This CD includes three sets of primary data in IDRISI format. Archive size is 491 MB. Download size is 339 MB.
NOAA Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Monthly Global Precipitation Data
Processed by the World Data Center for Meteorology (operated by the National Climatic Data Center). This dataset contains GPCP Product Version 2.1.
Data modifications include reprojection from a Pacific-centered longitude at 180 degree longitude to the Prime Meridian at 0 degree longitude center.
Dates: January 1979 to April 2009
Grid: 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree
Extent: -180 to +180, -90 to +90
Units: mm/day
Original Source: WDC/NCDC/NOAA Data Archive
For more information and recent data downloads:
http://lwf.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/wmo/wdcamet-ncdc.html
http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/gpcp/gpcp-v2.1/psg/
NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Monthly Global Precipitation Data
Processed by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), a joint endeavor between NASA and Japan's National Space Development Agency. This dataset contains TRMM Product 3B43 Version 6 and 6A. Version 6A starts from May 2007.
Data modifications include reclassification of the original no-data value of -9999.9 to -1.
Dates: January 1998 to April 2010
Grid: 0.25 degrees x 0.25 degrees
Extent: -180 to +180 and -50 to +50
Units: mm/hr
Original Source: GES Distributed Active Archive Center (NASA)
For more information and recent data downloads:
http://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/mirador/presentNavigation.pl?tree=project&project=TRMM
http://mirador.gsfc.nasa.gov/collections/TRMM_3B43__006.shtml
http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/precipitation/TRMM_README/TRMM_3B43_readme.shtml
http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/data_dir/ProductStatus.html
NOAA Global Optimum Interpolation (OI) Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Analysis
Processed by NOAA from monthly ship and buoy SST data, satellite SST retrievals and SST's simulated by sea ice cover. Contains Global Sea Surface Temperature Product Version 2.
Data modifications include the masking of land areas.
Dates: January 1982 to April 2010
Grid: 1 degree x 1 degree
Extent: -180 to +180, -90 to +90
Units: Degrees Celsius
Original Source: NOAA/OAR/ESRL PSD
For more information and recent data downloads:
ftp://ftp.cdc.noaa.gov/Datasets/
http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/data/gridded/data.noaa.oisst.v2.html
This archive also includes:
Remote Sensing System (RSS) MSU/AMSU Monthly Atmospheric Temperature data
Processed by RSS from the Microwave Sounding Units (MSU) and the Advanced Microwave Sounding Units (AMSU) operating on NOAA polar-orbiting platforms.
The temperature data include:
TLT = Temperature Lower Troposphere
TMT = Temperature Middle Troposphere
TTS = Temperature Troposphere / Stratosphere
TLS = Temperature Lower Stratosphere
Dates: December 1978 to December 2009 (January 1987 to December 2009 for the TTS)
Grid: 2.5 degree x 2.5 degree
Extent: -180 to +180, -90 to +90
Units: degrees Kelvin
Columns: 144
Rows: 72
Background Value: 0
Reference System: Latlong
Reference Units: Degrees
Data modifications include reclassification of the original no-data value from -9999 to 0 for display purposes only. Data were also reprojected from original Pacific-centered Latlong. All files are provided in the latitude / longitude reference system.
For more information:
Remote Sensing Systems
MSU Data at RSS
Vector Global Country Boundaries
The global vector dataset of country boundaries is provided by GfK MACON GmbH.
