Research Article

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

Table 4

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

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

MAE (mm/day)1813141715
RMSE (mm/day)2717212623
0.30.80.70.50.6
Mbias0.611.040.580.580.94
POD110.770.950.95
FAR0.020.020.020.020

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.