is a 30+ year quasi-global rainfall dataset. CHIRPS incorporates
0.05° resolution satellite imagery with in-situ station data
to create gridded rainfall time series for trend analysis and seasonal
drought monitoring.
Version 2.0
Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS)
is a 30+ year quasi-global rainfall dataset. CHIRPS incorporates
0.05° resolution satellite imagery with in-situ station data
to create gridded rainfall time series for trend analysis and seasonal
drought monitoring.
Name | Description | Gee:unit |
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precipitation | Precipitation | mm/day |
Providers | |
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UCSB/CHG (producer, licensor) | |
Google Earth Engine (host) | |
STAC Version | 0.6.2 |
Keywords | chg, climate, geophysical, precipitation, ucsb, weather |
License | proprietary |
Temporal Extent | 12/31/1980, 4:00:00 PM - now |
Citation | Funk, Chris, Pete Peterson, Martin Landsfeld, Diego Pedreros, James Verdin, Shraddhanand Shukla, Gregory Husak, James Rowland, Laura Harrison, Andrew Hoell & Joel Michaelsen. "The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes". Scientific Data 2, 150066. [doi:10.1038/sdata.2015.66](https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.66) 2015. |
Type | image_collection |
GSD | arc degreesm |
Cadence | day |
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