Research Article

Systematic Evaluation of Satellite-Based Rainfall Products over the Brahmaputra Basin for Hydrological Applications

Table 3

Daily error statistics of satellite rainfall on July 8, 2004.

ParameterJuly 8, 2004 (G-G)
CPC-RFE2.0RFE2.0-ModifiedCMORPHGSMaPTRMM 3B42

MAE (mm/day)1812181918
RMSE (mm/day)3724323633
0.30.80.60.40.5
Mbias0.530.950.530.50.83
POD0.990.990.740.910.92
FAR00000

MAE: mean absolute error; RMSE: root mean square error; : correlation coefficient; Mbias: multiplicative bias; POD: probability of detection; FAR: false alarm ratio.
Note: bold indicates best value among the five products.