Abstract
Abstract For intercomparison purposes and validation of different satellite‐based precipitation estimates in the framework of the first WetNet Precipitation Intercomparison Project (PIP‐1), two surface precipitation data sets have been used. The Comprehensive Pacific Rainfall Data Base (CPRDB) has been assimilated specifically for the calibration and verification of satellite rainfall algorithms over parts of the tropical Pacific ocean. The CPRDB consists of daily rain gauge data from more than 250 sites in the tropical Pacific, most of which are atolls and low‐lying islands. The data set evaluated by the Global Precipitation Climatology Centre (GPCC), a central element of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP), provides areal mean monthly precipitation totals on a 2.5° grid on a global scale for climate research and the verification of climate models. Although the merged GPCC data set is global in extent, it is based on an objective analysis of rain ga...
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