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13 Citations
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Performance Assessment of GSMaP and GPM IMERG Products during Typhoon Mangkhut

  • Xiaoyu Li,
  • Sheng Chen,
  • Zhenqing Liang,
  • Chaoying Huang,
  • Zhi Li and
  • Baoqing Hu

21 January 2021

This paper evaluated the latest version 6.0 Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) and version 6.0 Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) products during 2018 Typhoon Mangkhut in China. The refer...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,757 Views
31 Pages

A Preliminary Assessment of the GSMaP Version 08 Products over Indonesian Maritime Continent against Gauge Data

  • Ravidho Ramadhan,
  • Marzuki Marzuki,
  • Helmi Yusnaini,
  • Robi Muharsyah,
  • Fredolin Tangang,
  • Mutya Vonnisa and
  • Harmadi Harmadi

18 February 2023

This study is a preliminary assessment of the latest version of the Global Satellite Measurement of Precipitation (GSMaP version 08) data, which were released in December 2021, for the Indonesian Maritime Continent (IMC), using rain gauge (RG) observ...

  • Article
  • Open Access
133 Citations
7,162 Views
21 Pages

12 December 2018

Satellite precipitation products provide alternative precipitation data in mountain areas. This study aimed to assess the performance of the latest Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Integrated Multi-satellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) version 5...

  • Article
  • Open Access
48 Citations
5,969 Views
23 Pages

Statistical Evaluation of the Latest GPM-Era IMERG and GSMaP Satellite Precipitation Products in the Yellow River Source Region

  • Jiayong Shi,
  • Fei Yuan,
  • Chunxiang Shi,
  • Chongxu Zhao,
  • Limin Zhang,
  • Liliang Ren,
  • Yonghua Zhu,
  • Shanhu Jiang and
  • Yi Liu

1 April 2020

As the successor of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) has released a range of satellite-based precipitation products (SPPs). This study conducts a comparative analysis on the quality of the integrated multisa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,805 Views
26 Pages

Are the Latest GSMaP Satellite Precipitation Products Feasible for Daily and Hourly Discharge Simulations in the Yellow River Source Region?

  • Jiayong Shi,
  • Bing Wang,
  • Guoqing Wang,
  • Fei Yuan,
  • Chunxiang Shi,
  • Xiong Zhou,
  • Limin Zhang and
  • Chongxu Zhao

20 October 2021

Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) products, as important satellite-based precipitation products (SPPs) of Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, have provided hydrologists with critical precipitation data sources for hydrolog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
4,737 Views
22 Pages

22 September 2022

Extreme precipitation events have increasingly happened at global and regional scales as the global climate has changed in recent decades. Accurate quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) plays an important role in the warning of extreme precipit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
5,591 Views
22 Pages

Evaluation of GSMaP Version 8 Precipitation Products on an Hourly Timescale over Mainland China

  • Xiaoyu Lv,
  • Hao Guo,
  • Yunfei Tian,
  • Xiangchen Meng,
  • Anming Bao and
  • Philippe De Maeyer

4 January 2024

A thorough evaluation of the recently released Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) is critical for both end-users and algorithm developers. In this study, six products from three versions of GSMaP version 8, including real time (NOW-R a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
4,750 Views
16 Pages

15 January 2020

Understanding the error distribution of satellite precipitation products is conducive to obtaining accurate precipitation data, which is a very important input parameter in hydrological models and climate models. The error characteristics of Integrat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
46 Citations
4,199 Views
17 Pages

1 January 2020

The near-real-time satellite-derived precipitation estimates are attractive for a wide range of applications like extreme precipitation monitoring and natural hazard warning. Recently, a gauge-adjusted near-real-time GSMaP precipitation estimate (GSM...

