubs.giss.nasa.gov/abstracts/1997/Dai_etal_2.html

Creation and Review Dates

Last DIF Revision Date: 2011-04-06

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