EarthCARE Cloud and Precipitation Products
ESA-JAXA mission providing vertical profiles of clouds, precipitation water content, and atmospheric radiation using cloud profiling radar, lidar, and multispectral imager. Level-2 products released 2025
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At a glance
- Region
- Global
- Coverage
- Global atmospheric profiles
- Access
- Registration Required
- Category
- Space Agency
What's inside
- Cloud Profiles
- Precipitation
- Water Content
- Radiation Budget
- Aerosol Profiles
Terms explained
What you can do with it
Typical work that data of this type supports.
- 01
Design storms
Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.
Because it has: Precipitation
- 02
Model input
Drive hydrological, crop and urban drainage models.
- 03
Wet and dry spells
Map monsoon onset, dry spells and extreme rainfall days.
Where AI adds value
Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.
- 01
Downscaling
Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.
- 02
Gauge + satellite fusion
Correct satellite rainfall with gauges using machine learning.
- 03
Nowcasting
Predict the next few hours of heavy rain from recent fields.
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