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Abstract Understanding the long-term change in precipitation characteristics is the best technique to analyze a region’s vulnerability to climate change. While observed rain data from meteorological stations is the most precise, its poor spatiotemporal distribution is a barrier to long-term rain investigations. Satellite rainfall data products were deemed a good option to use, but this data is sometimes erroneous and does not represent reality because satellites cannot monitor rainfall alone and must be used in conjunction with one or more surrogate factors. Thus, computational errors, temporal sampling techniques, or even the satellite sensors themselves may be to blame for the uncertainties. As a result, the performance of satellite data for the study region must be reviewed before depending on it to investigate the rainfall characteristics of the area under study. |