Validation of TRMM 3B42 V6 for estimation of mean annual rainfall over ungauged area in semiarid climate by Akbari, Abolghasem, Daryabor, Farshid, Azizan, Abu Samah, Fanodi, Mohsen

“…This research compares data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission 3B42 V6 with data obtained from 19 synoptic rain gauges during the period 1998–2010 over the semiarid climate of Khorasan Razavi, Iran. …”
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Occurrence of meridional and easterly surges and their impact on Malaysian rainfall during the northeast monsoon: a climatology study by Fadila Jasmin Fakaruddin, Weng Sang Yip, Jeong Yik Diong, Ambun Dindang, Nursalleh K. Chang, Muhammad Helmi Abdullah

“…The impact of these surges on rainfall in the Malaysian region was investigated by using the rainfall data from the meteorological stations of the Malaysian Meteorological Department and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. The results showed that the MS plays an important role in modulating heavy rainfall in the early season over the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. …”
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The Influence of Madden–Julian Oscillation on Local-Scale Phenomena over Indonesia during the Western North Pacific and Australian Monsoon Phases by Ida Pramuwardani, Hartono Hartono, Sunarto Sunarto, Ardhasena Sopaheluwakan

“…This research uses a dataset of 15-year series of daily and three-hourly Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) (3B42 V7 derived) measurements, 850 hPa zonal wind measurements from 30-year reanalysis data from the ERA-Interim reanalysis dataset, and a 15-year series of 12-hourly observational soundings data from seven stations of the Indonesian Meteorological Climatological and Geophysical Agency (BMKG).…”
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Evaluation of Satellite Precipitation Products for Hydrological Modeling in the Brazilian Cerrado Biome by Jhones da S. Amorim, Marcelo R. Viola, Rubens Junqueira, Vinicius A. de Oliveira, Carlos R. de Mello

“…Local data from ground observations were used as a reference for evaluating the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) and Integrated Multi-Satellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG). …”
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Assessment of an Alternative Climate Product for Hydrological Modeling: A Case Study of the Danjiang River Basin, China by Yiwei Guo, Wenfeng Ding, Wentao Xu, Xiudi Zhu, Xiekang Wang, Wenjian Tang

“…Three precipitation products, i.e., rain gauge observations (RO), the China Meteorological Assimilation Driving Datasets for the SWAT model (CMADS), and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Multi-satellite (TRMM) products, were used to develop the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model to simulate the streamflow in the Danjiang River Basin (DRB). …”
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Examination of the Daily Cycle Wind Vector Modes of Variability from the Constellation of Microwave Scatterometers and Radiometers by Francis Joseph Turk, Svetla Hristova-Veleva, Donata Giglio

“…In this manuscript, the tropical diurnal wind variability is examined with microwave radiometer-derived winds from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM), merged with RapidScat and other scatterometer data. …”
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Assessing variability and long-term trends in burned area by merging multiple satellite fire products by L. Giglio, J. T. Randerson, G. R. van der Werf, P. S. Kasibhatla, G. J. Collatz, D. C. Morton, R. S. DeFries

“…Cross-calibration with fire observations from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) and the Along-Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) allowed the data set to be extended prior to the MODIS era. …”
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A new estimate for oceanic precipitation amount and distribution using complementary precipitation observations from space and comparison with GPCP by Ali Behrangi, Yang Song

“…The Merged CloudSat, Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), and Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) (MCTG) estimate uses light rainfall and snowfall estimates from CloudSat and merges them with the combined radar-radiometer products available from the TRMM and the GPM mission. …”
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Evaluation of satellite rainfall estimates using PERSIANN-CDR and TRMM over three critical cells in Jordan by Mohanned Al-Sheriadeh, Anas Riyad Al-Sharman

“…To improve our understanding of SREs, this study evaluated the long-term performance of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and PERSIANN-CDR by analyzing their spatiotemporal patterns. …”
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Evaluation of Seasonal, Drought, and Wet Condition Effects on Performance of Satellite-Based Precipitation Data over Different Climatic Conditions in Iran by Salman Qureshi, Javad Koohpayma, Mohammad Karimi Firozjaei, Ata Abdollahi Kakroodi

