CHIRPS precipitation data made easier access in R with wior package
The Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data (CHIRPS) is a quasi-global rainfall data set. As its title suggests it combines data from real-time observing meteorological stations with infra-red satellite data to estimate precipitation. CHIRPS incorporates 0.05° resolution satellite imagery with in-situ station data to create gridded rainfall time series for trend analysis and seasonal drought monitoring.
The global dataset covers the area from \(40^\circ\)N to \(4^\circ\)S and from \(20^\circ\)W to \(50^\circ\)E with a spatial resolution of 0.