Research Article
Evaluation of High-Resolution Multisatellite and Reanalysis Rainfall Products over East Africa
Table 1
Summary of the satellite-based and reanalysis rainfall products used in this study.
| Rainfall product | Abbreviation | Retrieval method | Data used |
| TMPA | 3B42V7 | MW + IR + gauge observation | 2000 to 2013 | 3B42RT | MW + IR | 2001 to 2013 |
| CMORH | CM | MW + gauge observation | 2000 to 2013 | CM-unadj | MW | 2000 to 2013 |
| PERSSIAN | PN | IR + gauge observation | 2001 to 2010 | PN-unadj | IR | 2001 to 2013 |
| Reanalysis | ERAI-unadj | ECMWF reanalysis | 2000 to 2013 | ERAI | ECMWF reanalysis + gauge observation | 2000 to 2013 | MSWEP | Reanalysis + SPEs + gauge observation | 2000 to 2013 |
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