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Legates / MSU Precipitation Climatology Entry ID: JISAO_LEGATES_MSU |
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Summary
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Abstract:
This WWW page contains analyses and data for a global precipitation climatology that has been produced at JISAO. The spatial resolution of this climatology is 2.5 degrees latitude-longitude. The land data for this climatology is taken from the Legates and Willmott (1990), which is based on historical rain gauge measurements. The ocean precipitation estimates are from the Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU) (Spencer 1993) for the years 1979 to 1992. Spencer and collaborators developed a new MSU precipitation product ("Limb90"), and I got part way through merging it with the Legates and Willmott climatology. This work was never satisfactorily finished, but it is linked here. MSU has difficulty differentiating sea ice from very heavy rainfall, and it is pretty difficult to remove the erroneous gridpoints in a simple manner. [Summary Extracted from the Legates / MSU Data Set Home Page] |
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Link:
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Description: Access the Legates / MSU Precipitation Climatology data sets. Link: GET DATA Description: Access the The Legates and Willmott rainfall climatology is available in ASCII format in 0.5-degree latitude-longitude resolution from the National Center for Atmospheric Research. |
Geographic Coverage
| N: 90.0 | S: -90.0 | E: 180.0 | W: -180.0 |
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Data Set Citation
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Dataset Originator/Creator:
John M. Wallace, Todd P. Mitchell, Alexis K.-H. Lau
Dataset Title: Legates / MSU Precipitation Climatology Dataset Publisher: University of Washington JISAO Online Resource: http://www.jisao.washington.edu/legates_msu/ |
Temporal Coverage
| Start Date: 1979-01-01 |
| Stop Date: 1992-12-31 |
Location Keywords
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GEOGRAPHIC REGION
> GLOBAL
GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL LAND GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL OCEAN |
Data Resolution
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Latitude Resolution:
2.5 degrees
Longitude Resolution: 2.5 degrees Temporal Resolution: Monthly Climatology |
Science Keywords
| ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION >PRECIPITATION AMOUNT [Definition] |
| ATMOSPHERE >PRECIPITATION >RAIN [Definition] |
ISO Topic Category
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CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE
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Platform
| FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS [Information] |
| METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS [Information] |
Instrument
| RAIN GAUGES [Information] |
| MSU >Microwave Sounding Unit [Information] |
Use Constraints
| Please cite the data set originator if you use this data. |
Data Set Progress
| COMPLETE |
Originating Center
| UWA/JISAO |
Data Center
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Center for Science in the Earth System, Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington
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Data Center URL: http://www.cses.washington.edu/
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Distribution
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Distribution_Media:
Online (HTTP)
Distribution_Format: netCDF, ASCII Fees: no Fee |
Personnel
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TODD
MITCHELL Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Role: INVESTIGATOR Email: mitchell at atmos.washington.edu |
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SCOTT
A.
RITZ Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT Phone: 301-614-5126 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: Scott.A.Ritz at nasa.gov Contact Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Global Change Master Directory City: Greenbelt Province or State: Maryland Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA |
Publications/References
Legates, D. R. and C. J. Willmott, 1990. Mean seasonal and spatial
variability in gauge-corrected, global precipitation. Int. J. Climatology, 10, 111-127.
Spencer, R. W., 1993: Global oceanic precipitation from the MSU during 1979-91 and comparisons to other climatologies. J. Climate, 6, 1301-1326.
variability in gauge-corrected, global precipitation. Int. J. Climatology, 10, 111-127.
Spencer, R. W., 1993: Global oceanic precipitation from the MSU during 1979-91 and comparisons to other climatologies. J. Climate, 6, 1301-1326.
Creation and Review Dates
DIF Creation Date:
2004-10-08
Last DIF Revision Date:
2012-09-24
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