SM2RAIN-ASCAT (2007-2020): global monthly satellite rainfall from ASCAT soil moisture

<strong>SM2RAIN-ASCAT is a new global scale rainfall product</strong> obtained from ASCAT satellite soil moisture data through the SM2RAIN algorithm (<em>Brocca et al., 2014; 2019</em>). The SM2RAIN-ASCAT monthly rainfall dataset (in mm) is obtained from the daily dataset (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2591214) through spatial interpolation at 0.25-degree and 0.5-degree resolution to facilitate its use for long-term hydrological and climatic studies (and applications). The rainfall dataset is provided in NetCDF format. Two NetCDF files are provided:<br> 1) "SM2RAIN_ASCAT_monthly_025_2007_2020.nc" at 0.25-degree resolution<br> 2) "SM2RAIN_ASCAT_monthly_05_2007_2020.nc" at 0.5-degree resolution Details on the dataset development and its assessment with ground and reanalysis observations are provided as: <strong>Brocca, L.</strong>, Filippucci, P., Hahn, S., Ciabatta, L., Massari, C., Camici, S., Schüller, L., Bojkov, B., Wagner, W. (2019). SM2RAIN-ASCAT (2007-2018): global daily satellite rainfall from ASCAT soil moisture. <em>Earth System Science Data</em>, 11, 1583–1601, doi:10.5194/essd-11-1583-2019. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-11-1583-2019. <strong>Acknowledgements</strong> EUMETSAT Global SM2RAIN project (contract n° EUM/CO/17/4600001981/BBo) EUMETSAT “Satellite Application Facility on Support to Operational Hydrology and Water Management (H SAF)” CDOP 3 (EUM/C/85/16/DOC/15).