“…The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) are the most important and widely used data sources in several applications—e.g., forecasting drought and flood, and managing water resources—especially in the areas with sparse or no other robust sources. …”
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Evaluation of Rainfall Forecasts by Three Mesoscale Models during the Mei-Yu Season of 2008 in Taiwan. Part III: Application of an Object-Oriented Verification Method by Chung-Chieh Wang, Sahana Paul, Dong-In Lee

“…Against a merged dataset from ~400 rain gauges in Taiwan and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data in the 2008 season, the object-based analysis is carried out to complement the subjective analysis in a parallel study. …”
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Accuracy of CHIRPS Satellite-Rainfall Products over Mainland China by Lei Bai, Chunxiang Shi, Lanhai Li, Yanfen Yang, Jing Wu

“…The limitations for CHIRPS result from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42 estimates’ accuracy and valid spatial coverage.…”
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O Tradicional ou o Moderno? Uma Visão da Informação da Rede de Estações Meteorológicas Brasileiras by Paolo Ramoni Perazzi, Marcelo Passamani, Dirk Thielen, Carlos Padovani

“…Foi avaliada a exatidão da localização das estações (coordenadas geográficas) fornecida pelo Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia (INMET), foi comparada gráfica e estatisticamente a informação fornecida por estações homônimas, foi correlacionada esta informação com variáveis independentes (elevação e latitude no caso das temperaturas e informação de satélite da Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission -TRMM 3B43- no caso da precipitação), e foi avaliada a consistência da informação fornecida pelas estações comparada com os dados das cinco estações geograficamente mais próximas, através de interpolações espaciais baseadas em distancias inversas ponderadas sob um esquema de Jaccknife. …”
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Improved understanding of an extreme rainfall event at the Himalayan foothills – a case study using COSMO by Prabhakar Shrestha, Ashok Priyadarshan Dimri, Annika Schomburg, Clemens Simmer

“…An analysis of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)-gridded rainfall data shows that events with an exceedance probability of 1.6% for 200 mm/d rainfall are common over this region during the monsoon season. …”
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Differentiated Effects of Urbanization on Precipitation in South China by Lingli Fan, Guangya Zhang, Jianjun Xu

“…In this paper, precipitation data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), together with atmospheric reanalysis data, are employed to identify warm-season precipitation (1998–2014) changes and their association with rapid urbanization in south China. …”
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The surface thermal signature and air–sea coupling over the Agulhas rings propagating in the South Atlantic Ocean interior by J. M. A. C. Souza, B. Chapron, E. Autret

“…The surface signature of Agulhas rings propagating across the South Atlantic Ocean is observed based on three independent data sets: Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System/Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) (TMI/AMSR-E) satellite sea surface temperature, Argo profiling floats and a merged winds product derived from scatterometer observations and reanalysis results. …”
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Active and break spells of summer monsoon over Bangladesh by Zannatul Ferdoushi, D.A. Quadir, S.M. Quamrul Hassan

“…The model-simulated daily rainfall, Sea Level Pressure (SLP), wind pattern at 850 hPa, 200 hPa, and Outgoing Longwave Radiation (OLR) are compared with the observations from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), ERA5 (ERA5 is the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts fifth-gen global atmospheric reanalysis data), and Kalpana-1. …”
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From TRMM to GPM: How Reliable Are Satellite-Based Precipitation Data across Nigeria? by Pius Nnamdi Nwachukwu, Frederic Satge, Samira El Yacoubi, Sebastien Pinel, Marie-Paule Bonnet

“…The assessment also showed that the reliability of integrated multi-satellite retrievals for Global Precipitation Mission (IMERG) products was consistent with that of their predecessor Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) multi-satellite precipitation analysis (TMPA). …”
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Flood Hazard Analysis Based on Rainfall Fusion: A Case Study in Dazhou City, China by Lingxue Liu, Li Zhou, Tianqi Ao, Xing Liu, Xiaolong Shu

“…This study conducts four rainfall fusion methods, to fuse the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42 and the observations in Dazhou City, China. …”
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Hydrologic Simulations Driven by Satellite Rainfall to Study the Hydroelectric Development Impacts on River Flow by Tuan B. Le, Farhan H. Al-Juaidi, Hatim Sharif

“…The analysis is based on hydrologic and sediment transport simulations by the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) model driven by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42V6 rainfall data, from January 2003 through December 2010. …”
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