Performance of the Global Forecast System's medium-range precipitation forecasts in the Niger river basin using multiple satellite-based products

Yue, Haowen; Gebremichael, Mekonnen; Nourani, Vahid

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-26-167-2022

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13 Jan 2022

Research article |

| 13 Jan 2022

Performance of the Global Forecast System's medium-range precipitation forecasts in the Niger river basin using multiple satellite-based products

Haowen Yue, Mekonnen Gebremichael, and Vahid Nourani

Data sets

NCEP GFS 0.25 Degree Global Forecast Grids Historical Archive National Centers for Environmental Prediction/National Weather Service/NOAA/U.S. Department of Commerce https://doi.org/10.5065/D65D8PWK

GPM IMERG Final Precipitation L3 1 day 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V06 G. J. Huffman, E. F. Stocker, D. T. Bolvin, E. J. Nelkin, and J. Jackson https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/IMERGDF/DAY/06

GPM IMERG Early Precipitation L3 1 day 0.1 degree x 0.1 degree V06 G. J. Huffman, E. F. Stocker, D. T. Bolvin, E. J. Nelkin, and J. Jackson https://doi.org/10.5067/GPM/IMERGDE/DAY/06

The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations – a new environmental record for monitoring extremes (https://www.chc.ucsb.edu/data) C. Funk, P. Peterson, M. Landsfeld, D. Pedreros, J. Verdin, S. Shukla, G. Husak, J. Rowland, L. Harrison, A. Hoell, and J. Michaelsen https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2015.66

Short summary

The development of high-resolution global precipitation forecasts and the lack of reliable...