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The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission: An OverviewThe importance of quantitative knowledge of tropical rainfall, its associated latent heating and variability is summarized in the context of the global hydrologic cycle. Much of the tropics is covered by oceans. What land exists, is covered largely by rainforests that are only thinly populated. The only way to adequately measure the global tropical rainfall for climate and general circulation models is from space. To address these issues, the TRMM satellite was launched in Nov. 1997. It has been operating successfully ever since.
Document ID
20000011100
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Kummerow. Christian
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Hong, Ye
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 9, 1999
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Meeting Information
Meeting: General Assembly of the International Union of Radio Science
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Country: Canada
Start Date: August 13, 1999
End Date: August 21, 1999
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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