Systems Engineering Analysis of a Trmm - like Retrieval Algorithm : Implication for Gpm Design
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Satellite systems such as the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) are complex and rely on the proper design and functioning of each of its many subsystems—satellite vehicle, ground validation (GV) sites, precipitation radar (PR), calibration, and retrieval algorithms—to ensure high quality data products. The retrieval algorithms employed in TRMM are based on mathematical models and assumptions about the microphysics of precipitation. Errors in the model assumptions, variables input to the model, and model parameters can lead to errors in the output, which in this case, is the retrieved rain rate.
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