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- Title
THE GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT (GPM) MISSION FOR SCIENCE AND SOCIETY.
- Authors
SKOFRONICK-JACKSON, GAIL; PETERSEN, WALTER A.; BERG, WESLEY; KIDD, CHRIS; STOCKER, ERICH F.; KIRSCHBAUM, DALIA B.; KAKAR, RAMESH; BRAUN, SCOTT A.; HUFFMAN, GEORGE J.; TOSHIO IGUCHI; KIRSTETTER, PIERRE E.; KUMMEROW, CHRISTIAN; MENEGHINI, ROBERT; RIKO OKI; OLSON, WILLIAM S.; TAKAYABU, YUKARI N.; KINJI FURUKAWA; WILHEIT, THOMAS
- Abstract
The article reports on the global precipitation measurement (GPM) mission which collects essential rain and snow data for scientific studies and societal benefit. Discussed is the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) spacecraft launched by U.S. National Aeronautics & Space Administration and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency which has a passive microwave multifrequency imaging radiometer and Ku-band radar channel capable of generating three-dimensional views of precipitation structure.
- Subjects
METEOROLOGICAL precipitation; METEOROLOGICAL precipitation measurement; RAINFALL; SNOW; RADIOMETERS; SPACE vehicles; UNITED States. National Aeronautics &; Space Administration; JAPAN Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Publication
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2017, Vol 98, Issue 8, p1679
- ISSN
0003-0007
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00306.1