1. Applications of a CloudSat-TRMM and CloudSat-GPM Satellite Coincidence Dataset.
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Turk, F. Joseph, Ringerud, Sarah E., Camplani, Andrea, Casella, Daniele, Chase, Randy J., Ebtehaj, Ardeshir, Gong, Jie, Kulie, Mark, Liu, Guosheng, Milani, Lisa, Panegrossi, Giulia, Padullés, Ramon, Rysman, Jean-François, Sanò, Paolo, Vahedizade, Sajad, and Wood, Norman B.
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COINCIDENCE , *MICROPHYSICS , *RADAR , *EMISSIVITY , *MICROWAVES , *MICROWAVE heating , *ARTIFICIAL satellites - 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2021
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