Global Precipitation Map Using Satellite-Borne Microwave Radiometers by the GSMaP Project: Production and Validation
Osaka Prefecture University · Japan Science and Technology Agency · +7 more institutions
Abstract
This paper documents the production and validation of retrieved rainfall data obtained from satellite-borne microwave radiometers by the Global Satellite Mapping of Precipitation (GSMaP) Project. Using various attributes of precipitation derived from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite data, the GSMaP has implemented hydrometeor profiles derived from Precipitation Radar (PR), statistical rain/no-rain classification, and scattering algorithms using polarization-corrected temperatures (PCTs) at 85.5 and 37 GHz. Combined scattering-based surface rainfalls are computed depending on rainfall intensities. PCT85 is not used for stronger rainfalls, because strong depressions of PCT85 are related to…
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- 12.44
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- 100%
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- 70
Authors
13- TKTakuji KubotaCorresponding
Osaka Prefecture University, Japan Science and Technology Agency
- SSShoichi Shige
Osaka Prefecture University
- HHHiroshi Hashizume
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Osaka Prefecture University
- KAKazumasa Aonashi
Japan Meteorological Agency, Meteorological Research Institute
- NTNobuhiro Takahashi
National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Topics & keywords
- Precipitation
- Environmental science
- Radar
- Satellite
- Radiometer
- Global Precipitation Measurement
- Meteorology
- Remote sensing
- Climate action