The wind speed

wind direction and wind stress over the ocean with respect to altitude are derived based on empirical relations.Taking into account the height of rain formation and assuming that wind speed at 10 m is 10 m/s

wind induced spatial drift for a unit mass of rain cell is estimated to range from 3—100 km

which is considered as the error of mislocation in satellite precipitation measurement.This source of error is analyzed and corrected using 10 sets of rain data from TRMM satellite.Comparison with simultaneous GPCP data shows an overall improvement of 12% in their consistency

suggesting that the proposed correction scheme is both feasible and effective.