1.  filename 
    
    10day_precip.bin.YYYYMMP 

    YYYY == 4 digit year
    MM   == month
    P    == dekad period

2.  description of the data 
    
    1)  content: 
        rain  ==   10 day precipitation analysis by merging       
                   GTS gauge observations and  3 kinds of satellite estimates 
                   (GPI,SSM/I, and AMSU)
     
    2)  coverage: 
        -40.00S -- 40.00N Northward;
         20.00W -- 55.00E Eastward  
        751 grid points in east - west direction
        801 grid points in south - north direction

    3)  resolution: 
        0.1 deg lat x 0.1 deg lon 
        dekad  
  
    4)  missing values 
        -999.0  

3.  example program   
    
c     program     :     example.f  
c     objective   :     to read the dekadal estimates  
c 
      dimension    rain(751,801) 
c
c     1.  to open the data file 
c
      open  (unit=10,file='10day_precip.bin.2000061, 
     #       access='direct',status='readonly',recl=751*801) 
c
c     2.  to read the data 
c 
      read (10,rec=1)   rain 
c
      stop 
      end  

4. Notice: 

    1) Please refer to this product as the CPC/Famine Early Warning System
       Dekadal Estimates
  
    2) Please contact us for any problems or questions regarding 
      this product which is experimental in nature.  

        Dr. Alima Diawara
        Tel:  (301)683-0610  
        E-mail: alima.diawara@noaa.gov

       Made    02/19/2008
       Revised 08/13/2019