Evaluation of high-resolution satellite precipitation products using rain gauge observations over the Tibetan Plateau by Y. C. Gao, M. F. Liu

“…The four satellite-based precipitation data sets are: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis 3B42 version 6 (TMPA) and its Real Time version (TMPART), Climate Prediction Center Morphing Technique (CMOPRH) and Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neural Network (PERSIANN). …”
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Suitability of TRMM Products with Different Temporal Resolution (3-Hourly, Daily, and Monthly) for Rainfall Erosivity Estimation by Xianghu Li, Zhen Li, Yaling Lin

“…The application of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) rainfall products to deal with RE estimation has not received much attention. …”
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Comparison of rainfall estimations by TRMM 3B42, MPEG and CFSR with ground-observed data for the Lake Tana basin in Ethiopia by A. W. Worqlul, B. Maathuis, A. A. Adem, S. S. Demissie, S. Langan, T. S. Steenhuis

“…The three products are the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) product (3B42), Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimate–Geostationary (MPEG) and the Climate Forecast System Reanalysis (CFSR). …”
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Physics-Informed Data-Driven Model for Predicting Streamflow: A Case Study of the Voshmgir Basin, Iran by Peiman Parisouj, Esmaiil Mokari, Hamid Mohebzadeh, Hamid Goharnejad, Changhyun Jun, Jeill Oh, Sayed M. Bateni

“…Rainfall-runoff data from 2002 to 2007 were collected from the tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM) satellite and the Iran water resources management company. …”
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Customization and Validation of a Regional Climate Model Using Satellite Data Over East Africa by Masilin Gudoshava, Fredrick H. M. Semazzi

“…The East Africa region and Lake Victoria Basin region are adapted to carry out empirical orthogonal function analysis, during the Short and Long Rains. Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission data was utilized in the validation of the model. …”
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Improving Rainfall Erosivity Estimates Using Merged TRMM and Gauge Data by Hongfen Teng, Ziqiang Ma, Adrian Chappell, Zhou Shi, Zongzheng Liang, Wu Yu

“…Here we present a methodology that merges daily rain gauge measurements and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42 data using collocated cokriging (ColCOK) to quantify the spatial distribution of rainfall and thereby to estimate rainfall erosivity across China. …”
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Detection of Spatial Rainfall Variation over the Andean Region Demonstrated by Satellite-Based Observations by Dibas Shrestha, Shankar Sharma, Rocky Talchabhadel, Rashila Deshar, Kalpana Hamal, Nitesh Khadka, Kenji Nakamura

“…In this study, characteristics of austral summer (December–February) precipitation are analyzed using 17-year (1998–2014) high-spatial-resolution (0.05° × 0.05°) data obtained from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) over the Andean region focusing on topographic impact. …”
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Does the GPM mission improve the systematic error component in satellite rainfall estimates over TRMM? An evaluation at a pan-India scale by H. Beria, T. Nanda, D. Singh Bisht, C. Chatterjee

“…The last couple of decades have seen the outburst of a number of satellite-based precipitation products with Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) as the most widely used for hydrologic applications. …”
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Near‐real‐time spatiotemporal analysis of convection and extreme rainfall leading to a flash flood using MSG‐SEVIRI and TRMM data: A case study of a flash flood in Jeddah, Saudi Ar... by Rana Muhammad Atif, Muhammad Haroon Siddiqui, Mansour Almazroui

“…Meteosat Second Generation Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (MSG‐SEVIRI) based near‐real‐time MSG‐RGB (red, green, blue) composites and cloud top temperature images are used for the assessment of convection stages during the event. Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data is used to quantify the rainfall amount and found reliable as compared with ground observations. …”
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The Annual Cycle of Air-Sea Fluxes in the Northwest Tropical Atlantic by Sebastien P. Bigorre, Albert J. Plueddemann

“…Products from the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) are also used for comparison. …”
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On the extreme rainfall events during the southwest monsoon season in northeast regions of the Indian subcontinent by Hamza Varikoden, J.V. Revadekar

