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Extension of the TAMSAT Satellite-Based Rainfall Monitoring over Africa and from 1983 to Present
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Tropical Applications of Meteorology Using Satellite Data and Ground-Based Observations (TAMSAT) rainfall monitoring products have been extended to provide spatially contiguous rainfall estimates across Africa. This has been achieved through a new, climatology-based calibration, which varies in both space and time. As a result, cumulative estimates of rainfall are now issued at the end of each 10-day period (dekad) at 4-km spatial resolution with pan-African coverage. The utility of the products for decision making is improved by the routine provision of validation reports, for which the 10-day (dekadal) TAMSAT rainfall estimates are compared with independent gauge observations. This paper describes the methodology by which the TAMSAT method has been applied to generate the pan-African rainfall monitoring products. It is demonstrated through comparison with gauge measurements that the method provides skillful estimates, although with a systematic dry bias. This study illustrates TAMSAT’s value as a complementary method of estimating rainfall through examples of successful operational application.
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- Authors
- Tarnavsky, E., Grimes, D., Maidment, R., Black, E., Allan, R. P., Stringer, M., Chadwick, R., & Kayitakire, F.
- Venue
- Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
- Publisher
- American Meteorological Society
- Published
- 2014-12
- Volume
- 53
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 2805-2822
- ISSN
- 1558-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-8432
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- W1999285260
- Cited by
- 265
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 10.81
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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