The new portfolio of global precipitation data products of the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre suitable to assess and quantify the global water cycle and resources

Schneider, Udo; Ziese, Markus; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Finger, Peter; Rustemeier, Elke; Becker, Andreas

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-374-29-2016

Articles | Volume 374

https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-374-29-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/piahs-374-29-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 374

17 Oct 2016

| 17 Oct 2016

The new portfolio of global precipitation data products of the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre suitable to assess and quantify the global water cycle and resources

Udo Schneider, Markus Ziese, Anja Meyer-Christoffer, Peter Finger, Elke Rustemeier, and Andreas Becker

Data sets

GPCC Full Data Reanalysis Version 7.0 at 0.5°: Monthly Land-Surface Precipitation from Rain-Gauges built on GTS-based and Historic Data Schneider, Udo; Becker, Andreas; Finger, Peter; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Rudolf, Bruno; Ziese, Markus https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD_GPCC/FD_M_V7_050

GPCC Climatology Version 2015 at 0.25°: Monthly Land-Surface Precipitation Climatology for Every Month and the Total Year from Rain-Gauges built on GTS-based and Historic Data Schneider, Udo; Becker, Andreas; Finger, Peter; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Rudolf, Bruno; Ziese, Markus https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD_GPCC/CLIM_M_V2015_025

GPCC Full Data Daily Version 1.0 at 1.0°: Daily Land-Surface Precipitation from Rain-Gauges built on GTS-based and Historic Data Schamm, Kirstin; Ziese, Markus; Raykova, Kristin; Becker, Andreas; Finger, Peter; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Schneider, Udo https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD_GPCC/FD_D_V1_100

GPCC Monitoring Product: Near Real-Time Monthly Land-Surface Precipitation from Rain-Gauges based on SYNOP and CLIMAT data Schneider, Udo; Becker, Andreas; Finger, Peter; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Ziese, Markus https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD_GPCC/MP_M_V5_100

GPCC First Guess Product at 1.0°: Near Real-Time First Guess Monthly Land-Surface Precipitation from Rain-Gauges based on SYNOP Data Ziese, Markus; Becker, Andreas; Finger, Peter; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Rudolf, Bruno; Schneider, Udo https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD_GPCC/FG_M_100

GPCC First Guess Daily Product at 1.0°: Near Real-Time First Guess Daily Land-Surface Precipitation from Rain-Gauges based on SYNOP Data Schamm, Kirstin; Ziese, Markus; Becker, Andreas; Finger, Peter; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Rudolf, Bruno; Schneider, Udo https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD_GPCC/FG_D_100

GPCC Drought Index Product (GPCC_DI) at 1.0° Ziese, Markus; Becker, Andreas; Finger, Peter; Meyer-Christoffer, Anja; Rudolf, Bruno; Schneider, Udo https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD_GPCC/DI_M_100

GPCC Drought Index Product (GPCC_DI) Version 1.1 GPCC Drought Index Product (GPCC_DI) Version 1.1 https://doi.org/10.5676/DWD_GPCC/DI_M_V1.1_100

Short summary

The Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) operated by Deutscher Wetterdienst since 1989 provides reliable information on monthly and daily precipitatation since 1901 and 1988, respectively. The information is provided as DOI referenced data sets and we provide herewith an overview and orientation which product is most suitable for a number of archetype use cases. We also provide some illustration on particular use cases. The GPCC data product will be further upgraded and prolongued.