{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["010:12"], "contactPoint": {"@type": "vcard:Contact", "fn": "Gabriel Senay", "hasEmail": "mailto:senay@usgs.gov"}, "description": "Information on the spatio-temporal distribution of rainfall is very critical for addressing water related disasters, especially in the arid to semi-arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa region. However, availability of reliable rainfall datasets for the region is limited. In this study we combined observation from satellite-based rainfall data, in situ rain gauge observation and rainfall climatology to create a reliable regional rainfall dataset for Jordan, West Bank and Lebanon. First, we validated three satellite-based rainfall products using rain gauge observations obtained from Jordan (205 stations), Palestine (44 stations) and Lebanon (8 stations). We used the daily 25-km Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission over 2000 \u2013 2016; daily 10-km Rainfall Estimate for Africa (RFE) rainfall over 2001 \u2013 2016; daily 5-km Climate Hazards Group Infrared Precipitation with Station (CHIRPS) rainfall over 1981-2015; daily 25-km Multi-Source Weighted-Ensemble Precipitation (MSWEP) over 1984-2015. The validation was conducted between in situ rain gauge observation and satellite rainfall data and resulted in utilizing the MSWEP dataset in correlation with a bias correction grid. The created rainfall dataset was used to estimate stream flow in the region and determine suitable areas of aquifer recharge.", "distribution": [{"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "accessURL": "https://doi.org/10.5066/P971ZVHF", "description": "Landing page for access to the data", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "application/http", "title": "Digital Data"}, {"@type": "dcat:Distribution", "description": "The metadata original format", "downloadURL": "https://data.usgs.gov/datacatalog/metadata/USGS.6011866bd34e162231fed3c1.xml", "format": "XML", "mediaType": "text/xml", "title": "Original Metadata"}], "identifier": "http://datainventory.doi.gov/id/dataset/USGS_6011866bd34e162231fed3c1", "keyword": ["Jordan", "Lebanon", "USGS:6011866bd34e162231fed3c1", "West Bank", "geoscientificInformation", "inlandWaters", "precipitation"], "modified": "2021-07-09T00:00:00Z", "publisher": {"@type": "org:Organization", "name": "U.S. Geological Survey"}, "spatial": "34.1986, 29.4455, 39.1646, 34.7638", "theme": ["geospatial"], "title": "Assembly of satellite-based rainfall datasets in situ data and rainfall climatology contours for the MENA region"}