Dataset

Precipitation monthly and daily gridded data from 1979 to present derived from satellite measurements

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Dataset Objective

To estimate global precipitation and its characteristics.

Context

Precipitation estimates collected in a monthly basis since 1979 (GPCP monthly v2.3) and as daily means since 1996 (GPCP daily v1.3).

What is included

This dataset contain monthly precipitation, daily precipitation, geographical location, seasonality, cloud fractional cover, cloud top pressure, liquid water path, cloud properties and cloud thickness,

Collection Methods

Rain gauges observations, microwave imagers on polar-orbiting satellites and infrared imagers on geostationary satellites.