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Data description paper
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Data description paper |
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GIRAFE v1: a global climate data record for precipitation accompanied by a daily sampling uncertainty
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Rémy Roca
Laboratoire d'Etudes Géophysiques et d'Océanographie Spatiales, 14, av. Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse CEDEX 9, France
Anja Niedorf
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Stephan Finkensieper
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Marc Schröder
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Sophie Cloché
Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace, Sciences du Climat, route de Saclay, 91128 Palaiseau, France
Giulia Panegrossi
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy
Paolo Sanò
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy
Christopher Kidd
University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, 5825 University Research Ct., College Park, MD 20740, USA
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, 8800 Greenbelt Rd, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
Rômulo Augusto Jucá Oliveira
Laboratoire d'Etudes Géophysiques et d'Océanographie Spatiales, 14, av. Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse CEDEX 9, France
now at: Hydro Matters, 1 Chemin de la Pousaraque, 31460 Le Faget, France
Karsten Fennig
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Thomas Sikorski
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
Madeleine Lemoine
Laboratoire d'Etudes Géophysiques et d'Océanographie Spatiales, 14, av. Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse CEDEX 9, France
Rainer Hollmann
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Satellite-Based Climate Monitoring, Frankfurter Str. 135, 63067 Offenbach am Main, Germany
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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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