Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) implementation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7826, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Neeck, Steven P ^a   Kakar, Ramesh K ^a   Azarbarzin, Ardeshir A ^b   Hou, Arthur Y ^b  

^a NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTELLATION SATELLITES; CURRENT GENERATION; DATA RELAY SATELLITES; EARTH-OBSERVING SATELLITES; GLOBAL COVERAGE; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT MISSIONS; GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS; GPM MICROWAVE IMAGER; JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY; MICROWAVE RADIOMETERS; NASA SATELLITE; NEAR REAL-TIME DATUM; PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT; PRECIPITATION RADAR; QUANTITATIVE INFORMATION; REFERENCE STANDARD; RETRIEVAL ACCURACY; SAMPLING RATES; SAMPLING TIME; SATELLITE MISSION; SCIENCE-DATA; SPACE-BASED; SPACE-BORNE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TEMPORAL SAMPLING; TRMM MICROWAVE IMAGER; TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSIONS; WATER AND ENERGIES; WATERRESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BUILDINGS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; EARTH (PLANET); METEOROLOGICAL RADAR; MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; NASA; OBSERVATORIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RADAR; RADAR MEASUREMENT; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; RAIN; RAIN GAGES; SATELLITES; TROPICS; WATER MANAGEMENT;

MICROWAVE SENSORS;

EID: 78649552869     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.868537     Document Type: Conference Paper

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