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Global Air Temperature and Precipitation Climatologies, by Willmott et al.
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Abstract:
Cort J. Willmott, Kenji Matsuura and David R. Legates (Center for Climate Research, University of Deleware), created a new version of this dataset (version 2.01) in November 1998. You may find more recent data at the Willmott site.
Temporal Range:
1920 to 1980
Variables:
Air Temperature | Precipitation Amount |
Vertical Levels:
Ground or water surface |
Temporal Frequencies:
Monthly Climatology, Annual Climatology
Data Types:
Grid
Spatial Coverage:
Longitude Range: Westernmost=180W Easternmost=180E
Latitude Range: Southernmost=90S Northernmost=90N Detailed coverage information Detailed coverage information 0.5° x 0.5° from 179.75W to 179.75E and 89.75S to 89.75N (721 x 361 Longitude/Latitude)
Latitude Range: Southernmost=90S Northernmost=90N Detailed coverage information Detailed coverage information 0.5° x 0.5° from 179.75W to 179.75E and 89.75S to 89.75N (721 x 361 Longitude/Latitude)
Data Contributors:
UDEL/GEOG/CCR
Center For Climate Research, Department of Geography, University of Delaware
Publications:
Willmott, C.J. and K. Matsuura, 1995: Smart Interpolation of Annually Averaged Air Temperature in the United States. J. Appl. Meteor., 34, 2577-2586.
Legates, D.R., and C.J. Willmott, 1990: Mean seasonal and spatial variability in gauge corrected, global precipitation. Int. J. Climatol., 10, 111-127.
Total Volume:
50.11 MB
Data Formats:
ASCII (see dataset documentation)
Metadata Record:
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Data License:
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