Hello, I wish to download the CHIRPS-ERA5 data from CHIRTS-ERA5 | Climate Hazards Center - UC Santa Barbara . I wish to download WBGT, Tmax, TMin and Heat Index for a given set of countries and periods. I have tried to use the chirps r package to download it but it won’t work. From the website, I can’t also download the WBGT netcdf files for some reason - it’s empty. Does anyone have a way around this? Also the Early Warning Explorer link does not work - I ahve tried different browsers without any success.
Thank you,
Paul
The documentation for the chirps API R package notes that the get_chirts() function queries four different variables: Tmax, Tmin, RHum, and HeatIndex. Additionally, the get_esi() function allows users to obtain the evaporative stress index (ESI). The WBGT data from the CHIRPS-ERA5 appears to not be not available through this package.
I was however able to download the daily CHIRTS-ERA5 WBGT .tiff data from the page that you linked to. We have two blog posts on accessing data through the CHIRPS package: Flexible Workflows with CHIRTS Temperature Data and Attaching CHIRPS Precipitation Data to DHS Surveys
Hello Ivan,
Thank you for your detailed response and thank you for signposting me the get_chirts() function for the HeatIndex. Regarding the WBGT .tiff data from the CHIRTS-ERA5, my main problem is that I need to download data for 10 years - that is over 3650 downloads for WBGT. I was hoping there is a quick way around it, perhaps through an R API package, that allows customisation of the date range. On the two blogs, I have been using them and it’s through them that I was led here. I find them extremely useful. They are GOLDEN.
Should you find something helpful, I’d greatly appreciate it.
Thank you,
Paul