How well does the IMERG satellite precipitation product capture the timing of precipitation events?

R Li, C Guilloteau, PE Kirstetter… - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
Precipitation occurs in the form of discrete “events” and the event characteristics (event
duration, depth, peak intensity, start/end time) significantly influence the hydrologic response …

The GPM ground validation program

WA Petersen, PE Kirstetter, J Wang, DB Wolff… - … Measurement: Volume 2, 2020 - Springer
We present a detailed overview of the structure and activities associated with the NASA-led
ground-validation component of the NASA-JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) …

A new pixel-to-object method for evaluating the capability of the GPM IMERG product to quantify precipitation systems

R Li, D Qi, Y Zhang, K Wang - Journal of Hydrology, 2022 - Elsevier
One of the major advantages of satellite precipitation estimates is that they can provide a
complete picture of precipitation systems; a difficult task to achieve using sparsely distributed …

Adapting passive microwave-based precipitation algorithms to variable microwave land surface emissivity to improve precipitation estimation from the GPM …

FJ Turk, SE Ringerud, Y You… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
A fully global satellite-based precipitation estimate that can transition across the changing
Earth surface and complex land/water conditions is an important capability for many …

A New Event‐Based Error Decomposition Scheme for Satellite Precipitation Products

R Li, C Guilloteau, PE Kirstetter… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the nature and origin of errors in satellite precipitation products is important
for applications and product improvement. Here we propose a new error decomposition …

Evaluating satellite precipitation estimates over oceans using passive aquatic listeners

JL Bytheway, EJ Thompson, J Yang… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Passive aquatic listeners (PALs) provide high‐quality, high‐resolution estimates of
precipitation over ocean regions, but have been underutilized as a reference data set for the …

Evaluation of hourly summer precipitation products over the Tibetan Plateau: A comparative analysis of IMERG, CMORPH, and TPHiPr

J Jia, Y He, B Zhang, Z Huo, Z Tang, S Wang, H Yu… - Atmospheric …, 2025 - Elsevier
Abstract The Tibetan Plateau (TP) plays a crucial role in regional and global climate
dynamics, making accurate precipitation data essential for meteorological studies. However …

Beyond the pixel: Using patterns and multiscale spatial information to improve the retrieval of precipitation from spaceborne passive microwave imagers

C Guilloteau… - Journal of atmospheric and …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
The quantitative estimation of precipitation from orbiting passive microwave imagers has
been performed for more than 30 years. The development of retrieval methods consists of …

Reconstruction of 3D DPR observations using GMI radiances

Y Yang, W Han, H Sun, H **e… - Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Three‐dimensional global precipitation observation is crucial for understanding climate and
weather dynamics. While spaceborne precipitation radars provide precise but limited …

Rapid comparison of precipitation data between satellite and in situ observations

CKC Ng, RWH Kong, GH Foo, G Khoo - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2023 - Springer
The agriculture sector responsible for global food and nutrition security has an urgent need
to examine climatic trends so that adaptations can be exercised in advance. Freely available …