1. Precipitation Unit: mm 2. Data files: (1). date: 1985-1996 (2). yy.sum: annual total precipitation (mm) (3). yymm.sum: monthly total precipitation (mm) (4). yy1-yy2.mean: annual mean precipitation from yy1 to yy2 (mm) (5). latitude and longitude data of grids: lat.dat: latitude data of grids lon.dat: longitude data of grids (6). topo.dat: terrain data of Greenland ( meter ) 3. Model parameters: (1). The number of grid points is 67x69 x direction: 67; y direction: 69 (2). The grid space = 50km (3). Central latitude and longitud: ( 71.5N,-40W) Note: for longitude dat: 0 - 180E, the numbers is positive 0 - 180W, the numbers is negative (4). Region: (region.jpeg) (1,69) N (67,69) ----------------------- | | | | | | | | E | C | W | | | | | | | | | | | | ----------------------- (1,1) S (67,1) (5). The method to calculate precipitation: Omega equation (6). Stereographic projection 4. Data format: 10f8.2 ( *.mean *.sum *.dat ) read(10'(10f8.2)')((a(i,j),i=1,m),j=1,n) ! m=67,n=69 5. References Qiu-shi Chen, David H. Bromwich, and Lesheng Bai, 1997: Precipitation over Greenland Retrieved by a Dynamic Method and Its Relation of Cyclonic Activity. Journal of Climate, 10,839-870,1997.