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GPCC: Drought Indices

The GPCC provides unrestricted access to its monthly gridded precipitation data sets for climate monitoring purposes and related research.

Data Coverage
Global
Period of Record
Current Conditions, Historical data (period of record varies)
File Format
images
text (ascii)
netcdf-4
Data Type
Land-based Station

GPM - IMERG: Drought Indices

NASA GPM-IMERG: The Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) algorithm combines information from the GPM satellite constellation to estimate precipitation

Data Coverage
Global
Period of Record
2000 - Present
File Format
geotiff
netcdf-4
Data Type
Land-based Station
Satellite

Grassland Production Forecast (Grass-Cast)

Grass-Cast indicates for ranchers and rangeland managers what productivity is likely to be in the upcoming growing season relative to their own county’s 34-year history.

Data Coverage
United States
Period of Record
1900-2017, Forecasts
File Format
images
pdf
csv

Gridded Climate Datasets: Applied Climate Information System (ACIS) NRCC Interpolated (Grid 1)

ACIS NRCC Interpolated (Grid 1) is a gridded dataset that includes area averages of daily maximum, minimum, and average temperatures and daily precipitation amounts for the contiguous Uni

Data Coverage
Contiguous U.S.
Period of Record
1950 – Present
File Format
text (ascii)
geotiff
Data Type
Land-based Station