Evaluation of high-resolution precipitation estimates from satellites during July 2012 Beijing flood event using dense rain gauge observations.

Satellite-based precipitation estimates products, CMORPH and PERSIANN-CCS, were evaluated with a dense rain gauge network over Beijing and adjacent regions for an extremely heavy precipitation event on July 21 2012. CMORPH and PEERSIANN-CSS misplaced the region of greatest rainfall accumulation, and...

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Main Authors: Sheng Chen, Huijuan Liu, Yalei You, Esther Mullens, Junjun Hu, Ye Yuan, Mengyu Huang, Li He, Yongming Luo, Xingji Zeng, Guoqiang Tang, Yang Hong
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3972163?pdf=render