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PERSIANN Satellite Precipitation (CHRS Data Portal)

UC Irvine Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing precipitation estimates using neural networks including PERSIANN-CDR (1982-present, 0.25deg daily) and PERSIANN-CCS (real-time 4km 30-minute)

chrsdata.eng.uci.edu

At a glance

Region
Global
Coverage
60S-60N global, 0.04-0.25deg, 1982-present
Access
Free
Category
Research Institute

What's inside

  • Satellite Precipitation
  • Climate Data Record
  • Real-time Rainfall
  • 3-Hourly Estimates

What you can do with it

Typical work that data of this type supports.

  1. 01

    Design storms

    Build rainfall intensity-duration-frequency curves for drainage design.

    Because it has: Satellite Precipitation

  2. 02

    Model input

    Drive hydrological, crop and urban drainage models.

  3. 03

    No-gauge areas

    Monitor places with no ground stations.

Where AI adds value

Ideas for machine learning and AI agents built on this kind of data.

  1. 01

    Downscaling

    Turn coarse rainfall grids into field or ward scale estimates.

  2. 02

    Gauge + satellite fusion

    Correct satellite rainfall with gauges using machine learning.

  3. 03

    Segmentation

    Map water, crops and land use pixel by pixel with deep learning.

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