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Grid DAP Data	Sub- set	Table DAP Data	Make A Graph	W M S	Source Data Files	Acces- sible	Title	Sum- mary	FGDC, ISO, Metadata	Back- ground Info	RSS	E mail	Institution	Dataset ID
data			graph	M		public	GPCP Version 2.3 Combined Precipitation Dataset (Final) (precip.mon.mean), 2.5°, 1979-present		F   I   M	background			NOAA ESRL	noaa_psl_a626_c683_acb0

The Dataset's Variables and Attributes

Row Type	Variable Name	Attribute Name	Data Type	Value
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	_NCProperties	String	version=2,netcdf=4.7.3,hdf5=1.10.6,
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	cdm_data_type	String	Grid
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	citation	String	Adler, R.F., G.J. Huffman, A. Chang, R. Ferraro, P. Xie, J. Janowiak, B. Rudolf, U. Schneider, S. Curtis, D. Bolvin, A. Gruber, J. Susskind, P. Arkin, 2003: The Version 2 Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Precipitation Analysis (1979 - Present). J. Hydrometeor., 4(6), 1147-1167.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	contributor_name	String	Robert Adler University of Maryland George Huffman NASA Goddard Space Flight Center David Bolvin NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/SSAI Eric Nelkin NASA Goddard Space Flight Center/SSAI Udo Schneider GPCC, Deutscher Wetterdienst Andreas Becker GPCC, Deutscher Wetterdienst Long Chiu George Mason University Mathew Sapiano University of Maryland Pingping Xie Climate Prediction Center, NWS, NOAA Ralph Ferraro NESDIS, NOAA Jian-Jian Wang University of Maryland Guojun Gu University of Maryland
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Conventions	String	CF-1.6, COARDS, ACDD-1.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_email	String	webmaster.esrl at noaa.gov
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_name	String	NOAA ESRL
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_type	String	institution
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	creator_url	String	https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	curator	String	Dr. Jian-Jian Wang ESSIC, University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD 20742 USA Phone: +1 301-405-4887
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	data_comment	String	Interim data covers 2025/01 through latest.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	dataset_title	String	Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Analysis Product
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	description	String	https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc:C00970
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	documentation	String	https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.gpcp.html
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Easternmost_Easting	double	358.75
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_max	double	88.75
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_min	double	-88.75
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_resolution	double	2.5
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lat_units	String	degrees_north
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_max	double	358.75
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_min	double	1.25
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_resolution	double	2.5
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	geospatial_lon_units	String	degrees_east
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	history	String	Generated at NOAA/ESRL PSD Sep 9 2016 based on data from source and stored in single netCDF4 file
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	id	String	Datasets/gpcp/precip.mon.mean.nc
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	infoUrl	String	https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.gpcp.html
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	institution	String	NOAA ESRL
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords	String	atmosphere, average, climatology, combined, data, dataset, earth, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Liquid Water Equivalent, Earth Science > Atmosphere > Precipitation > Precipitation Rate, equivalent, esrl, final, global, gpcp, laboratory, latitude, liquid, longitude, lwe, lwe_precipitation_rate, month, monthly, noaa, precip.mon.mean, precipitation, project, rain, rainfall, rate, research, science, system, time, version, water
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	keywords_vocabulary	String	GCMD Science Keywords
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	license	String	The data may be used and redistributed for free but is not intended for legal use, since it may contain inaccuracies. Neither the data Contributor, ERD, NOAA, nor the United States Government, nor any of their employees or contractors, makes any warranty, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, or assumes any legal liability for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness, of this information.
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	NCO	String	4.6.9
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Northernmost_Northing	double	88.75
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	platform	String	NOAA POES (Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites)
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	references	String	http://www.psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.gpcp.html
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	source	String	https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/global-precipitation-climatology-project-gpcp-monthly/access/
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	source_documentation	String	https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdr/atmospheric/precipitation-gpcp-monthly
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	source_obs	String	CDR RSS SSMI/SSMIS Tbs over ocean CDR SSMI/SSMIS rainrates over land (Ferraro) Geo-IR (Xie) calibrated by SSMI/SSMIS rainrates for sampling TOVS/AIRS empirical precipitation estimates at higher latitudes (ocean and land) GPCC gauge analysis to bias correct satellite estimates over land and merge with satellite based on sampling OLR Precipitation Index (OPI) (Xie) used for period before 1988
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	sourceUrl	String	https://psl.noaa.gov/thredds/dodsC/Datasets/gpcp/precip.mon.mean.nc
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Southernmost_Northing	double	-88.75
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	standard_name_vocabulary	String	CF Standard Name Table v70
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	summary	String	Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Version 2.3 Combined Precipitation Dataset (Final). https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=gov.noaa.ncdc:C00970
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	testOutOfDate	String	now-130days
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_end	String	2025-02-01T00:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	time_coverage_start	String	1979-01-01T00:00:00Z
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	title	String	GPCP Version 2.3 Combined Precipitation Dataset (Final) (precip.mon.mean), 2.5°, 1979-present
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	version	String	V2.3
attribute	NC_GLOBAL	Westernmost_Easting	double	1.25
dimension	time		double	nValues=554, evenlySpaced=false, averageSpacing=30 days 10h 32m 46s
attribute	time	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Time
attribute	time	actual_range	double	2.839968E8, 1.738368E9
attribute	time	avg_period	String	0000-01-00 00:00:00
attribute	time	axis	String	T
attribute	time	delta_t	String	0000-01-00 00:00:00
attribute	time	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	time	long_name	String	Time
attribute	time	standard_name	String	time
attribute	time	time_origin	String	01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute	time	units	String	seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
dimension	latitude		float	nValues=72, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=2.5
attribute	latitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lat
attribute	latitude	actual_range	float	-88.75, 88.75
attribute	latitude	axis	String	Y
attribute	latitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	latitude	long_name	String	Latitude
attribute	latitude	standard_name	String	latitude
attribute	latitude	units	String	degrees_north
dimension	longitude		float	nValues=144, evenlySpaced=true, averageSpacing=2.5
attribute	longitude	_CoordinateAxisType	String	Lon
attribute	longitude	actual_range	float	1.25, 358.75
attribute	longitude	axis	String	X
attribute	longitude	ioos_category	String	Location
attribute	longitude	long_name	String	Longitude
attribute	longitude	standard_name	String	longitude
attribute	longitude	units	String	degrees_east
variable	precip		double	time, latitude, longitude
attribute	precip	colorBarMaximum	double	1.0E-4
attribute	precip	colorBarMinimum	double	0.0
attribute	precip	ioos_category	String	Time
attribute	precip	least_significant_digit	short	2
attribute	precip	level_desc	String	Surface
attribute	precip	long_name	String	Average Monthly Rate of Precipitation
attribute	precip	parent_stat	String	Mean
attribute	precip	precision	short	32767
attribute	precip	standard_name	String	lwe_precipitation_rate
attribute	precip	statistic	String	Mean
attribute	precip	time_origin	String	01-JAN-1970 00:00:00
attribute	precip	time_precision	String	1970-01-01
attribute	precip	units	String	seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
attribute	precip	valid_range	float	0.0, 100.0
attribute	precip	var_desc	String	Precipitation

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