The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes

The Climate Hazards group Infrared Precipitation with Stations (CHIRPS) dataset builds on previous approaches to 'smart' interpolation techniques and high resolution, long period of record precipitation estimates based on infrared Cold Cloud Duration (CCD) observations. The algorithm i) is built around a 0.05° climatology that incorporates satellite information to represent sparsely gauged locations, ii) incorporates daily, pentadal, and monthly 1981-present 0.05° CCD-based precipitation estimates, iii) blends station data to produce a preliminary information product with a latency of about 2 days and a final product with an average latency of about 3 weeks, and iv) uses a novel blending procedure…

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  National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Awards: NNH12ZDA001N, NNH12ZDA001N-IDS, NNX14AD30G
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  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

  Award: NA11OAR4310151
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  U.S. Geological Survey

  Award: G09AC000001