The Goddard Profiling (GPROF) Precipitation Retrieval Algorithm

Randel, David L.; Kummerow, Christian D.; Ringerud, Sarah

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-24568-9_8

David L. Randel¹¹,
Christian D. Kummerow¹¹ &
Sarah Ringerud¹²

Part of the book series: Advances in Global Change Research ((AGLO,volume 67))

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Abstract

Early in the 1990s, the Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) was created to retrieve both surface rainfall and hydrometeor vertical profiles from satellite passive microwave sensors. Over the last 25 years it has been the primary algorithm for the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) and the follow-on sensor – the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI). To meet the objectives of these missions, GPROF has been designed not just for single sensors, but to consistently retrieve rainfall from the full suite of passive sensors in the GPM constellation. These include Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-2 (AMSR2), Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS), Microwave Humidity Sounder (MHS), Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS), and the historical sensors, Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I), and the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (AMSR-E).

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Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, USA
David L. Randel & Christian D. Kummerow
ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, USA
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CNR-ISAC, Bologna, Italy
Vincenzo Levizzani
Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Christopher Kidd
Code 617, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Dalia B. Kirschbaum
Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA
Christian D. Kummerow
Department of Economics on Sustainability, Dokkyo University, Saitama, Japan
Kenji Nakamura
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
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Randel, D.L., Kummerow, C.D., Ringerud, S. (2020). The Goddard Profiling (GPROF) Precipitation Retrieval Algorithm. In: Levizzani, V., Kidd, C., Kirschbaum, D.B., Kummerow, C.D., Nakamura, K., Turk, F.J. (eds) Satellite Precipitation Measurement. Advances in Global Change Research, vol 67. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24568-9_8

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