  • Article
  • Open Access
47 Citations
5,416 Views
18 Pages

31 March 2019

This study assesses the performance of the new Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)-based satellite precipitation estimates (SPEs) datasets in the Brazilian Central Plateau and compares it with the previous Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TR...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
6,281 Views
23 Pages

Benefits of the Successive GPM Based Satellite Precipitation Estimates IMERG–V03, –V04, –V05 and GSMaP–V06, –V07 Over Diverse Geomorphic and Meteorological Regions of Pakistan

  • Frédéric Satgé,
  • Yawar Hussain,
  • Marie-Paule Bonnet,
  • Babar M. Hussain,
  • Hernan Martinez-Carvajal,
  • Gulraiz Akhter and
  • Rogério Uagoda

30 August 2018

Launched in 2014, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission aimed at ensuring the continuity with the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) launched in 1997 that has provided unprecedented accuracy in Satellite Precipitation Estimates (...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,620 Views
20 Pages

21 February 2024

To improve the utilization of satellite-based data and promote their development, this analysis comprehensively evaluates the performance of GSMaP Near-real-time Gauge-adjusted Rainfall Product version 6 (GSMaP_GNRT6) data in depicting precipitation...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,360 Views
18 Pages

31 October 2024

In the summer of 2023, North China experienced a rare extreme precipitation storm due to Typhoons Doksuri and Khanun, leading to significant secondary disasters and highlighting the urgent need for accurate rainfall forecasting. Satellite-based quant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,321 Views
18 Pages

13 January 2023

Satellite-based precipitation products (SBPPs) are essential for rainfall quantification in areas where ground-based observation is scarce. However, the accuracy of SBPPs is greatly influenced by complex topography. This study evaluates the performan...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,241 Views
21 Pages

6 September 2020

Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP), Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Preconception with Station data (CHIRPS), Tropical Rain Measurement Mission Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TRMM 3B42 V7) and Rainfall Estimation from Soil Moist...

  • Article
  • Open Access
53 Citations
7,545 Views
24 Pages

18 May 2018

This study investigates the utility of satellite-based rainfall estimates in simulating flash floods in Karpuz River Basin, Turkey, characterized by limited rain gauge network. Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) product was evaluated w...

  • Article
  • Open Access
441 Views
20 Pages

Advancing Precipitation Estimation in Mountainous Regions Through Deep Learning Fusion of Multi-Satellite Products

  • Yinan Guo,
  • Wei Xu,
  • Zhifu Zhang,
  • Jiajia Gao,
  • Li Zhou,
  • Chun Zhou,
  • Lingling Wu and
  • Zhongshun Gu

15 February 2026

Accurate characterization of precipitation in complex terrain is essential for hydrological modeling and climate studies. This study uses daily observations from 156 rain gauges in Sichuan Province (2015–2020) to evaluate two high-resolution sa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
104 Citations
9,026 Views
31 Pages

12 January 2019

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and its successor, Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), have provided hydrologists with important precipitation data sources for hydrological applications in sparsely gauged or ungauged basins. This study...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
402 Views
12 Pages

Visualization of Rainfall Using Participatory Mobile Sensing for Crop Cultivation Support

  • Yuki Inoue,
  • Masayuki Higashino,
  • Takao Kawamura and
  • Mitsuru Tsubo

27 August 2025

In drylands, farmers practicing rain-dependent agriculture sow their seeds in accordance with the onset of the rainy season. Thus, the onset of the rainy season is extremely important, but inexperienced farmers cannot determine when it begins. To sup...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,774 Views
11 Pages

6 September 2022

This paper introduces the Method of Microwave Rainfall Normalization (MMN) for the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) algorithm in its latest version (V05, algorithm version 8), released in December 2021. The method aims to mitigate th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
75 Citations
6,981 Views
24 Pages

Evaluation of GPM-Era Satellite Precipitation Products on the Southern Slopes of the Central Himalayas Against Rain Gauge Data

  • Shankar Sharma,
  • Yingying Chen,
  • Xu Zhou,
  • Kun Yang,
  • Xin Li,
  • Xiaolei Niu,
  • Xin Hu and
  • Nitesh Khadka

5 June 2020

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission provides high-resolution precipitation estimates globally. However, their accuracy needs to be accessed for algorithm enhancement and hydro-meteorological applications. This study applies data from 3...

  • Article
  • Open Access
42 Citations
7,836 Views
19 Pages

21 July 2016

Satellite-derived precipitation can be a potential source of forcing data for assessing water availability and managing water supply in mountainous regions of East Asia. This study investigates the hydrological utility of satellite-derived precipitat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
31 Citations
5,045 Views
23 Pages

Comprehensive Evaluation of Two Successive V3 and V4 IMERG Final Run Precipitation Products over Mainland China

  • Haigen Zhao,
  • Shengtian Yang,
  • Songcai You,
  • Yingchun Huang,
  • Qianfeng Wang and
  • Qiuwen Zhou

25 December 2017

The Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement Final Run (IMERGF) product has now been upgraded to Version 4 (V4), which has been available since March 2017. Therefore, it is desirable to evaluate the characteristic di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
44 Citations
4,341 Views
26 Pages

Component Analysis of Errors in Four GPM-Based Precipitation Estimations over Mainland China

  • Jianbin Su,
  • Haishen Lü,
  • Yonghua Zhu,
  • Xiaoyi Wang and
  • Guanghua Wei

6 September 2018

As the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory satellite continues its mission, the latest GPM-era satellite-based precipitation estimations, including Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) and Integrated Multi-satellitE R...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,536 Views
24 Pages

A Two-Step Approach to Blending GSMaP Satellite Rainfall Estimates with Gauge Observations over Australia

  • Zhi-Weng Chua,
  • Yuriy Kuleshov,
  • Andrew B. Watkins,
  • Suelynn Choy and
  • Chayn Sun

14 April 2022

An approach to developing a blended satellite-rainfall dataset over Australia that could be suitable for operational use is presented. In this study, Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) satellite precipitation estimates were blended wit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
57 Citations
7,437 Views
22 Pages

Assessment of GPM-Era Satellite Products’ (IMERG and GSMaP) Ability to Detect Precipitation Extremes over Mountainous Country Nepal

  • Bikash Nepal,
  • Dibas Shrestha,
  • Shankar Sharma,
  • Mandira Singh Shrestha,
  • Deepak Aryal and
  • Nitesh Shrestha

15 February 2021

The reliability of satellite precipitation products is important in climatic and hydro-meteorological studies, which is especially true in mountainous regions because of the lack of observations in these areas. Two recent satellite rainfall estimates...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,420 Views
27 Pages

6 August 2022

Precipitation, as an important component of the Earth’s water cycle, plays a determinant role in various socio-economic practices. Consequently, having access to high-quality and reliable precipitation datasets is highly demanded. Although Grid...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
5,196 Views
19 Pages

Precipitation Diurnal Cycle Assessment of Satellite-Based Estimates over Brazil

  • João Maria de Sousa Afonso,
  • Daniel Alejandro Vila,
  • Manoel Alonso Gan,
  • David Pareja Quispe,
  • Naurinete de Jesus da Costa Barreto,
  • Joao Henry Huamán Chinchay and
  • Rayana Santos Araujo Palharini

21 July 2020

The main objective of this study is to assess the ability of several high-resolution satellite-based precipitation estimates to represent the Precipitation Diurnal Cycle (PDC) over Brazil during the 2014–2018 period, after the launch of the Glo...

  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,960 Views
25 Pages

Comparative Analysis of Satellite-Based Rainfall Products for Drought Assessment in a Data-Poor Region

  • Hansini Gayanthika,
  • Dimuthu Lakshitha,
  • Manthika Chathuranga,
  • Gouri De Silva and
  • Jeewanthi Sirisena

Drought is one of the most impactful natural disasters, and it significantly impacts three main sectors of a country: the environment, society, and the economy. Therefore, drought assessment and monitoring are essential for reducing vulnerability and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,784 Views
25 Pages

25 April 2024

Satellite precipitation products (SPPs) are of great significance for water resource management and utilization in China; however, they suffer from considerable uncertainty. While numerous researchers have evaluated the accuracy of various SPPs, furt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
39 Citations
9,081 Views
18 Pages

Evaluation of Satellite-Derived Rainfall Estimates for an Extreme Rainfall Event over Uttarakhand, Western Himalayas

  • Bikash Ranjan Parida,
  • Sailesh N. Behera,
  • Oinam Bakimchandra,
  • Arvind Chandra Pandey and
  • Nilendu Singh

The extreme rainfall event during June 2013 in the Western Himalayas caused widespread flash floods, which triggered landslides, a lake-outburst, and debris flow. For the hydrological study of such an unexpected extreme event, it is essential to have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
4,062 Views
18 Pages

30 August 2022

Tropical cyclone (TC) rainfall is both a resource and a hazard in the Philippines. Observation of its spatiotemporal distribution is necessary for water and disaster mitigation management. This study evaluated the performance of two high-resolution s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
35 Citations
5,505 Views
20 Pages

Evaluation of Grid-Based Rainfall Products and Water Balances over the Mekong River Basin

  • Kha Dang Dinh,
  • Tran Ngoc Anh,
  • Nhu Y Nguyen,
  • Du Duong Bui and
  • Raghavan Srinivasan

8 June 2020

Gridded precipitation products (GPPs) with wide spatial coverage and easy accessibility are well recognized as a supplement to ground-based observations for various hydrological applications. The error properties of satellite rainfall products vary a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
4,944 Views
21 Pages

29 November 2019

Precipitation is a critical variable for comprehending various climate-related research, such as water resources management, flash flood monitoring and forecasting, climatic analyses, and hydrogeological studies, etc. Here, our objective was to evalu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
662 Views
25 Pages

31 December 2025

Satellite precipitation products serve as valuable global data sources for hydrological modeling, yet their applicability across different hydrological models remains insufficiently explored. The distributed physics-informed deep learning model (DPDL...

  • Technical Note
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,246 Views
12 Pages

28 October 2021

Within the Horizon 2020 Project WaterSENSE a modular approach was developed to provide different stakeholders with the required precipitation information. An operational high-quality rainfall grid was set up for the Namoi catchment in Australia based...

  • Article
  • Open Access
89 Citations
10,302 Views
18 Pages

7 March 2019

The performance of three satellite-based high-resolution gridded rainfall datasets, namely the gauge corrected Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP), Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG), and...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,494 Views
19 Pages

26 July 2021

This study proposes the use of satellite-based precipitation (SBP) products in combination with local rain gauges in Bolivia. Using this approach, the country was divided into three major hydrographic basins: the Altiplano, La Plata, and Amazon. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,055 Views
17 Pages

8 January 2021

This study assessed four near-real-time satellite precipitation products (NRT SPPs) of Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP)—NRT v6 (hereafter NRT6), NRT v7 (hereafter NRT7), Gauge-NRT v6 (hereafter GNRT6), and Gauge-NRT v7 (hereaft...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
3,281 Views
20 Pages

Evaluation of Six Satellite Precipitation Products over the Chinese Mainland

  • Zhenwei Liu,
  • Zhenhua Di,
  • Peihua Qin,
  • Shenglei Zhang and
  • Qian Ma

11 December 2022

Satellite precipitation products have been applied to many research fields due to their high spatial and temporal resolution. However, satellite inversion of precipitation is indirect, and different inversion algorithms limit the accuracy of the meas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
66 Citations
7,798 Views
16 Pages

Comparative Assessments of the Latest GPM Mission’s Spatially Enhanced Satellite Rainfall Products over the Main Bolivian Watersheds

