Climate Hazards InfraRed Precipitation with Station Data - (CHIRPS)
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 insitu station data to create gridded rainfall time series for trend analysis and seasonal drought monitoring.
Properties
| Sensor | SPOT/PROBA-V |
|---|---|
| Since | 01-01-2011 |
| Spatial Resolution | 8 km |
| Temporal Resolution | 10 Days, Monthly, 3 Months, 6 Months, Annually |
| Extent | Eastern Africa |
| Format | Geotiff |
| Source | JRC via MESA Station |
Derived Products
| Derived sub-product | Description | Available |
|---|---|---|
| 10d | Precipitation estimates over 10 days | since 1/1/2011 |
| 10davg | Statistic: multi-years average for each dekad | 36 dekads |
| 10dmin | Statistic: multi-years minimum for each dekad | 36 dekads |
| 10dmax | Statistic: multi-years maximum for each dekad | 36 dekads |
| 10ddiff | Anomaly: ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE (10d – 10davg) | since 1/1/2011 |
| 10dperc | Anomaly: RELATIVE DIFFERENCE % ((10d – 10davg)/10davg) | since 1/1/2011 |
| 10dnp | Anomaly: Normalized Precipitation (10d10dmin)/(10dmax-10dmin) | since 1/1/2011 |
| 1moncum | Cumulated 10day RFE over each month | since 1/1/2011 |
| 1monavg | Statistic: multi-years average for each month | 12 month |
| 1monmin | Statistic: multi-years minimum for each month | 12 month |
| 1monmax | Statistic: multi-years maximum for each month | 12 month |
| 1mondiff | Anomaly: ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE (1moncum1monavg) | since 1/1/2011 |
| 1monperc | Anomaly: RELATIVE DIFFERENCE (1moncum1monavg)/1monavg | since 1/1/2011 |
| 1monnp | Anomaly: Normalized Precipitation (1moncum1monmin)/(1monmax-1monmin)) | since 1/1/2011 |