Improved rain event detection in commercial microwave link time series via combination with MSG SEVIRI data
<p>The most reliable areal precipitation estimation is usually generated via combinations of different measurements. Path-averaged rainfall rates can be derived from commercial microwave links (CMLs), where attenuation of the emitted radiation is strongly related to rainfall rate. CMLs can be...
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| author | M. Graf A. Wagner J. Polz L. Lliso J. A. Lahuerta H. Kunstmann H. Kunstmann C. Chwala |
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| description | <p>The most reliable areal precipitation estimation is usually generated via combinations of different measurements. Path-averaged rainfall rates can be derived from commercial microwave links (CMLs), where attenuation of the emitted radiation is strongly related to rainfall rate. CMLs can be combined with data from other rainfall measurements or can be used individually. They are available almost worldwide and often represent the only opportunity for ground-based measurement in data-scarce regions. However, deriving rainfall estimates from CML data requires extensive data processing. The separation of the attenuation time series into rainy and dry periods (rain event detection) is the most important step in this processing and has a high impact on the resulting rainfall estimates. In this study, we investigate the suitability of Meteosat Second Generation Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (MSG SEVIRI) satellite data as an auxiliary-data-based (ADB) rain event detection method. We compare this method with two time-series-based (TSB) rain event detection methods. We used data from 3748 CMLs in Germany for 4 months in the summer of 2021 and data from the two SEVIRI-derived products PC and PC-Ph. We analyzed all rain event detection methods for different rainfall intensities, differences between day and night, and their influence on the performance of rainfall estimates from individual CMLs. The radar product RADKLIM-YW was used for validation. The results showed that both SEVIRI products are promising candidates for ADB rainfall detection, yielding only slightly worse results than the TSB methods, with the main advantage that the ADB method does not rely on extensive validation for different CML datasets. The main uncertainty of all methods was found for light rain. Slightly better results were obtained during the day than at night due to the reduced availability of SEVIRI channels at night. In general, the ADB methods led to improvements for CMLs performing comparatively weakly using TSB methods. Based on these results, combinations of ADB and TSB methods were developed by emphasizing their specific advantages. Compared to basic and advanced TSB methods, these combinations improved the Matthews correlation coefficient of the rain event detection from 0.49 (or 0.51) to 0.59 during the day and from 0.41 (or 0.50) to 0.55 during the night. Additionally, these combinations increased the number of true-positive classifications, especially for light rainfall compared to the TSB methods, and reduced the number of false negatives while only leading to a slight increase in false-positive classifications. Our results show that utilizing MSG SEVIRI data in CML data processing significantly increases the quality of the rain event detection step, in particular for CMLs which are challenging to process with TSB methods. While the improvement is useful even for applications in Germany, we see the main potential of using ADB methods in data-scarce regions like West Africa where extensive validation is not possible.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-57ea1db01f1947dd89bb3ca83d99c9882024-04-17T07:33:14ZengCopernicus PublicationsAtmospheric Measurement Techniques1867-13811867-85482024-04-01172165218210.5194/amt-17-2165-2024Improved rain event detection in commercial microwave link time series via combination with MSG SEVIRI dataM. Graf0A. Wagner1J. Polz2L. Lliso3J. A. Lahuerta4H. Kunstmann5H. Kunstmann6C. Chwala7Institute of Geography (IGUA), University of Augsburg, Alter Postweg 118, 86159 Augsburg, GermanyInstitute of Geography (IGUA), University of Augsburg, Alter Postweg 118, 86159 Augsburg, GermanyCampus Alpin (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyAgencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET Spain), Leonardo Prieto Castro 8, 28040 Madrid, SpainAgencia Estatal de Meteorología (AEMET Spain), Leonardo Prieto Castro 8, 28040 Madrid, SpainInstitute of Geography (IGUA), University of Augsburg, Alter Postweg 118, 86159 Augsburg, GermanyCampus Alpin (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GermanyCampus Alpin (IMK-IFU), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Kreuzeckbahnstraße 19, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany<p>The most reliable areal precipitation estimation is usually generated via combinations of different measurements. Path-averaged rainfall rates can be derived from commercial microwave links (CMLs), where attenuation of the emitted radiation is strongly related to rainfall rate. CMLs can be combined with data from other rainfall measurements or can be used individually. They are available almost worldwide and often represent the only opportunity for ground-based measurement in data-scarce regions. However, deriving rainfall estimates from CML data requires extensive data processing. The separation of the attenuation time series into rainy and dry periods (rain event detection) is the most important step in this processing and has a high impact on the resulting rainfall estimates. In this study, we investigate the suitability of Meteosat Second Generation Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (MSG SEVIRI) satellite data as an auxiliary-data-based (ADB) rain event detection method. We compare this method with two time-series-based (TSB) rain event detection methods. We used data from 3748 CMLs in Germany for 4 months in the summer of 2021 and data from the two SEVIRI-derived products PC and PC-Ph. We analyzed all rain event detection methods for different rainfall intensities, differences between day and night, and their influence on the performance of rainfall estimates from individual CMLs. The radar product RADKLIM-YW was used for validation. The results showed that both SEVIRI products are promising candidates for ADB rainfall detection, yielding only slightly worse results than the TSB methods, with the main advantage that the ADB method does not rely on extensive validation for different CML datasets. The main uncertainty of all methods was found for light rain. Slightly better results were obtained during the day than at night due to the reduced availability of SEVIRI channels at night. In general, the ADB methods led to improvements for CMLs performing comparatively weakly using TSB methods. Based on these results, combinations of ADB and TSB methods were developed by emphasizing their specific advantages. Compared to basic and advanced TSB methods, these combinations improved the Matthews correlation coefficient of the rain event detection from 0.49 (or 0.51) to 0.59 during the day and from 0.41 (or 0.50) to 0.55 during the night. Additionally, these combinations increased the number of true-positive classifications, especially for light rainfall compared to the TSB methods, and reduced the number of false negatives while only leading to a slight increase in false-positive classifications. Our results show that utilizing MSG SEVIRI data in CML data processing significantly increases the quality of the rain event detection step, in particular for CMLs which are challenging to process with TSB methods. While the improvement is useful even for applications in Germany, we see the main potential of using ADB methods in data-scarce regions like West Africa where extensive validation is not possible.</p>https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/17/2165/2024/amt-17-2165-2024.pdf |
| spellingShingle | M. Graf A. Wagner J. Polz L. Lliso J. A. Lahuerta H. Kunstmann H. Kunstmann C. Chwala Improved rain event detection in commercial microwave link time series via combination with MSG SEVIRI data Atmospheric Measurement Techniques |
| title | Improved rain event detection in commercial microwave link time series via combination with MSG SEVIRI data |
| title_full | Improved rain event detection in commercial microwave link time series via combination with MSG SEVIRI data |
| title_fullStr | Improved rain event detection in commercial microwave link time series via combination with MSG SEVIRI data |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improved rain event detection in commercial microwave link time series via combination with MSG SEVIRI data |
| title_short | Improved rain event detection in commercial microwave link time series via combination with MSG SEVIRI data |
| title_sort | improved rain event detection in commercial microwave link time series via combination with msg seviri data |
| url | https://amt.copernicus.org/articles/17/2165/2024/amt-17-2165-2024.pdf |
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