Satellite Precipitation Measurement
Levizzani, Vincenzo / Kidd, Christopher / Turk, F. Joseph / Kummerow, Christian D. / Nakamura, Kenji / Kirschbaum, Dalia B. This book offers a complete overview of the measurement of precipitation from space, which has made considerable advancements during the last two decades. This is mainly due to the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, CloudSat and a carefully maintained constellation of satellites hosting passive microwave sensors. The book revisits a previous book, Measuring Precipitation from Space, ...