This directory contains 12 ArcGrid Ascii format grids. 
Long Term Mean Precipitation by month for period 1970-1993.
January		jan_ppt	
February	feb_ppt
March		mar_ppt
April		apr_ppt
May		may_ppt
June		jun_ppt
July		jul_ppt
August		aug_ppt
September	sep_ppt
October		oct_ppt
November	nov_ppt
December	dec_ppt

Project Name:	Gulf of Maine Watershed Information and Characterization System
Dataset Name:	Precipitation - Long Term Monthly Mean 1970-1993
Resolution:	2 arc minute 
Projection:	Geographic
Region:		40-49 north, 62-73 west
Units:		millimeters
Data Source:	US Data - 	US NCDC Cooperative Summary of the Day
				Stations within coordinates 40 - 50 north and 61 - 74 west
				Stations with data available between 1/1970 and 12/1993, stations with 
				partial records were included. 
		Canadian Data - Canadian Climate Normals & Monthly Averages   
				Stations within coordinates 40 - 50 north and 61 - 74 west
				Stations with data available between 1/1970 and 12/1993, station with 
				partial records were included.
Data Interpolation Method:	Spheremap Interpolation in  Data Set Manager (DM) - Developed at Complex Systems Research Center
				University of New Hampshire. This interpolation weights neighboring data points based on distance

Data Set
Developed By:	Kim Bredensteiner	
		Water Systems Analysis Group
		Complex Systems Research Center
		University of New Hampshire
		Durham, NH 03824

Contact information:	gm-wics@unh.edu