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https://data.ipsl.fr/catalog/srv/eng/catalog.search#/metadata/6e546110-2bd8-4f42-b0b9-8a65b49274f6

The data available in FROGS are listed below

Product shortname and version Period used Spatial coverage Use of rain gauges data Use of IR satellite data Use of MW satellite data rainfall estimate Main Scientific References and ATBD
Satellite based quasi global
3B42 v7.0 19982019* 50°S-50°N Yes Yes multiple platform (Huffman et al. 2009)
3B42 v7.0 IR 19982019* 50°S-50°N No Yes No (Huffman et al. 2009)
3B42 v7.0 MW 19982019* 50°S-50°N No No Yes (Huffman et al. 2009)
3B42 RT v7.0 2000–2019* 50°S-50°N Yes No Yes Huffman et al. (2007)
3B42 RT v7.0 uncalibrated 2000–2019* 50°S-50°N Yes No Yes Huffman et al. (2007)
GSMAP-RNL-gauges v6.0 20012013* 60°S-60°N Yes Yes Yes (Kubota et al., 2007)
GSMAP-RNL-no gauges v6.0 20012013* 60°S-60°N No Yes Yes (Kubota et al., 2007)
GSMAP-NRT-gauges v6.0 20012022 60°S-60°N Yes Yes Yes (Kubota et al., 2007)
GSMAP-NRT-no gauges v6.0 20012022 60°S-60°N No Yes Yes (Kubota et al., 2007)
PERSIANN-CCS-CDR 19832020 60°S-60°N Yes Yes Yes (Sadeghi et al. 2021)
PERSIANN CDR v1 r1 19832021 60°S-60°N Yes Yes No (Ashouri et al., 2015)
CMORPH V1.0, RAW 19982017* 60°S-60°N No Yes Yes (Xie et al., 2017)
CMORPH V1.0, CRT 19982021 60°S-60°N Yes Yes Yes (Xie et al., 2017)
GPCP 1DD CDR v1.3 19972021 90°S-90°N Yes Yes One platform (Huffman et al. 2001)
GPCP IP 19982017* 90°S-90°N Yes Yes multiple platform (Kummerow et al., 2020)
GPCP v3.2 20002020 90°S-90°N Yes Yes multiple platform (Huffman et al. 2022)
IMERG v6 early uncal 20002022 90°S-90°N No Yes multiple platform (Huffman et al. 2018)
IMERG v6 late uncal 20002022 90°S-90°N No Yes multiple platform (Huffman et al. 2018)
IMERG v6 final uncal 20002021* 90°S-90°N No Yes multiple platform (Huffman et al. 2018)
IMERG v6 final 20002021* 90°S-90°N Yes Yes multiple platform (Huffman et al. 2018)
             
Land Only            
CHIRPS v2.0 19812022 50°S-50°N Yes Yes No (Funk et al. 2015)
CHIRP v1.0 19812022 50°S-50°N Climatology Yes No (Funk et al. 2015)
SM2RAIN-CCI 19982015* Global No No No (Ciabatta et al., 2018)
SM2RAIN-ASCAT v1.5 20072021  Global No  No Yes  (Brocca et al., 2019)
Ocean only            
HOAPS 19962014 ocean only No No Yes (Andersson et al., 2017)
             
Satellite based regional            
TAPEER v1.5 20122021 30°S-30°N No Yes multiple platform (Roca et al, 2018)
TAMSAT v2 19832017* Africa Yes Yes No (Maidment et al;. 2017)
TAMSAT v3 19832022 Africa Yes Yes No (Maidment et al;. 2017)
TAMSAT v3.1 19832022 Africa Yes Yes No (Maidment et al;. 2017)
ARC v2 19832022 Africa Yes Yes No (Novella andThiaw, 2013)
COSCH 2000–2021 South America Yes Yes Yes (Vila et al. 2009)
             
Rain gauges based
CPC 1979–2022 90°S-90°N Yes No (Xie et al. 2010)
GPCC First Guess v1 2009–2022 90°S-90°N Yes No (Becker et al., 2013)
GPCC Full Data Daily v1  1988–2013* 90°S-90°N Yes No (Becker et al., 2013)
GPCC Full Data Daily V2018 19822016 90°S-90°N Yes No (Schneider et al., 2018)
GPCC Full Data Daily V2020 19822019 90°S-90°N Yes No (Schneider et al., 2020)
GPCC Full Data Daily V2022 19822020 90°S-90°N Yes No (Schneider et al., 2022)
REGEN long 19502016 90°S-90°N Yes No (Contractor et al., 2018)
REGEN 19502016 90°S-90°N Yes No (Contractor et al., 2018)
Atmospheric reanalysis
MERRA 1 19792015* global       (Rienecker et al. 2011)
MERRA 2 19802019 global  (Gelaro et al. 2017)
JRA-55 19582019 global  (Kobayahi et al. 2015)
ERA Interim 19792018* global (Dee et al 2011)
CFSR 19792019 global        (Saha et al. 2010)
ERA 5 19792022 global Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) (2017)
GSWP3 Rain & Snow 19012014* global (Kim et al., 2020)
  • *These datasets are not continued after that time