Evaluation of TRMM 3B42V7 product on extreme precipitation measurements over peninsular Malaysia

Jacquoelyne Paska; Alvin M. S. Lau; Mou Leong Tan; Kok Chooi Tan

doi:10.1117/12.2278185

2 November 2017 Evaluation of TRMM 3B42V7 product on extreme precipitation measurements over peninsular Malaysia

Jacquoelyne Paska, Alvin M. S. Lau, Mou Leong Tan, Kok Chooi Tan

Proceedings Volume 10421, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XIX; 104210D (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2278185
Event: SPIE Remote Sensing, 2017, Warsaw, Poland

Abstract

Climate variability has become a matter worth our attention as this issue has unveiled to the extreme water-related disasters such as flood and drought. Increments in heavy precipitation have happened over the past century and future climate scenarios show that it may alter the recurrence, timing, force, and length of these occasions. Satellite precipitation products (SPPs) could be used as representation of precipitation over a large region. This could be useful for the monitoring of the precipitation pattern as well as extreme events. Nevertheless, application of these products in monitoring extreme precipitation is still limited because insufficiency of quality assessment. This study aims to evaluate the performance of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) 3B42V7 product in capturing the behavior of extreme precipitation events over Peninsular Malaysia from 2000 to 2015. Four extreme precipitation indices, in two general categories of absolute threshold (R10mm, R20mm and R50mm) and maximum (Rx1d) indices that recommended by the Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) were used. General evaluation has shown that the TRMM 3B42V7 product performed good on the measurements of monthly and annual precipitation. In the respect of extreme precipitation measurements, weak to moderate positive correlations were found between the TRMM 3B42 product and rain gauges over Peninsular Malaysia. The TRMM 3B42V7 product overestimated the R10mm and R20mm indices, while an underestimation was found for the R50mm and Rx1d indices.

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Jacquoelyne Paska, Alvin M. S. Lau, Mou Leong Tan, and Kok Chooi Tan "Evaluation of TRMM 3B42V7 product on extreme precipitation measurements over peninsular Malaysia", Proc. SPIE 10421, Remote Sensing for Agriculture, Ecosystems, and Hydrology XIX, 104210D (2 November 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2278185

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