Global Precipitation Climatatology Project (GPCP) Climate Data Record (CDR), Daily V1.3

Load in Python

from intake import open_catalog
cat = open_catalog("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/gpcp_daily.yaml") ds=cat.netcdf.read()

Metadata

title Global Precipitation Climatatology Project (GPCP) Climate Data Record (CDR), Daily V1.3
location /scratch/zmanthos/GPCP
tags gridded,obs,atm,precip,daily,global
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/gpcp_daily.yaml
last updated 2020-09-17

Dataset Contents

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:         (bnds: 2, latitude: 180, longitude: 360, time: 8647)
Coordinates:
  * longitude       (longitude) float32 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 ... 357.0 358.0 359.0
  * latitude        (latitude) float32 -90.0 -89.0 -88.0 ... 87.0 88.0 89.0
  * time            (time) float64 9.77e+03 9.771e+03 ... 1.841e+04 1.841e+04
Dimensions without coordinates: bnds
Data variables:
    longitude_bnds  (time, longitude, bnds) float32 dask.array<chunksize=(92, 360, 2), meta=np.ndarray>
    latitude_bnds   (time, latitude, bnds) float32 dask.array<chunksize=(92, 180, 2), meta=np.ndarray>
    time_bnds       (time, bnds) float64 dask.array<chunksize=(92, 2), meta=np.ndarray>
    precip          (time, latitude, longitude) float32 dask.array<chunksize=(92, 180, 360), meta=np.ndarray>
Attributes:
    CDI:                        Climate Data Interface version 1.8.2 (http://...
    history:                    Thu Sep 17 20:06:27 2020: cdo cat /scratch/zm...
    source:                     /data1/GPCP_CDR/GPCP_Output/1DD//bin/199610/s...
    institution:                ACADEMIC > UMD/ESSIC > Earth System Science I...
    Conventions:                CF-1.6, ACDD 1.3
    title:                      Global Precipitation Climatatology Project (G...
    references:                 Huffman et al. 1997, http://dx.doi.org/10.117...
    Metadata_Conventions:       CF-1.6, Unidata Dataset Discovery v1.0, NOAA ...
    standard_name_vocabulary:   CF Standard Name Table (v41, 22 February 2017)
    id:                         199610/gpcp_v01r03_daily_d19961001_c20170530.nc
    naming_authority:           gov.noaa.ncdc
    date_created:               2017-05-30T16:52:42Z
    license:                    No constraints on data access or use.
    summary:                    Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPC...
    keywords:                   EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > ...
    keywords_vocabulary:        NASA Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Ea...
    cdm_data_type:              Grid
    project:                    GPCP > Global Precipitation Climatology Project
    processing_level:           NASA Level 3
    creator_name:               Dr. Jian-Jian Wang
    creator_email:              jjwang@umd.edu
    publisher_name:             NOAA National Centers for Environmental Infor...
    publisher_email:            jjwang@umd.edu
    publisher_url:              https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
    geospatial_lat_min:         -90.0
    geospatial_lat_max:         90.0
    geospatial_lat_units:       degrees_north
    geospatial_lat_resolution:  1 degree
    geospatial_lon_min:         0.0
    geospatial_lon_max:         360.0
    geospatial_lon_units:       degrees_east
    geospatial_lon_resolution:  1 degree
    time_coverage_start:        1996-10-01T00:00:00Z
    time_coverage_end:          1996-10-01T23:59:59Z
    time_coverage_duration:     P1D
    contributor_name:           Robert Adler, Jian-Jian Wang
    contributor_role:           principalInvestigator, processor and custodian
    acknowledgment:             This project was supported in part by a grant...
    cdr_program:                NOAA Climate Data Record Program for satellit...
    cdr_variable:               precipitation
    metadata_link:              gov.noaa.ncdc:XXXXX
    product_version:            v01r03
    platform:                   GOES (Geostationary Operational Environmental...
    sensor:                     Imager, TOVS > TIROS Operational Vertical Sou...
    spatial_resolution:         1 degree
    comment:                    Processing computer: eagle2.umd.edu
    CDO:                        Climate Data Operators version 1.8.2 (http://...