Wednesday, October 21, 2026
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Filling the gaps in global rainfall maps

Global rainfall maps are built from observations collected by multiple satellites, but they have an important limitation. The satellites that provide these measurements cannot see the whole Earth at once. As a result, some regions of these maps can have no valid observations.

Filling the gaps in global rainfall maps
Image: Phys.org
Global rainfall maps are built from observations collected by multiple satellites, but they have an important limitation. The satellites that provide these measurements cannot see the whole Earth at once. As a result, some regions of these maps can have no valid observations.

Originally published at Phys.org

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