MSWEP Data Access

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Dear Nathan Potter,

Thank you for registering. The MSWEP data are available for download via https://data.princetonclimate.com/opendap. Please use the following login information:

User ID: NathanPotter963
Password: 2YU27F0YKRDRc44

Please keep in mind that the accuracy of the dataset is significantly better from 2000 onwards. Furthermore, when comparing gridded precipitation datasets with daily gauge observations, it is recommended to compute daily accumulations for all gridded datasets for the 24-hour period ending at the specific reporting time of the gauge. This is essential to avoid temporal mismatches between time series based on the gridded datasets and the observations. The MSWEP V2 technical documentation (available via www.gloh2o.org) provides reporting times for the GHCN-D and GSOD gauges.

Please cite the following paper when using MSWEP in any publication:

Beck, H.E., A.I.J.M. van Dijk, V. Levizzani, J. Schellekens, D.G. Miralles, B. Martens, A. de Roo: MSWEP: 3-hourly 0.25 global gridded precipitation (1979-2015) by merging gauge, satellite, and reanalysis data, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21(1), 589-615, 2017.

The MSWEP V2 paper is currently in preparation. The methodology for V2 is described in the technical documentation (available via www.gloh2o.org). Note that MSWEP V1 and V2 and many other precipitation datasets have been evaluated in the following paper:

Beck, H. E., Vergopolan, N., Pan, M., Levizzani, V., van Dijk, A. I. J. M., Weedon, G. P., Brocca, L., Pappenberger, F., Huffman, G. J., and Wood, E. F.: Global-scale evaluation of 22 precipitation datasets using gauge observations and hydrological modeling, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 21, 6201-6217, 2017.

Please let me know if you have questions.

Regards,
Hylke Beck
www.gloh2o.org