Comparison of Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) and TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) Monthly Precipitation Products: Initial Results

AbstractLaunched on 27 February 2014, the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission comprises an international constellation of satellites to provide the next generation of global observations of precipitation. Built upon the success of the widely used TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) products, the Integrated Multisatellite Retrievals for GPM (IMERG) products continue to make improvements in areas such as spatial and temporal resolutions and snowfall estimates, etc., which will be valuable for research and applications. During the transition from TMPA to IMERG, characterizing the differences between these two product suites is important in order for users to make adjustments in research and applications accordingly. In this study, the newly released IMERG Final Run monthly product is compared with the TMPA monthly product (3B43) in the boreal summer of 2014 and the boreal winter of 2014/15 on a global scale. The results show the IMERG monthly product can capture major heavy precipita...

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