GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 2018 0.5x0.5 Monthly Total

  1. main
  2. obs
  3. gridded
  4. atm
  5. precip
  6. GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 2018 0.5x0.5 Monthly Total

Load in Python

from intake import open_catalog

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

Metadata

title GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 2018 0.5x0.5 Monthly Total
location /shared/obs/gridded/GPCC
tags gridded, obs,atm,precip,monthly,global
catalog_dir https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/gpcc.yaml
last updated 2020-05-30

Dataset Contents

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xarray.Dataset
    • lat: 360
    • lon: 720
    • time: 1512
    • lat
      (lat)
      float32
      89.75 89.25 88.75 ... -89.25 -89.75
      long_name :
      Latitude
      units :
      degrees_north
      standard_name :
      latitude
      axis :
      Y
      coordinate_defines :
      point
      actual_range :
      [ 89.75 -89.75]
      array([ 89.75,  89.25,  88.75, ..., -88.75, -89.25, -89.75], dtype=float32)
    • lon
      (lon)
      float32
      0.25 0.75 1.25 ... 359.25 359.75
      long_name :
      Longitude
      units :
      degrees_east
      standard_name :
      longitude
      actual_range :
      [2.5000e-01 3.5975e+02]
      axis :
      X
      coordinate_defines :
      point
      array([2.5000e-01, 7.5000e-01, 1.2500e+00, ..., 3.5875e+02, 3.5925e+02,
       3.5975e+02], dtype=float32)
    • time
      (time)
      datetime64[ns]
      1891-01-01 ... 2016-12-01
      long_name :
      Time
      delta_t :
      0000-01-00 00:00:00
      avg_period :
      0000-01-00 00:00:00
      standard_name :
      time
      axis :
      T
      coordinate_defines :
      start
      actual_range :
      [33237. 79227.]
      array(['1891-01-01T00:00:00.000000000', '1891-02-01T00:00:00.000000000',
       '1891-03-01T00:00:00.000000000', ..., '2016-10-01T00:00:00.000000000',
       '2016-11-01T00:00:00.000000000', '2016-12-01T00:00:00.000000000'],
      dtype='datetime64[ns]')
    • precip
      (time, lat, lon)
      float32
      ...
      units :
      mm
      var_desc :
      Precipitation
      level_desc :
      Surface
      parent_stat :
      Observations
      long_name :
      GPCC Monthly total of precipitation
      valid_range :
      [ 0. 8000.]
      statistic :
      Total
      level :
      Surface
      actual_range :
      [ 0. 4552.43]
      dataset :
      GPCC Precipitation 0.5degree V2018 Full Reanalysis
      [391910400 values with dtype=float32]
  • Original_Source :
    http://www.dwd.de/en/FundE/Klima/KLIS/int/GPCC/GPCC.htm is the webpage and the data is at ftp://ftp.dwd.de/pub/data/gpcc/download.html
    Reference :
    Users of the data sets are kindly requested to give feed back and to refer to GPCC publications on this webpage: http://www.dwd.de/bvbw/appmanager/bvbw/dwdwwwDesktop/?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=_dwdwww_klima_umwelt_datenzentren_wzn&T12404518261141645246564gsbDocumentPath=Content%2FOeffentlichkeit%2FKU%2FKU4%2FKU42%2Fteaser__product__access.html&_state=maximized&_windowLabel=T12404518261141645246564&lastPageLabel=_dwdwww_klima_umwelt_datenzentren_wzn
    original_source :
    ftp://ftp-anon.dwd.de/pub/data/gpcc/html/fulldata_download.html
    Conventions :
    CF 1.0
    dataset_title :
    Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC)
    title :
    GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 2018 0.5x0.5 Monthly Total
    history :
    Created 09/2018 based on V2018 data obtained via ftp
    data_modified :
    2019-03-12
    References :
    https://www.psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded/data.gpcc.html