10.5676/DWD_GPCC/FG_M_100 (for 1.0° resolution)


GPCC First Guess Product at 1.0°: Near Real-Time First Guess Monthly Land-Surface Precipitation from Rain-Gauges based on SYNOP Data
Globally Gridded Monthly Totals
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For 1.0° grid resolution:
Ziese, Markus; Becker, Andreas; Finger, Peter; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Rudolf, Bruno; Schneider, Udo (2011):
GPCC First Guess Product at 1.0°: Near Real-Time First Guess monthly Land-Surface Precipitation from Rain-Gauges based on SYNOP Data. DOI: 10.5676/DWD_GPCC/FG_M_100


Ziese, Markus; Becker, Andreas; Finger, Peter; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Rudolf, Bruno; Schneider, Udo
Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC, http://gpcc.dwd.de/) at Deutscher Wetterdienst
2011
This is the GPCC First Guess Product of monthly global land-surface precipitation based on the station database (SYNOP) available via the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) at the time of analysis (3 - 5 days after end of the analysis month). This product contains the monthly totals on a regular latitude/longitude grid with a spatial resolution of 1.0° x 1.0° latitude by longitude. Interpolation is made on the anomalies from the GPCC Climatology V2015 in the corresponding resolution (DOI: 10.5676/DWD_GPCC/Clim_M_V2015_100). The temporal coverage of the dataset ranges from August 2004 until the most recent month for which GTS based SYNOP data is available, i.e. the previous month, 3-5 days after its completion. This GPCC product is recommended to be used when the timeliness of the precipitation information is of highest importance, e.g. for drought monitoring or watch purposes.
"Global gridded precipitation over land: a description of the new GPCC First Guess Daily product"
K. Schamm, M. Ziese, A. Becker, P. Finger, A. Meyer-Christoffer, U. Schneider, M. Schröder, and P. Stender
in Earth System Science Data, DOI: 10.5194/essd-6-49-2014

"Evaluating the hydrological cycle over land using the newly-corrected precipitation climatology from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC)"
U. Schneider, P. Finger, A. Meyer-Christoffer, E. Rustemeier, M. Ziese, and A. Becker
in Atmosphere, DOI: 10.3390/atmos8030052

"GPCC's new land surface precipitation climatology based on quality-controlled in situ data and its role in quantifying the global water cycle"
U. Schneider, A. Becker, P. Finger, A. Meyer-Christoffer, M. Ziese, B. Rudolf
in Theoretical and Applied Climatology, DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0860-x

"A description of the global land-surface precipitation data products of the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre with sample applications including centennial (trend) analysis from 1901-present"
A. Becker, P. Finger, A. Meyer-Christoffer, B. Rudolf, K. Schamm, U. Schneider, and M. Ziese
in Earth System Science Data, DOI: 10.5194/essd-5-71-2013

"The GPCC Drought Index - a new, combined and gridded global drought index"
M. Ziese, U. Schneider, A. Meyer-Christoffer, K. Schamm, J. Vido, P. Finger, P. Bissoli, S.Pietsch, A. Becker
in Earth System Science Data, DOI: 10.5194/essd-6-285-2014

Users are referred to the following gridded Global Precipitation Climate Centre (GPCC) products:

GPCC Precipitation Analysis Climatology 1951-2000 (GPCC_CLIMAT) with high representativeness, for application as a reference, and for utilization of the anomaly interpolation method.

GPCC Precipitation Analysis Monthly (GPCC_MONTHLY) with high accuracy, for, e.g., verification of models, or for analysis of historical global precipitation, or for research concerning the global water cycle, e.g., teleconnection analyses.

GPCC Precipitation Analysis Daily (GPCC_FD_D) is recommended to be used when the daily precipitation information is of highest importance, e.g. for analyses of extreme events and related statistics at daily resolution.

GPCC HOMPRA-Europe (HOMPRA-Europe) with homogenized precipitation data, suitable for trend analyses.

GPCC Monitoring Product (GPCC_MP) with high availability and reasonable timeliness, for applications like calibration of satellite data, or early annual reporting.

GPCC First Guess Monthly Product (GPCC_FG) with high timeliness, to be applied for, e.g., drought monitoring.

GPCC First Guess Daily Product (GPCC_FG_D) with high timeliness, to be applied for, e.g., drought monitoring.

GPCC Drought Index Product (GPCC_DI_M) with high timeliness, to be applied for, e.g., drought monitoring.

Please notice also the GPCC Download Gate with the current versions of all GPCC datasets and additional informations.
2011
2004/08 - present expired month; updated monthly
Latitude: -90.0° to 90.0°; Longitude: -180.0° to 180.0°
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Dr. Markus Ziese, Head
Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC)
c/o Deutscher Wetterdienst
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