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Diagram of the TRMM Instruments Measurement Path

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Diagram of the TRMM instrument's measurment path.

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A First Approach to Global Runoff Simulation using Satellite Rainfall Estimation

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Motivated by the recent increasing availability of global remote sensing data for estimating precipitation and describing land surface characteristics, this note reports an approximate assessment of quasi-global runoff computed by incorporating satellite rainfall data and other remote sensing products in a relatively simple rainfall-runoff simulation approach: the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) runoff curve number (CN) method.

TRMM: Measuring Lightning

An explanation of what causes lightning and how TRMM is used to study the relationship between rainfall and lightning.

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TRMM: Investigating Hurricanes

An explanation of how the TRMM satellite is used to investigate tropical storms and hurricanes, such as Hurricane Bonnie in 1998.

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TRMM: Three Hourly Rainfall Measurements

Explains the TRMM satellite's capability to measure rainfall around the world every three hours, and some of the results of these measurements.

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Overview of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

Provides an overview of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), including its background, purpose, methods, and results.

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Raindrop Shape Diagram

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An illustration of how raindrops change shape as they fall towards the ground.

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2DVD at Egbert, CARE, Canada

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Presentation of CSU's 2-Dimensional Video Disdrometer for the Canadian CloudSat/CALIPSO Validation Programme

International Ground Validation Research Programme of GPM: Report of 1st International GPM GV Requirements Workshop

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Report of the 1st International GPM GV Requirements Workshop.

GPM Ground Validation: Strategy and Efforts

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The validation of satellite products is classically defined as a ground-based observing strategy intended to assess whether satellite products meet their stated accuracy requirements and objectives. In the case of the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM), this philosophy was translated to the quasi-continuous operation of four ground radar sites for which TRMM satellite sensor-based and ground-based rainfall products were compared. The findings from these four sites revealed that TRMM products generally met their stated objectives.

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