Comparison of Precipitation
Products
11 Jan
2005
Robert Rabin1,3 and Beth Clarke1,2
NOAA/NSSL1 , CIMMS2,
UW-Madison/CIMSS3
BACKGROUND
The following table contains animations of hourly precipitation
estimates from the following sources:
GAUGE
(backround image)
RADAR
(radar only)
MS
(Multi-Sensor: QPE-SUMS)
AE
(Autoestimator)
HE
(Hydroestimator)
GMSRA
(GOES Multi-Spectral Rainfall Algorithm)
SCAMPR
(Self-Calibrating Multivariate Precipitation Retrieval)
RUC2
(RUC 2-hr forecast total precipitation (large scale + convective),
40-km grid version obtained from NOMADS)
In addition, the following parameters can be plotted:
DEND
(temperature at 600 mb favorable for dendritic ice growth (blue/red -10
to -20 C)
PM15
(pressure level (mb) where temperature is favorable for dendritic ice
growth (-15 C))
DIV
(divergence at 300 mb estimated from mesoscale analysis of GOES water
vapor winds).
Upon clicking on a desired time period from the table below, all the
images will be loaded into your browser. Initially, only the
gauge images will be displayed (default "background" images). To
display one of the other quantities, click on the appropriate box in
the panel above the images. Unclick to resume display of the gauge
image, or click on another box to display that quantity. Unclicking the
second box chosen will toggle back to the previous one. No more
than two boxes should be chosen at any one time.
11 January 2005
Time Period
(UTC)
|
Gauge Prec.
w/overlays
|
Gauge Prec.
vs RUC (2&3 hr forecasts)
|
0000-0500
|
X
|
X
|
0600-1100
|
X
|
X
|
1200-1700
|
X
|
X
|
1800-2300
|
X
|
X
|
24 Hr Total
|
X
|
|
AMSU-B Comparisons
| Time Period
(UTC) |
Gage Prec.
w/overlays
|
0500
|
X
|
1100
|
X
|
1900
|
X
|
2200
|
X
|
Disclaimer. The products from GOES or other
satellites
shown here are experimental. These have been generated within a
research environment and are not intended to be considered operational.
Timeliness, availability, and accuracy are sought but not guaranteed.
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