Global Historical Climatology Network (GHCN), Peterson et al.

, 1998

NCEP NC!R Re"n"lysis Correcte# $or r"in %i"ses &'"ln"y et "l, ())*+ ,he$$iel# et "l, 200-.

CRU monthly Precip, Temp, DTR 0.5, Mitchell & Jones, 2005

,p"ti"l #is"00re0"tion 0ener"lly $ollo3in0 ,he$$iel# et "l., 200*

Temper"t/re #is"00re0"te# to 0.25 "cco/ntin0 $or ele1"tion

TRMM /se# to #is"00re0"te precipit"tion to 0.25

Precip, Tm"2, Tmin sc"le# to m"tch CRU monthly #"t".

4ri##e# 0.255 67C meteorolo0ic"l #"t"

The pro%lem

8e3 mo/nt"in st"tions in CRU

,ol/tion
De1elop " set o$ (2 monthly clim"tolo0ic"l precipit"tion m"ps "t 0.25 /sin0 D4! #"t" 9"se historic"l perio# &perh"ps ():5 2005. 7ncl/#e only st"tions 3ith rel"ti1ely complete recor#s &m"y%e :5; complete "n# 20 ye"rs minim/m. C"lc/l"te the (2 monthly clim"tolo0ic"l precipit"tion 1"l/es $or the 0.25 0ri##e# 67C #"t" set ,c"le the #"ily precipit"tion 1"l/es in the 0.25 0ri##e# 67C #"t" set so they m"tch lon0 term &clim"tolo0ic"l. monthly me"ns.