Applications of a cloudsat-trmm and cloudsat-gpm satellite coincidence dataset

F. Joseph Turk, Sarah E. Ringerud, Andrea Camplani, Daniele Casella, Randy J. Chase, Ardeshir Ebtehaj, Jie Gong, Mark Kulie, Guosheng Liu, Lisa Milani, Giulia Panegrossi, Ramon Padullés, Jean François Rysman, Paolo Sanò, Sajad Vahedizade, Norman B. Wood

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Abstract

The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) (Ku-and Ka-band, or 14 and 35 GHz) provides the capability to resolve the precipitation structure under moderate to heavy precipitation conditions. In this manuscript, the use of near-coincident observations between GPM and the CloudSat Profiling Radar (CPR) (W-band, or 94 GHz) are demonstrated to extend the capability of representing light rain and cold-season precipitation from DPR and the GPM passive microwave constellation sensors. These unique triple-frequency data have opened up applications related to cold-season precipitation, ice microphysics, and light rainfall and surface emissivity effects.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number2264
JournalRemote Sensing
Volume13
Issue number12
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2 2021
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • CloudSat
  • Emissiv-ity
  • GPM
  • Ice
  • Microphysics
  • Microwave
  • Precipitation
  • Radar
  • Radiometer
  • Snow
  • TRMM

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