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ISLSCP II GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY CENTRE (GPCC) MONTHLY PRECIPITATION

Entry ID: ISLSCPII_GPCC_PRECIP

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Summary

Abstract: 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 ...

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Description: ISLSCP II GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY CENTRE (GPCC) MONTHLY PRECIPITATION

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: Landis, D.Rudolf, B.Schneider, U.

Dataset Title: ISLSCP II GLOBAL PRECIPITATION CLIMATOLOGY CENTRE (GPCC) MONTHLY PRECIPITATION

Dataset Release Date: 2011

Dataset Release Place: Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Dataset Publisher: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center

Data Presentation Form: Online Files

Dataset DOI: doi:10.3334/ORNLDAAC/995

Online Resource: http://mercury.ornl.gov/ornldaac/send/query?term2=995&term2attribut...

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1986-01-01

Stop Date: 1995-12-31

Location Keywords

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

Science Keywords

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION AMOUNT

ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > RAIN

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

GROUND STATIONS

Instrument

RAIN GAUGES

Project

EOSDIS > Earth Observing System Data Information System

ISLSCP > International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

GPPDI

ISLSCP

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL) DISTRIBUTED ACTIVE ARCHIVE CENTER (DAAC)

Data Center URL: http://daac.ornl.gov/
Dataset ID: 995

Data Center Personnel
Name: ORNL DAAC USER SERVICES OFFICE Phone: (865) 574-7447 Email: uso at daac.ornl.gov Contact Address: ORNL DAAC User Services Office Oak Ridge National Laboratory City: Oak Ridge Province or State: TN Postal Code: 37831-6407 Country: USA