Holes in Optical Lightning Flashes: Identifying Poorly Transmissive Clouds in Lightning Imager Data by Michael Peterson

“…Such holes are identified algorithmically in the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite LIS record and the microphysical properties of the coincident storm region are queried. …”
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Water storage variations in the Poyang Lake Basin estimated from GRACE and satellite altimetry by Yang Zhou, Shuanggen Jin, Robert Tenzer, Jialiang Feng

“…Furthermore, the impact of soil moisture content from GLDAS and rainfall from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) on TWS variations are investigated. …”
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TRMM Satellite Algorithm Estimates to Represent the Spatial Distribution of Rainstorms by Patrick Marina, Mah Yau Seng, Putuhena Frederik Josep, Wang Yin Chai, Selaman Onni Suhaiza

“…This paper aims to investigate the rainfall estimates prepared by Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) to explain whether it is suitable to represent the distribution of extreme rainfall in Sungai Sarawak Basin. …”
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The use of remote sensing products for environmental analysis in the South America by Samuel Martins da Costa Coura, Fabrício Brito Silva, Elisabete Caria Moraes, Gustavo Bayma Siqueira da Silva, Francielle da Silva Cardozo, Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro, Mariane Mayumi Garcia Takeda, Gabriel Pereira

“…In this manner, the objective of this study is to analyze the environmental characteristics of South America during 2000 to 2005 time periods, using four remote sensing databases: the GLOBCOVER, the Vegetation Continuous Field (VCF), MODIS Fire Radiative Power (FRP) and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). Initially, GLOBCOVER and VCF products were analyzed and utilized afterwards for quantitative analysis of the spatial distribution of the FRP database. …”
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Satellite Observed Environmental Changes over the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau by Kuo-Hsin Tseng, C. K. Shum, Hyongki Lee, Jianbin Duan, Chungyen Kuo, Shuli Song, Wenyao Zhu

“…Five types of satellite data and outputs from Atmospheric General Circulation Model (AGCMs) are used to study these climate change indicators: (1) AIRS/AMSU/HSB atmospheric sounding system onboard the Aqua platform, 2003 ~ 2009, (2) Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard Terra, 2001 ~ 2009, (3) The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation measurements, 1999 ~ 2009, (4) the ERA-interim (ECMWF Interim Reanalysis), 1989 ~ 2009, and (5) the Japanese 25-year Reanalysis Project (JRA-25) AGCM data, 1979 ~ 2009. …”
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Classification of rainstorms in Hunan Province affected by the Southwest China vortex by Ziyi MAO, Jinqing LIU

“…By using the Southwest China Vortex Yearbook, ERA-Interim reanalysis data, national meteorological station precipitation data and TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) gridded precipitation, Southwest China vortex (SWCV) rainstorms occurring in Hunan Province during the 2012-2016 period are investigated. …”
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Convectively coupled Rossby–Gravity waves in a field campaign: How they are captured in reanalysis products by Xiaocong Wang, Minghua Zhang

“…This study investigates how the diabatic fields associated with Mixed Rossby–Gravity waves (MRGs) are represented in four reanalysis products by using a unique observational dataset from the TRMM‐KWAJEX (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission‐Kwajalein Experiment) field campaign. …”
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Using Remote Sensing Products for Environmental Analysis in South America by Fabrício Brito Silva, Francielle da Silva Cardozo, Gabriel Pereira, Yosio Edemir Shimabukuro

“…This work uses the GLOBCOVER, the Vegetation Continuous Field (VCF), MODIS Fire Radiative Power (FRP) and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) remotely sensed databases to analyze the biomass burning distribution, the land use and land cover characteristics and the percent of tree cover in South America during the years 2000 to 2005. …”
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Hydrologic modelling using TRMM-based rainfall products for flood analysis by Sutikno Sigit, Lilis Handayani Yohanna, Fauzi Manyuk, Fitriani, Kurnia Ariani, Rinaldi

“…This study developed a hydrologic modelling using Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellites data and IFAS (Integrated Flood Analysis System) tool for flood analysis. …”
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Rainfall Estimation of Mesoscale Convective System Using AMSU-A Data During the Mei-Yu Season by Jen-Chi Hu, Wann-Jin Chen, Ching-Chung Li, Chun-Chieh Chao

