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Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)

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Major Science Results<br />

Nearly 850 journal articles using <strong>TRMM</strong> data<br />

• Space standard for measuring precipitation<br />

• Improved climatology of tropical rainfall and variations<br />

• Vertical hydrometeor/heating structure and diurnal signal<br />

• Improved climate and weather modeling<br />

• Impact of humans on precipitation<br />

• Hurricane/typhoon structure/evolution<br />

• Multi-satellite (~3-hr) rainfall analyses using <strong>TRMM</strong>+other satellites<br />

• Flood and agricultural applications<br />

• Operational use of data by weather<br />

agencies.<br />

Number of <strong>TRMM</strong> papers<br />

Cumulative<br />

Yearly total<br />

4

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