Jaeger Monthly Mean Global PrecipitationEntry ID: jaegrain
Abstract: The Jaeger Surface Rain Gauge Observations data set
consists of gridded mean monthly global precipitation values for
1931 to 1960 over the continents and 1955 to 1965 over the
oceans. The data set volume is 126 Kbytes and is available by
ftp. In order to calculate monthly, seasonal, and annual
variations of precipitation over the whole globe, both
hemispheres, and various meridional zones, a ... gridding
technique was used on data spanning 1931 to 1960 over the
continents, and 1955 to 1965 over the oceans. For the
continental regions, the grid point values were obtained as eye
estimates from isopleth maps prepared from up-to-date climatic
atlases containing annual and monthly rainfall values,
supplemented by other data sets. Although it was initially
intended to use data for the standard period 1931-1960, this did
not prove possible for all regions. Moller's (1951) method for
estimating rainfall frequencies was adopted to provide ocean
preci