The 13.8 GHz Precipitation Radar (PR) aboard the US/Japan Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite is the first rain profiling radar ever launched into space. A TRMM follow-on mission, called the Global Precipitation Mission (GPM), is currently planned to extend and improve the TRMM acquired rainfall data set.
The next generation of spaceborne rain radars: science rationales and technology status
International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) - Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere Environment and Space
23.10.2002
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
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Englisch