| contributor author | Morrissey, Mark L. | |
| contributor author | Scott Greene, J. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:04:16Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T14:04:16Z | |
| date copyright | 1993/02/01 | |
| date issued | 1993 | |
| identifier issn | 0894-8763 | |
| identifier other | ams-11874.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4147150 | |
| description abstract | Rainfall estimates for two simple satellite-based rainfall algorithms are verified over the tropical Pacific using a new method that incorporates sparsely distributed raingages. The resulting linear regression relationship between monthly areal rainfall and the highly reflective cloud index agrees with earlier results. However, the GOES precipitation index (GPI), which was calibrated using radar rainfall data obtained from the eastern tropical Atlantic, produces biased areas rainfall estimates over most of the tropical Pacific. However, its precision is greater than the highly reflective cloud index, perhaps due to the GPI's larger spatial dimensions. With the incorporation of calibration coefficients determined in this study, the GPI will produce unbiased estimates of areal rainfall for the tropical Pacific region. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | Comparison of Two Satellite-based Rainfall Algorithms Using Pacific Atoll Raingage Data | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 32 | |
| journal issue | 2 | |
| journal title | Journal of Applied Meteorology | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0450(1993)032<0411:COTSBR>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 411 | |
| journal lastpage | 425 | |
| tree | Journal of Applied Meteorology:;1993:;volume( 032 ):;issue: 002 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |