Filling the gaps in global rainfall maps

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Oct 20, 2026, 3:30 pm83 ptsTrending
Global rainfall maps are built from observations collected by multiple satellites, but they have an important limitation. The satellites that provide these measurements cannot see the whole Earth at once. As a result, some regions of these maps can have no valid observations.

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