TRMM PR rain rate and AMeDAS rain gauge comparison

Author

Oki, Riko ; Kozu, Toshiaki

Author_Institution

Earth Obs. Res. Center, Nat. Space Dev. Agency of Japan, Tokyo, Japan

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1355

Abstract

To obtain retrieval errors and sampling errors of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Precipitation Radar (TRMM PR), PR estimated rain rates were compared with ground based rain gauge data and radar basis rain data on instantaneous and monthly basis. So far PR estimates are lower than ground based measurements. Also there is a possibility that sampling error is not as large as it has been worried about. It is necessary to take statistics to determine the amounts of sampling errors at various area sizes

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; meteorological radar; rain; remote sensing by radar; spaceborne radar; AMeDAS rain gauge; PR; Precipitation Radar; TRMM; Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission; atmosphere; calibration; comparison; ground truth; measurement technique; radar remote sensing; rain; rain rate; rainfall; retrieval error; sampling error; spaceborne radar; Data analysis; Infrared image sensors; Meteorology; Microwave sensors; Radar imaging; Radar measurements; Rain; Reflectivity; Satellites; Spaceborne radar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2000. Proceedings. IGARSS 2000. IEEE 2000 International

Conference_Location

Honolulu, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6359-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2000.858117

Filename

858117