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HydroData Chronicles: Celebrating 35 Years of Global Precipitation Monitoring with GPCC

and October 24, 2024
HydroData Chronicles: Celebrating 35 Years of Global Precipitation Monitoring with GPCC

Welcome back to the HydroData Chronicles, where we continue to explore the wealth of hydrological data shaping climate research worldwide. In this installment, we celebrate an incredible milestone — 35 years of global gridded precipitation data from the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC). The Origins of GPCC Founded by the Deutscher Wetterdienst under the auspices of the World Meteorol ...[Read More]

HydroData Chronicles: Piecing Together Italy’s Hydrological Puzzle with FOCA

and July 17, 2024
HydroData Chronicles: Piecing Together Italy’s Hydrological Puzzle with FOCA

Welcome back to the HydroData Chronicles! In our previous post, we explored the innovative pRecipe package developed by Mijael Rodrigo Vargas Godoy and Yannis Markonis in 2023 and its impact on precipitation research. Today, we shift our focus to Italy with the introduction of the Italian FlOod and Catchment Atlas (FOCA) database, introduced in 2023 by Pierluigi Claps, Giulia Evangelista, Daniele ...[Read More]