Differences in Global Precipitation Regimes between Land and Ocean Areas Based on the GPM IMERG Product
Climate change research has received increasing attention from both researchers and the public, and the analysis of precipitation is one of the most important topics in this field. As a supplement to gauge observations, satellite-derived precipitation data present advantages, as they have high spati...
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| description | Climate change research has received increasing attention from both researchers and the public, and the analysis of precipitation is one of the most important topics in this field. As a supplement to gauge observations, satellite-derived precipitation data present advantages, as they have high spatiotemporal resolution and good continuity. The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission is the newest generation of precipitation measurement products designed to conduct quasi-global satellite observations. This study used the latest Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM data collected between 2001 and 2020 to analyze changes in precipitation amount, frequency, and intensity on global land and ocean surfaces. The results showed that precipitation intensity over the ocean was generally higher than on land, and the two were more similar at the hourly scale than at the daily scale, as shown by the JS divergence statistics: 0.0323 and 0.0461, respectively. This may be due to the thermodynamic differences between land and the ocean, which can accumulate over a longer time scale. The average number of annual precipitation hours and days increased by 50 h and 5 days during 2011–2020 compared with the previous decade. The absence of obvious changes in annual precipitation amounts led to a decrease in annual precipitation intensity and the weakening of extreme precipitation on land. The analysis of precipitation regimes in nine mainland regions of the globe showed a significant increasing trend for both hourly and daily precipitation in North Asia, while insignificant changes or even decreasing trends were detected in the other regions. The results of this study elucidated the variations in precipitation between land and ocean areas and can contribute to the understanding of global precipitation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f226af9780f84653899eb8c471c4c2a12023-11-19T08:45:32ZengMDPI AGRemote Sensing2072-42922023-08-011517417910.3390/rs15174179Differences in Global Precipitation Regimes between Land and Ocean Areas Based on the GPM IMERG ProductPengfei Lv0Hongfei Hao1Guocan Wu2State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Resource Ecology, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, ChinaClimate change research has received increasing attention from both researchers and the public, and the analysis of precipitation is one of the most important topics in this field. As a supplement to gauge observations, satellite-derived precipitation data present advantages, as they have high spatiotemporal resolution and good continuity. The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission is the newest generation of precipitation measurement products designed to conduct quasi-global satellite observations. This study used the latest Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM data collected between 2001 and 2020 to analyze changes in precipitation amount, frequency, and intensity on global land and ocean surfaces. The results showed that precipitation intensity over the ocean was generally higher than on land, and the two were more similar at the hourly scale than at the daily scale, as shown by the JS divergence statistics: 0.0323 and 0.0461, respectively. This may be due to the thermodynamic differences between land and the ocean, which can accumulate over a longer time scale. The average number of annual precipitation hours and days increased by 50 h and 5 days during 2011–2020 compared with the previous decade. The absence of obvious changes in annual precipitation amounts led to a decrease in annual precipitation intensity and the weakening of extreme precipitation on land. The analysis of precipitation regimes in nine mainland regions of the globe showed a significant increasing trend for both hourly and daily precipitation in North Asia, while insignificant changes or even decreasing trends were detected in the other regions. The results of this study elucidated the variations in precipitation between land and ocean areas and can contribute to the understanding of global precipitation.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/17/4179precipitation intensityextreme precipitationGPMIMERG |
| spellingShingle | Pengfei Lv Hongfei Hao Guocan Wu Differences in Global Precipitation Regimes between Land and Ocean Areas Based on the GPM IMERG Product Remote Sensing precipitation intensity extreme precipitation GPM IMERG |
| title | Differences in Global Precipitation Regimes between Land and Ocean Areas Based on the GPM IMERG Product |
| title_full | Differences in Global Precipitation Regimes between Land and Ocean Areas Based on the GPM IMERG Product |
| title_fullStr | Differences in Global Precipitation Regimes between Land and Ocean Areas Based on the GPM IMERG Product |
| title_full_unstemmed | Differences in Global Precipitation Regimes between Land and Ocean Areas Based on the GPM IMERG Product |
| title_short | Differences in Global Precipitation Regimes between Land and Ocean Areas Based on the GPM IMERG Product |
| title_sort | differences in global precipitation regimes between land and ocean areas based on the gpm imerg product |
| topic | precipitation intensity extreme precipitation GPM IMERG |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-4292/15/17/4179 |
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