The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's scientific achievements and societal contributions: reviewing four years of advanced rain and snow observations
| العنوان: | The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission's scientific achievements and societal contributions: reviewing four years of advanced rain and snow observations |
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| المؤلفون: | Chris Kidd, Ramesh K. Kakar, George J. Huffman, Gail Skofronick-Jackson, Erich Franz Stocker, Walter A. Petersen, Dalia Kirschbaum |
| المصدر: | Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 144:27-48 |
| بيانات النشر: | Wiley, 2018. |
| سنة النشر: | 2018 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Atmospheric Science, 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences, Meteorology, 0208 environmental biotechnology, Weather forecasting, 02 engineering and technology, computer.software_genre, Snow, Numerical weather prediction, 01 natural sciences, Article, 020801 environmental engineering, Environmental science, Satellite imagery, Satellite, Precipitation, computer, Rain and snow mixed, Global Precipitation Measurement, 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| الوصف: | Precipitation represents a life-critical energy and hydrologic exchange between the Earth's atmosphere and its surface. As such, knowledge of where, when, and how much rain and snow falls is essential for scientific research and societal applications. Building on the 17-year success of the Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM), the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory (GPM-CO) is the first U.S. National Aeronautical and Space Administration (NASA) satellite mission specifically designed with sensors to observe the structure and intensities of both rain and falling snow. The GPM-CO has proved to be a worthy successor to TRMM, extending and improving high-quality active and passive microwave observations across all times of day. The GPM-CO launched in early 2014, is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), with sensors that include the NASA-provided GPM Microwave Imager and the JAXA-provided Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar. These sensors were devised with high accuracy standards enabling them to be used as a reference for inter-calibrating a constellation of partner satellite data. These intercalibrated partner satellite retrievals are used with infrared data to produce merged precipitation estimates at temporal scales of 30 minutes and spatial scales of 0.1° × 0.1°. Precipitation estimates from the GPM-CO and partner constellation satellites, provided in near real time and later reprocessed with all ancillary data, are an indispensable source of precipitation data for operational and scientific users. Advances have been made using GPM data, primarily in improving sensor calibration, retrieval algorithms, and ground validation measurements, and used to further our understanding of the characteristics of liquid and frozen precipitation and the science of water and hydrological cycles for climate/weather forecasting. These advances have extended to societal benefits related to water resources, operational numerical weather prediction, hurricane monitoring, prediction, and disaster response, extremes, and disease. |
| تدمد: | 1477-870X 0035-9009 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::e9d1b5e4da20708fa2cd7f53ad1e300b https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3313 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....e9d1b5e4da20708fa2cd7f53ad1e300b |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 1477870X 00359009 |
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