Research Article

Evaluation of Satellite Precipitation Products for Estimation of Floods in Data-Scarce Environment

Table 1

Specifications of the three SPPs used in the study.

SpecificationSatellite precipitation datasets
GSMaPIMERGCHIRPS

DeveloperJAXANASAUSGS and CHC
Spatial resolution0.1°0.1°0.05°
Temporal resolutionDailyDailyDaily
Coverage60 N-60 S90 N-90 S50 N-50 S
Data availability2014-onwards2014-onwards1981-onwards
Latency4 hours14 hours48 hours
Frequency1 hour0.5 hour24 hours
AlgorithmPMW and IRGMI and DPRCCD and gauge
Version662