JISAO Data

Standardized Tropical Non-Pacific Land Precipitation Index *100

Averaging region: 28N-28S, 82.5W-152.5E Index standardized with respect to 1950-89 The index is seasonal and spans 1870-1989

An analysis is provided here.

The input data set is described here.

Click here to obtain the time series written in MATLAB format. [Timeseries will be read into MATLAB as the variable "timeseries".]
Click here to obtain a monthly-mean version of the time series written in MATLAB format. For this version the seasonal-mean values are ascribed to each of the three calendar months that comprise the season. [Timeseries will be read into MATLAB as the variable "precip".]

       DJF  MAM  JJA  SON
 1870  187 -175   62  272
 1871  172  186 -260   93
 1872  -73 -227   44  245
 1873  218 -188   59 -146
 1874  127   23  199  230
 1875 -113   61  104 -148
 1876 -127  147   33  -80
 1877  140  167 -311 -118
 1878   95   75  229  180
 1879  106  621  223   92
 1880  174  107 -222   -2
 1881 -159  242 -149  -28
 1882  -10   61  185  167
 1883  114   23 -232  -36
 1884   29 -280 -247  -41
 1885  -60 -196  -90 -181
 1886  169   -2  485  197
 1887  226  141  193    9
 1888  109  -98 -249 -308
 1889  -89   63  181  171
 1890   19  108  -12  136
 1891  147  140  -23 -106
 1892 -123  140  -15  154
 1893  200  256  311  -44
 1894  188   14    1  315
 1895   -4  -88  175   21
 1896   92  -52 -160  -59
 1897  -15 -130   49  -83
 1898   87 -109  158  -64
 1899    3   69  -84 -152
 1900 -209  -12  169 -249
 1901  131   50   50 -108
 1902 -110 -228 -183 -218
 1903  -17 -117    4 -136
 1904  137  189  -46 -172
 1905 -161  -95 -190  -27
 1906  232  -53   81   97
 1907  212 -106  -75 -161
 1908  -25 -115   43   49
 1909  133  187  286    4
 1910   44   44   91  196
 1911  -65  111 -215 -158
 1912   37 -297   -5 -191
 1913  -32   59 -220 -225
 1914  -23 -201  -79 -144
 1915  -48 -139  -46 -106
 1916  -63  -92  134  387
 1917  271  101   66  259
 1918  148   72  -96 -301
 1919   14 -161 -190 -170
 1920 -105  -40  -15   88
 1921   22  181  -59  146
 1922 -152 -102  -60  170
 1923   68  173   89 -221
 1924    9  -98   63  290
 1925  109  146  -64  -29
 1926 -109   51  -74  -85
 1927   -4   36   36  -22
 1928   70    3 -118 -148
 1929  -56   18   23  -98
 1930    5  101  -36  -74
 1931   -3  -42  -63  154
 1932 -125  -41   -8  -14
 1933   12  -13  152   67
 1934  163  152  177   10
 1935   18  -15   77  -35
 1936   -2  221   21 -110
 1937   64  -22 -124 -135
 1938   31  -43  -21   68
 1939  -18   54  150   66
 1940   20  -11  -39 -186
 1941 -100   60 -135 -103
 1942   68   -9  -63 -115
 1943   91  105  -62    3
 1944    0 -125    7   56
 1945   -7   49 -134  -86
 1946  -55 -175  -87  -34
 1947   70  151  119   22
 1948  -35  -43  -57 -149
 1949 -200   81   35  -26
 1950   79   76  137  105
 1951   -3  -45  -68  139
 1952  -66  -41   23  140
 1953   67  130   82  -51
 1954   57   69   73   73
 1955   44   66  195  199
 1956   80  134   94   72
 1957  154   34   15 -186
 1958   71 -162  -45 -129
 1959  -23   15    7  -47
 1960  -40   -8  -69  -45
 1961   -8  -86  187  169
 1962   16  -97   20   13
 1963  139   43  -87  -49
 1964  -94  -49   24   31
 1965  -23  -42  -31  -72
 1966   27  -36   43    7
 1967    9   75   20   12
 1968   44   29  102 -129
 1969  -34  -55   -3  -60
 1970  -66  -18  -27   77
 1971   35  -31   -9   38
 1972  -83   47 -204 -233
 1973 -125  -61  205  254
 1974   93  168   14  114
 1975   24    9  128  203
 1976  256   85 -231   24
 1977  -50  -48 -146  -36
 1978   34   55  140   17
 1979   68   14  -15  -14
 1980  -11 -132  -26 -105
 1981  -33   95  -82  -10
 1982   80  156 -228  -90
 1983 -208  -62  -75 -156
 1984  -32   12  -95 -105
 1985  -55    7  -10  -57
 1986  -97 -140  -53  104
 1987 -139 -220 -186 -202
 1988 -171   34  113   34
 1989 -112   56   74  -33
 

Details of the index calculation

There are two forms of documenation for the input data:

  • a link to CDIAC
  • Eischeid, J. K., C. B. Baker, T. R. Karl, and H. F. Diaz, 1995: The quality control of long-term climatological data using objective data analysis. J. Appl. Meteor., 34, 2787-2795.


    Todd P. Mitchell (mitchell@atmos.washington.edu)
    JISAO Data