WP1 Remote Sensing
Project staff
Abstract:
To derive area-wide rainfall data, WP2 applies rainfall retrieval by using weather satellite data and machine learning (ML). A new retrieval scheme, the Galápagos Rainfall Retrieval GRR, will be developed based on the newest-generation GOES satellite with the ABI instrument (Advanced Baseline Imager) and active systems such as Cloudsat, GPM and CALIPSO. In addition to the new retrieval, we exploit longer time series (back to 1980) of satellite-based rainfall products, retrieved from lower-resolution satellite systems, to particularly study area-wide rainfall during extreme events such as El Niño and La Niña. The retrieved rainfall grids and its uncertainties will be intensively tested with the AWS data of WP1 and the GAR rainfields.
Workflow for the development of the Galápagos Rainfall Retrieval (GRR); CBA = Cloud BaseAltitude, LWC = Liquid Water Content
Datasets:
- ASOS-E SEST, Isla San Cristobal by Turini, N. (2022)
- INAMHI_E M193, Isla San Cristobal by Turini, N. (2022)
- INAMHI_E M221, Isla San Cristobal by Turini, N. (2022)
- ASOS-E SEGS, Isla S. Cruz by Turini, N. (2022)
- BIRAL-R Cerro Crocker, Isla S. Cruz, raw data by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-P Minas Rojas, Isla S. Cruz, processed data subset by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-R Minas Rojas, Isla S. Cruz, raw data by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-P Militar, Isla S. Cruz, processed data subset by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-R Militar, Isla S. Cruz, raw data by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-P Puerto Ayora, Isla S. Cruz, processed data subset by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-R Puerto Ayora, Isla S. Cruz, raw data by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-P Puerto Villamil, Isla Isabela, processed data subset by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-R Puerto Villamil, Isla Isabela, raw data by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-P Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Isla San Cristobal, processed data subset by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-R Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Isla San Cristobal, raw data by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-P El Junco, Isla San Cristobal, processed data subset by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-R El Junco, Isla San Cristobal, raw data by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-P La Galapaguera, Isla San Cristobal, processed data subset by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-R La Galapaguera, Isla San Cristobal, raw data by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-P Cueva de Sucre, Isla Isabela, processed data subset by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-R Cueva de Sucre, Isla Isabela, raw data by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-P Sierra Negra, Isla Isabela, processed data subset by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-R Sierra Negra, Isla Isabela, raw data by Turini, N. (2022)
- MRR-R Cerro Crocker, Isla S. Cruz, raw data by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-P Cerro Crocker, Isla S.Cruz, processed data subset by Turini, N. (2022)
- AWS-R Cerro Crocker, Isla S. Cruz, raw data by Turini, N.; Delgado Maldonado, B. & Dobbermann, M. (2022)
- AWS-P S.Rosa, Isla S.Cruz, processed data subset by Turini, N. & Delgado Maldonado, B. (2022)
- AWS-R S.Rosa, Isla S.Cruz, raw data by Turini, N. & Delgado Maldonado, B. (2022)
- MET-E Bellavista, Isla S.Cruz by Charles Darwin Foundation (2021)
- MET-E Puerto Ayora, Isla S Cruz by Charles Darwin Foundation (2021)