The Validation of Global Satellite Precipitation
Online session
4 November 2020, 22:00 UTC (10:00 pm UTC)

When, where and why

Wednesday 4 November 2020, 22:00 UTC (10:00 pm UTC)
Online
Why:
  • To provide an update to the IPWG community on ongoing satellite precipitation validation efforts.
  • To provide a forum of discussion to collect information on the future needs of the community for validating precipitation observations from space.

Agenda

An introduction to the validation of satellite precipitation products

Chris Kidd (NASA GSFC, University of Maryland) (15 min)

Validation of Various Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Algorithms

Bathobile Maseko (South African Weather Service) (15 min)

Daily Validation over Korea

Jun Park (Korea Meteorological Administration) (15 min)

Regional Analysis Over Japan

Shoichi Shige (Kyoto University) (15 min)
Open discussion (10 min)

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