Global Oceanic Precipitation from the Microwave Sounding Unit

This dataset contains daily and monthly oceanic precipitation analyses on a 2.5-degree global grid. The data were constructed from the Microwave Sounding Units of seven TIROS-N series satellites, as described in Spencer (1993, J. Climate). Data are available for the period between January 1979 and May 1994. The daily data are considered to be not as reliable as the monthly data. Before using the daily data, it is highly recommended that you read the documentation associated with it.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1979-01
    End:  1994-05

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1979-01
Temporal Range End 1994-05
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Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
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Related Resource #1 : MSU Daily Troposphere Temperatures and Precipitation data at NOAA/ESRL/PSD
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Resource Format ASCII
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 259.752 MB
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Author Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1992-06-08
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/T318-HD03
Alternate Identifier d701005
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:19:24Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d701005
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA. (1992). Global Oceanic Precipitation from the Microwave Sounding Unit. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/T318-HD03. Accessed 09 October 2025.

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