PERSIANN-CCS

PERSIANN-Cloud Classification System (PERSIANN-CCS) is a real-time global high resolution (0.04° x 0.04° or 4km x 4km;) satellite precipitation product developed by the Center for Hydrometeorology and Remote Sensing (CHRS) at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). PERSIANN-CCS system enables the categorization of cloud-patch features based on cloud height, areal extent, and variability of texture estimated from satellite imagery. At the heart of PERSIANN-CCS is the variable threshold cloud segmentation algorithm. In contrast with the traditional constant threshold approach, the variable threshold enables the identification and separation of individual patches of clouds. The individual patches can then be classified based on texture, geometric properties, dynamic evolution, and cloud top height. These classifications help in assigning rainfall values to pixels within each cloud based on a specific curve describing the relationship between rain-rate and brightness temperature.



References

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Variables
rainfall [mm/day]
Zonal Global by 0.04°
Meridional -60° to 60° by 0.04°
Vertical  
Temporal Jan 2003 to Present by 1 day
Static? no
Volume ~37gb/year
Server public:
Source https://chrsdata.eng.uci.edu/ 
Acquired Mar 14, 2019 (updated daily
APDRC contact
Supplements ftp://persiann.eng.uci.edu/CHRSdata/PERSIANN-CCS/daily/readme.daily