CHIRPS Precipitation, Copernicus DEM, (Ag)ERA5 Meteorological Data, GEOS-5 Meteorological Data, IMERG Precipitation, Landsat satellites, MODIS sensors, MSG satellites, Sentinel-2 satellites, VIIRS sensors and WorldCover Land Cover

CHIRPS

The Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS) is the primary source for the L1 PCP data component.

Purpose of the data

Precipitation data is used for the production of the following data components:
- L1 PCP

Approach

The Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS) is a 30+ year quasi-global rainfall dataset that covers all longitudes between the latitudes 50°S-50°N. Data is available from 1981 to near-present at a 0.05° resolution. The data combines satellite imagery with in-situ station data to create gridded rainfall time series for trend analysis and seasonal drought monitoring.

Challenges

CHIRPS data is produced every 5 days and sometimes data delivery is delayed. In those cases an alternative source is used. CHIRPS does not provide data above 50°N.

Alternative resources

In case CHIRPS is not available, several other precipitation datasets exist, such as GEOS-5 and GSMAP.