Space-Based Precipitation Radar Systems for Water Resources and Hydrology

Joe Turk
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Caltech

ABSTRACT: Joe Turk provides a brief background on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), which operated from 1997-2014, and the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) spacecraft, which launched in 2014. He then describes the science underlying the interpretation of the observations, methods to accommodate the variable surface conditions, and various findings from the first three years of the GPM core mission. Lastly, Turk discusses several concepts proposed for future space-based radar systems related to improved understanding of extreme precipitation and cloud-precipitation processes.

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