Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
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Articles | Volume 25, issue 7
Articles | Volume 25, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4061-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4061-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 25, issue 7
Research article
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13 Jul 2021
Research article |  | 13 Jul 2021

A climatological benchmark for operational radar rainfall bias reduction

Ruben Imhoff, Claudia Brauer, Klaas-Jan van Heeringen, Hidde Leijnse, Aart Overeem, Albrecht Weerts, and Remko Uijlenhoet

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Significant biases in real-time radar rainfall products limit the use for hydrometeorological forecasting. We introduce CARROTS (Climatology-based Adjustments for Radar Rainfall in an OperaTional Setting), a set of fixed bias reduction factors to correct radar rainfall products and to benchmark other correction algorithms. When tested for 12 Dutch basins, estimated rainfall and simulated discharges with CARROTS generally outperform those using the operational mean field bias adjustments.
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