This workshop continues the workshop series on global precipitation monitoring in a joint European effort, and follows the workshop hosted by DWD/CM SAF in March 2024.

This workshop series goes back to workshops hold between 2014 and 2017. It was agreed during these workshops that the generation of a satellite-based global precipitation climate data record (CDR) is a major endeavour and needs to be pursued in a joint European effort. EUMETSAT CM SAF responded to this: CM SAF with its sustained funding scheme and operational environment hosts the precipitation CDR in Europe. The precipitation CDR is called Global Interpolated RAinFall Estimation (GIRAFE) and is available via https://doi.org/10.5676/EUM_SAF_CM/GIRAFE/V001. A continuous extension to present time will become available in early 2025.

This workshop in May 2025, hosted by Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL) in Paris, has the following objectives:
. Bring together experts in the field of precipitation retrievals, data generation and users,
. Gather feedback from users of global precipitation data records such as GIRAFE,
. Based on updated needs, discuss priorities on improvements of precipitation data.

The following sessions are planned:
. Climate monitoring, climate services and extremes
. Earth's water cycle
. Multi-sensor, multi-system product generation: from raw data via retrievals and merging to climate data records and climate indices

Output of the workshop will be a report. Finally, this workshop is also an element of topical workshops organized by CM SAF to address various aspects regarding the Earth's energy and water cycles.