“…To obtain further precipitation observations, another rainfall estimation retrieved by the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) data onboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) was compared with the AMSU-A data. …”
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Impact of Quasi-Biweekly Oscillation on Southeast Asian Cold Surge Rainfall Monitored by TRMM Satellite Observation by Zizhen Dong, Lin Wang, Ruowen Yang, Jie Cao, Peng Hu

“…Based on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite observation and ERA5 re-analysis dataset, this paper studies the influence of the northwestward-propagating quasi-biweekly oscillation (QBWO) over the western North Pacific on cold surge rainfall (CSR) over Southeast Asia. …”
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On the Suitability of MODIS Time Series Metrics to Map Vegetation Types in Dry Savanna Ecosystems: A Case Study in the Kalahari of NE Namibia by Stefan Dech, Christian Hüttich, Ben J. Strohbach, Manfred Keil, Michael Schmidt, Martin Herold, Ursula Gessner

“…The relationship between annual classification accuracies and bi-annual precipitation sums was conducted using data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). Increased error rates occurred in years with high rainfall rates compared to dry rainy seasons. …”
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Challenge and opportunities of space-based precipitation radar for spatio-temporal hydrology analysis in tropical maritime influenced catchment: case study on the upper and remote... by Mahmud, M. R., Numata, S., Matsuyama, H., Hosaka, T., Hashim, M.

“…Second, the spatial pattern of rainfall changes is analysed using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite information. …”
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Assessment variability of annual daily maximum rainfall of Kelantan, Malaysia by Siti Maizatul Ashikin, Shah Bahrim

“…This study uses rainfall data derived from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite-based rainfall data. …”
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Time Varying Spatial Downscaling of Satellite-Based Drought Index by Hone-Jay Chu, Regita Faridatunisa Wijayanti, Lalu Muhamad Jaelani, Hui-Ping Tsai

“…This study used satellite precipitation data from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), but refined the data for drought monitoring in Java, Indonesia. …”
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Evaluation of Rainfall Forecasts by Three Mesoscale Models during the Mei-yu Season of 2008 in Taiwan. Part II: Development of an Object-Oriented Method by Chung-Chieh Wang, Sahana Paul, Dong-In Lee

“…Using blended data from the rain-gauge network in Taiwan and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) as the observation, the method developed herein is applied to twice-daily 0–48 h QPFs produced by the Cloud-Resolving Storm Simulator (CReSS) during the South-West Monsoon Experiment (SoWMEX) in May–June 2008. …”
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Preliminary Application of a Multi-Physical Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter in Cloud and Precipitation Forecasts by Qin Mei, Jia Wang, Xiefei Zhi, Hanbin Zhang, Ya Gao, Chuanxiang Yi, Yang Yang

“…In this study, based on the retrieval data from the Fengyun geostationary meteorological satellite and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite, a large-scale precipitation case in eastern China is selected to address the systematic deviations of deterministic forecasts for clouds and precipitation. …”
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Evaluating Precipitation Estimates from Eta, TRMM and CHRIPS Data in the South-Southeast Region of Minas Gerais State—Brazil by Sulimar Munira Caparoci Nogueira, Maurício Alves Moreira, Margarete Marin Lordelo Volpato

“…Precipitation estimates derived from the Eta model and from TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission) and CHIRPS (Climate Hazards Group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data) remotely sensed data were compared to the precipitation data of the INMET (National Institute of Meteorology) meteorological stations in the south-southeast region of Minas Gerais state, Brazil, in the period between July 2009 and June 2015. …”
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EFICIENCIA TECNICA DE LA LECHERIA PAMPEANA. FRONTERAS ESTOCASTICAS CON HETEROGENEIDAD OBSERVADA Y NO OBSERVADA by Ignacio Raúl Pace Guerrero, Laura Beatriz Gastaldi, Nicolás Gatti

“…El análisis también incorpora lluvias acumuladas por trimestres , estimadas por Tropical RainfallMeasuringMission (TRMM). La estimación de e ficiencia técnica se realiza a través de fronteras estocásticas de producción del tipo Cobb-Douglas. …”
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Estimación del balance hídrico de la región Pacífica Colombiana by Manuela Velásquez Restrepo, Germán Poveda Jaramillo

“…Para la estimación de los campos de precipitación se usa información de Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) y Climate Hazard group InfraRed Precipitation with Station (CHIRPS), para la evapotranspiración real se usa información del Max Planck Institute (MPI), así como los métodos de Choudhury y Budyko partiendo de información de evapotranspiración potencial del Climatic Research Unit (CRU). …”
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