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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5055-2019
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Research article
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20 Sep 2019
Research article |
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| 20 Sep 2019
Evaluation of GPM-DPR precipitation estimates with WegenerNet gauge data
Martin Lasser
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Meteorology/Institute of Physics (IGAM/IP), NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
now at: Astronomical Institute, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Sungmin O
Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Meteorology/Institute of Physics (IGAM/IP), NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
FWF-DK Climate Change, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
now at: Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Jena, Germany
Ulrich Foelsche
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Institute for Geophysics, Astrophysics, and Meteorology/Institute of Physics (IGAM/IP), NAWI Graz, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
FWF-DK Climate Change, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change (WEGC), University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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Short summary
This paper evaluates the rain rate estimates from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's radar instrument by comparing them to the data of the WegenerNet, a local-scale high-resolution network of meteorological stations. Our results show that the GPM-DPR estimates basically match with the WegenerNet measurements, but absolute quantities are biased.
This paper evaluates the rain rate estimates from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM)...
