Articles | Volume 11, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1921-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1921-2018
Research article
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06 Apr 2018
Research article |  | 06 Apr 2018

Validation of new satellite rainfall products over the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

Getachew Tesfaye Ayehu, Tsegaye Tadesse, Berhan Gessesse, and Tufa Dinku

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The intent of this research paper is to rigorously validate the performance of satellite rainfall products to be used for various operational applications in data-scarce regions of the Upper Blue Nile (UBN) basin in Ethiopia. It was found that satellite rainfall products could be used as an alternative source of rainfall data in areas with no or poor ground observations. Their reliable performance could make more appropriate for various functions in complex topographic areas of the UBN basin.