CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation (CMAP)

Precipitation from five kinds of satellite estimates and the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis model output are combined for global coverage monthly precipitation values. The standard products merge only the 5 kinds of satellite estimates (GPI, OPI, SSM/I scattering, SSM/I emission and MSU). The enhanced products merge the satellite estimates with the blended NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis precipitation. Both products are available as monthly totals, pentads and long term monthly means on a global 2.5 degree latitude-longitude grid. All data is in the netCDF format.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1979-01
    End:  2006-06

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1979-01
Temporal Range End 2006-06
Temporal Resolution N/A
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
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Related Resource #1 : CDC official CMAP web site

Related Resource #2 : CMAP monthly, pentad, and blended NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis means at NOAA ESRL
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NetCDF
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Asset Size 0 MB
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Access Constraints None
Software Implementation Language N/A

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Resource Support Email datahelp@ucar.edu
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Distributor NSF NCAR Geoscience Data Exchange
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Author
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1995-08-22
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/4QKP-PF57
Alternate Identifier d728001
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:30:32Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d728001
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation . (1995). CPC Merged Analysis of Precipitation (CMAP). NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/4QKP-PF57. Accessed 08 January 2026.

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