Evaluation of CHIRPS and its application for drought monitoring over the Haihe River Basin, China

Feng Gao (), Yuhu Zhang (), Xiulin Ren, Yunjun Yao, Zengchao Hao and Wanyuan Cai
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Feng Gao: Capital Normal University
Yuhu Zhang: Capital Normal University
Xiulin Ren: Capital Normal University
Yunjun Yao: Beijing Normal University
Zengchao Hao: Beijing Normal University
Wanyuan Cai: Peking University

Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, 2018, vol. 92, issue 1, No 8, 155-172

Abstract: Abstract Climate Hazards Group Infrared Precipitation with Stations data (CHIRPS) rainfall dataset was early evaluated and compared with 29 meteorological stations over the Haihe River basin in China, for the period 1981–2015. Seven statistical and categorical metrics were applied to evaluate the performance of CHIRPS with gauge measurements at multi-time scales (monthly, seasonally and annually). Using the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) as the drought indicator, the applicability of this new long-term satellite precipitation product for drought monitoring was investigated in this study. Results indicate that the good performances were performed at multiple temporal scales (monthly, seasonally and annually). Although it tends to overestimate the higher precipitation in this region, CHIRPS demonstrated good agreement (R2 > 0.70) with gauge observations at monthly scale and greater agreements (R2 > 0.78) at seasonal and annual scales. Meanwhile, CHIRPS performed a good score of BIAS and lower error in a majority of months at multi-time scales. Because of its good performance at multi-time scales and the advantages of high spatial resolution and long-time record, CHIRPS was applied to derive the SPI over the Haihe River basin. It is evaluated and compared with stations observations to derive SPI at time scale of 1, 3 and 6 months. The results indicate that it performed good ability to monitor drought (R2 > 0.70) and successfully captured the historical drought years (1981, 1999, 2001 and 2012). Overall, this study concludes that CHIRPS can be a valuable complement to gauge precipitation data for estimating precipitation and drought monitoring in this region.

Keywords: CHIRPS; Precipitation; Drought monitoring; Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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