HOAPS and ERA-Interim precipitation over the sea: validation  against shipboard in situ measurements

Bumke, Karl; König-Langlo, Gert; Kinzel, Julian; Schröder, Marc

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2409-2016

Articles | Volume 9, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2409-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-9-2409-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 9, issue 5

Research article

|

01 Jun 2016

Research article |

| 01 Jun 2016

HOAPS and ERA-Interim precipitation over the sea: validation against shipboard in situ measurements

Karl Bumke, Gert König-Langlo, Julian Kinzel, and Marc Schröder

Data sets

Precipitation over sea: Validation against shipboard in-situ measurements Bumke, Karl; König-Langlo, Gert; Kinzel, Julian; Schröder, Marc https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.858657

Short summary

Satellite-derived HOAPS and ERA-Interim reanalysis data were validated against shipboard precipitation measurements. Results show that HOAPS detects the frequency of precipitation well, while ERA-Interim strongly overestimates it, especially at low latitudes. However, HOAPS underestimates precipitation rates, while ERA-Interim's Atlantic-wide precipitation rate is close to measurements. ERA-Interim strongly overestimates it in the intertropical convergence zone and southern subtropics.