“…Therefore, the characteristics of rainfall extremes during the southwest monsoon over the NEI, their evolution and dissipation features, are discussed using rainfall data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42 V7 and the Climate Prediction Center for 16 years from 2000 to 2015. …”
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SNOW ALBEDO REDUCTION IN CENTRAL ANDES BY ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS: CASE STUDY ON THE TUNUYÁN BASIN (ARGENTINA) by S. E. Puliafito, T. Bolaño Ortiz, R. Pascual, A. Lopez-Noreña, L. Berná

“…To demonstrate this possibility, we correlate SA with daily data of snow cover (SC), aerosol optical depth (AOD) and land surface temperature (LST) available from the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board NASA Terra satellite during 2000–2016, and other derived parameters such as days after albedo (DAS) and snow precipitation (SP) from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). We used satellite pixels with 100% snow cover to obtain monthly average value of SA, LST, AOD, DAS and SP performing multiple regression analysis. …”
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Radar adjusted data versus modelled precipitation: a case study over Cyprus by M. Casaioli, S. Mariani, S. Mariani, C. Accadia, C. Accadia, M. Gabella, S. Michaelides, A. Speranza, N. Tartaglione

“…In this case, the Precipitation Radar aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite was used to adjust the ground-based radar data with a two-parameter scheme. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variability of Lightning Activity over the Railway Network in Sri Lanka with Special Attention to the Proposed Suburban Railway Electrification Network by Uruvitiya Gamage Dilaj Maduranga, Mahesh Edirisinghe, Niranga Alahacoon, Manjula Ranagalage

“…This study is oriented towards the investigation of the spatiotemporal variability of the lightning activity over the railway network in Sri Lanka using -lightning data from 1998 to 2014 that were downloaded from the database of Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) onboard NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). The study has also been extended to study the lightning activity over the proposed suburban railway electrification network. …”
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A Framework for Studying Hydrology-Driven Landslide Hazards in Northwestern US Using Satellite InSAR, Precipitation and Soil Moisture Observations: Early Results and Future Directi... by Zhong Lu, Jinwoo Kim

“…This paper reviews existing literature to outline a framework to study the linkage between precipitation and landslide hazards over the northwestern US using satellite remote sensing techniques including interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) methods, Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite precipitation products, and Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite soil moisture data, along with correlation analysis and numerical modeling. …”
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Spatial distribution of temporal precipitation contrasts in South Africa by Christina M. Botai, Joel O. Botai, Abiodun M. Adeola

“…The focus of the present study was to investigate the spatial-temporal variability and trends of precipitation concentration across South Africa using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42 version 7 satellite precipitation data sets spanning 1998–2015. …”
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Synoptic Climatology of Subtropical Cyclone Impacts on Near‐Surface Winds Over the South Atlantic Basin by Andressa A. Cardoso, Rosmeri P. daRocha, Natália M. Crespo

“…For the period 1979–2015, the analysis used two reanalysis data (ERA5 and Climate Forecast System Reanalysis [CFSR]) and estimated precipitation from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) considering the extended warm (from September to February) and cold (from March to August) seasons. …”
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Monthly Streamflow Prediction by Metaheuristic Regression Approaches Considering Satellite Precipitation Data by Mojtaba Mehraein, Aadhityaa Mohanavelu, Sujay Raghavendra Naganna, Christoph Kulls, Ozgur Kisi

“…Monthly streamflow data from three measuring stations in Turkey and satellite rainfall data derived from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) were used as inputs to the models to predict 1 month ahead streamflow. …”
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Fusion of Multi-Satellite Data and Artificial Neural Network for Predicting Total Discharge by Jae Young Seo, Sang-Il Lee

“…Terrestrial water storage changes (TWSC) of the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellite, precipitation of the tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM), and soil moisture storage and average temperature of the global land data assimilation system (GLDAS) models are used as ANN model input data. …”
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An Investigation into the Future Changes in Onset and Cessation of Rain and Their Variability over the Aswa Catchment, Uganda by Michael Iwadra, P. T. Odirile, B. P. Parida, D. B. Moalafhi

“…The Aswa catchment has limited rainfall data; therefore, use of secondary datasets from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) is considered in this study, based on the close correlation of the recorded and TRMM rainfall. …”
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