Research Article
On the Use of Threshold for the Ground Validation of Satellite Rain Rate
Table 1
Mean of satellite rain rate over the satellite bin
, mean of satellite rain rate at the location of rain gauges
, and the mean error
.
| | Threshold | | | |
| | 0.0 mm/hr | 2.683 | 2.721 | −0.037 | 0.5 mm/hr | 2.963 | 2.917 | 0.046 | 1.0 mm/hr | 3.156 | 3.166 | −0.009 | 1.5 mm/hr | 3.302 | 3.300 | 0.002 |
| | 0.0 mm/hr | 2.263 | 2.286 | −0.024 | 0.5 mm/hr | 2.830 | 2.858 | −0.028 | 1.0 mm/hr | 3.137 | 3.161 | −0.024 | 1.5 mm/hr | 3.296 | 3.315 | −0.019 |
| | 0.0 mm/hr | 1.995 | 2.067 | −0.072 | 0.5 mm/hr | 2.699 | 2.746 | −0.047 | 1.0 mm/hr | 3.005 | 3.019 | −0.014 | 1.5 mm/hr | 3.250 | 3.309 | −0.059 |
| | 0.0 mm/hr | 1.791 | 1.930 | −0.139 | 0.5 mm/hr | 2.645 | 2.729 | −0.084 | 1.0 mm/hr | 3.155 | 3.250 | −0.096 | 1.5 mm/hr | 3.521 | 3.443 | 0.077 |
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