DocumentCode
1882630
Title
Evolution of the rain profiling algorithm for the TRMM Precipitation Radar
Author
Iguchi, Toshio
Author_Institution
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
fYear
2011
fDate
24-29 July 2011
Firstpage
1562
Lastpage
1564
Abstract
In the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), the standard algorithm that estimates the instantaneous rain profiles from the Precipitation Radar (PR) data has been revised several times since its launch in 1997. This paper describes the major changes in different versions of the algorithm and the reasons for the revisions.
Keywords
data handling; geophysics computing; meteorological radar; rain; remote sensing by radar; TRMM precipitation radar; Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission; instantaneous rain profile estimation; precipitation radar data; rain profiling algorithm evolution; Attenuation; Probability distribution; Rain; Reflectivity; Sea surface; Spaceborne radar; attenuation; radar; rain cell; simulation;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location
Vancouver, BC
ISSN
2153-6996
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1003-2
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049368
Filename
6049368
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