Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

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TRMM Summary Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission • Space standard for measuring precipitation • Improved climatology of tropical rainfall and variations • Vertical hydrometeor/heating structure and diurnal signal • Improved climate and weather modeling • Impact of humans on precipitation • Hurricane/typhoon structure/evolution • Multi-satellite (~3-hr) rainfall analyses using TRMM+other satellites • Flood and agricultural applications • Operational use of data by Estimated Publications by year >3000 scientific journal articles published using TRMM data G O D D A R D S P A C E F L I G H T C E N T E R 14
TRMM Current Status Spacecraft and instrument status: • All spacecraft systems in excellent shape for continuation Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission • The Precipitation Radar, Microwave, Visible and IR Scanner, and Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) are all working well • Fuel required for altitude maintenance is expected to last until ~January 2014 G O D D A R D S P A C E F L I G H T C E N T E R 15
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