GPCC precipitation v.7

GPCC full data reanalysis product version 7.0, 0.5°: Monthly Land-Surface Precipitation from Rain-Gauges built on GTS-based and Historic Data

This is the centennial Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) Full Data Reanalysis of monthly global land-surface precipitation based on the 75,000 stations world-wide that feature record durations of 10 years or longer. This product contains the monthly totals on a regular grid with a spatial resolution of 0.5° x 0.5°, 1.0° x 1.0°, and 2.5° x 2.5° latitude by longitude. Precipitation anomalies at the stations are interpolated and then superimposed on the GPCC Climatology V2015 in the corresponding resolution (DOIs: 10.5676/DWD_GPCC/Clim_M_V2015_050, 10.5676/DWD_GPCC/Clim_M_V2015_100, and 10.5676/DWD_GPCC/Clim_M_V2015_250). The temporal coverage of the dataset ranges from January 1901 until December 2013.

The GPCC Full Data Reanalysis is the most accurate in situ precipitation reanalysis data set of GPCC. Moreover it supports regional climate monitoring, model validation, climate variability analysis and water resources assessment studies.

Caution should be taken when using the data as the number of rainfall gauges varies widely in time. For studies related to long term precipitation trends VASClimO 50-year dataset is recommended.

Always quote citation when using data!
Citation:
For 0.5° grid resolution:
Schneider, Udo; Becker, Andreas; Finger, Peter; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Rudolf, Bruno; Ziese, Markus (2015): GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 7.0 at 0.5°: Monthly Land-Surface Precipitation from Rain-Gauges built on GTS-based and Historic Data. DOI: 10.5676/DWD_GPCC/FD_M_V7_050

For 1.0° grid resolution:
Schneider, Udo; Becker, Andreas; Finger, Peter; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Rudolf, Bruno; Ziese, Markus (2015): GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 7.0 at 1.0°: Monthly Land-Surface Precipitation from Rain-Gauges built on GTS-based and Historic Data. DOI: 10.5676/DWD_GPCC/FD_M_V7_100

For 2.5° grid resolution:
Schneider, Udo; Becker, Andreas; Finger, Peter; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Rudolf, Bruno; Ziese, Markus (2015): GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 7.0 at 2.5°: Monthly Land-Surface Precipitation from Rain-Gauges built on GTS-based and Historic Data. DOI: 10.5676/DWD_GPCC/FD_M_V7_250

Variables
rainfall (mm/month), number of rain gauges in lat/lon box
ZonalGlobal by 0.5°, 1.0°, 2.5°
MeridionalGlobal by 0.5°, 1.0°, 2.5°
Vertical 
TemporalJan 1901 to Dec 2013 by 1 month
Static?yes (2015)
Volume2.6 Gb
Serverpublic:
Sourcehttp//gpcc.dwd.de/ 
AcquiredJune 4, 2018
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