A global satellite-assisted precipitation climatology

Funk, C.; Verdin, A.; Michaelsen, J.; Peterson, P.; Pedreros, D.; Husak, G.

doi:10.5194/essd-7-275-2015

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-275-2015

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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-7-275-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 2

13 Oct 2015

| 13 Oct 2015

A global satellite-assisted precipitation climatology

C. Funk, A. Verdin, J. Michaelsen, P. Peterson, D. Pedreros, and G. Husak

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Short summary

We derive a new global 0.05 degree precipitation climatology using satellite data, topography and climate normals via moving window regression. The resulting global 0.05° monthly precipitation climatology, the Climate Hazards Group’s Precipitation Climatology version 1 (CHPclim v.1.0, http://dx.doi.org/10.15780/G2159X), is shown to compare favorably with similar global climatology products, especially in areas with complex terrain and low station densities.