Evaluation of High-Resolution Multisatellite and Reanalysis Rainfall Products over East Africa

Table 1

Summary of the satellite-based and reanalysis rainfall products used in this study.

Rainfall product	Abbreviation	Retrieval method	Data used
TMPA	3B42V7	MW + IR + gauge observation	2000 to 2013
	3B42RT	MW + IR	2001 to 2013
CMORH	CM	MW + gauge observation	2000 to 2013
	CM-unadj	MW	2000 to 2013
PERSSIAN	PN	IR + gauge observation	2001 to 2010
	PN-unadj	IR	2001 to 2013
Reanalysis	ERAI-unadj	ECMWF reanalysis	2000 to 2013
	ERAI	ECMWF reanalysis + gauge observation	2000 to 2013
	MSWEP	Reanalysis + SPEs + gauge observation	2000 to 2013