CHIRPS Prelim - 4.8km - Pentad¶
Description¶
The Climate Hazards Center InfraRed Precipitation With Station Data-Prelim (CHIRPS-Prelim) is a blend of CHIRPS data with in situ precipitation data to unbias the data and enhance its accuracy. The process of generating CHIRPS- Prelim is similar to the CHIRPS process, with the main difference being its reliance on Global Telecommunication System (GTS) stations only, which are available in near-real time. Blending of CHIRP with GTS-only stations allows for the latency of CHIRPS- Prelim to be <5 days. Note that, in general, the differences in CHIRPS-Prelim and CHIRPS are within acceptable limits, as both data sets share the same climatological mean.
Climate Engine details¶
- Dataset type
- Climate/Hydrology
- Climate Engine ID
- CHIRPS_PRELIM_PENTAD
- Documentation
- https://support.climateengine.org/article/53-chirps
Dataset details¶
- Scale
- 4.8km
- Frequency
- Pentad
- Coverage
- Global
- Start year
- 2015
- End year
- Present
Earth Engine collection details¶
- Earth Engine asset
- projects/climate-engine-pro/assets/ce-chirps-prelim-pentad
- Earth Engine asset URL
- https://gee-community-catalog.org/projects/chirps_prelim/?h=chirp
- Earth Engine source catalog
- ClimateEngine.org
Variables¶
API variable docs: #chirps-preliminary-pentad
| Name | Units |
|---|---|
| Precipitation | mm |
| Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) | N/A |
References¶
- Funk, C.C., Peterson, P.J., Landsfeld, M.F., Pedreros, D.H., Verdin, J.P., Rowland, J.D., Romero, B.E., Husak, G.J., Michaelsen, J.C., and Verdin, A.P., 2014, A quasi-global precipitation time series for drought monitoring: U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 832, 4 p., http://dx.doi.org/10.3133/ds832
Website: https://www.chc.ucsb.edu/data/chirps
Terms of use¶
To the extent possible under the law, Pete Peterson has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to CHIRPS. CHIRPS data is in the public domain as registered with Creative Commons. This work is published from: the United States.