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HRDPA - 2.5km - Daily

HRDPA - 2.5km - Daily

Description

The High Resolution Deterministic Precipitation Analysis(HRDPA) is a best estimate of 6 and 24 hour precipitation amounts. This objective estimate integrates data from in situ precipitation gauge measurements, radar QPEs and a trial field generated by a numerical weather prediction system. CaPA produces four analyses of 6 hour amounts per day, valid at synoptic hours (00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC) and two 24 hour analyses valid at 06 and 12 UTC. HRDPA is provided by the Meterological Service of Canada (MSC), a part of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC). The MSC provides weather forecasts and warnings 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Climate Engine details

Dataset type
Climate/Hydrology
Climate Engine ID
HRDPA
Documentation
https://support.climateengine.org/article/67-hrdpa

Dataset details

Scale
2.5km
Frequency
Daily
Coverage
North America
Start year
2018
End year
Present

Earth Engine collection details

Earth Engine asset
projects/climate-engine-pro/assets/ce-hrdpa-daily
Earth Engine asset URL
https://gee-community-catalog.org/projects/hrdpa/?h=hrdp
Earth Engine source catalog
ClimateEngine.org

Variables

API variable docs: #hrdpa

Name Units
Precipitation mm
Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) N/A

References

  1. https://collaboration.cmc.ec.gc.ca/cmc/cmoi/product_guide/docs/lib/capa_information_leaflet_20141118_en.pdf

Website: https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/eff69d42-ce81-4672-867f-cc3baaf4157a

Terms of use

License information can be found here: https://eccc-msc.github.io/open-data/licence/readme_en/.