On the Use of Threshold for the Ground Validation of Satellite Rain Rate

Table 2

Mean of satellite rain rate over the satellite bin , mean of rain gauge rain rate , and the mean error .

	Threshold
	0.0 mm/hr	2.683	7.056	−4.373
	0.5 mm/hr	2.963	7.621	−4.658
	1.0 mm/hr	3.156	7.921	−4.764
	1.5 mm/hr	3.302	8.354	−5.052
	0.0 mm/hr	2.263	6.109	−3.847
	0.5 mm/hr	2.830	7.493	−4.663
	1.0 mm/hr	3.137	8.101	−4.963
	1.5 mm/hr	3.296	8.415	−5.119
	0.0 mm/hr	1.995	5.301	−3.306
	0.5 mm/hr	2.699	6.607	−3.908
	1.0 mm/hr	3.005	7.487	−4.482
	1.5 mm/hr	3.250	8.011	−4.761
	0.0 mm/hr	1.791	3.848	−2.057
	0.5 mm/hr	2.645	5.564	−2.920
	1.0 mm/hr	3.155	7.063	−3.908
	1.5 mm/hr	3.521	7.330	−3.810