Remote sensing of drought: Progress, challenges and opportunities

A AghaKouchak, A Farahmand, FS Melton… - Reviews of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This review surveys current and emerging drought monitoring approaches using satellite
remote sensing observations from climatological and ecosystem perspectives. We argue …

The hydrology of the humid tropics

E Wohl, A Barros, N Brunsell, NA Chappell… - Nature Climate …, 2012 - nature.com
Hydrological processes in the humid tropics differ from other regions in having greater
energy inputs and faster rates of change, including human-induced change. Human …

Have satellite precipitation products improved over last two decades? A comprehensive comparison of GPM IMERG with nine satellite and reanalysis datasets

G Tang, MP Clark, SM Papalexiou, Z Ma… - Remote sensing of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement
(IMERG) produces the latest generation of satellite precipitation estimates and has been …

Do ERA5 and ERA5-land precipitation estimates outperform satellite-based precipitation products? A comprehensive comparison between state-of-the-art model …

J Xu, Z Ma, S Yan, J Peng - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
Accurate precipitation retrievals with fine spatio-temporal resolutions are critical in global
and regional analyses. As an important alternative of satellite-based precipitation products …

MSWEP V2 global 3-hourly 0.1 precipitation: methodology and quantitative assessment

HE Beck, EF Wood, M Pan, CK Fisher… - Bulletin of the …, 2019 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract We present Multi-Source Weighted-Ensemble Precipitation, version 2 (MSWEP V2),
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Daily evaluation of 26 precipitation datasets using Stage-IV gauge-radar data for the CONUS

HE Beck, M Pan, T Roy, GP Weedon… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2019 - hess.copernicus.org
New precipitation (P) datasets are released regularly, following innovations in weather
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Statistical comparison and hydrological utility evaluation of ERA5-Land and IMERG precipitation products on the Tibetan Plateau

X Wu, J Su, W Ren, H Lü, F Yuan - Journal of hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
In the context of global warming, precipitation information over the Tibetan Plateau (TP),
known as the water tower of Asia, is crucial for both atmospheric and hydrological cycle …

Reprocessed, bias-corrected CMORPH global high-resolution precipitation estimates from 1998

P **e, R Joyce, S Wu, SH Yoo… - Journal of …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The Climate Prediction Center (CPC) morphing technique (CMORPH) satellite
precipitation estimates are reprocessed and bias corrected on an 8 km× 8 km grid over the …

[PDF][PDF] Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) technical documentation

GJ Huffman, DT Bolvin, EJ Nelkin, J Tan - Nasa/Gsfc Code, 2015 - cen.uni-hamburg.de
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Ocean salinities reveal strong global water cycle intensification during 1950 to 2000

PJ Durack, SE Wijffels, RJ Matear - science, 2012 - science.org
Fundamental thermodynamics and climate models suggest that dry regions will become
drier and wet regions will become wetter in response to warming. Efforts to detect this long …