Real-time adjustment of satellite-based rainfall products in Asian monsoon region

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25882049
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Natural disaster / Disaster prevention science
• Research Institution: Public Works Research Institute
• Principal Investigator: KAMIMERA Hideyuki 独立行政法人土木研究所, 水災害・リスクマネジメント国際センター, 専門研究員 (50470125)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 降水 / 衛星 / 雨量計 / レーダー / 流出

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study develops three methods for adjusting the GSMaP satellite-based rainfall products in real time to widely apply them in the Asian monsoon region where various features of precipitation have been observed. The methods are built considering availability of the ground-based rainfall and river-flow data that are needed for the adjustment. Sharing the methods with many countries, the GSMaP products can be utilized more effectively.

Free Research Field

水文気象学