The Status of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) after Two Years in Orbit

D. Kummerow, Christian; Simpson, Joanne; W. Thiele, O.; Barnes, William; T. C. Chang, A.; Franz Stocker, Erich; F. Adler, R.; Y. Hou, A.; K. Kakar, Ramesh; Wentz, Frank; Ashcroft, Peter; Kozu, Toshiaki; Hong, Yang; Okamoto, Koji; Iguchi, Toshio; Kuroiwa, Hiroshi; Im, E.; S. Haddad, Ziad; J. Huffman, George; S. Ferrier, Brad; S. Olson, William; J. Zipser, Edward; A. Smith, Eric; T. Wilheit, T.; R. North, Gerald; N. Krishnamurti, T.; Nakamura, Kenji

doi:10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<1965:tsottr>2.0.co;2

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The Status of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) after Two Years in Orbit

Published in Journal of applied meteorology • Dec 1, 2000

Authors:

Christian D. Kummerow

Joanne Simpson

O. W. Thiele

Abstract

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite was launched on 27 November 1997, and data from all the instruments first became available approximately 30 days after the launch. Since then, much progress has been made in the calibration of the sensors, the improvement of the rainfall algor...

Subject

Environmental science

Satellite

Meteorology

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