A Multiyear Analysis of Global Precipitation Combining CloudSat and GPM Precipitation Retrievals

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dc.contributor.authorHayden, Lindsey
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Chuntao
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-07T17:22:45Z
dc.date.available2022-02-07T17:22:45Z
dc.date.issued2018-12-01
dc.description.abstractSatellite-based instruments are essential to the observation of precipitation at a global scale, especially over remote regions. Each instrument has its own strengths and limitations in accurately determining the rate of precipitation at the surface. By using the complementary strengths of two instruments, a more complete analysis of global precipitation can be performed. The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory’s Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) is capable of measuring precipitation at high and medium precipitation rates by using Ku-band (13.6 GHz) radiation. The CloudSat satellite’s Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) uses higher-frequency W-band (94 GHz) radiation and is therefore capable of measuring precipitation at low rates not detected by the GPM DPR. CloudSat observations from January 2007 to December 2016 and DPR observations from March 2014 to February 2018 are combined and the results examined. Since these datasets are not completely coincident, this study is conducted as a multiyear analysis. Observed precipitation from CloudSat is used starting at the lowest precipitation rates and increasing rates until the occurrence observed by GPM surpasses that of CloudSat, at which point data from GPM are used. The precipitation rate at which this change occurs contains important information on the amount of precipitation missed by each instrument and implications as to the size of the hydrometeors present. Liquid precipitation retrieval from CloudSat is not performed over land; analysis over land is produced here using the information available. By combining the two datasets, a more complete picture of precipitation occurring globally is obtained.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHayden, L. and Liu, C., 2018. A multiyear analysis of global precipitation combining CloudSat and GPM precipitation retrievals. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19(12), pp.1935-1952.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-18-0053.1
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1969.6/90146
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherAMSen_US
dc.subjectprecipitationen_US
dc.subjectclimatologyen_US
dc.subjecthydrometeorologyen_US
dc.subjectsatellite observationsen_US
dc.titleA Multiyear Analysis of Global Precipitation Combining CloudSat and GPM Precipitation Retrievalsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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