Journal article
Evaluation of IMERG Satellite Precipitation over the Land-Coast-Ocean Continuum. Part I: Detection
Journal of hydrometeorology, Vol.22(11), pp.2843-2859
11/01/2021
DOI: 10.1175/JHM-D-21-0058.1
Abstract
As a fundamental water flux, quantitative understanding of precipitation is important to understand and manage water systems under a changing climate, especially in transition regions such as the coastal interface between land and ocean. This work aims to assess the uncertainty in precipitation detection over the land-coast-ocean continuum in the Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) V06B product. It is examined over three coastal regions of the United States-the West Coast, the Gulf of Mexico, and the East Coast, all of which are characterized by different topographies and precipitation climatologies. Detection capabilities are contrasted over different surfaces (land, coast, and ocean). A novel and integrated approach traces the IMERG detection performance back to its components (passive microwave, infrared, and morphing-based estimates). The analysis is performed by using highresolution, high-quality Ground Validation Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (GV-MRMS) rainfall estimates as ground reference. The best detection performances are reported with PMW estimates (hit rates in the range [25%-39%]), followed by morphing ([20%-34%]), morphing1IR ([17%-27%]) and IR ([11%-16%]) estimates. Precipitation formation mechanisms play an important role, especially in the West Coast where orographic processes challenge detection. Further, precipitation typology is shown to be a strong driver of IMERG detection. Over the ocean, IMERG detection is generally better but suffers from false alarms ([10%-53%]). Overall, IMERG displays nonhomogeneous precipitation detection capabilities tracing back to its components. Results point toward a similar behavior across various land-coast-ocean continuum regions of the CONUS, which suggests that results can be potentially transferred to other coastal regions of the world.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Evaluation of IMERG Satellite Precipitation over the Land-Coast-Ocean Continuum. Part I: Detection
- Creators
- Yagmur Derin - University of OklahomaPierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter - University of OklahomaJonathan J. Gourley - NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of hydrometeorology, Vol.22(11), pp.2843-2859
- DOI
- 10.1175/JHM-D-21-0058.1
- ISSN
- 1525-755X
- eISSN
- 1525-7541
- Publisher
- Amer Meteorological Soc
- Number of pages
- 17
- Grant note
- NNX16AL23G; 901074 / NASA; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) 80NSSC19K0681 / NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions program NNX16AL23G / NASA Global Precipitation Measurement Ground Validation program
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 11/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984944741402771
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