Title :
Selected analyses of TRMM instantaneous rainfall data
Author :
Stout, John ; Kwiatkowski, John
Author_Institution :
Center for Earth Observing & Space Res., George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, USA
Abstract :
Distributions of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Version 5 (V5) and Version 6 (V6) data are presented. The fraction of pixels determined by the Precipitation Radar (PR) to be convective has increased by 5% from V5 to V6. In V6, PR contributes more rain in medium ( 4 to 20 mm/hr) but less in heavy ( >20 mm/hr) rainfall rates than the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI). Joint probability distributions show the V6 TRMM Combined Instrument rainfall more strongly related to PR than to TMI.
Keywords :
geophysical signal processing; image sensors; meteorological radar; microwave imaging; rain; Precipitation Radar; TCI; TMI; TRMM Microwave Imager; TRMM V5 data; Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Version 5; V6 TRMM Combined Instrument rainfall; joint probability distribution; Algorithm design and analysis; Earth; Information retrieval; Instruments; Microwave sensors; Performance analysis; Radar imaging; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Spaceborne radar;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2004. IGARSS '04. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8742-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2004.1368556
