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Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-4097-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-4097-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
Data description paper
 | 
26 Aug 2025
Data description paper |  | 26 Aug 2025

GIRAFE v1: a global climate data record for precipitation accompanied by a daily sampling uncertainty

Hannes Konrad, Rémy Roca, Anja Niedorf, Stephan Finkensieper, Marc Schröder, Sophie Cloché, Giulia Panegrossi, Paolo Sanò, Christopher Kidd, Rômulo Augusto Jucá Oliveira, Karsten Fennig, Thomas Sikorski, Madeleine Lemoine, and Rainer Hollmann

Data sets

GIRAFE v1: CM SAF Global Interpolated RAinFall Estimation version 1 Anja Niedorf et al. https://doi.org/10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/GIRAFE/V001

Fundamental Climate Data Record of Microwave Imager Radiances, Edition 4, Satellite Application Facility on Climate Monitoring K. Fennig et al. https://doi.org/10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/FCDR_MWI/V004

TRMM Microwave Imager Calibrated Radiances L1B 1.5 hours V7 Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission https://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/datacollection/TRMM_1B11_7.html

GPM AMSR-E on AQUA Common Calibrated Brightness Temperatures L1C 1.5 hours 10.5 km V07 W. Berg https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/AMSRE/AQUA/1/07

GPM GMI Brightness Temperatures L1B 1.5 hours 13 km V07 GPM Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/GMI/GPM/1B/07

FIDUCEO: Fundamental Climate Data Record of Microwave Brightness Temperatures with uncertainties, 1994-2017, v4.1 I. Hans et al. https://doi.org/10.5285/a8e9f44965434f3b861eba77688701ef

GPM MHS on METOP-A Common Calibrated Brightness Temperature L1C 1.5 hours 17 km V07 Wesley Berg https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/MHS/METOPA/1C/07

GPM MHS on METOP-B Common Calibrated Brightness Temperature L1C 1.5 hours 17 km V07 Wesley Berg https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/MHS/METOPB/1C/07

GPM MHS on METOP-C Common Calibrated Brightness Temperature L1C 1.5 hours 17 km V07 Wesley Berg https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/MHS/METOPC/1C/07

GPM MHS on NOAA-18 Common Calibrated Brightness Temperature L1C 1.5 hours 17 km V07 Wesley Berg https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/MHS/NOAA18/1C/07

GPM MHS on NOAA-19 Common Calibrated Brightness Temperatures L1C 1.5 hours 17 km V07 Wesley Berg https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/MHS/NOAA19/1C/07

GPM ATMS on NOAA-20 Common Calibrated Brightness Temperatures L1C 1.5 hours 17 km V07 Wesley Berg https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/ATMS/NOAA20/1C/07

GPM ATMS on SUOMI-NPP Common Calibrated Brightness Temperature L1C 1.5 hours 16 km V07 Wesley Berg https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/ATMS/NPP/1C/07

GPM SAPHIR on MT1 (PRPS) Radiometer Precipitation Profiling L2 1.5 hours 10 km V06 C. Kidd https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/SAPHIR/MT1/PRPS/2A/06

ERA5 monthly averaged data on single levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.f17050d7

Global Ocean OSTIA Sea Surface Temperature and Sea Ice Reprocessed Marine Data Store https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00168

EURADCLIM: The European climatological gauge-adjusted radar precipitation dataset (24-h accumulations) A. Overeem et al. https://doi.org/10.21944/1a54-gg96

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Short summary
GIRAFE v1 is a global satellite-based precipitation dataset covering 2002 to 2022. It combines high-accuracy microwave and high-resolution infrared observations for retrieving daily precipitation, a respective sampling uncertainty for a more robust analysis, and monthly means. It is intended and suitable for climate monitoring and research and allows studies on water management, agriculture, and disaster risk reduction. A continuous extension from 2023 onwards will be implemented in 2025.
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