Spatial and temporal analysis of rain gauge data and TRMM rainfall retrievals in Hong Kong

Geographic Information Sciences

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 105-112

  Wong, Wing Fung James ^a   Chiu, Long Sang ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Rainfall; Spatial temporal analysis; TMPA; TRMM

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052350482     PISSN: 10824006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10824000809480645     Document Type: Article

References (32)

1. Adler, Robert R., Huffman, George J., Bolvin, David T., Curtis, Scott, and Nelkin, Eric J., 2000. Tropical Rainfall Distributions Determined Using TRMM Combined with Other Satellite and Rain Gauge Information. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 39 (12):2007–2023.
2. Amitai, Eyal. 1999. Relationships between Radar Properties at High Elevations and Surface Rain Rate:Potential Use for Spaceborne Rainfall Measurements. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 38 (3):321–333.
3. Bell, Kundu. 2003. Comparing satellite rainfall estimates with rain gauge data:Optimal strategies suggested by a spectral model. Journal of Geophysical Research, 108:4121 doi:10.1029/2002JD002641
4. Bowman, Kenneth P. 2005. Comparison of TRMM Precipitation Retrievals with Rain Gauge Data from Ocean Buoys. Journal of Climate, 18 (1):178–190.
5. Chiu, LS, and Kedem, B. 1990. Estimating the Exceedance Probability of Rain Rate by Logistic-Regression. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 95 (D3):2217–2227.
6. Chiu, LS, North, GR, Short, DA, and Mcconnell, A. 1990. Rain Estimation from Satellites-Effect of Finite-Field of View. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 95 (D3):2177–2185.
7. Chiu, Long S., and Chang, Alfred T.C., 2000. Oceanic Rain Column Height Derived from SSM/I. Journal of Climate, 13 (23):4125–4136.
8. Chokngamwong, R., and Chiu, L., 2008. Thailand Daily Rainfall and Comparison with TRMM Products. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 9:256–266.
9. Ciach, Grzegorz J., Krajewski, Witold F., Anagnostou, Emmanouil N., Baeck, Mary L., Smith, James A., McCollum, Jeffrey R., and Kruger, Anton. 1997. Radar Rainfall Estimation for Ground Validation Studies of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 36 (6):735–747.
10. Datta, Saswati, Jones, W., Linwood, Roy, Biswadev, Tokay, and Ali. 2003. Spatial Variability of Surface Rainfall as Observed from TRMM Field Campaign Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 42 (5):598–610.
11. Wolff, David B., Marks, D. A., Amitai, E., Silberstein, D. S., Fisher, B. L., Tokay, A., Wang, J., and Pippitt, J. L., 2005. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 22 (4):365–380. Ground Validation for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM).
12. Ebert, E., Janowiak, J., and Kidd, C., 2007. Comparison of near-real time precipitation estimates from satellite observations and models. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88:48–64.
13. Amitai, Eyal, Marks, David A., Wolff, David B., Silberstein, David S., Fisher, Brad L., and Pippitt, Jason L., 2006. Evaluation of Radar Rainfall Products:Lessons Learned from the NASA TRMM Validation Program in Florida. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 23 (11):1492–1505.
14. Gebremichael, M., 2008. Scaling of tropical rainfall as observed by TRMM precipitation radar, Atmospheric Research, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2007.11.028
15. Hou, A. Y., Zhang, S., da Silva, A., Olson, W., Kummerow, C., and Simpson, J., 2001. Improving global analysis and short-range forecast using rainfall and moisture observations derived from TRMM and SSM/I passive microwave sensors. Bull. Amer, Meteor. Soc., 82
16. Huffman, G. J., Adler, Robert F., Bolvin, David T., Gu, Guojun, Nelkin, Eric J., Bowman, Kenneth P., Hong, Yang, Stacker, Erich F., and Wolff, David B., 2007. The TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA):Quasi-Global, Multiyear, Combined-Sensor Precipitation Estimates at Fine Scales. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8 (1):38–55.
