Real time satellite rainfall estimation over the Amazon region for hydrological applications

Author

Vicente, Gilberto A. ; Costa, Marcos H.

Author_Institution

QSS-Group, Inc., NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Volume

5

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2121

Abstract

This is an overview in the recent progress in the development and implementation of an automated satellite rainfall estimation technique for the Amazonia region. The main research purpose is to provide free of cost satellite rainfall estimates to the Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA) researchers and other Internet users. The estimates are derived from the GOES-8 geosynchronous satellite infrared (IR) images plus model-derived precipitable water and relative humidity. The technique generates precipitation maps every half-hour over the whole South America region, acknowledges the diurnal variation of precipitation and has better temporal and spatial coverage than the TRMM and DMSP(SSM/1) satellite estimates. The real time rainfall estimates are available in GIF and GRADS format through the NOAA web site http://orbit-net.nesdis.noaa.gov/arad/ht/ff/gilberto.html

Keywords

hydrological techniques; hydrology; rain; remote sensing; Amazon; Amazonia; Brazil; GOES-8; IR imagery; IR radiometry; Large Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia; South America; cloud; diurnal variation; hydrology; infrared images; measurement technique; precipitable water; precipitation; precipitation maps; rain; rainfall; real time estimation; relative humidity; satellite remote sensing; Clouds; Costs; Humidity; Infrared imaging; Internet; Large-scale systems; NASA; Satellites; Temperature; Web server;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2001. IGARSS '01. IEEE 2001 International

Conference_Location

Sydney, NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7031-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2001.977923

Filename

977923