Dataset

The Africa Rainfall Climatology Version 2 (ARC2)

PrecipitationAfricaIGAD Climate Prediction and Applications Centre

Dataset Objective

To provide operational rainfall estimation data of Africa.

Context

ARC2 uses inputs from two sources: 3-hourly geostationary infrared (IR) data centered over Africa from the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and Quality-controlled Global Telecommunication System (GTS) gauge observations reporting 24-h rainfall accumulations over Africa.

What is included

This dataset consists of 3-hourly geostationary infrared (IR) data and 24-hour rainfall accumulations over Africa.

Collection Methods

Data is sourced from: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and quality controlled Global Telecommunication System (GTS) gauge observations.