An overview of the Keys area precipitation project (KAPP)

Author

Tokay, Ali ; Wolff, David B. ; Fisher, Brad ; Wang, Jianxin ; Marks, David ; Silberstein, David ; Bashor, Paul ; Augustine, David ; Makofski, David ; Pippitt, Jason ; Kelley, Bart ; Shupp, Lynne

Author_Institution

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

21-25 July 2003

Firstpage

1148

Abstract

As part of the NASA tropical rainfall measuring mission ground validation (TRMM-GV) program, a field campaign was conducted in Florida Keys during August-September 2002. The purpose of the field campaign was to study the characteristics of rainfall over the Florida Keys, utilizing Key West WSR-88D, NASA´s s-band polarimetric radar (NPOL), and a network of rain gauges and disdrometers. This study focuses on the performance of the rain gauges and disdrometers and its impact on the radar rainfall algorithms.

Keywords

atmospheric measuring apparatus; gauges; hydrological equipment; radar polarimetry; rain; AD 2002 08 to 09; Florida Keys; Keys area precipitation project; NASA; S-band polarimetric radar; TRMM-GV program; disdrometers; radar rainfall algorithms; rain gauges; rainfall characteristics; tropical rainfall measuring mission ground validation; NASA; Noise measurement; Oceans; Quality control; Radar polarimetry; Rain; Satellites; Sea measurements; Spaceborne radar; Tropical cyclones;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2003. IGARSS '03. Proceedings. 2003 IEEE International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7929-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.2003.1294040

Filename

1294040