Comparison of CMORPH and TRMM-3B42 over mountainous regions of Africa and South America

Satellite Rainfall Applications for Surface Hydrology

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 193-204

  Dinku, Tufa ^a   Connor, Stephen J ^a   Ceccato, Pietro ^a  

^a Earth Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared; Passive microwave; Rainfall estimation; Satellite; Validation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891450661     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2915-7_11     Document Type: Chapter

References (12)

1. Dinku, T., P. Ceccato, E. Grover-Kopec, M. Lemma, S. J. Connor, and C. F. Ropelewski, 2007: Validation of satellite rainfall products over East Africa's complex topography. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 28(7), 1503-1526
2. Dinku, T., S. Chidzambwa, P. Ceccato, S. J. Connor, and C. F. Ropelewski, 2008: Validation of high-resolution satellite rainfall products over complex terrain in Africa. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29(14), 4097-4110
3. Grimes, D. I. F., E. Pardo, and R. Bonifacio, 1999: Optimal areal rainfall estimation using raingauges and satellite date. Journal of Hydrology, 222, 93-108
4. Gruber, A. and V. Levizzani, 2008: Assessment of Global Precipitation Products, WMO/TD-NO. 1430, (Available online at: http://www.isao.bo.cnr.it/ ~meteosat/papers/ AssessmentGlobalPrecipitation-2008.pdf
5. Herman, A., V. B. Kumar, P. A. Arkin, and J. V. Kousky, 1997: Objectively determined 10-day African rainfall estimates created for famine early warning. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 18(10), 2147-2159
6. Huffman, G. J., R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, G. Gu, E. J. Nelkin, K. P. Bowman, Y. Hong, E. F. Stocker, and D. B. Wolf, 2007: The TRMM multisatellite precipitation analysis (TMPA): Quasi-global, multiyear, combined-sensor precipitation estimates at fine scales. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8, 38-55
7. Hurtado, G., 2005: Precipitation in Colombia. Climate Atlas of Colombia. IDEAM Bogotá, Colombia
8. Joyce, R. J., J. E. Janowiak, P. A. Arkin, and P. Xie, 2004: CMORPH: A method that produces global precipitation estimates from passive microwave and infrared data at high spatial and temporal resolution. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 5, 487-503
9. Levizzani, V., R. Amorati, and F. Meneguzzo, 2002: A Review of Satellite-based Rainfall Estimation Methods, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Istituto di Scienze dell'Atmosfera e del Clima, (Available online at http://www.isao.bo.cnr.it/~meteosat/ papers/MUSIC-Rep-Sat-Precip-6.1.pdf
10. Levizzani, V., Bauer, P., and Turk J. F. (Eds.) 2007: Measuring Precipitation from space: EURAINSAT and the Future. Springer, New York, 724 pp.. Schneider, U., T. Fuchs, A. Meyer-Christoffer, and B. Rudolf 2008: Global precipitation analysis products of the GPCC. Available online at: (http://gpcc.dwd.de)
11. Thorne, V., P. Coakeley, D. Grimes, and G. Dugdale, 2001: Comparison of TAMSAT and CPC rainfall estimates with raingauges, for southern Africa. Int. J. Remote Sensing, 22(10), 1951-1974
12. Xie, P., Y. Yarosh, T. Love, J. Janowiak, and A. Arkin 2002: A real-time daily precipitation analysis over southern Asia. Preprints, 16th Conf. of the Hydro., Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc.