Assessment of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) products in hydrological modeling of the Huancane river basin, Peru

AbstractThree satellite-derived precipitation datasets [the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) dataset, the NOAA Climate Prediction Center morphing technique (CMORPH) dataset, and the newly available Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) dataset] are compared with data obtained from 55 rain gauges mounted on floating buoys in the tropics for the period 1 April 2014–30 April 2017. All three satellite datasets underestimate low rainfall and overestimate high rainfall in the tropical Pacific Ocean, but the TMPA dataset does this the most. In the high-rainfall (higher than 4 mm day−1) Atlantic region, all three satellite datasets overestimate low rainfall and underestimate high rainfall, but the IMERG dataset does this the most. For the Indian Ocean, all three rainfall satellite datasets overestimate rainfall at some gauges and underestimate it at others. Of these three satellite products, IMERG is the most accurate in estimating mean precipitation over the tropical Pacific and Indian Oceans, but it is less accurate over the tropical Atlantic Ocean for regions of high rainfall. The differences between the three satellite datasets vary by region and there is a need to consider uncertainties in the data before using them for research.

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Validation of Satellite-Based Precipitation Products from TRMM to GPM

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs13091745 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (9) ◽

pp. 1745

Author(s):

Jianxin Wang ◽

Walter A. Petersen ◽

David B. Wolff

Keyword(s):

Regional Differences ◽

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ◽

Decomposition Approach ◽

Precipitation Product ◽

Precipitation Measurement ◽

Global Precipitation Measurement ◽

Error Decomposition ◽

Improved Accuracy ◽

Global Precipitation ◽

Statistical Metrics

The global precipitation measurement mission (GPM) has been in operation for seven years and continues to provide a vast quantity of global precipitation data at finer temporospatial resolutions with improved accuracy and coverage. GPM’s signature algorithm, the integrated multisatellite retrievals for GPM (IMERG) is a next-generation of precipitation product expected for wide variety of research and operational applications. This study evaluates the latest version (V06B) of IMERG and its predecessor, the tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM) multisatellite precipitation (TMPA) 3B42 (V7) using ground-based and gauge-corrected multiradar multisensor system (MRMS) precipitation products over the conterminous United States (CONUS). The spatial distributions of all products are analyzed. The error characteristics are further examined for 3B42 and IMERG in winter and summer by an error decomposition approach, which partitions total bias into hit bias, biases due to missed precipitation and false precipitation. The volumetric and categorical statistical metrics are used to quantitatively evaluate the performance of the two satellite-based products. All products show a similar precipitation climatology with some regional differences. The two satellite-based products perform better in the eastern CONUS than in the mountainous Western CONUS. The evaluation demonstrates the clear improvement in IMERG precipitation product in comparison with its predecessor 3B42, especially in reducing missed precipitation in winter and summer, and hit bias in winter, resulting in better performance in capturing lighter and heavier precipitation.

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Systematical Evaluation of GPM IMERG and TRMM 3B42V7 Precipitation Products in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain, China

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs11060697 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 697 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Fenglin Xu ◽

Bin Guo ◽

Bei Ye ◽

Qia Ye ◽

Huining Chen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ◽

Accurate Estimation ◽

Detection Capability ◽

Satellite Precipitation ◽

Precipitation Measurement ◽

Daily Precipitation Data ◽

Precipitation Estimates ◽

Global Precipitation Measurement ◽

Global Precipitation ◽

Precipitation Events

Accurate estimation of high-resolution satellite precipitation products like Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) is critical for hydrological and meteorological research, providing a benchmark for the continued development and future improvement of these products. This study aims to comprehensively evaluate the Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) and TRMM 3B42V7 products at multiple temporal scales from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2017 over the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain in China, using daily precipitation data from 59 meteorological stations. Three commonly used statistical metrics (CC, RB, and RMSE) are adopted to quantitatively verify the accuracy of two satellite precipitation products. The assessment also takes into account the precipitation detection capability (POD, FAR, CSI, and ACC) and frequency of different precipitation intensities. The results show that the IMERG and 3B42V7 present strong correlation with meteorological stations observations at annual and monthly scales (CC > 0.90), whereas moderate at the daily scale (CC = 0.76 and 0.69 for IMERG and 3B42V7, respectively). The spatial variability of the annual and seasonal precipitation is well captured by these two satellite products. And spatial patterns of precipitation gradually decrease from south to north over the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain. Both IMERG and 3B42V7 products overestimate precipitation compared with the station observations, of which 3B42V7 has a lower degree of overestimation. Relative to the IMERG, annual precipitation estimates from 3B42V7 show lower RMSE (118.96 mm and 142.67 mm, respectively), but opposite at the daily, monthly, and seasonal scales. IMERG has a better precipitation detection capability than 3B42V7 (POD = 0.83 and 0.67, respectively), especially when detecting trace and solid precipitation. The two precipitation products tend to overestimate moderate (2–10 mm/d) and heavy (10–50 mm/d) precipitation events, but underestimate violent (>50 mm/d) precipitation events. The IMERG is not found capable to detecting precipitation events of different frequencies more precisely. In general, the accuracy of IMERG is better than 3B42V7 product in the Huang-Huai-Hai Plain. The IMERG satellite precipitation product with higher temporal and spatial resolutions can be regarded a reliable data sources in studying hydrological and climatic research.

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Assessment of IMERG-V06 Precipitation Product over Different Hydro-Climatic Regimes in the Tianshan Mountains, North-Western China

Remote Sensing ◽

10.3390/rs11192314 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (19) ◽

pp. 2314 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Anjum ◽

Ahmad ◽

Ding ◽

Shangguan ◽

Zaman ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ◽

Tianshan Mountains ◽

Western China ◽

Spatiotemporal Variability ◽

Eastern Region ◽

Monthly Precipitation ◽

Precipitation Measurement ◽

Global Precipitation Measurement ◽

Global Precipitation ◽

Precipitation Events

This study presents an assessment of the version-6 (V06) of the Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) product from June 2014 to December 2017 over different hydro-climatic regimes in the Tianshan Mountains. The performance of IMERG-V06 was compared with IMERG-V05 and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42V7 precipitation products. The precipitation products were assessed against gauge-based daily and monthly precipitation observations over the entire spatial domain and five hydro-climatologically distinct sub-regions. Results showed that: (1) The spatiotemporal variability of average daily precipitation over the study domain was well represented by all products. (2) All products showed better correlations with the monthly gauge-based observations than the daily data. Compared to 3B42V7, both IMERG products presented a better agreement with gauge-based observations. (3) The estimation skills of all precipitation products showed significant spatial variations. Overall performance of all precipitation products was better in the Eastern region compared to the Middle and Western regions. (4) Satellite products were able to detect tiny precipitation events, but they were uncertain in capturing light and moderate precipitation events. (5) No significant improvements in the precipitation estimation skill of IMERG-V06 were found as compared to IMERG-V05. We deduce that the IMERG-V06 precipitation detection capability could not outperform the efficiency of IMERG-V05. This comparative evaluation of the research products of Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) and TRMM products in the Tianshan Mountains is useful for data users and algorithm developers.

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Evaluation of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Satellite Rainfall Products over the Lower Colorado River Basin, Texas

JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association ◽

10.1111/1752-1688.12610 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 54 (4) ◽

pp. 882-898 ◽

Cited By ~ 43

Author(s):

Ehsan Omranian ◽

Hatim O. Sharif

Keyword(s):

River Basin ◽

Colorado River ◽

Colorado River Basin ◽

Precipitation Measurement ◽

Satellite Rainfall ◽

Global Precipitation Measurement ◽

Global Precipitation ◽

Lower Colorado River Basin ◽

Lower Colorado River

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An Experimental Study of the Small-Scale Variability of Rainfall

Journal of Hydrometeorology ◽

10.1175/jhm-d-11-014.1 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 351-365 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Ali Tokay ◽

Kurtuluş

Keyword(s):

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ◽

Rain Gauge ◽

Small Scale ◽

Sharp Drop ◽

Temporal Sampling ◽

Precipitation Measurement ◽

Variable Nature ◽

Different Seasons ◽

Global Precipitation Measurement ◽

Global Precipitation

Small-scale variability of rainfall has been studied employing six dual rain gauge sites at Wallops Island, Virginia. The rain gauge sites were separated between 0.4 and 5 km, matching the beamwidth of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) precipitation radars. During a 2-yr observational period, over 7100 rainy samples were received at 5-min integration. A single gauge did not report as high as 67% of the time when at least one of the other gauges had rainfall in one of the seasons. Since rainfall from one of the six rain gauges is sufficient for the rainy footprint from a satellite, this demonstrates the common occurrence of the partial beamfilling. For the periods where all gauges were reporting rainfall, a single gauge had at most 13% difference from the areal average rainfall in one of the seasons. This suggests that at the spatial scale of 5 km, the variability caused by the rain gradient is relatively less important than the variability arising from a partially filled footprint. During the passage of frontal systems and tropical cyclones, the beam was filled by rain most of the time and this resulted in relatively higher correlation distances. The correlation distance had a sharp drop off from 45 km in moderately variable rainfall to 3 km in highly variable rainfall and ranged from 5 to 35 km between the different seasons. This demonstrates its highly variable nature. Considering temporal sampling, the monthly rainfall error was 35% and 73% for 3-hourly and twice-daily observations, respectively.

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Statistical and Hydrological Comparisons between TRMM and GPM Level-3 Products over a Midlatitude Basin: Is Day-1 IMERG a Good Successor for TMPA 3B42V7?

Journal of Hydrometeorology ◽

10.1175/jhm-d-15-0059.1 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 121-137 ◽

Cited By ~ 123

Author(s):

Guoqiang Tang ◽

Ziyue Zeng ◽

Di Long ◽

Xiaolin Guo ◽

Bin Yong ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ◽

Extended Period ◽

Hydrologic Model ◽

Data Availability ◽

Precipitation Measurement ◽

Taylor Diagram ◽

Level 3 ◽

Precipitation Analysis ◽

Global Precipitation Measurement ◽

Global Precipitation

Abstract The goal of this study is to quantitatively intercompare the standard products of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) and its successor, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG), with a dense gauge network over the midlatitude Ganjiang River basin in southeast China. In general, direct comparisons of the TMPA 3B42V7, 3B42RT, and GPM Day-1 IMERG estimates with gauge observations over an extended period of the rainy season (from May through September 2014) at 0.25° and daily resolutions show that all three products demonstrate similarly acceptable (~0.63) and high (0.87) correlation at grid and basin scales, respectively, although 3B42RT shows much higher overestimation. Both of the post-real-time corrections effectively reduce the bias of Day-1 IMERG and 3B42V7 to single digits of underestimation from 20+% overestimation of 3B42RT. The Taylor diagram shows that Day-1 IMERG and 3B42V7 are comparable at grid and basin scales. Hydrologic assessment with the Coupled Routing and Excess Storage (CREST) hydrologic model indicates that the Day-1 IMERG product performs comparably to gauge reference data. In many cases, the IMERG product outperforms TMPA standard products, suggesting a promising prospect of hydrologic utility and a desirable hydrologic continuity from TRMM-era product heritages to GPM-era IMERG products. Overall, this early study highlights that the Day-1 IMERG product can adequately substitute TMPA products both statistically and hydrologically, even with its limited data availability to date, in this well-gauged midlatitude basin. As more IMERG data are released, more studies to explore the potential of GPM-era IMERG in water, weather, and climate research are urgently needed.

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Performance Evaluation of Version 5 (V05) of Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) over the Tianshan Mountains of China

Water ◽

10.3390/w11061139 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 1139 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Min Yang ◽

Zhongqin Li ◽

Muhammad Naveed Anjum ◽

Yayu Gao

Keyword(s):

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ◽

Heavy Precipitation ◽

Tianshan Mountains ◽

Spatiotemporal Variability ◽

Precipitation Measurement ◽

Satellite Retrievals ◽

Precipitation Estimates ◽

Global Precipitation Measurement ◽

Global Precipitation ◽

Better Than

This study evaluated the performance of the Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) version 5 (V05) Early-run and Final-run (IMERG-E and IMERG-F, respectively) products over the Tianshan Mountains. For comparison, the accuracies of two Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) products (3B42RT and 3B42V7) were also analyzed. Performance of the satellite-based precipitation products (SPPs) was analyzed at daily to annual scales from April 2014 to October 2017. Results showed that: (1) IMERG-F and 3B42V7 performed better than IMERG-E and 3B42RT in the characterization of spatiotemporal variability of precipitation; (2) Precipitation estimates from IMERG-F were in the best overall agreement with the gauge-based data, followed by IMERG-E and 3B42V7 on all temporal scales; (3) IMERG-E and 3B42RT products were failed to provide accurate precipitation amounts, whereas IMERG-F and 3B42V7 were able to provide accurate precipitation estimates with the lowest relative biases (4.98% and −1.71%, respectively) and RMSE (0.58 mm/day and 0.76 mm/day, respectively); (4) The enhancement from the IMERG Early-run to the Final-run to capture the moderate to heavy precipitation events was not evident; (5) On seasonal scale, IMEGR-F performed better than all other SPPs, particularly during the spring season with negligible bias (0.28%). It was deduced that IMERG-F was capable of replacing TRMM products.

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Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Ground Validation (GV) Prototype in the Korean Peninsula

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology ◽

10.1175/jtech-d-13-00193.1 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 31 (9) ◽

pp. 1902-1921 ◽

Cited By ~ 18

Author(s):

Ji-Hye Kim ◽

Mi-Lim Ou ◽

Jun-Dong Park ◽

Kenneth R. Morris ◽

Mathew R. Schwaller ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Korean Peninsula ◽

Rain Rate ◽

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission ◽

Rain Gauge ◽

International Partnerships ◽

Precipitation Measurement ◽

Ground Validation ◽

Microwave Imager ◽

Global Precipitation Measurement ◽

Global Precipitation

Abstract Since 2009, the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) has participated in ground validation (GV) projects through international partnerships within the framework of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission. The goal of this work is to assess the reliability of ground-based measurements in the Korean Peninsula as a means for validating precipitation products retrieved from satellite microwave sensors, with an emphasis on East Asian precipitation. KMA has a well-developed operational weather service infrastructure composed of meteorological radars, a dense rain gauge network, and automated weather stations. Measurements from these systems, including data from four ground-based radars (GRs), were combined with satellite data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation radar (PR) and used as a proxy for GPM GV over the Korean Peninsula. A time series of mean reflectivity differences (GR − PR) for stratiform-only and above-brightband-only data showed that the time-averaged difference fell between −2.0 and +1.0 dBZ for the four GRs used in this study. Site-specific adjustments for these relative mean biases were applied to GR reflectivities, and detailed statistical comparisons of reflectivity and rain rate between PR and bias-adjusted GR were carried out. In rain-rate comparisons, surface rain from the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) and the rain gauges were added and the results varied according to rain type. Bias correction has had a positive effect on GR rain rate comparing with PR and gauge rain rates. This study confirmed advance preparation for GPM GV system was optimized on the Korean Peninsula using the official framework.

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