Research Article

Evaluation of High-Resolution Multisatellite and Reanalysis Rainfall Products over East Africa

Table 3

(a) Mean value of statistical error metrics for the wet (June to September) seasons

Product typeBiasCCNRMSEPODFARCSIMRVFRV

3B42V70.880.361.080.830.010.820.100.00
3B42RT0.730.301.080.790.010.780.140.00
CM0.870.390.980.920.010.910.040.00
CM-unadj0.740.360.880.920.010.910.040.00
PNN0.820.371.020.780.000.780.120.00
PNN-unadj0.520.360.810.750.000.750.160.00
ERAI-unadj1.390.231.310.990.010.980.000.00
ERAI0.890.260.920.980.010.970.000.00
MSWEP0.920.370.800.990.020.980.000.00

(b) Mean value of statistical error metrics for the secondary rainy (March to May) seasons

Product typeBiasCCNRMEPODFARCSIMRVFRV

3B42V71.070.411.790.670.200.570.170.12
3B42RT1.090.391.970.640.200.540.200.15
CM0.930.421.700.650.160.560.180.22
CM-unadj1.100.421.860.680.190.570.160.31
PNN0.950.461.740.460.090.440.290.05
PNN-unadj0.560.431.330.400.080.390.360.02
ERAI-unadj1.050.301.630.820.220.660.080.08
ERAI0.930.321.490.820.210.670.080.08
MSWEP0.990.441.310.920.290.660.030.03