Rainfall which is regarded as one of the more important observations for the measurements of this most variable parameter was made continuously, across large areas and over the sea. Ships could not provide the needed resolution nor could available radars provide the needed breadth of coverage. Microwave observations from the Nimbus-5 satellite offered some hope. Another possibility was suggested by the results of many comparisons between rainfall and the clouds seen in satellite pictures. Sequences of pictures from the first geostationary satellites were employed and a general correspondence between rain and the convective clouds visible in satellite pictures was found. It was demonstrated that the agreement was best for growing clouds. The development methods to infer GATE rainfall from geostationary satellite images are examined.


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    Title :

    Precipitation measurements for earth-space communications: Accuracy requirements and ground-truth techniques


    Contributors:
    Ippolito, L. J. (author) / Kaul, R. (author)


    Publication date :

    1981-10-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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