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Assesment of Satellite and Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimates for Real Time Monitoring of Meteorological Extremes Over the Southeast of Iberian Peninsula

Version 1 : Received: 9 May 2018 / Approved: 9 May 2018 / Online: 9 May 2018 (15:37:29 CEST)

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Cánovas-García, F.; García-Galiano, S.; Alonso-Sarría, F. Assessment of Satellite and Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimates for Real Time Monitoring of Meteorological Extremes Over the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. Remote Sens. 2018, 10, 1023. Cánovas-García, F.; García-Galiano, S.; Alonso-Sarría, F. Assessment of Satellite and Radar Quantitative Precipitation Estimates for Real Time Monitoring of Meteorological Extremes Over the Southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. Remote Sens. 2018, 10, 1023.

Abstract

QPEs (Quantitative Precipitation Estimates) obtained from remote sensing or ground-based radars could complement or even be an alternative to rain gauge readings. However, to be used in operational applications, a validation process has to be carried out, usually by comparing their estimates with those of a rain gauges network. In this paper, the accuracy of two QPEs are evaluated for three extreme precipitation events in the last decade in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula. The first QPE is PERSIANN-CCS, a satellite-based QPE. The second is a meteorological radar with Doppler capabilities that works in the C band. Pixel-to-point comparisons are made between the values offered by the QPEs and those obtained by two networks of rain gauges. The results obtained indicate that both QPEs were well below the rain gauge values, especially in extreme rainfall time slots. There seems to be a weak linear association between the value of the discrepancies and the precipitation value of the QPEs. It does not seem that radar is more accurate than PERSIANN-CCS, despite its larger spatial resolution and its commonly higher effectiveness. The main conclusion is that neither PERSIANN-CCS nor radar, without empirical calibration, are acceptable QPEs for the real-time monitoring of meteorological extremes in the southeast of the Iberian Peninsula.

Keywords

Quantitative Precipitation Estimates; Validation; PERSIANN-CCS; meteorological radar; Satellite Rainfall Estimates

Subject

Environmental and Earth Sciences, Remote Sensing

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Received: 21 May 2018
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Received: 25 May 2018
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Received: 25 May 2018
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Comment: I'm sorry, but it doesn't work for Evince 3.18.2 neither Okular 0.24.2 over Xubuntu 16.04. However, the pdf viewer of Chrome works properly.

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