@Article{CassalhoRennReisSilv:2020:HyVaME,
               author = "Cassalho, Fel{\'{\i}}cio and Renn{\'o}, Camilo Daleles and 
                         Reis, Jo{\~a}o Bosco Coura dos and Silva, Benedito Cl{\'a}udio 
                         da",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Centro Nacional de 
                         Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (CEMADEN)} and 
                         {Universidade Federal de Itajub{\'a} (UNIFEI)}",
                title = "Hydrologic validation of MERGE precipitation products over 
                         anthropogenic watersheds",
              journal = "Water (Switzerland)",
                 year = "2020",
               volume = "12",
               number = "5",
                pages = "e1268",
                month = "May",
             keywords = "Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Multi-Satellite Precipitation 
                         Analysis, large scale hydrological modeling, satellite rainfall 
                         estimates, Para{\'{\i}}ba do Sul River Basin.",
             abstract = "Satellite rainfall estimates (SRFE) are a promising alternative 
                         for the lack of reliable, densely distributed, precipitation data 
                         common in developing countries and remote locations. SRFE may be 
                         significantly improved when corrected based on rain gauge data. In 
                         the present study the first complete validation of the Tropical 
                         Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 3B42-based MERGE product is 
                         performed by means of ground truthing and hydrological 
                         modeling-based applications. Four distinct, highly anthropogenic 
                         watersheds were selected in the Upper Para{\'{\i}}ba do Sul 
                         River Basin (UPSRB)Brazil. The results show that when compared to 
                         TRMM Multi-Satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) 3B42V7 at the 
                         watershed scale, MERGE has a higher correlation with observed 
                         data. Likewise, root mean square errors and bias are significantly 
                         lower for MERGE products. When hydrologically validated, 
                         MERGE-based streamflow simulations have shown the capacity of 
                         reproducing the overall hydrological regime with good to very good 
                         results for the downstream lowland sections. Limitations were 
                         observed in the hydrological modeling of the upstream, highly 
                         anthropogenic, dammed watersheds. However, such limitations may 
                         not be attributed to MERGE precipitation since they were also 
                         obtained for the individually calibrated rain gauge-based 
                         simulations. The results indicate that the used MERGE dataset as a 
                         hydrological model input is better suited for application in the 
                         UPSRB than the TMPA 3B42V7.",
                  doi = "10.3390/W12051268",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/W12051268",
                 issn = "2073-4441",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "water-12-01268-v2.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "28 abr. 2024"
}