CHIRPS

Description

Quasi-global distribution (50S-50N), gridded 0.05 degree resolution, 1981 to near-real time precipitation time series.

Links

The Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station

https://www.chc.ucsb.edu/data/chirps

Old links:

• README
• FAQ
• Publication

Publication: https://www.nature.com/articles/sdata201566

• https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/CHIRPS-2.0/
• https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/CHIRPS-2.0/
• README-CHIRPS.txt

Data access and preparation

source proyectos/CES/cesdata/env/project-env.sh
mkdir -p $GISDATA/climate/global/CHIRPS
cd $GISDATA/climate/global/CHIRPS

# all in one file:
wget --continue https://data.chc.ucsb.edu/products/CHIRPS-2.0/global_monthly/netcdf/chirps-v2.0.monthly.nc

Time steps are months (days since 1980-1-1 0:0:0), and they are stored as bands:

module add python/3.8.3 perl/5.28.0 gdal/3.2.1 geos/3.8.1
gdalinfo chirps-v2.0.monthly.nc


gdalwarp NETCDF:$GISDATA/climate/global/CHIRPS/chirps-v2.0.monthly.nc:precip -t_srs EPSG:4326 -te -74 0 -58 13 -of 'GTiff' Test1.tif