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Developing Version 2 of Satellite-Estimated Precipitation Monthly Reports for Selected Locations in the Republic of the Marshall Islands

Data Report 1199
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https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1199

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Abstract

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI; 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. The study objectives and methods were originally presented in U.S. Geological Survey Data Report 1181 and are summarized herein. 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. In 2022–23, a team of U.S. Geological Survey scientists, and managers of natural resources and natural hazards in the RMI, used Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement satellite estimates of precipitation to develop content and a template for timely monthly reporting of precipitation for 23 inhabited atolls and islands. After a year of report production and user feedback, the team incorporated lessons learned and revised user priorities to update the content and layout of the template. This data report describes the collaboration process and results of revising the report content and layout into version 2 of the monthly satellite-estimated precipitation report.

Suggested Citation

Senay, G.B., Helweg, D.A., Kagone, S., Cecere, T., Eastmond, T., Koch, A., Nelson, K., and Jack, R., 2024, Developing version 2 of satellite-estimated precipitation monthly reports for selected locations in the Republic of the Marshall Islands: U.S. Geological Survey Data Report 1199, 5 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/dr1199.

ISSN: 2771-9448 (online)

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Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Abstract
  • Introduction
  • Summary
  • References Cited
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Developing version 2 of satellite-estimated precipitation monthly reports for selected locations in the Republic of the Marshall Islands
Series title Data Report
Series number 1199
DOI 10.3133/dr1199
Year Published 2024
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center, National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center, National Geospatial Program
Description Repoort: v, 5 p.; Data Release
Other Geospatial Marshall Islands
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
Google Analytic Metrics Metrics page
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