Precipitation rate with optimal weighting method of remote sensed and rain gauge data

  • Oh, Hyun-Mi (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of Natural Science, Pusan National University) ;
  • Ha, Kyung-Ja (Department of Atmospheric Sciences, College of Natural Science, Pusan National University) ;
  • Bae, Deg-Hyo (Civil & Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering , Sejong University) ;
  • Suh, Ae-Sook (International Cooperation Division, Korean Meteorological Administration)
  • Published : 2003.11.03

Abstract

There are two datasets to estimate the area-mean and time-mean precipitation rate. For one, an array of surface rain gauges represents a series of rods that have to the time axis of the volume. And another data is that of a remote sensing make periodic overpasses at a fixed interval such as radar. The problem of optimally combining data from surface rain gauge data and remote sensed data is considered. In order to combining remote sensed data with Automatic Weather Station (AWS), we use optimal weighting method, which is similar to the method of [2]. They had suggested optimal weights that minimized value of the mean square error. In this paper, optimal weight is evaluated for the cases such as Changma, summer Monsoon, Typhoon and orographic rain.

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