Evaluation of TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis in the Yangtze River Basin with a Typical Monsoon Climate

Table 2

The correlation coefficient between the TMPA products and observed precipitation of 8 tributaries of the Yangtze River.

Tributaries (elevation, m)	Taihu Lake (22)	Poyang Lake (137)	Dongting Lake (287)	Han River (480)	Jialing River (484)	Wujiang River (1011)	Mintuo River (1670)	Jinsha River (2713)
RTV6	0.51	0.62	0.60	0.61	0.63	0.61	0.54	0.48
V6	0.63	0.68	0.69	0.68	0.70	0.69	0.64	0.61
RTV7	0.61	0.70	0.69	0.66	0.69	0.68	0.61	0.57
V7	0.65	0.69	0.70	0.70	0.72	0.71	0.65	0.63