CHIRPS June 2013 Pre-Release Validation results

CHIRPS June 2013 Pre-Release Validation results Climate Hazards Group University of California at Santa Barbara tinyurl.com/chg-products/CHIRPS

Fig 1 Wet season map

Fig 2a Validation Maps CFS 1989-2010 year wet season BIAS wrt GPCC CPC-Unified CHIRP CHIRPS ECMWF

Fig 2b Validation Maps -0.5 0.0 0.5 0.7 1.0 1989-2010 year wet season Correlation wrt GPCC CFS CPC-Unified CHIRP ECMWF CHIRPS

Fig 2c Validation Maps 1989-2010 year wet season MAE wrt GPCC CFS CPC-Unified CHIRP ECMWF CHIRPS

Fig 3a Africa time series by country by Crop Zones 3 month mean

Fig 3b Africa time series by country by Crop Zones 3 month mean

Fig 3c Africa time series by country by Crop Zones 3 month mean

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Table 1b

Fig 4 Validation Studies: Uganda

Fig 5a Validation Studies: ColombiaMAM 35 stations

Fig 5b Validation Studies: ColombiaSON 61 stations

Fig 6a CHIRPS vs. GPCP - Shraddhanand Shukla

Fig 6b CHIRPS vs. GPCP - Shraddhanand Shukla

Fig 6c CHIRPS vs. GPCP - Shraddhanand Shukla

JAS 1989-2004 Fig 7a Sahel Bias CFS GPCC CPC-Unified CSCDP CHIRPS CHIRP ECMWF Princeton

-0.5 0.0 0.5 0.7 1.0 JAS 1989-2004 Fig 7b Sahel Corr CFS GPCC CPC-Unified CSCDP CHIRPS CHIRP ECMWF Princeton

JAS 1989-2004 Fig 7c Sahel MAE CFS GPCC CPC-Unified CSCDP CHIRPS CHIRP ECMWF Princeton