This report reviews the current state of precipitation products, and includes assessments of sub-daily global satellite precipitation products, discussions of various climate applications of precipitation products, and deliberations on emerging directions and the future of precipitation products.
Huffman, George; Kirstetter, Pierre-Emmanuel(World Climate Research Programme, 2021)
Modern precipitation products provide fine resolution precipitation estimates by combining estimates from many individual high-quality satellite sensors and by using approximations to fill numerous gaps in the mosaics of ...
Kirstetter, Pierre-Emmanuel(World Climate Research Programme, 2021)
The critical importance of accurate water flux estimates for science and applications explains the large body of verification analyses focusing on precipitation estimates. Very few are implemented at the relevant scales ...
Roca, Rémy; Masunaga, Hirohiko; Alexander, Lisa(World Climate Research Programme, 2021)
The availability of numerous gridded precipitation products and the importance of the question of extreme precipitation have led to a number of new findings. Over land, this intercomparison generally emphasizes that global ...