Evaluation of the TRMM 3B42 product for extreme precipitation analysis over southwestern Iran

The goal of this study is to examine the capability of the TRMM 3B42 product to detect spatial and temporal patterns in extreme precipitation events over southwestern Iran during the period of 1998-2016. A ground-based gridded precipitation dataset was created using a dense network of surface observations for the evaluation process. Various extreme precipitation indices in the three categories of fixed threshold indices, grid-related threshold indices, and non-threshold indices were examined and compared with the ground-based gridded precipitation dataset. The findings suggest that the TRMM 3B42 product is able to capture the spatial and temporal behavior of many extreme indices especially for fixed and non-threshold indices. In terms of the spatial error metrics, the satellite product has better performance over mid-elevated areas in the south and southeastern parts of the study region. (C) 2020 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.