2020 PMM Science Team Meeting

Dates
Location
Virtual (Microsoft Teams)

The meeting is by invitation to Precipitation Measurement Mission (PMM) Science Team members and specified affiliates. Monday, October 19, 2020, is devoted to working group meetings. Tuesday – Thursday, October 20-22, will consist of general oral and poster sessions covering mission/program status, partner reports, science activities, field campaign results, and other science team business.  Friday, October 23, is devoted to algorithm team meetings (all Science Team Meeting attendees are invited).

Mission Affiliation

How are the TMPA and IMERG algorithm designs the same and different?

Both TMPA and IMERG use a constellation of passive microwave satellites, and within the general umbrella groups of “sounder” and “imager” the inputs are much the same, although at the end of the TRMM era the TMPA was not upgraded to include the newer satellites. The direct inputs of the TMI and GMI are swamped by the amount of data from the rest of the microwave sensors, so the absence of TMI in the last 4.5 years of TMPA was not a major problem.

Assessing the skill of NCMRWF global ensemble prediction system in predicting Indian summer monsoon during 2018

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Publication Year
Authors
Chakraborty, P., A. Sarkar, R. Bhatla, and R. Singh
Journal
Atmospheric Research
Volume
248
Page Numbers
105255
DOI
10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105255
Publication URL
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809520311923
Mission Affiliation
Major Category
IMERG Rainfall Totals from Medicane Ianos
From September 14th - 20th, 2020, NASA’s IMERG algorithm estimated the rainfall from a Mediterranean cyclone with tropical-like characteristics, commonly known as a “Medicane”, which flooded parts of Greece. Medicanes typically appear once or twice a year and are similar to tropical storms in that both have a symmetric structure, a warm core, a clearly visible eye, and winds of at least tropical-storm strength. This particular storm system, dubbed "Ianos" by the National Observatory of Athens, led to media reports of flooding throughout the islands of Kefalonia and Zakynthos off the western
IMERG totals from hurricane sally
The northern Gulf Coast has seen its share of storms this busy hurricane season. At the end of August, then Tropical Storm Marco brought heavy rains to parts of the Florida Panhandle while western Louisiana took a direct hit from the much more powerful Category 4 Hurricane Laura. Now, just over 3 weeks since Laura made landfall, the northern Gulf Coast was struck again, this time by Hurricane Sally. Though not as powerful as Laura, the still rather strong Sally behaved more like Marco. But, while Marco was largely sheared apart with most of the rain well northeast of the center as it slowed