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DOI	10.5194/hess-23-2915-2019
	Performance of bias-correction schemes for CMORPH rainfall estimates in the Zambezi River basin
	Gumindoga W.; Rientjes T.H.M.; Tamiru Haile A.; Makurira H.; Reggiani P.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	1027-5606
起始页码	2915
结束页码	2938
卷号	23 期号:7
英文摘要	Satellite rainfall estimates (SREs) are prone to bias as they are indirect derivatives of the visible, infrared, and/or microwave cloud properties, and hence SREs need correction. We evaluate the influence of elevation and distance from large-scale open water bodies on bias for Climate Prediction Center-MORPHing (CMORPH) rainfall estimates in the Zambezi basin. The effectiveness of five linear/non-linear and time space-variant/-invariant bias-correction schemes was evaluated for daily rainfall estimates and climatic seasonality. The schemes used are spatio-temporal bias (STB), elevation zone bias (EZ), power transform (PT), distribution transformation (DT), and quantile mapping based on an empirical distribution (QME). We used daily time series (1998 2013) from 60 gauge stations and CMORPH SREs for the Zambezi basin. To evaluate the effectiveness of the bias-correction schemes spatial and temporal crossvalidation was applied based on eight stations and on the 1998 1999 CMORPH time series, respectively. For correction, STB and EZ schemes proved to be more effective in removing bias. STB improved the correlation coefficient and Nash Sutcliffe efficiency by 50% and 53 %, respectively, and reduced the root mean squared difference and relative bias by 25% and 33 %, respectively. Paired t tests showed that there is no significant difference (p>0:05) in the daily means of CMORPH against gauge rainfall after bias correction. ANOVA post hoc tests revealed that the STB and EZ bias-correction schemes are preferable. Bias is highest for very light rainfall (>2:5mmd1), for which most effective bias reduction is shown, in particular for the wet season. Similar findings are shown through quantile quantile (q q) plots. The spatial cross-validation approach revealed that most bias-correction schemes removed bias by <28 %. The temporal cross-validation approach showed effectiveness of the bias-correction schemes. Taylor diagrams show that station elevation has an influence on CMORPH performance. Effects of distance <10 km from large-scale open water bodies are minimal, whereas effects at shorter distances are indicated but are not conclusive for a lack of rain gauges. Findings of this study show the importance of applying bias correction to SREs. © 2019 by ASME.
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Rain gages; Time series; ANOVA post hoc tests; Climate prediction centers; Correlation coefficient; Empirical distributions; Rainfall estimates; Satellite rainfalls; Spatial cross validations; Temporal cross validation; Rain; climate prediction; correction; model validation; open water; performance assessment; rainfall; raingauge; seasonality; time series analysis; Zambezi Basin
来源期刊	Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/159647
作者单位	Gumindoga, W., Faculty ITC, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, Civil Engineering Department, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe; Rientjes, T.H.M., Faculty ITC, University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands; Tamiru Haile, A., International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Makurira, H., Civil Engineering Department, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe; Reggiani, P., Department of Civil Engineering, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Gumindoga W.,Rientjes T.H.M.,Tamiru Haile A.,et al. Performance of bias-correction schemes for CMORPH rainfall estimates in the Zambezi River basin[J],2019,23(7).
APA	Gumindoga W.,Rientjes T.H.M.,Tamiru Haile A.,Makurira H.,&Reggiani P..(2019).Performance of bias-correction schemes for CMORPH rainfall estimates in the Zambezi River basin.Hydrology and Earth System Sciences,23(7).
MLA	Gumindoga W.,et al."Performance of bias-correction schemes for CMORPH rainfall estimates in the Zambezi River basin".Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 23.7(2019).