17. Huffman, George J, Adler, Robert F., Rudolf, Bruno, Schneider, Udo, and Keehn, Peter R., 1995. Global Precipitation Estimates Based on a Technique for Combining Satellite-Based Estimates, Rain Gauge Analysis, and NWP Model Precipitation Information. Journal of Climate, 8 (5):1284–1295.
18. Iguchi, T., Meneghini, R., Awaka, J., Kozu, T., and Okamoto, K., 2000. Rain profiling algorithm for TRMM precipitation radar data:Remote Sensing and Applications:Earth. Atmosphere and Oceans, 25:973–976.
19. Ikai, Junji, and Nakamura, Kenji. 2003. Comparison of Rain Rates over the Ocean Derived from TRMM Microwave Imager and Precipitation Radar. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 20 (12):1709–1726.
20. Kawanishi, T., Kuroiwa, H., Kojima, M., Oikawa, K., Kozu, T., Kumagai, H., Okamoto, K., Okumura, M., Nakatsuka, H., and Nishikawa, K., 2000. TRMM precipitation radar. Remote Sensing and Applications:Earth, Atmosphere and Oceans, 25, pp. 969–972
21. Kummerow, C., Simpson, J., Thiele, O., Barnes, W., Chang, A. T. C., Stocker, E., Adler, R. F., Hou, A., Kakar, R., Wentz, E., Ashcroft, P., Kozu, T., Hong, Y., Okamoto, K., Iguchi, T., Kuroiwa, H., Im, E., Haddad, Z., Huffman, G., Ferrier, B., Olson, W. S., Zipser, E., Smith, E. A., Wilheit, T. T., North, G., Krishnamurti, T., and Nakamura, K., 2000. The Status of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) after Two Years in Orbit. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 39 (12):1965–1982.
22. Kummerow, Christian, William Barnes, Toshiaki Kozu, James Shiue and Joanne Simpson. 1998. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Sensor Package. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 15 (3):809–817.
23. Hirose, Masafumi, and Nakamura, Kenji. 2004. Spatiotemporal Variation of the Vertical Gradient of Rainfall Rate Observed by the TRMM Precipitation Radar. Journal of Climate, 17 (17):3378–3397.
24. Gebremichael, Mekonnen, and Krajewski, Witold F., 2004. Assessment of the Statistical Characterization of Small-Scale Rainfall Variability from Radar:Analysis of TRMM Ground Validation Datasets. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 43 (8):1180–1199.
25. Nystuen, Jeffrey A., Proni, John R., Black, Peter G., and Wilkerson, John C., 1996. A Comparison of Automatic Rain Gauges. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 13 (1):62–73.
26. Robinson, M., Kulie, M. S., Silberstein, D. S., Marks, D. A., Wolff, D. B., Amatai, E., Ferrier, B. S., Fisher, B. L., and Wang, J., 2000. Evolving improvements to TRMM ground validation of rainfall estimates. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Part B-Hydrology Oceans and Atmosphere, 25:971–976.
27. Schumacher, C., and Houze, R. A., Jr. 2003. The TRMM Precipitation Radar's view of shallow isolated rain. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 42:1519–1524.
28. Schumacher, Courtney, and Robert, A. Houze, Jr. 2000. Comparison of Radar Data from the TRMM Satellite and Kwajalein Oceanic Validation Site. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 39 (12):2151–2164.
29. Dong-Bin, Shin, Chiu Long, S., and Menas, Kafatos. 2001. Comparison of the Monthly Precipitation Derived from the TRMM Satellite,:Geophys. Res. Lett, 28 (5):795
30. Short, David A., and Nakamura, Kenji. 2000. TRMM Radar Observations of Shallow Precipitation over the Tropical Oceans. Journal of Climate, 13 (23):4107–4124.
31. Simpson, J., Kummerow, C., Tao, W. K., and Adler, R. F., 1996. On the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission(TRMM). Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 60:19–36.
32. Simpson, Joanne, Adler, Robert F., and North, Gerald R., 1988. A Proposed Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Satellite. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 69 (3):278