Data Sources for Precipitation
This list provides sources for openly accessible data sets with worldwide coverage for which metadata is available. It is curated by the respective GCOS ECV Steward(s). The list does not claim to be complete. Anyone with a suitable dataset who wishes it to be added to this list should contact the GCOS Secretariat.
Gridded In Situ:
- Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC)
https://opendata.dwd.de/climate_environment/GPCC/html/download_gate.html
- Climate Prediction Center Merged Analysis of Precipitation (CMAP)
http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/global_precip/html/wpage.cmap.html
In Situ:
- Integrated Surface Database (ISD) of the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/isd/data-access
- Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN) of the National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/data-access/land-based-station-data/land-base…
Reanalysis:
- REANALYSES.ORG (Inventory for Reanalysis)
Satellite:
- Satellite ECV Inventory by the CEOS/CGMS Working Group on Climate (WGClimate)