PRECIPITATION FROM SPACE: Advancing Earth System Science

Advances to space-based observing systems and data processing techniques have made precipitation datasets quickly and easily available via various data portals and widely used in Earth sciences. The increasingly lengthy time span of space-based precipitation data records has enabled cross-discipline...

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Published in:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2013-03, Vol.94 (3), p.365-375
Main Authors: Kucera, Paul A., Ebert, Elizabeth E., Turk, F. Joseph, Levizzani, Vincenzo, Kirschbaum, Dalia, Tapiador, Francisco J., Loew, Alexander, Borsche, M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Archives & records
Artificial satellites
Climate models
Datasets
Earth
Environmental science
Floods
Global climate models
Landslides
Landslides & mudslides
Marine
Meteorology
Monitoring systems
Precipitation
Rain
Science
Soil water
Spacecraft
Weather forecasting
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Summary:Advances to space-based observing systems and data processing techniques have made precipitation datasets quickly and easily available via various data portals and widely used in Earth sciences. The increasingly lengthy time span of space-based precipitation data records has enabled cross-discipline investigations and applications that would otherwise not be possible, revealing discoveries related to hydrological and land processes, climate, atmospheric composition, and ocean freshwater budget and proving a vital element in addressing societal issues. The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how the availability and continuity of precipitation data records from recent and upcoming space missions is transforming the ways that scientific and societal issues are addressed, in ways that would not be otherwise possible.
ISSN:0003-0007
1520-0477
DOI:10.1175/bams-d-11-00171.1