Extreme precipitation events: a comprehensive  catalog for northern Chile (17.5°&thinsp;S to 30.0°&thinsp;S)

Matus, Felipe; Paredes, Marcia; Lagos-Zúñiga, Miguel; Garcés, Alex; Pinto, Diego; Aguilar, Germán; Montserrat, Santiago

doi:10.5194/essd-18-7861-2026

Articles | Volume 18, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-7861-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-18-7861-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 18, issue 10

Data description article

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29 Oct 2026

Data description article |

| 29 Oct 2026

Extreme precipitation events: a comprehensive catalog for northern Chile (17.5° S to 30.0° S)

Felipe Matus, Marcia Paredes, Miguel Lagos-Zúñiga, Alex Garcés, Diego Pinto, Germán Aguilar, and Santiago Montserrat

Data sets

Comprehensive Catalog of Extreme Precipitation Events in Northern-Central Chile (17.5°S–30°S) Felipe Matus et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.14342935

CR2MET: A High-Resolution Precipitation and Temperature Dataset for the Period 1960-2021 in Continental Chile Juan Pablo Boisier https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.7529682

ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present Copernicus Climate Change Service https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

MODIS/Aqua Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid, Version 61 D. K. Hall and G. A. Riggs https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MYD10A1.061

MODIS/Terra Snow Cover Daily L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid, Version 61 D. K. Hall and G. A. Riggs https://doi.org/10.5067/MODIS/MOD10A1.061

Short summary

We compiled a detailed catalog of extreme seasonal precipitation events observed in northern Chile during 1979–2019 to better understand how, when, and where these occur. The catalog uses atmospheric data and local meteorological products to identify different types of storms categories occurring in the study area, and the daily meteorological conditions for each event. This information was tested to evaluate landslide occurrence and composite analysis in Chilean arid and semiarid regions.