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Observed Land Surface Precipitation Data: 1901-2000 (CRU TS 2.0)

These pages provide access to graphical extracts of land surface precipitation data for the period 1901-2000. The original data come from the CRU TS 2.0 dataset and are used here courtesy of Dr. T.D. Mitchell of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia, U.K.

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The source CRU TS 2.0 dataset comprises 1200 monthly grids of observed climate, for the period 1901-2000, and covering the global land surface at 0.5° × 0.5° resolution. There are five climatic variables available: cloud cover, DTR, precipitation, temperature, vapor pressure. The original data are publicly available from the Climatic Research Unit at the University of East Anglia, along with guidance for their use and other documentation.

Reference

  • Mitchell, T.D., T.R. Carter, P.D. Jones, M. Hulme, and M. New 2003. A comprehensive set of high-resolution grids of monthly climate for Europe and the globe: The observed record (1901-2000) and 16 scenarios (2001-2100). J. Climate, submitted.