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chirps (version 1.1)

API Client for CHIRPS and CHIRTS

Description

API Client for the Climate Hazards Center 'CHIRPS' and 'CHIRTS'. The 'CHIRPS' data is a quasi-global (50°S – 50°N) high-resolution (0.05 arc-degrees) rainfall data set, which incorporates satellite imagery and in-situ station data to create gridded rainfall time series for trend analysis and seasonal drought monitoring. 'CHIRTS' is a quasi-global (60°S – 70°N), high-resolution data set of daily maximum and minimum temperatures. For more details on 'CHIRPS' and 'CHIRTS' data please visit its official home page .

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Install

install.packages('chirps')

Monthly Downloads

1,153

Version

1.1

License

MIT + file LICENSE

Maintainer

Kauê de Sousa

Last Published

November 24th, 2025

Functions in chirps (1.1)

as.geojson

Methods to coerce geographical coordinates into a geojson polygon
chirps

API Client for CHIRPS and CHIRTS
get_imerg

Get Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) data
get_esi

Get evaporative stress index (ESI) data
tapajos

Tapajós National Forest
precip_indices

Compute precipitation indices over a time series
get_chirps

Get CHIRPS precipitation data
get_chirts

Get CHIRTS temperature data