Daily precipitation dataset at 0.1° for the Yarlung Zangbo River basin from 2001 to 2015.

In order to obtain higher precision regional precipitation dataset in the Yarlung Zangbo River basin, two different schemes were proposed on the basis of the two most application potential satellite-based precipitation products, IMERG and CMORPH_BLD. The first method aimed to correct the positive error of IMERG based on high correlation (CC > 0.9) between IMERG and gauges. The second algorithm was developed to merge IMERG with CMORPH_BLD by the stepwise linear regression. As the reference, IMERG played a key role in correction of precipitation ratio determination and precipitation event detection. Two daily datasets with 0.1° resolution (BRD_IMERG and IGREA_IMERG-CMORPH) performed better than IMERG in CC, RMSE, ME, FAR and CSI, and streamflow simulation in the whole basin (NS: 0.86 and 0.87; RBIAS: -19% and -11%) and sub-basins. The two proposed methods were relatively simple and efficient for reconstructing higher precision regional precipitation, and the datasets provided a good application demonstration in the alpine region.