Persiann-CCS-CDR

The Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Networks- Climate Data Record (PERSIANN-CDR) provides daily rainfall estimates at a spatial resolution of 0.25 degrees in the latitude band 60S - 60N from 1983 to the near-present. The precipitation estimate is produced using the PERSIANN algorithm on GridSat-B1 infrared satellite data, and the training of the artificial neural network is done using the National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) stage IV hourly precipitation data. The PERSIANN-CDR is adjusted using the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) monthly product version 2.2 (GPCPv2.2), so that the PERSIANN-CDR monthly means degraded to 2.5 degree resolution match GPCPv2.2. PERSIANN CDR is a Climate Data Record, which the National Research Council (NRC) defines as a time series of measurements of sufficient length, consistency, and continuity to determine climate variability and change.