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The S-band Amazon Protection National System (SIPAM) radar is used as reference and the Precipitation Uncertainties for Satellite Hydrology (PUSH) framework is adopted to characterize uncertainties associated with the satellite precipitation product. PUSH is calibrated and validated for the study region and takes into account factors like seasonality and surface type (i.e., land and river). Results demonstrated that the PUSH model is suitable for characterizing errors in the IMERG algorithm when compared with S-band SIPAM radar estimates. PUSH could efficiently predict the satellite rainfall error distribution in terms of spatial and intensity distribution. However, an underestimation (overestimation) of light satellite rain rates was observed during the dry (wet) period, mainly over rivers. Although the estimated error showed a lower standard deviation than the observed error, the correlation between satellite and radar rainfall was high and the systematic error was well captured along the Negro, Solim\u00f5es, and Amazon rivers, especially during the wet season.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10020336","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,23]],"date-time":"2018-02-23T12:41:40Z","timestamp":1519389700000},"page":"336","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":25,"title":["Using Satellite Error Modeling to Improve GPM-Level 3 Rainfall Estimates over the Central Amazon Region"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5090-1817","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"R\u00f4mulo","family":"Oliveira","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Previs\u00e3o de Tempo e Estudos Clim\u00e1ticos (CPTEC), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos, SP 12227-010, Brazil"},{"name":"Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0753-3179","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Viviana","family":"Maggioni","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1015-5650","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Daniel","family":"Vila","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Previs\u00e3o de Tempo e Estudos Clim\u00e1ticos (CPTEC), Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE), S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos, SP 12227-010, Brazil"}]},{"given":"Leonardo","family":"Porcacchia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,2,23]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"124007","DOI":"10.1088\/1748-9326\/9\/12\/124007","article-title":"The extreme 2014 flood in south-western Amazon basin, the role of tropical-subtropical South Atlantic SST gradient","volume":"9","author":"Espinoza","year":"2014","journal-title":"Environ. 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