{"id":23,"date":"2018-05-25T09:16:14","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T08:16:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/tamsat\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-02-19T09:18:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T09:18:42","slug":"publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/tamsat\/publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Dataset publications<\/h3>\n<p>When using TAMSAT data, please cite these publications:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Rainfall estimates<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maidment, R.\u00a0I., D.\u00a0Grimes, E.\u00a0Black, E.\u00a0Tarnavsky, M.\u00a0Young, H.\u00a0Greatrex, R.\u00a0P. Allan et al. (2017).\u00a0A new, long-term daily satellite-based rainfall dataset for operational monitoring in Africa\u00a0Nature Scientific Data 4: 170063\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/sdata201763\">DOI:10.1038\/sdata.2017.63<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tarnavsky, E., D. Grimes, R. Maidment, E. Black, R. Allan, M. Stringer, R. Chadwick, F. Kayitakire (2014). Extension of the TAMSAT Satellite-based Rainfall Monitoring over Africa and from 1983 to present\u00a0<em>Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climate<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/journals.ametsoc.org\/view\/journals\/apme\/53\/12\/jamc-d-14-0016.1.xml\">DOI 10.1175\/JAMC-D-14-0016.1<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Maidment, R., D. Grimes, R.P.Allan, E. Tarnavsky, M. Stringer, T. Hewison, R. Roebeling and E. Black (2014). The 30 year TAMSAT African Rainfall Climatology And Time series (TARCAT) data set\u00a0<em>Journal of Geophysical Research<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/2014JD021927\">DOI: 10.1002\/2014JD021927<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>TAMSAT-ALERT forecasts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Boult, V.L., D.T. Asfaw, M. Young, R. Maidment, E. Mwangi, M. Ambani, S. Waruru, G. Otieno, M.C. Todd and E. Black (2020). Evaluation and validation of TAMSAT-ALERT soil moisture and WRSI for use in drought anticipatory action. <em data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"257\">Meteorological Applications<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/rmets.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1002\/met.1959\">DOI: 10.1002\/met.1959<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Asfaw, D., E. Black, M. Brown, K.J. Nicklin, F. Otu-Larbi, E. Pinnington, A. Challinor, R. Maidment and T. Quaife (2018). TAMSAT-ALERT v1: a new framework for agricultural decision support. <em data-start=\"190\" data-end=\"223\">Geoscientific Model Development<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/gmd.copernicus.org\/articles\/11\/2353\/2018\/\">DOI: 10.5194\/gmd-11-2353-2018<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Black, E., J. Ellis and R.I. Maidment (2024). A computationally lightweight model for ensemble forecasting of environmental hazards: General TAMSAT-ALERT v1.2.1. <em data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"195\">Geoscientific Model Development<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/gmd.copernicus.org\/articles\/17\/8353\/2024\/\">DOI: 10.5194\/gmd-17-8353-2024<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Soil moisture estimates<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Maidment, R.I., Quaife, T., Pinnington, E. <i>et al.<\/i> A new, long-term root zone soil moisture dataset for operational agricultural drought monitoring over Africa. <i>Sci Data<\/i> <b>13<\/b>, 260 (2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41597-026-06585-w\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41597-026-06585-w<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Pinnington, E., Quaife, T., and Black, E.: (2018) Impact of remotely sensed soil moisture and precipitation on soil moisture prediction in a data assimilation system with the JULES land surface model, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 22, 2575\u20132588,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/hess.copernicus.org\/articles\/22\/2575\/2018\/\">DOI:10.5194\/hess-22-2575-2018<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Pinnington, E., Amezcua, J., Cooper, E., Dadson, S., Ellis, R., Peng, J., Robinson, E., Morrison, R., Osborne, S., and Quaife, T. (2021): Improving soil moisture prediction of a high-resolution land surface model by parameterising pedotransfer functions through assimilation of SMAP satellite data, Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 25, 1617\u20131641,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5194\/hess-25-1617-2021\">DOI:10.5194\/hess-25-1617-2021<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Other TAMSAT publications<\/h3>\n<p><em>Coming soon!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dataset publications When using TAMSAT data, please cite these publications: Rainfall estimates Maidment, R.\u00a0I., D.\u00a0Grimes, E.\u00a0Black, E.\u00a0Tarnavsky, M.\u00a0Young, H.\u00a0Greatrex, R.\u00a0P. Allan et al. 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