Evaluation of Long-Term SSM/I-Based Precipitation Records over Land
The record of global precipitation mapping using Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) measurements now extends over two decades. Similar measurements, albeit with different retrieval algorithms, are to be used in the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission as part of a constellation to map...
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| author | Entekhabi, Dara Alemohammad, Hamed McLaughlin, Dennis |
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| description | The record of global precipitation mapping using Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) measurements now extends over two decades. Similar measurements, albeit with different retrieval algorithms, are to be used in the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission as part of a constellation to map global precipitation with a more frequent data refresh rate. Remotely sensed precipitation retrievals are prone to both magnitude (precipitation intensity) and phase (position) errors. In this study, the ground-based radar precipitation product from the Next Generation Weather Radar stage-IV (NEXRAD-IV) product is used to evaluate a new metric of error in the long-term SSM/I-based precipitation records. The new metric quantifies the proximity of two multidimensional datasets. Evaluation of the metric across the years shows marked seasonality and precipitation intensity dependence. Drifts and changes in the instrument suite are also evident. Additionally, the precipitation retrieval errors conditional on an estimate of background surface soil moisture are estimated. The dynamic soil moisture can produce temporal variability in surface emissivity, which is a source of error in retrievals. Proper filtering has been applied in the analysis to differentiate between the detection error and the retrieval error. The identification of the different types of errors and their dependence on season, intensity, instrument, and surface conditions provide guidance to the development of improved retrieval algorithms for use in GPM constellation-based precipitation data products. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/968962022-09-27T18:36:13Z Evaluation of Long-Term SSM/I-Based Precipitation Records over Land Entekhabi, Dara Alemohammad, Hamed McLaughlin, Dennis Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Alemohammad, Hamed Entekhabi, Dara McLaughlin, Dennis The record of global precipitation mapping using Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) measurements now extends over two decades. Similar measurements, albeit with different retrieval algorithms, are to be used in the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission as part of a constellation to map global precipitation with a more frequent data refresh rate. Remotely sensed precipitation retrievals are prone to both magnitude (precipitation intensity) and phase (position) errors. In this study, the ground-based radar precipitation product from the Next Generation Weather Radar stage-IV (NEXRAD-IV) product is used to evaluate a new metric of error in the long-term SSM/I-based precipitation records. The new metric quantifies the proximity of two multidimensional datasets. Evaluation of the metric across the years shows marked seasonality and precipitation intensity dependence. Drifts and changes in the instrument suite are also evident. Additionally, the precipitation retrieval errors conditional on an estimate of background surface soil moisture are estimated. The dynamic soil moisture can produce temporal variability in surface emissivity, which is a source of error in retrievals. Proper filtering has been applied in the analysis to differentiate between the detection error and the retrieval error. The identification of the different types of errors and their dependence on season, intensity, instrument, and surface conditions provide guidance to the development of improved retrieval algorithms for use in GPM constellation-based precipitation data products. 2015-05-04T15:02:59Z 2015-05-04T15:02:59Z 2014-10 2014-06 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1525-755X 1525-7541 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/96896 Alemohammad, Seyed Hamed, Dara Entekhabi, and Dennis B. McLaughlin. “Evaluation of Long-Term SSM/I-Based Precipitation Records over Land.” Journal of Hydrometeorology 15, no. 5 (October 2014): 2012–2029. © 2014 American Meteorological Society https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5662-3643 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8362-4761 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/jhm-d-13-0171.1 Journal of Hydrometeorology Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. application/pdf American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society |
| spellingShingle | Entekhabi, Dara Alemohammad, Hamed McLaughlin, Dennis Evaluation of Long-Term SSM/I-Based Precipitation Records over Land |
| title | Evaluation of Long-Term SSM/I-Based Precipitation Records over Land |
| title_full | Evaluation of Long-Term SSM/I-Based Precipitation Records over Land |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of Long-Term SSM/I-Based Precipitation Records over Land |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of Long-Term SSM/I-Based Precipitation Records over Land |
| title_short | Evaluation of Long-Term SSM/I-Based Precipitation Records over Land |
| title_sort | evaluation of long term ssm i based precipitation records over land |
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