dataset · Global

Precipitation monthly and daily gridded data from 2000 to 2017 derived from satellite microwave observations

This dataset provides global estimates of daily accumulated and monthly means of precipitation. The precipitation estimates are based on a merge of passive microwave observations from two different radiometer classes operating on multiple Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites. Spaceborne passive microwave (MW) provides the most effective measurements for the remote sensing of precipitation because the MW upwelling radiation is directly responsive to the cloud microphysical structure and, in particula

Source details

Licence: CC-BY-4.0

Evidence quality: 27.5

Listed in cds public catalogue API on 2026-10-16; relevance/value screened (haiku).

Metadata checked: 2026-10-14T13:20:00.000Z

Evidence

• https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/api/catalogue/v1/collections/satellite-precipitation-microwave
• https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/datasets/satellite-precipitation-microwave

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