Research Article

Evaluation of Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation Project Daily Precipitation Estimates over the Chinese Mainland

Table 1

Contingency table for comparing gauge-based analysis and satellite estimates. The threshold used for rain/no-rain discrimination is 1.0 mm/day.

Gauge ≥ thresholdGauge < threshold

Satellite ≥ thresholdHitsFalse alarms
Satellite < thresholdMissesCorrect negatives