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NOAA Global Hydro Estimator (GHE) / Enterprise Rain Rate
NOTE - The legacy on-premises version of the Global Hydroestimator (GHE) is being retired. It is being replaced by the global Enterprise Rain Rate algorithm. You can find Enterprise Rain Rate products in the new bucket listed under the Resources section. <br/> <br/> Global Hydro-Estimator provides a global mosaic imagery of rainfall estimates from multi-geostationary satellites, which currently includes GOES-16, GOES-15, Meteosat-8, Meteosat-11 and Himawari-8. The GHE products include: Instantan
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Evidence quality: 48.5
Listed in aws-odr public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).
Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z
What's in it
- Data offered docs-verified
- instantaneous rain rate · 1-hour rainfall accumulation · 3-hour rainfall accumulation · 6-hour rainfall accumulation · 24-hour rainfall accumulation · multi-day rainfall accumulation
- Coverage docs-verified
- Global
- Update frequency docs-verified
- 15 minute (instantaneous)
- Access docs-verified
- Free and open under NOAA NODD open data terms; attribution requested for unaltered data; no endorsement by or affiliation with NOAA may be implied
Useful for
- Use cases llm-inferred
- Rainfall accumulation context for flood or drainage event analysis where UK gauge records are sparse or absent · Near-real-time rain rate monitoring over overseas project catchments during storm events · Cross-check of gauge or radar rainfall totals in data-poor international catchments
- Audience llm-inferred
- hydrologists · flood consultants · drainage engineers · GIS analysts
Limitations
- Constraints llm-inferred
- Legacy on-premises GHE is being retired and replaced by the Enterprise Rain Rate product; new work should target the Enterprise bucket · Spatial resolution is not stated in the docs · Satellite-derived rainfall estimates; no statement of gauge validation in the docs · Coverage depends on the listed geostationary satellites (GOES-16, GOES-15, Meteosat-8, Meteosat-11, Himawari-8) · Raw S3 bucket delivery requires file handling and processing; no API or tooling is described
Evidence
- arn:aws:s3:::noaa-enterprise-rainrate-pds, arn:aws:sns:us-east-1:123901341784:NewEntRainRateL3Object, arn:aws:s3:::noaa-ghe-pds
- https://registry.opendata.aws/noaa-ghe/
Check upstream coverage, uncertainty and licence before use. Station observations are not forecasts or design levels.