A preliminary assessment of high-spatial-resolution satellite rainfall estimation from SAR Sentinel-1 over the central region of South Korea

Hoang Hai Nguyen; Woosung Jung; Dalgeun Lee; Daeyun Shin

doi:10.3741/JKWRA.2022.55.6.393

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A preliminary assessment of high-spatial-resolution satellite rainfall estimation from SAR Sentinel-1 over the central region of South Korea 한반도 중부지역에서의 SAR Sentinel-1 위성강우량 추정에 관한 예비평가

30 June 2022. pp. 393-404

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Abstract

Reliable terrestrial rainfall observations from satellites at finer spatial resolution are essential for urban hydrological and microscale agricultural demands. Although various traditional “top-down” approach-based satellite rainfall products were widely used, they are limited in spatial resolution. This study aims to assess the potential of a novel “bottom-up” approach for rainfall estimation, the parameterized SM2RAIN model, applied to the C-band SAR Sentinel-1 satellite data (SM2RAIN-S1), to generate high-spatial-resolution terrestrial rainfall estimates (0.01° grid/ 6-day) over Central South Korea. Its performance was evaluated for both spatial and temporal variability using the respective rainfall data from a conventional reanalysis product and rain gauge network for a 1-year period over two different sub-regions in Central South Korea-the mixed forest-dominated, middle sub-region and cropland-dominated, west coast sub-region. Evaluation results indicated that the SM2RAIN-S1 product can capture general rainfall patterns in Central South Korea, and hold potential for high-spatial-resolution rainfall measurement over the local scale with different land covers, while less biased rainfall estimates against rain gauge observations were provided. Moreover, the SM2RAIN-S1 rainfall product was better in mixed forests considering the Pearson’s correlation coefficient (R = 0.69), implying the suitability of 6-day SM2RAIN-S1 data in capturing the temporal dynamics of soil moisture and rainfall in mixed forests. However, in terms of RMSE and Bias, better performance was obtained with the SM2RAIN-S1 rainfall product over croplands rather than mixed forests, indicating that larger errors induced by high evapotranspiration losses (especially in mixed forests) need to be included in further improvement of the SM2RAIN.

Keywords

High-spatial-resolution

SAR Sentinel-1

Satellite rainfall

Bottom-up approach

Soil moisture

Rain gauges

위성에서 보다 미세한 공간 분해능으로 신뢰할 수 있는 지상 강우 관측은 도시 수문학적 및 미시적 농업 수요에 필수적이다. 전통적으로 "톱다운" 접근 방식 기반 위성 강우 산출물이 널리 사용되고 있지만 공간 분해능에 한계가 있다. 본 연구는 C-밴드 SAR Sentinel-1 위성 데이터(SM2RAIN-S1)에 적용되는 매개 변수화된 SM2RAIN 모델인 강우 추정을 위한 새로운 "상향식" 접근 방식의 가능성을 평가하여 중부지방에 대한 높은 공간 분해능 지상 강우 추정치(0.01° 그리드/6일)를 생성하는 것을 목표로 한다. 그것의 성능은 중부지방 두 개의 다른 하위 지역, 즉 혼합 산림 중심, 중간 하위 지역, 그리고 경작 중심, 서해안 하위 지역의 1년 기간 동안 기존의 재분석 프로덕트와 우량계 네트워크의 각각의 강우 데이터를 사용하여 공간 및 시간적 가변성에 대해 평가되었다. 평가 결과에 따르면 SM2RAIN-S1 프로덕트는 중부지방의 일반적인 강우 패턴을 포착할 수 있고, 서로 다른 토지 피복으로 지역 규모에서 공간 분해능 강우량 측정 가능성을 보유할 수 있으며, 강우량 관측치에 대한 편중된 강우량 추정치가 제공되었다. 또한 SM2RAIN-S1 강우량은 피어슨의 상관 계수(R = 0.69)를 고려할 때 혼합림에서 더 우수했으며, 이는 혼합림에서 토양 수분과 강우의 시간 역학을 포착하는 데 6일 SM2RAIN-S1 데이터의 적합성을 암시했다. 그러나, RMSE와 바이어스 측면에서, 혼합림보다는 경작지의 SM2RAIN-S1 강우 생성물에서 더 나은 성능을 얻었으며, 이는 높은 증발증산 손실(특히 혼합림)에 의해 유도된 더 큰 오류를 SM2RAIN의 추가 개선에 포함해야 한다는 것을 나타낸다.

키워드

고해상도

SAR Sentinel-1

위성강우량

상향식 접근

토양수분

우량계

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Publisher :KOREA WATER RESOURECES ASSOCIATION
Publisher(Ko) :한국수자원학회
Journal Title :Journal of Korea Water Resources Association
Journal Title(Ko) :한국수자원학회 논문집
Volume : 55
No :6
Pages :393-404
Received Date : 2022-02-16
Revised Date : 2022-03-23
Accepted Date : 2022-04-01
DOI :https://doi.org/10.3741/JKWRA.2022.55.6.393

Journal of Korea Water Resources Association ISSN:2799-8746(Print) 2799-8754(Online) 한국수자원학회 논문집

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