Global precipitation mission: microwave rainfall retrievals and error models

Christian D. Kummerow; Dong-Bin Shin

doi:10.1117/12.467403

30 April 2003 Global precipitation mission: microwave rainfall retrievals and error models

Christian D. Kummerow, Dong-Bin Shin

Proceedings Volume 4894, Microwave Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Environment III; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467403
Event: Third International Asia-Pacific Environmental Remote Sensing Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Ocean, Environment, and Space, 2002, Hangzhou, China

Abstract

The planned Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) consists of a core satellite carrying a state-of-the-art dual frequency precipitation radar and a passive microwave radiometer. In addition, the GPM concept uses a constellation of satellites carrying passive microwave radiometers in order to achieve three hourly rainfall sampling. This constellation consists of radiometers on operational satellites such as the current SSM/I series, as well as some that are planned specifically as part of the GPM mission. As such, GPM is both a satellite "mission", as well as a concept designed to combine the many international assets into a coherent framework. In order to achieve this conceptual benefit, however, it is imperative that we develop algorithms and error models that allow a coherent description of rainfall to emerge from wide ranging sets of sensor capabilities. This paper will discuss work being performed to develop such a framework for the algorithms.

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Christian D. Kummerow and Dong-Bin Shin "Global precipitation mission: microwave rainfall retrievals and error models", Proc. SPIE 4894, Microwave Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Environment III, (30 April 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467403

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