DOI: 10.5194/hess-18-4871-2014
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84916631730
论文题名: Comparison of rainfall estimations by TRMM 3B42, MPEG and CFSR with ground-observed data for the Lake Tana basin in Ethiopia
作者: Worqlul A ; W ; , Maathuis B ; , Adem A ; A ; , Demissie S ; S ; , Langan S ; , Steenhuis T ; S
刊名: Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
ISSN: 10275606
出版年: 2014
卷: 18, 期: 12 起始页码: 4871
结束页码: 4881
语种: 英语
Scopus关键词: Developing countries
; Geostationary satellites
; Lakes
; Mean square error
; Motion Picture Experts Group standards
; Rain gages
; Weather information services
; Daily precipitations
; Multi-sensor precipitations
; Precipitation measurement
; Rainfall estimations
; Rainfall variation
; Root mean square errors
; Satellite rainfalls
; Tropical rainfall measuring missions
; Rain
; data set
; estimation method
; forecasting method
; precipitation (climatology)
; precipitation assessment
; rainfall
; satellite data
; TRMM
; Lake Tana Basin
英文摘要: Planning for drought relief and floods in developing countries is greatly hampered by the lack of a sufficiently dense network of weather stations measuring precipitation. In this paper, we test the utility of three satellite products to augment the ground-based precipitation measurement to provide improved spatial estimates of rainfall. The three products are the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) product (3B42), Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimate-Geostationary (MPEG) and the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR). The accuracy of the three products is tested in the Lake Tana basin in Ethiopia, where 38 weather stations were available in 2010 with a full record of daily precipitation amounts. Daily gridded satellite-based rainfall estimates were compared to (1) point-observed ground rainfall and (2) areal rainfall in the major river sub-basins of Lake Tana. The result shows that the MPEG and CFSR satellites provided the most accurate rainfall estimates. On average, for 38 stations, 78 and 86%of the observed rainfall variation is explained by MPEG and CFSR data, respectively, while TRMM explained only 17%of the variation. Similarly, the areal comparison indicated a better performance for both MPEG and CFSR data in capturing the pattern and amount of rainfall. MPEG and CFSR also have a lower root mean square error (RMSE) compared to the TRMM 3B42 satellite rainfall. The bias indicated that TRMM 3B42 was, on average, unbiased, whereas MPEG consistently underestimated the observed rainfall. CFSR often produced large overestimates. © 2014 The Authors. Citation statistics:
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标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/78056
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作者单位: Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States; University of Twente, Faculty ITC, Netherlands; Amhara Design and Supervision Works Enterprise, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; International Water Management Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Bahir Dar University, School of Civil and Water Resource Engineering, Bahir Dar, Ethiopia; DRS Development and Research Solutions, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Recommended Citation:
Worqlul A,W,, Maathuis B,et al. Comparison of rainfall estimations by TRMM 3B42, MPEG and CFSR with ground-observed data for the Lake Tana basin in Ethiopia[J]. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,2014-01-01,18(12)