Table 2.

- Comparison of observation station precipitation data to CHIRPS and IMERG satellite products for Jordan, Lebanon, and Tunisia.

Country	No. of stations	Data range	Summary statistic	Correlation to observed		RMSE to observed
				CHIRPS	IMERG	CHIRPS	IMERG
Jordan	25	Jan 2001-Apr 2021 (24); Jan 2005–Apr 2021 (1)	Mean	0.78	0.59	17.21	26.72
			Median	0.86	0.6	11.96	21.73
			Maximum	0.93	0.79	42.91	58.24
			Minimum	0.4	0.18	4.41	11.06
			Standard deviation	0.15	0.13	11.75	14.76
Lebanon	23	Highly variable between 2001 and 2018	Mean	0.81	0.64	55.40	82.92
			Median	0.84	0.67	52.75	75.03
			Maximum	0.96	0.8	109.12	164.02
			Minimum	0.27	0.21	23.16	49.06
			Standard deviation	0.15	0.15	20.34	26.70
Tunisia	15	Jun 2000–Dec 2020	Mean	0.83	0.54	19.72	75.23
			Median	0.83	0.55	18.52	67.79
			Maximum	0.91	0.66	36.14	122.79
			Minimum	0.72	0.36	10.43	26.88
			Standard deviation	0.062	0.094	6.62	30.36