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Precipitation Reconstruction Land (PREC/L): 1948-present

Climate Data Guide Image: PREC/L

Precipitation gauge measurements over land from the GHCN-v2 (Global Historical Climatology Network version 2) are interpolated onto 3 grids: at 0.5, 1 and 2.5 degree resolutions via optimal interpolation. Note: As of May, 2011 the GHCN version 3 station data set is available.

Key Strengths:

  • Land grid points are derived from high quality station gauge measurements.
  • Near real-time updates

Key Limitations:

  • Smaller gauge network than GPCC; no new stations added since GHCNv2 release ~1997

Years of Record

1948/01 to 2016/08
temporal metadataID:
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/thredds/wcs/Datasets/precl/1.0deg/precip.mon.mean.1x1.nc

Formats

Timestep

Monthly

Data Time Period Extended?

yes, data set is extended

Domain

Global

Spatial Resolution

2.5 x 2.5, 1x1, 0.5 x 0.5

Ocean or Land

Land Only

Missing Data Flag

missing data present

Input Data

GHCN v2 gauge measurements

Earth system components and main variables

Atmosphere, Precipitation

Data Access: Please Cite data sources, following the data providers' instructions.

  1. ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/precip/50yr/
  2. NOAA's PRECipitation REConstruction over Land (PREC/L)
  3. GHCN: Version 3

Key Figures

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Captions
Climate Data Guide Image: PREC/L February 2013 precipitation anomalies from 1971-2000 climatology.

Cite this page

National Center for Atmospheric Research Staff (Eds). Last modified 08 Sep 2016. "The Climate Data Guide: Precipitation Reconstruction Land (PREC/L): 1948-present." Retrieved from https://climatedataguide.ucar.edu/climate-data/precipitation-reconstruction-land-precl-1948-present.

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