Performance Evaluation of IMERG GPM Products during Tropical Storm Imelda

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dc.contributor.authorSakib, Salman
dc.contributor.authorGhebreyesus, Dawit
dc.contributor.authorSharif, Hatim O.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-24T14:11:04Z
dc.date.available2021-06-24T14:11:04Z
dc.date.issued2021-05-27
dc.date.updated2021-06-24T14:11:04Z
dc.description.abstractTropical Storm Imelda struck the southeast coastal regions of Texas from 17–19 September, 2019, and delivered precipitation above 500 mm over about 6000 km2. The performance of the three IMERG (Early-, Late-, and Final-run) GPM satellite-based precipitation products was evaluated against Stage-IV radar precipitation estimates. Basic and probabilistic statistical metrics, such as CC, RSME, RBIAS, POD, FAR, CSI, and PSS were employed to assess the performance of the IMERG products. The products captured the event adequately, with a fairly high POD value of 0.9. The best product (Early-run) showed an average correlation coefficient of 0.60. The algorithm used to produce the Final-run improved the quality of the data by removing systematic errors that occurred in the near-real-time products. Less than 5 mm RMSE error was experienced in over three-quarters (ranging from 73% to 76%) of the area by all three IMERG products in estimating the Tropical Storm Imelda. The Early-run product showed a much better RBIAS relatively to the Final-run product. The overall performance was poor, as areas with an acceptable range of RBIAS (i.e., between −10% and 10%) in all the three IMERG products were only 16% to 17% of the total area. Overall, the Early-run product was found to be better than Late- and Final-run.
dc.description.departmentCivil and Environmental Engineering, and Construction Management
dc.identifierdoi: 10.3390/atmos12060687
dc.identifier.citationAtmosphere 12 (6): 687 (2021)
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12588/624
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 United States
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectsatellite data
dc.subjectGPM
dc.subjectIMERG
dc.subjectradar
dc.subjectImelda
dc.subjectrainfall estimates
dc.subjectprecipitation
dc.subjectremote sensing
dc.subjectperformance evaluation
dc.titlePerformance Evaluation of IMERG GPM Products during Tropical Storm Imelda
dc.typeArticle

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