Satellite and ground data rainfall characterization in Malaysia

Author

Abiola, Semire Folasade ; Mohd-Mokhtar, Rosmiwati ; Ismail, Widad ; Mohamad, Norizah ; Mandeep, J.S.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. Sains Malaysia, Nibong Tebal, Malaysia

fYear

2011

fDate

12-13 July 2011

Firstpage

77

Lastpage

82

Abstract

This work presents the validation of ground based rainfall measurement with TRMM products and GPCC data. The bias error between ground and satellite rainfall measurements was found to be ± 15 %. The TRMM 3B43 agreed with rain gauge rainfall measurement with correlation coefficient of 0.835. Consequently, for sea and remote areas where rain gauge cannot cover, TRMM 3B43 V6 is recommended for use in lieu of ground measurement in Malaysia and its environs.

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; meteorological instruments; rain; remote sensing; GPCC data; Malaysia; TRMM 3B43; TRMM product; correlation coefficient; ground data rainfall characterization; rain gauge rainfall measurement; satellite data; Correlation; Extraterrestrial measurements; Rain; Satellites; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar; Spatial resolution; Bias error; Rainfall; TRMM; Validation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Space Science and Communication (IconSpace), 2011 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Penang

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0563-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4577-0562-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IConSpace.2011.6015856

Filename

6015856