The Republic of the Marshall Islands (also known as the Marshall Islands) is a nation of more than 30 low-lying atolls and islands, most of which are inhabited, dispersed across an Exclusive Economic Zone over 770,000 square miles in the tropical central north Pacific Ocean. Monitoring environmental conditions for potential drought risk is challenging in such a dispersed island nation, and current drought hazard products provide generalities regarding conditions on a broad geographic scale. U.S. Geological Survey scientists and managers of natural resources and natural hazards in the Marshall Islands used Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (called “IMERG”) satellite estimates of precipitation to develop content and a template for timely monthly reporting of precipitation for 23 inhabited atolls and islands. The IMERG data are available in a U.S. Geological Survey data release at https://doi.org/10.5066/P95ANG3N. The monthly reports itself are available in a U.S. Geological Survey data release at https://doi.org/10.5066/P90J1426. This Data Report describes the collaboration process and results of developing the report content and layout.
Citation Information
| Publication Year | 2023 |
|---|---|
| Title | Developing satellite-estimated precipitation monthly reports for selected locations in the Republic of the Marshall Islands |
| DOI | 10.3133/dr1181 |
| Authors | Gabriel B. Senay, David A. Helweg, Stefanie Kagone, John B. Taylor, Thomas Cecere, Tiare Eastmond, Amy Koch, Kurtis Nelson, Lajikit Rufus |
| Publication Type | Report |
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Series Title | Data Report |
| Series Number | 1181 |
| Index ID | dr1181 |
| Record Source | USGS Publications Warehouse |
| USGS Organization | Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center; National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center; National Geospatial Program |
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