Title :
Global Precipitation Map using Satelliteborne Microwave Radiometers by the GSMaP Project : Production and Validation
Author :
Kubota, Takuji ; Shige, Shoichi ; Hashizume, Hiroshi ; Ushio, Tomoo ; Aonashi, Kazumasa ; Kachi, Misako ; Okamoto, Ken Ichi
Author_Institution :
CREST, Sci. & Technol. Agency, Tokyo
Abstract :
By Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) Project, global surface rainfalls are retrieved from satelliteborne microwave radiometers. We have retrieved from the TRMM Microwave Imager for 1998-2004, from the AMSR-E for 2003-2004, and from the AMSR for April-October 2003 and from the SSM/I for 2003-2004. We combined these rainfall retrievals derived from microwave radiometers (GSMaP MWR). For the validation, the GSMaP-retrievals are compared to TRMM/PR rainfalls, GPROF-retrievals, and gauge-based data
Keywords :
atmospheric techniques; microwave imaging; radiometers; rain; remote sensing; AD 1998 to 2004; AMSR-E; GPROF; GSMaP Project; Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation Project; SSM/I; TRMM Microwave Imager; global precipitation map; global surface rainfalls; satelliteborne microwave radiometers; Image retrieval; Iterative algorithms; Meteorology; Oceans; Production; Radiometers; Rain; Satellite broadcasting; Table lookup; Water resources;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE MicroRad, 2006
Conference_Location :
SanJuan
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9417-8
DOI :
10.1109/MICRAD.2006.1677106
