Canadian Blended Precipitation version 0 (CanBPv0)

The dataset contains the blended (gauge and satellite estimates) monthly mean precipitation rates (unit: mm/day) 
for Canada for the period from January 1979 to December 2007, at a half degree spatial resolution. Please refer 
to the paper below for the details of the belnding algorithm and input gauge and satellite data. 

There is a text file for each calendar month, containing longitude, latitude, and precipitation rates. 
The file named "blend_yyyy_mm.txt" contains the blended precipitation data for month mm of year yyyy. 
A missing value code "-9999" is assigned to all grid-points that have no blended precipitation data 
(not in the region of the analysis; excluding the Hudson Bay). 

Reference:
Lin, A. and X. L. Wang, 2011: An algorithm for Blending Multiple Satellite Precipitation Estimates 
with in-situ Precipitation Measurements in Canada. JGR-Atmospheres, 116, D21111, doi:10.1029/2011JD016359. 

August 31, 2011 
