10 minute mean monthly precipitation 1961-1990

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Identification_Information:

Citation:

Citation_Information:

Originator: UNEP-WCMC

Publication_Date: 2003

Title: 10 minute mean monthly precipitation 1961-1990

Geospatial_Data_Presentation_Form: raster digital data

Online_Linkage:

Description:

Abstract:

10-minute grids of mean monthly precipitation (mm/month) over global land areas, excluding Antarctica. Means for the period from 1961 to 1990. Data interpolated into Arc Info Grid format from ascii data files available through Oxford University (<http://www.geog.ox.ac.uk>), the Climate Research Unit (<http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk>), and the International Water Management Institute (<http://www.iwmi.org>).

Purpose:

For use in many applications in applied climatology, biocgeochemical modelling, hydrology and agricultural meteorology.

Time_Period_of_Content:

Time_Period_Information:

Single_Date/Time:

Calendar_Date: 2000

Currentness_Reference: publication date

Status:

Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

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Bounding_Coordinates:

West_Bounding_Coordinate: -179.929581

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 179.994905

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 83.703625

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -59.166500

Keywords:

Theme:

Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: climatic data

Theme_Keyword: mean monthly

Theme_Keyword: precipitation

Theme_Keyword: precipitation

Place:

Place_Keyword: global land areas

Temporal:

Temporal_Keyword: 1961-1990

Access_Constraints: none

Use_Constraints: for use by MA CLA's and LA's

Point_of_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: UNEP-WCMC / Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Contact_Person: Jillian Thönell

Contact_Position: Data coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 219 Huntingdon Road

City: Cambridge

Postal_Code: CB3 0DL

Country: UK

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 277314

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 277136

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: thonell@millenniumassessment.org

Data_Set_Credit:

New, M., Lister, D., Hulme, M., Makin, I. A high-resolution data set of surface climate over global land areas. Climate Research, 2000, Vol 21, pg 1-25.

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Microsoft Windows 2000 Version 5.0 (Build 2195) Service Pack 3; ESRI ArcCatalog 8.2.0.700

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Row_Count: 863

Column_Count: 2002

Vertical_Count: 1

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Ordinate_Resolution: 18000.000000

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Ellipsoid_Name: Sphere_ARC_INFO

Semi-major_Axis: 6370997.000000

Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: infinity

Distribution_Information:

Resource_Description: Data downloadable from the MA Intranet for MA users

Standard_Order_Process:

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Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date: 20030410

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Organization_Primary:

Contact_Organization: UNEP-WCMC / Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

Contact_Person: Jillian Thönell

Contact_Position: Data Coordinator

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: mailing and physical address

Address: 219 Huntingdon Road

City: Cambridge

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Postal_Code: CB3 0DL

Country: UK

Contact_Voice_Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 277314

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: +44 (0) 1223 277136

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: thonell@millenniumassessment.org

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