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Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

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<strong>Tropical</strong> <strong>Rainfall</strong> <strong>Measuring</strong> <strong>Mission</strong><br />

TRMM<br />

Flood Events: Applications<br />

Multi-satellite rainfall estimates converted into<br />

probabilities of flood and landslide occurrence<br />

3-day heavy rains over 250 mm<br />

over Dominican Republic related to<br />

Hurricane Noel produces flooding<br />

(deduced by hydrologic model<br />

running globally in real-time) and<br />

landslides (estimated from real-time<br />

landslide potential algorithm)<br />

<strong>Rainfall</strong> information is from TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA)<br />

G O D D A R D S P A C E F L I G H T C E N T E R 11

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