F09: Remote Measurement of Precipitation at Local, Regional and Global Scales (2)

Wednesday, August 20  09:40-10:40,  Room #4

Session Chairs: Tomoo Ushio, Chandrasekar V Chandra

Water is fundamental to life and civilization, therefore extensive efforts have been made to measure rainfall (or more generally precipitation which includes rain and snow) at local and global scales. Rainfall measurement at local scales has been used to study and predict flooding, and also to manage water resources; measurement at global scales has been employed to study the influence of the water cycle, as well as, its effect on energy and the environment. Fresh water availability has huge economic and societal impact. This session will cover techniques and technologies for remote measurement of precipitation at local and global scales. The session will examine the latest scientific and technological advances this area, such as dual-polarization and dual-wavelength techniques, including measurement programs for quantitative remote sensing of rainfall. Scientific advances on understanding the microphysics of precipitation will also be covered.

9:40  F09.1   WHO SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PRECIPITATION CHANGE, NATURAL VARIATION OR HUMAN ACTIVITIES? --CHARACTERISTICS OF PRECIPITATION IN SOUTH CHINA AND ITS SURROUNDING AREA AS VIEWED BY TRMM PR AND MODIS

D. Lu1, Y. Fu2, Y. Yang2

1Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
2Department of Earth and Planetary Science and Technology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China


10:00  F09.2   HIGH RESOLUTION RAINFALL MAPPING WITH A REGIONAL NETWORK OF POLARIMETRIC RADARS AT S- AND X-BAND FREQUENCIES

H. Chen, V. Chandrasekar

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States


10:20  F09.3   ONBOARD CALIBRATION OF THE DUAL-FREQUENCY PRECIPITATION RADAR (DPR) INSTALLED ON THE GLOBAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENT (GPM) CORE OBSERVATORY

H. Hanado1, K. Nakagawa1, S. Kawamura1, N. Takahashi1, T. Iguchi1, M. Kojima2, T. Miura2, K. Furukawa2, Y. Hyakusoku2, T. Ishikiri2, H. Kai2, T. Masaki2, T. Higashiuwatoko3, N. Yoshida3, T. Manabe4

1National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Koganei, Tokyo, Japan
2Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
3Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
4Osaka Prefecture University, Sakai, Osaka, Japan