The new version of these rainfall estimates is V3.1.
These rainfall estimates are based on Meteosat thermal infrared imagery, calibrated against ground-based rain gauge measurements, and cover all of Africa. The products also include rainfall anomalies.
They are available in different frequencies: daily, pentadal, dekadal, monthly and seasonal. Product formats are netCDF and png.
Example filenames
Daily
rfe2022_04_25.v3.1.nc
rfe2022_04_25.v3.1.png
Pentadal
rfe2022_04-pt1.v3.1.nc
rfe2022_04-pt1.v3.1.png
rfe2022_04-pt1_anom.v3.1.nc
rfe2022_04-pt1_anom.v3.1.png
Dekadal
rfe2022_04-dk1.v3.1.nc
rfe2022_04-dk1.v3.1.png
rfe2022_04-dk1_anom.v3.1.nc
rfe2022_04-dk1_anom.v3.1.png
Monthly
rfe2022_03.v3.1.nc
rfe2022_03.v3.1.png
rfe2022_01_anom.v3.1.nc
rfe2022_01_anom.v3.1.png
Seasonal
rfe2021_11_seas.v3.1.nc
rfe2021_11_seas.v3.1.png
rfe2021_11_seas_anom.v3.1.nc
rfe2021_11_seas_anom.v3.1.png
Users already subscribed to receive TAMSAT data via EUMETCast will receive the new version products automatically. Other users wishing to receive these products should register via our Earth Observation Portal (EOP).
For more information, contact our User Service Helpdesk.
