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TRMM 3B42 provides 3-hourly, gridded precipitation estimates by merging infrared data, offering insights into tropical rainfall patterns.
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TRMM 3B43, now outdated and replaced by IMERG monthly, produced monthly precipitation estimates by merging microwave data from various satellites.
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KBDI is an index that reflects soil and duff layer dryness, increasing with daily temperature and decreasing with rainfall, useful for drought monitoring.
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ECMWF Near-Realtime IFS Atmospheric Forecasts
This dataset contains 15-day forecasts of the atmospheric model variables generated by the ECMWF Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) at 0.25 degree resolution. We refer to these as Near-Realtime (NRT) because new products are released twice a day after the release of the ECMWF realtime forecast … climate dewpoint ecmwf forecast global humidity -
KBDI: Keetch-Byram Drought Index
Keetch-Byram Drought Index (KBDI) is a continuous reference scale for estimating the dryness of the soil and duff layers. The index increases for each day without rain (the amount of increase depends on the daily high temperature) and decreases when it rains. This system is … drought fire rainfall -
TRMM 3B42: 3-Hourly Precipitation Estimates
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) designed to monitor and study tropical rainfall. The 34B2 product contains a gridded, TRMM-adjusted, merged infrared precipitation (mm/hr) and RMS precipitation-error estimate, with a 3-hour temporal … 3-hourly climate geophysical jaxa nasa precipitation -
TRMM 3B43: Monthly Precipitation Estimates
This collection is no longer being updated. See IMERG monthly This dataset algorithmically merges microwave data from multiple satellites, including SSMI, SSMIS, MHS, AMSU-B and AMSR-E, each inter-calibrated to the TRMM Combined Instrument. Algorithm 3B43 is executed once per calendar month to produce the single, … climate geophysical jaxa nasa precipitation rainfall