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- Title
The GPM Combined Algorithm.
- Authors
Grecu, Mircea; Olson, William S.; Munchak, Stephen Joseph; Ringerud, Sarah; Liao, Liang; Haddad, Ziad; Kelley, Bartie L.; McLaughlin, Steven F.
- Abstract
In this paper, the operational Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission combined radar-radiometer algorithm is thoroughly described. The operational combined algorithm is designed to reduce uncertainties in GPM Core Observatory precipitation estimates by effectively integrating complementary information from the GPM Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) and the GPM Microwave Imager (GMI) into an optimal, physically consistent precipitation product. Although similar in many respects to previously developed combined algorithms, the GPM combined algorithm has several unique features that are specifically designed to meet the GPM objectives of deriving, based on GPM Core Observatory information, accurate and physically consistent precipitation estimates from multiple spaceborne instruments, and ancillary environmental data from reanalyses. The algorithm features an optimal estimation framework based on a statistical formulation of the Gauss-Newton method, a parameterization for the nonuniform distribution of precipitation within the radar fields of view, a methodology to detect and account for multiple scattering in Ka-band DPR observations, and a statistical deconvolution technique that allows for an efficient sequential incorporation of radiometer information into DPR precipitation retrievals.
- Subjects
RADIOMETERS; GAUSS-Newton method; METEOROLOGICAL precipitation; PARAMETERIZATION; MULTIPLE scattering (Physics)
- Publication
Journal of Atmospheric & Oceanic Technology, 2016, Vol 33, Issue 10, p2225
- ISSN
0739-0572
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0019.1