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