Space-Based Precipitation Observations: Innovations for Science and Applications
Space-Based Precipitation Observations: Innovations for Science and Applications
Session ID#: 121478
Session Description:
Precipitation processes condition the Earth’s water cycle, weather and climate; as such, precipitation is a designated observable by the Earth Science community in the 2017 Decadal Survey. Global precipitation measurements have been vital for documenting processes that impact extreme weather, hydrologic forecasts, and infrastructures. The TRMM and GPM missions set standards for global 3D mapping to support precipitation science and applications. Improving our understanding and modeling of physical processes, e.g. coupling precipitation, aerosols, clouds, and convection (ACCP) is a focus of future satellite observing systems. Precipitation science will advance through model-observations synergy that jointly enhance our models’ accuracy and our insight into observations, and with complementary observations from space and suborbital platforms to document detailed interaction processes, small spatial scales, and poorly resolved temporal components. This session invites innovative contributions in all areas of precipitation science, including research on physical processes, extremes, missions, instrumentation, models, algorithms, products, applications, and validation.
Co-Organized:
- A - Atmospheric Sciences
Co-Sponsor(s):
- AMS: American Meteorological Society -
Index Terms:
1854 Precipitation [HYDROLOGY]
1855 Remote sensing [HYDROLOGY]
3314 Convective processes [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3354 Precipitation [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener: Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States
Conveners: Sarah Ringerud1,2, George John Huffman1 and David B Wolff3, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States(2)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States(3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Wallops Flight Facility, Code 610W, Wallops Island, VA, United States
Primary Liaison: Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, University of Oklahoma, School of Meteorology and School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science, Norman, OK, United States
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