  • Frédéric Satgé,
  • Alvaro Xavier,
  • Ramiro Pillco Zolá,
  • Yawar Hussain,
  • Franck Timouk,
  • Jérémie Garnier and
  • Marie-Paule Bonnet

13 April 2017

The new IMERG and GSMaP-v6 satellite rainfall estimation (SRE) products from the Global Precipitation Monitoring (GPM) mission have been available since January 2015. With a finer grid box of 0.1°, these products should provide more detailed informat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
7,419 Views
18 Pages

23 February 2021

This study investigates the applicability of Satellite Precipitation Products (SPPs) in near real-time for the simulation of sub-daily runoff in the Vilcanota River basin, located in the southeastern Andes of Peru. The data from rain gauge stations a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
58 Citations
7,915 Views
22 Pages

Evaluation of Gridded Precipitation Datasets in Malaysia

  • Afiqah Bahirah Ayoub,
  • Fredolin Tangang,
  • Liew Juneng,
  • Mou Leong Tan and
  • Jing Xiang Chung

12 February 2020

This study compares five readily available gridded precipitation satellite products namely: Climate Hazards Group Infrared Precipitation with Station Data (CHIRPS) at 0.05° and 0.25° resolution, Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Multi-Satel...

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
10,187 Views
25 Pages

Performance of High Resolution Satellite Rainfall Products over Data Scarce Parts of Eastern Ethiopia

  • Shimelis B. Gebere,
  • Tena Alamirew,
  • Broder J. Merkel and
  • Assefa M. Melesse

11 September 2015

Accurate estimation of rainfall in mountainous areas is necessary for various water resource-related applications. Though rain gauges accurately measure rainfall, they are rarely found in mountainous regions and satellite rainfall data can be used as...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,966 Views
20 Pages

Assessment of the Urban Extreme Precipitation by Satellite Estimates over Mainland China

  • Yu Li,
  • Bo Pang,
  • Ziqi Zheng,
  • Haoming Chen,
  • Dingzhi Peng,
  • Zhongfan Zhu and
  • Depeng Zuo

28 March 2023

The accurate estimation of urban extreme precipitation is essential for urban design and risk management, which is hard for developing countries, due to the fast urbanization and sparse rain gauges. Satellite precipitation products (SPPs) have emerge...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
3,153 Views
16 Pages

Adequacy of Near Real-Time Satellite Precipitation Products in Driving Flood Discharge Simulation in the Fuji River Basin, Japan

  • Li Zhou,
  • Mohamed Rasmy,
  • Kuniyoshi Takeuchi,
  • Toshio Koike,
  • Hemakanth Selvarajah and
  • Tianqi Ao

25 January 2021

Flood management is an important topic worldwide. Precipitation is the most crucial factor in reducing flood-related risks and damages. However, its adequate quality and sufficient quantity are not met in many parts of the world. Currently, near real...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,035 Views
27 Pages

24 August 2023

The accuracy of gridded precipitation products is uncertain in different temporal and spatial dimensions. Analyzing the applicability of precipitation products is a prerequisite before applying them to hydrometeorological and other related research....

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,683 Views
18 Pages

26 August 2022

This study proposes using Satellite-Based Precipitation (SBP) products and local rain gauge data to generate information on the daily precipitation product over Bolivia. The selected SBP products used were the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitatio...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
3,915 Views
22 Pages

16 October 2021

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the applicability of medium and long-term satellite rainfall estimation (SRE) precipitation products for drought monitoring over mainland China. Four medium and long-term (19 a) SREs, i.e., the Tropical Rainf...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,944 Views
20 Pages

16 October 2023

Satellite precipitation products (SPPs) have advanced remarkably in recent decades. However, the bias correction of SPPs still performs unsatisfactorily in the case of a limited rain-gauge network. This study proposes a new real-time bias correction...

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