The goal of idps is to use object-based methods combined with a tracking algorithm to utilise the IMERG data set to identify and describe precipitation systems. idps stands for Identification and Description of Precipitation Systems.
Installation
The pre compiled package can be installed from drat repositery:
install.packages("idps", repos = "https://ahomoudi.github.io/drat/")Singularity Container
A singularity container with idps package is available at:
Homoudi, A. (2025). Singularity container for “Climatology of Convective Precipitation Systems over the Arabian Peninsula using Object-tracking” (v1.0.0). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13825315
Example
See the example here.