ankwasa/extract-CHIRPS-rainfall-

these scripts download and extract rainfall data in a timeseries format from CHIRPS raster data for any catchment in Africa # Extract precipitation files from CHIRPS raster data The scripts are used to download, and extract CHIRPS rainfall data from any catchment in Africa. The user needs to have python3 installed with the modules in the scripts. Run the scripts according to the numbers:- 1-downloads the data from the CHIRPS domain; 2-extracts the rasters from the zipped chirps files; 3-creates rainfall txt files per pixel for the selected area. The user needs should download the whole folder ('working_dir') and add the shapefile (.shp') and a dem ('.tif') of the area of interest (in 'EPSG:4326') then run the scripts in order. The rainfall txt files are prepared ready for use in a SWAT or SWAT+ model. ## Versions Version 0.1.0 - July 2021 ## License This project is licensed under the MIT License.