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03-29-2013 03:25 AM
AnLat
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‎03-29-2013 03:25 AM
Hi,

I am trying to introduce the 5 degree dataset from here http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/cru/data/precip/ (it is the first link). And once I introduce it to GIS to use it as a raster input to calculate zonal statistics using as feature zone the world borders (http://thematicmapping.org/downloads/world_borders.php).

My first question is how to introduce the dat data into GIS.
An second, once I introduce it can I use it as a regular raster file and do zonal statistics?

Can anyone help? I use ARCGIS 10.1

Thanks!
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JeffreySwain
by Esri Regular Contributor
Esri Regular Contributor
‎03-29-2013 04:46 AM
ArcMap does support .DAT files in a certain format.  After reading the documentation on your data, I am not sure if that is the format that is supported. With questions like this, I always look into this document. 

Envi .dat , AIRSAR .dat files, and USGS .dat files are supported per the document. I am not sure if the UK information follows those specifications. 

Once it is added as a raster in ArcMap, you can pursue either way to  analyze the data.
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