Satellite Precipitation Measurement Volume 1

This book offers a complete overview of the measurement of precipitation from space, which has made considerable advancements during the last two decades. This is mainly due to the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), the Global Precipitation

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Vincenzo Levizzani Christopher Kidd · Dalia B. Kirschbaum Christian D. Kummerow · Kenji Nakamura F. Joseph Turk Editors

Satellite Precipitation Measurement Volume 1

Advances in Global Change Research Volume 67

Series Editor Markus Stoffel, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland Advisory Editors Wolfgang Cramer, IMEP, Bâtiment Villemin, Europole de l’Arbois, Aix-en-Provence, France Urs Luterbacher, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland F. Toth, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxanburg, Austria

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Vincenzo Levizzani • Christopher Kidd Dalia B. Kirschbaum • Christian D. Kummerow Kenji Nakamura • F. Joseph Turk Editors

Satellite Precipitation Measurement Volume 1

Editors Vincenzo Levizzani CNR-ISAC Bologna, Italy Dalia B. Kirschbaum Code 617 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, USA Kenji Nakamura Department of Economics on Sustainability Dokkyo University Saitama, Japan

Christopher Kidd Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center University of Maryland and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, USA Christian D. Kummerow Department of Atmospheric Science Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO, USA F. Joseph Turk Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA, USA

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