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Yang, W.-T., S.-M. Fu, J.-H. Sun, F. Zheng, J. Wei, and Z. Ma, 2021: Comparative evaluation of the performances of TRMM-3B42 and CMORPH precipitation estimates over Thailand. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 1525-1546.
https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-074
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Plain Language Summary: Thailand plays an important role in ensuring the global food security. To understand precipitation features over Thailand is of great importance to agriculture in Thailand. This study conducted a detailed comparative evaluation between the TRMM-3B42v7 and CMORPH precipitation products, and showed the relative performances quantitatively. We found that, overall, the TRMM-3B42v7 displayed a better performance than that of CMORPH.
 

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• Based on a total of 35 factors, TRMM-3B42v7 and CMORPH precipitation products were compared quantitatively for the entire Thailand and its five regions.
• The TRMM-3B42v7 displayed an oveall better performance than that of CMORPH.
• In terms of daily precipitation intensity and monthly variation of precipitation, Central Thailand was the only region where CMORPH displayed a similar performance to TRMM-3B42v7.