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. 2017 Feb 14;4:170012. doi: 10.1038/sdata.2017.12

Table 3. Meteorological Inputs.

Dataset name Dataset type & parameter Domain Spatial resolution Time record Temporal resolution URL
NCEP's Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS) Model DerivedMeteorology Forcing Global Gaussian, time varying. Currently lat/long ~0.205° Jan 2000—Current 3-hourly http://www.emc.ncep.noaa.gov/index.php?branch=GFS
NASA's Modern Era Reanalysis (MERRA2) Model DerivedMeteorology Forcing Global 0.5° latitude×0.625° longitude Jan 1980—current hourly https://gmao.gsfc.nasa.gov/reanalysis/MERRA-2/
NOAA CPC Africa Rainfall Estimation Algorithm v2 (RFE2) Merged Satellite/ GaugeMean rain rate 20W-55E, 40S-40N lat/lon, 0.1° Jan 2001—Current daily http://www.cpc.noaa.gov/products/international/data.shtml
Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS) Merged Satellite/ GaugeMean rain rate 180W—180E, 50S-50N lat/lon, 0.05° Jan 1981—Current daily http://chg.geog.ucsb.edu/data/chirps/