Evaluation of high-resolution satellite precipitation products using rain gauge observations over the Tibetan Plateau

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	Evaluation of high-resolution satellite precipitation products using rain gauge observations over the Tibetan Plateau
	Gao, YC ; Liu, MaoFeng(刘茂峰)
刊名	HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES
	2013
卷号	17 期号:2 页码:837-849
通讯作者	Liu, MaoFeng(刘茂峰)
英文摘要	High-resolution satellite precipitation products are very attractive for studying the hydrologic processes in mountainous areas where rain gauges are generally sparse. Four high-resolution satellite precipitation products are evaluated using gauge measurements over different climate zones of the Tibetan Plateau (TP) within a 6 yr period from 2004 to 2009. The four satellite-based precipitation data sets are: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis 3B42 version 6 (TMPA) and its Real Time version (TMPART), Climate Prediction Center Morphing Technique (CMOPRH) and Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Network (PERSIANN). TMPA and CMORPH, with higher correlation coefficients and lower root mean square errors (RMSEs), show overall better performance than PERSIANN and TMPART. TMPA has the lowest biases among the four precipitation data sets, which is likely due to the correction process against the monthly gauge observations from global precipitation climatology project (GPCP). TMPA also shows large improvement over TMPART, indicating the importance of gauge-based correction on accuracy of rainfall. The four products show better agreement with gauge measurements over humid regions than that over arid regions where correlation coefficients are less than 0.5. Moreover, the four precipitation products generally tend to overestimate light rainfall (0-10 mm) and underestimate moderate and heavy rainfall (> 10 mm). Moreover, this study extracts 24 topographic variables from a DEM (digital elevation model) and uses a linear regression model to explore the bias-topography relationship. Results show that biases of TMPA and CMORPH present weak dependence on topography. However, biases of TMPART and PERSIANN present dependence on topography and variability of elevation and surface roughness plays important roles in explaining their biases.
收录类别	SCI
资助信息	National Natural Science Foundation of China 40871198;European Commission, CEOP-AEGIS project 212921
公开日期	2013-07-03
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/27921]
专题	地理科学与资源研究所_研究生部
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gao, YC,Liu, MaoFeng. Evaluation of high-resolution satellite precipitation products using rain gauge observations over the Tibetan Plateau[J]. HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES,2013,17(2):837-849.
APA	Gao, YC,&Liu, MaoFeng.(2013).Evaluation of high-resolution satellite precipitation products using rain gauge observations over the Tibetan Plateau.HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES,17(2),837-849.
MLA	Gao, YC,et al."Evaluation of high-resolution satellite precipitation products using rain gauge observations over the Tibetan Plateau".HYDROLOGY AND EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCES 17.2(2013):837-849.