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Satellite precipitation measurement. Volume 1 [electronic resource] / Vincenzo Levizzani, Christopher Kidd, Dalia B. Kirschbaum, Christian D. Kummerow, Kenji Nakamura, F. Joseph Turk, editors.

This book offers a complete overview of the measurement of precipitation from space, which has made considerable advancements during the last two decades. This is mainly due to the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, CloudSat and a carefull...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Levizzani, Vincenzo, Kidd, Christopher, Kirschbaum, Dalia B., Kummerow, Christian Detlef, Nakamura, Kenji, Turk, F. Joseph
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2020.
Series:Advances in global change research ; v. 67.
Subjects:
Precipitation (Meteorology) > Measurement > Remote sensing.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents of Volume 1
  • Contents of Volume 2
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Contributors
  • Acronyms
  • Part I: Status of Observations and Satellite Programs
  • Chapter 1: The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 Satellite Sensors and Characteristics
  • 1.3 Products
  • 1.4 Validation
  • 1.5 Advancing Precipitation Science
  • 1.5.1 Snowfall and Cold-Season Precipitation
  • 1.5.2 Drop Size Distributions (DSDs)
  • 1.5.3 Latent Heating Products
  • 1.6 Applications and Outreach.
  • 1.6.1 Precipitation Extremes, Food Security, and Health
  • 1.6.2 Assimilation and Numerical Modelling
  • 1.6.3 Outreach Activities
  • 1.7 Beyond GPM
  • References
  • Chapter 2: Status of the CloudSat Mission
  • 2.1 CloudSat Instrument and Measurements
  • 2.2 Limitations and Benefits of CloudSat for Precipitation Sensing
  • 2.3 CloudSat Mission Operations History
  • 2.4 CloudSat Data Products
  • 2.4.1 Precipitation Identification and Classification
  • 2.4.2 Quantifying Snowfall
  • 2.4.3 Quantifying Rainfall
  • References
  • Chapter 3: The Megha-Tropiques Mission After Seven Years in Space.
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 The Status of the Mission
  • 3.2.1 Orbital Aspects
  • 3.2.2 The MADRAS Radiometer
  • 3.2.3 The SAPHIR Sounder
  • 3.3 Addressing the Scientific Objectives
  • 3.3.1 Precipitation Related Remote Sensing Products from MT Payloads
  • 3.3.2 Tropical Science
  • 3.3.2.1 Hydrometeorology
  • 3.3.2.2 Deep Convection
  • 3.4 Addressing the Operational Objective
  • 3.4.1 Upstream Investigations
  • 3.4.2 Operational Applications
  • 3.5 Conclusions and Outlook
  • References
  • Chapter 4: Microwave Sensors, Imagers and Sounders
  • 4.1 Introduction.
  • 4.2 Characteristics of Microwave Imagers
  • 4.2.1 The Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometers (ESMRs)
  • 4.2.2 The Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR)
  • 4.2.3 The Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I)
  • 4.2.4 The TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI)
  • 4.2.5 WindSat
  • 4.2.6 Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR) Series
  • 4.2.7 GPM Microwave Imager (GMI)
  • 4.3 Characteristics of Microwave Sounders
  • 4.3.1 Microwave Sounding Unit (MSU)
  • 4.3.2 Special Sensor Microwave Temperature and Temperature-2 (SSM/T and SSM/T2)
  • 4.3.3 Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder (SSMIS)
  • 4.3.4 Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A and -B (AMSU-A and AMSU-B) and the Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS)
  • 4.3.5 Sondeur Atmosphérique du Profil dH́umidité Intertropicale par Radiométrie (SAPHIR)
  • 4.3.6 Advanced Technology Atmospheric Sounder (ATMS)
  • 4.4 Summary and Future
  • References
  • Chapter 5: Microwave and Sub-mm Wave Sensors: A European Perspective
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.1.1 EPS-SG Microwave Imaging (MWI) Mission
  • 5.1.2 EPS-SG Ice Cloud Imaging (ICI) Mission
  • 5.2 MWI and ICI Data Processing and Products
  • 5.3 Applications
  • 5.3.1 Numerical Weather Prediction.

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