Intensity–duration–frequency curves from remote sensing rainfall estimates: comparing satellite and weather radar over the eastern Mediterranean

Marra, Francesco; Morin, Efrat; Peleg, Nadav; Mei, Yiwen; Anagnostou, Emmanouil N.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2389-2017

Articles | Volume 21, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2389-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2389-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 21, issue 5

Research article

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09 May 2017

Research article |

| 09 May 2017

Intensity–duration–frequency curves from remote sensing rainfall estimates: comparing satellite and weather radar over the eastern Mediterranean

Francesco Marra, Efrat Morin, Nadav Peleg, Yiwen Mei, and Emmanouil N. Anagnostou

Data sets

Method that Produces Global Precipitation Estimates from Passive Microwave and Infrared Data at High Spatial and Temporal Resolution R. J. Joyce, J. E. Janowiak, P. A., Arkin, and P. Xie ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/precip/CMORPH_V1.0/RAW/8km-30min/

Use of radar QPE for the derivation of Intensity–Duration–Frequency curves in a range of climatic regimes F. Marra and E. Morin https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.08.064

Bias-corrected CMORPH: A 13-year analysis of high-resolution global precipitation P. Xie, S.-H. Yoo, R. J. Joyce, and Y. Yarosh ftp://ftp.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/precip/CMORPH_V1.0/CRT/8km-30min/

Short summary

Rainfall frequency analyses from radar and satellite estimates over the eastern Mediterranean are compared examining different climatic conditions. Correlation between radar and satellite results is high for frequent events and decreases with return period. The uncertainty related to record length is larger for drier climates. The agreement between different sensors instills confidence on their use for rainfall frequency analysis in ungauged areas of the Earth.