Validation of the CHIRPS Satellite Rainfall Estimates over Eastern of Africa

Tufa Dinku, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States, Chris C Funk, U.S. Geological Survey EROS Center / FEWS NET, Sioux Falls, United States, Tsegaye Tadesse, National Drought Mitigation Center, School of Natural Resources, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, United States and Pietro Ceccato, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Columbia University, Palisades, NY, United States