'SOUTH_ASIA_README.txt'

This is the readme file for archived southern Asia area NOAA/Climate Prediction Center RFE2.0 daily rainfall estimates.  This file
describes all archived rainfall estimates for the region, though the data located on the NOAA/CPC anonymous ftp server:
ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/cpc/fews/S.Asia/data/ .

CONTENTS:

  Southern Asia area daily rainfall estimates

    --data for May 01, 2001 - present:  'cpc_rfe_v2.0_sa_dly.bin.YYYYMMDD.gz'  where YYYY is year, MM is month, DD is day.

    --Spatial domain:  70.0-110.0E; 5.0-35.0N
    --Temporal domain:  00Z-00Z

    --Resolution:  0.1 x 0.1 degree

    --File structure:  binary, 4-byte floating point, 
                       big_endian for daily files contained in
                       ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/cpc/fews/S.Asia/data/

                       little_endian for climatology files contained in
                       ftp://ftpprd.ncep.noaa.gov/pub/cpc/fews/S.Asia/clim/

                       undefined = -999.0

                       file contains one record with (401 pixels in x direction) * (301 pixels in y direction) = 120701 points

                       uncompressed file size = 120701 points * 4 bytes per point = 482804 bytes

                       file starting pixel = (5.0N;70.0E)
                       pixel #2 = (5.0N;70.1E)
                       pixel #402 = (5.1N;70.0E)
                       pixel #120701 = (35.0N;110.0E)
  
    --Monthly accumulations for 2003 are available as created with similar format to daily estimates


These products were created by the NOAA/Climate Prediction Center's FEWS-NET group sponsored by USAID.  For details regarding
the algorithm, see http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/fews.  For usage or other information, contact Wassila.Thiaw@noaa.gov or
Pingping.Xie@noaa.gov.


Modified November, 2010