Precipitation measurements from space: Reflections on a workshop at NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD., U.S.A., 28 April-1 May 1981
✍ Scribed by Barrett, Eric C.
- Publisher
- Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)
- Year
- 1982
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 2314-6214
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✦ Synopsis
National & World Climate Programs, precipitation measurement has taken on added dimensions.....'. '...Precipitation is not only a key climatic index with a host of practical implications, but it is also a major component of both the global energy & water budgets. For these reasons precipitation must now be observed with useful accuracy and ieasonable uniformity over the globe, presumably by satellite methods ...'. '...Experimental satellite techniques for rainfall measurements have been tested, but often with ambiguous results. ..'.
'...where necessary and possible the (improved) observing system (envisaged) may be a composite of two or more techniques, e.g. satellite and ground radar or gages...'.