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Home — Field: GPCP v1.3 precipitation

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GPCP v1.3 precipitation
more information warning: irregular time axis Global Precipitation Climatatology Project (GPCP) Climate Data Record (CDR), Daily V1.3
X axis: whole world in 360 1.00° steps, first point at 0.50° E, last point at 359.50° E
Y axis: regular grid with 180 -1.00° steps, first point at 89.50° N, last point at 89.50° S

1-daily data available from 01Jan2000 to 31Oct2023 ( 8723 times)
Variable precip (NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Daily GPCP Satellite-Gauge Combined Precipitation) in mm/dy
Full metadata.

Get grid points, average area or generate subset
Mask:   add a mask to the list help
Latitude: °N - °N help
Longitude: °E - °E
Boundaries:
Make: average max min set of grid points subset of the field help
Demand at least: % valid points in this region help
Units: convert to mm/day leave in mm/dy help
helpApply daily high/low-pass filter
filter
cut-off value days
requiring at least % valid data
helpApply year-on-year high/low-pass filter
filter
cut-off value years
requiring at least % valid data
helpCreate a field with lower time resolution
First fill missing data: ignore, climatology, trend, persistence.
Then apply: -day running mean with direction
Then apply new time scale:
New variable: of precipitation
Minimum: % valid data
Threshold:
helpCreate a field with lower spatial resolution
Average over blocks of longitude and latitude grid cells

Area with extremes
Compute area with annual -day average minimum or maximum extreme beyond 1 in 10 yr return values.

Compute zonal mean

Compute annual cycle
Please consider downloading this field from the authoritative site.
If you really want to get it here, GPCP v1.3 precipitation is available as a netcdf file (size 1027.56 MB).
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