NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of CPC Morphing Technique (CMORPH) High Resolution Global Precipitation Estimates, Version 1

The bias corrected CMORPH satellite precipitation estimates are created on an 8 km by 8 km grid over the global domain from 60 degrees S to 60 degrees N and in a 30-minute interval from January 1, 1998. Due to the delay of some input data sets, this formal version (Version 1) bias corrected CMORPH is produced manually once a month at a latency of 3-4 months. For the CDR production, the bias corrected CMORPH generated at its native resolution of 8 km by 8 km / 30-minute is upscaled to form THREE sets of data files of different time/space resolution for improved user experience: a) the full-resolution CMORPH data Output variable: precipitation rate in mm/hour spatial resolution: 8 km by 8km (at equator) spatial coverage: global (60S-60N) temporal resolution: 30min data period: January 1, 1998 to the present b) Hourly CMORPH Output variable: precipitation rate in mm/hour spatial resolution: 0.25 degrees latitude/longitude spatial coverage: global (60S-60N) temporal resolution: hourly data period: January 1, 1998 to the present c) Daily CMORPH Output variable: daily precipitation in mm/day spatial resolution: 0.25 degrees latitude/longitude spatial coverage: global (60S-60N) temporal resolution: hourly data period: January 1, 1998 to the present (b) and (c) are derived from and quantitatively consistent with the CMORPH at its original resolution (a).