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Assessment of Kalpana-1 Rainfall Product over Indian Meteorological Sub-Divisions During the Summer Monsoon Season

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In this paper, Kalpana-1 derived INSAT Multispectral Rainfall Algorithm (IMSRA) rainfall estimates are compared with two multisatellite rainfall products namely, TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA)-3B42 and Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP), and India Meteorological Department (IMD) surface rain gauge (SRG)-based rainfall at meteorological sub-divisional scale over India. The performance of the summer monsoon rainfall of 2013 over Indian meteorological sub-divisions is assessed at different temporal scales. Comparison of daily accumulated rainfall over India from IMSRA shows a linear correlation of 0.72 with TMPA-3B42 and 0.70 with GSMaP estimates. IMSRA is capable to pick up daily rainfall variability over the monsoon trough region as compared to TMPA-3B42 and GSMaP products, but underestimates moderate to heavy rainfall events. Satellite-derived rainfall maps at meteorological sub-divisional scales are in reasonably good agreement with IMD-SRG based rainfall maps with some exceptions. However, IMSRA performs better than GSMaP product at meteorological sub-divisional scale and comparable with TMPA data. All the satellite-derived rainfall products underestimate orographic rainfall along the west coast, the Himalayan foothills and over the northeast India and overestimate rainfall over the southeast peninsular India. Overall results suggest that IMSRA estimates have potential for monsoon rainfall monitoring over the Indian meteorological sub-divisions and can be used for various hydro-meteorological applications.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to express their thanks to the Director of the Space Applications Centre and the Deputy Director of the EPSA for their encouragement and keen interest for the research carried out in this study. They also wish to acknowledge the editor and two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments. The TRMM-3B42 data from TRMM Online Visualization and Archive System (TOVAS), GSMaP data from JAXA and Kalpana-1 data provided by the MOSDAC, ISRO and rainfall maps obtained from the IMD are acknowledged with sincere thanks.

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  1. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Group, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, 380015, India

    M. T. Bushair & R. M. Gairola

  2. National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting, Earth System Science Organization, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Noida, 201309, India

    Satya Prakash

  3. Atmosphere and Oceanic Data Validation Archival and Dissemination Group, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere, Planetary Sciences and Applications Area, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, 380015, India

    Shashikant Patel

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Bushair, M.T., Prakash, S., Patel, S. et al. Assessment of Kalpana-1 Rainfall Product over Indian Meteorological Sub-Divisions During the Summer Monsoon Season. J Indian Soc Remote Sens 44, 67–76 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12524-015-0465-1

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