Inundata: Mapping Floods in South Africa
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Data · 31 Dec 2024, 14:25 · 1
It's stated in the data description that "For each location the CHIRPS precipitation data has been aggregated over a 5km radius." Does that mean each location is essentially a circle with a 5 km radius? It would be nice to calculate the rainfall volume for each location as an additional feature for the model, but we'd need the area of the location to do so.
Thanks for the help!
Hi @grattN23,
Aggregating the data over a 5km radius means that the data point (CHIRPS precipitation shown) is obtained from values collected over a 5 km radius in this case. Suppose for example that you take the average height of men/women in a given area. You could decide to collect data over a 5 km radius and aggregate them by taking the mean for example.