Validation of new satellite rainfall products over the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

Ayehu, Getachew Tesfaye; Tadesse, Tsegaye; Gessesse, Berhan; Dinku, Tufa

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1921-2018

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1921-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-11-1921-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 11, issue 4

Research article

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06 Apr 2018

Research article |

| 06 Apr 2018

Validation of new satellite rainfall products over the Upper Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia

Getachew Tesfaye Ayehu, Tsegaye Tadesse, Berhan Gessesse, and Tufa Dinku

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Comments for the authors', Bozena Lapeta, 31 Jan 2018
- AC1: 'Authors' reply', Getachew Tesfaye Ayehu, 08 Feb 2018
- AC2: 'Authors' reply', Getachew Tesfaye Ayehu, 08 Feb 2018
RC2: 'reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Feb 2018
- AC3: 'Authors response to referee#2', Getachew Tesfaye Ayehu, 05 Mar 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Getachew Tesfaye Ayehu on behalf of the Authors (19 Mar 2018) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (23 Mar 2018) by Piet Stammes

Short summary

The intent of this research paper is to rigorously validate the performance of satellite rainfall products to be used for various operational applications in data-scarce regions of the Upper Blue Nile (UBN) basin in Ethiopia. It was found that satellite rainfall products could be used as an alternative source of rainfall data in areas with no or poor ground observations. Their reliable performance could make more appropriate for various functions in complex topographic areas of the UBN basin.