Discrepancies in Different Precipitation Data Products in the Bay of Bengal during Summer Monsoon Season

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Precipitation products</td><td align="center">2002 JJA</td><td align="center">2005 JJA</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">TRMM 3B43</td><td align="center">907.6</td><td align="center">899.9</td></tr><tr><td align="left">GPCP V1.2</td><td align="center">579.7</td><td align="center">561.7</td></tr><tr><td align="left">GPCP V2.2</td><td align="center">537.4</td><td align="center">516.8</td></tr><tr><td align="left">TRMM 3B40RT</td><td align="center">499.1</td><td align="center">551.2</td></tr><tr><td align="left">TRMM 3B41RT</td><td align="center">463.9</td><td align="center">435.3</td></tr><tr><td align="left">TRMM 3B42RT</td><td align="center">777.5</td><td align="center">853.7</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

The precipitation amount (mm month<sup>−1</sup>) over 92°-93°E, 19°–21°N in JJA of 2002 and 2005.

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Table 1: Discrepancies in Different Precipitation Data Products in the Bay of Bengal during Summer Monsoon Season 