STAR Satellite Rainfall Estimates

Hydro-Estimator - South America
Automatic Satellite-Derived Precipitation Estimates

This home page provides real time rainfall rate estimates over South America based on cloud top temperature measurements from the GOES-12 satellite 10.7 micron channel. The estimates are not available when the GOES-12 is in rapid scan mode (only the north hemisphere is observed). This product has been calibrated and validated only for the continental United States (US). For more details see this technique description.

The model has been updated (January 2000) to include a moisture correction based on the NCEP AVN model, and to reduce the overestimates which occur in wide-spread convective regimes.

Rain Rates in South America, Supplied as GIF images
Current & Archived Images
1-Hour Average For Every Hour Starting 00:00 Z
3-Hour Accumulation For Every Hour Starting 00:00 Z
6-Hour Accumulation (Synoptic Time)
24-Hour Accumulation Ending 11:15 Every Day
GOES-12 Infrared Image Every 1/2 Hour (for comparison)

Real Time Rainfall 1-Hour Average and 3-Hour Accumulation By South American Region and Country
Current & Archived Images 1-Hour Accumulation Maps 3-Hour Accumulation Maps
Brazil: Northeast 1-Hour Accumulation Images 3-Hour Accumulation Images
Brazil: Southeast 1-Hour Accumulation Images 3-Hour Accumulation Images
Brazil: Sao Paulo 1-Hour Accumulation Images 3-Hour Accumulation Images
Brazil: Center West 1-Hour Accumulation Images 3-Hour Accumulation Images
Brazil: North 1-Hour Accumulation Images 3-Hour Accumulation Images
Brazil: South And Uruguay 1-Hour Accumulation Images 3-Hour Accumulation Images
Argentina and Chile 1-Hour Accumulation Images 3-Hour Accumulation Images
Bolivia and Paraguay 1-Hour Accumulation Images 3-Hour Accumulation Images
Peru 1-Hour Accumulation Images 3-Hour Accumulation Images
Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela 1-Hour Accumulation Images 3-Hour Accumulation Images
Compressed Digital Rainfall Data In GrADS Format - All South American Countries - FTP
GrADS Archive
1-Hour Data
3-Hour Data
6-Hour Data
24-Hour Data