Applications of Dynamic Land Surface Information for Passive Microwave Precipitation Retrieval.

ABSTRACT: Accurate, physically based precipitation retrieval over global land surfaces is an important goal of the NASA/JAXA Global Precipitation Measurement Mission (GPM). This is a difficult problem for the passive microwave constellation, as the signal over radiometrically warm land surfaces in the microwave frequencies means that the measurements used are indirect and typically require inferring some type of relationship between an observed scattering signal and precipitation at the surface. GPM, with collocated radiometer and dual-frequency radar, is an excellent tool for tackling this problem and improving global retrievals. In the years following the launch of the GPM Core Observatory satellite, physically based passive microwave retrieval of precipitation over land continues to be cha

SUBMITTER: Ringerud S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8151823 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature