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Cascaded Downscaling–Calibration Networks for Satellite Precipitation Estimation

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Precipitation is a critical process in the terrestrial hydrological circulation, affecting climate change, water resource management, and agricultural production. Satellite-borne observations have prominent advantages in macro and mesoscopic quantitative precipitation… Click to show full abstract

Precipitation is a critical process in the terrestrial hydrological circulation, affecting climate change, water resource management, and agricultural production. Satellite-borne observations have prominent advantages in macro and mesoscopic quantitative precipitation estimation. Nevertheless, they are subject to low spatial resolution and inherent biases. Therefore, this study utilizes the surface–surface downscaling network and point–surface fusion network for fine-resolution and high-precision precipitation mapping over China. To deeply explore the complicated relationships between various ancillary factors, ground measurements, and satellite precipitation, an attention mechanism-based convolutional network (AMCN) is used for spatial downscaling and a geo-intelligent deep belief network (Geoi-DBN) is used for ground–satellite fusion. Experimental results indicate that cascaded networks toward two different objectives are superior to baseline methods, achieving $R^{2}$ and root mean square error (RMSE) of about 0.84 and 27.23 mm/month, respectively. Besides, the assistance of geo-intelligent items and ancillary factors contributes to fusion accuracy. This study provides an effective way for precipitation estimation over China.

Keywords: network; precipitation estimation; satellite precipitation; cascaded downscaling; precipitation

Journal Title: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters
Year Published: 2022

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