CPC GLOBAL PRCP V1.0

Load in Python

from intake import open_catalog

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

Metadata

title	CPC GLOBAL PRCP V1.0
location	/shared/subx/verif/prsfc/daily/orig
tags	verif,model,daily
catalog_dir	https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kpegion/COLA-DATASETS-CATALOG/gh-pages/intake-catalogs/precip.yaml
last updated	2020-03-31

Dataset Contents

<xarray.Dataset>
Dimensions:  (lat: 540, lon: 1080, time: 13907)
Coordinates:
  * lat      (lat) float64 -89.75 -89.5 -89.25 -88.75 ... 88.75 89.25 89.5 89.75
  * lon      (lon) float64 0.25 0.5 0.75 1.25 1.5 ... 358.8 359.2 359.5 359.8
  * time     (time) float64 8.678e+05 8.678e+05 ... 2.457e+06 2.457e+06
Data variables:
    precip   (time, lat, lon) float32 dask.array<chunksize=(365, 540, 1080), meta=np.ndarray>
Attributes:
    Conventions:    CF-1.0
    version:        V1.0
    history:        created 9/2016 by CAS NOAA/ESRL PSD
    title:          CPC GLOBAL PRCP V1.0
    References:     https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.cpc.globa...
    dataset_title:  CPC GLOBAL PRCP V1.0
    Source:         ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/precip/CPC_UNI_PRCP/

xarray.Dataset

Dimensions:
- lat: 540
- lon: 1080
- time: 13907
Coordinates: (3)
- lat
  (lat)
  float64
  -89.75 -89.5 -89.25 ... 89.5 89.75
  actual_range :
  [ 89.75 -89.75]
  long_name :
  Latitude
  units :
  degrees_north
  axis :
  Y
  standard_name :
  latitude
  coordinate_defines :
  center
```
array([-89.75, -89.5 , -89.25, ...,  89.25,  89.5 ,  89.75])
```
- lon
  (lon)
  float64
  0.25 0.5 0.75 ... 359.2 359.5 359.8
  long_name :
  Longitude
  units :
  degrees_east
  axis :
  X
  standard_name :
  longitude
  actual_range :
  [2.5000e-01 3.5975e+02]
  coordinate_defines :
  center
```
array([2.5000e-01, 5.0000e-01, 7.5000e-01, ..., 3.5925e+02, 3.5950e+02,
       3.5975e+02])
```
- time
  (time)
  float64
  8.678e+05 8.678e+05 ... 2.457e+06
  standard_name :
  time
```
array([ 867816.,  867840.,  867864., ..., 2457325., 2457326., 2457327.])
```

Data variables: (1)

precip

(time, lat, lon)

float32

dask.array<chunksize=(365, 540, 1080), meta=np.ndarray>

var_desc :: Precipitation
level_desc :: Surface
statistic :: Total
parent_stat :: Other
long_name :: Daily total of precipitation
cell_methods :: time: sum
avg_period :: 0000-00-01 00:00:00
actual_range :: [ 0. 456.08685]
units :: mm
valid_range :: [ 0. 1000.]
dataset :: CPC Global Precipitation

	Array	Chunk
Bytes	32.44 GB	853.80 MB
Shape	(13907, 540, 1080)	(366, 540, 1080)
Count	268 Tasks	39 Chunks
Type	float32	numpy.ndarray

Attributes: (7)
Conventions :
CF-1.0
version :
V1.0
history :
created 9/2016 by CAS NOAA/ESRL PSD
title :
CPC GLOBAL PRCP V1.0
References :
https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.cpc.globalprecip.html
dataset_title :
CPC GLOBAL PRCP V1.0
Source :
ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/precip/CPC_UNI_PRCP/