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Original near-real-time satellite precipitation products perform poorly for streamflow modeling in the Tulijá River Basin, but applying bias correction significantly improves the performance of IMERG-Early and IMERG-Late products to acceptable levels. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Evaluate the performance of four near-real-time satellite precipitation products for daily streamflow modeling in the Tulijá River Basin, Mexico.

September 2, 2026HydrologyOpen Access

Streamflow Modeling of the Tulijá River Basin, Mexico, Using Near-Real-Time Satellite Precipitation Products

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LCLorenza Ceferino-Hernández KBKhalidou M. Bâ FMFrancisco Magaña-Hernández

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Simulation study demonstrates that bias-correcting near-real-time satellite precipitation substantially improves streamflow modeling, highlighting its value in data-scarce tropical basins.

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Evaluate the performance of four near-real-time satellite precipitation products for daily streamflow modeling in the Tulijá River Basin, Mexico.
Evaluated four satellite precipitation products (PERSIANN-CCS, PDIR-Now, IMERG-Early, and IMERG-Late) against ground weather stations and corrected biases using the Linear Scaling method.
Simulated daily streamflow using the CEQUEAU hydrological model across three inputs: ground stations, raw satellite data, and bias-corrected satellite data.
Assessed simulation performance across calibration and validation periods using Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE), percent bias (PBIAS), and the coefficient of determination (R2).
Ground meteorological station data yielded CEQUEAU streamflow simulations with NSE values near 0.70 during both calibration (1991–2014) and validation (1968–1990).
Original, uncorrected satellite precipitation products resulted in poor hydrological performance, producing NSE values below 0.18, including negative values.
Bias correction via Linear Scaling improved the performance of IMERG-Early and IMERG-Late to NSE values of approximately 0.55 during both calibration (2003–2011) and validation (2012–2014).

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Ceferino-Hernández et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e29ec562ede874ec6ca5 https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13090234

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September 2, 2026HydrologyOpen Access

Streamflow Modeling of the Tulijá River Basin, Mexico, Using Near-Real-Time Satellite Precipitation Products

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Authors

LCLorenza Ceferino-Hernández KBKhalidou M. Bâ FMFrancisco Magaña-Hernández

Discussion

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Overview

Simulation study demonstrates that bias-correcting near-real-time satellite precipitation substantially improves streamflow modeling, highlighting its value in data-scarce tropical basins.

Key Points

Evaluate the performance of four near-real-time satellite precipitation products for daily streamflow modeling in the Tulijá River Basin, Mexico.
Evaluated four satellite precipitation products (PERSIANN-CCS, PDIR-Now, IMERG-Early, and IMERG-Late) against ground weather stations and corrected biases using the Linear Scaling method.
Simulated daily streamflow using the CEQUEAU hydrological model across three inputs: ground stations, raw satellite data, and bias-corrected satellite data.
Assessed simulation performance across calibration and validation periods using Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency (NSE), percent bias (PBIAS), and the coefficient of determination (R2).
Ground meteorological station data yielded CEQUEAU streamflow simulations with NSE values near 0.70 during both calibration (1991–2014) and validation (1968–1990).
Original, uncorrected satellite precipitation products resulted in poor hydrological performance, producing NSE values below 0.18, including negative values.
Bias correction via Linear Scaling improved the performance of IMERG-Early and IMERG-Late to NSE values of approximately 0.55 during both calibration (2003–2011) and validation (2012–2014).

Cite This Study

Ceferino-Hernández et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a97e29ec562ede874ec6ca5 https://doi.org/10.3390/hydrology13090234

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