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Observations & remote sensing

Towards improved precipitation estimation with the GOES‐16 advanced baseline imager: Algorithm and evaluation

Shruti Ashok Upadhyaya, Pierre‐Emmanuel Kirstetter, Robert J. Kuligowski, Maresa Searls

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society · · NOAA (incl. GFDL, PSL, GSL, NCEP/EMC), University of Oklahoma (AI2ES)

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In one sentence. A Random Forest precipitation estimator using GOES-16 ABI infrared channels and RAP predictors over CONUS beats SCaMPR, with correlation 0.46 and HSS 0.91 vs 0.19.

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Topic
Observations & remote sensing
Type
New model or method
Method
Classical ML (trees, GP, linear, kernels)
Domain
Regional
Data
Satellite, NWP analysis or forecasts (IFS, GFS, ...), Radar
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1002/qj.4368 OpenAlex:W4294770795
Added
2026-10-22

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