Title :
Evolution of the rain profiling algorithm for the TRMM Precipitation Radar
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Tokyo, Japan
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;
Conference_Titel :
Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 2011 IEEE International
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1003-2
DOI :
10.1109/IGARSS.2011.6049368
