Global Precipitation Analysis Products of the GPCC

The Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC) has been established in 1989 on request of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). It is operated by Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD, National Meteorological Service of Germany) as a German contribution to the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP). Mandate of the GPCC is the global analysis of monthly precipitation on earth’s landsurface based on in situ raingauge data.

Several products are availabe e.g. First Guess Product, First Guess Daily Product, Monitoring Product, ....

 
Citation proposal
(2018) . Global Precipitation Analysis Products of the GPCC. https://gdk.gdi-de.org/geonetwork/srv/api/records/de.dwd.GPCC.DATA
 

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Identification

File identifier
de.dwd.GPCC.DATA   XML
Hierarchy level
dataset Dataset
Online resource
Protocol
http
Resource identifier
Metadata language
eng English
Encoding
Format
VARIOUS
Specification
http://www.wmo.int/pages/prog/www/WMOCodes.html
Projection
code
WGS 84
 

Classification of data and services

Topic category
  • Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource
Coupled resource
 
 

Classification of data and services

Coupled resource
Coupled resource
 
 

Keywords

Descriptive keywords
Keywords ( Temporal )
  • monthly
Keywords ( Theme )
  • analysis
  • anomalies
  • climate variability
  • global
  • gridded
  • meteorological
  • model validation
  • precipitation
  • rain gauge
  • trend
Other keywords
 
 

Geographic coverage

N
S
E
W


 

Temporal reference

Temporal extent
Temporal extent
Date ( Creation )
2018-05-02Z
Date ( Publication )
2018-05-02Z
Date ( Revision )
2018-07-05Z
 

Quality and validity

Lineage
High data quality controlled according to the procedures of the WIS
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
 

Conformity

Conformity
Conformity
Explanation
See the referenced specification
 

Restrictions on access and use

Use limitation
WMOOther
Access constraints
WMOOther
 

Restrictions on access and use

 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name
Global Precipitation Climatology Centre GPCC, c/o Deutscher Wetterdienst
Email
gpcc@dwd.de
 

Responsible organization (s)

Contact for the resource
Organisation name
Global Precipitation Climatology Centre GPCC, c/o Deutscher Wetterdienst
Email
gpcc@dwd.de
 

Metadata information

Contact for the metadata
Organisation name
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Email
gpcc@dwd.de
Date stamp
2018-07-05T09:08:29Z
Metadata language
eng English
Character set
utf8 UTF8
 
 

SDS

Conformance class 1: invocable

Access Point URL
Endpoint URL
Technical specification
 

Conformance class 2: interoperable

Coordinate reference system
 
Quality of Service
 
Access constraints
Limitation
 
Use constraints
Limitation
 
Responsible custodian
Contact for the resource
 
 

Conformance class 3: harmonized

 
 

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