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Christian D. Kummerow
Researcher at Colorado State University
Publications - 199
Citations - 15090
Christian D. Kummerow is an academic researcher from Colorado State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Precipitation & Radiometer. The author has an hindex of 51, co-authored 191 publications receiving 13514 citations. Previous affiliations of Christian D. Kummerow include Goddard Space Flight Center & University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Sensor Package
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a reference guide to users wishing to make use of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission data, which covers each of the three primary rainfall instruments: the passive microwave radiometer, the precipitation radar, and the Visible and Infrared Radiometer System on board the spacecraft.
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The Global Precipitation Measurement Mission
Arthur Y. Hou,Ramesh K. Kakar,Steven P. Neeck,Ardeshir A. Azarbarzin,Christian D. Kummerow,Masahiro Kojima,Riko Oki,Kenji Nakamura,Toshio Iguchi +8 more
TL;DR: The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission is an international satellite mission specifically designed to set a new standard for the measurement of precipitation from space and to provide a new generation of global rainfall and snowfall observations in all parts of the world every 3 h as discussed by the authors.
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The status of the tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM) after two years in orbit
Christian D. Kummerow,Joanne Simpson,Otto W. Thiele,William L. Barnes,Alfred T. C. Chang,Erich Franz Stocker,Robert F. Adler,Arthur Y. Hou,Ramesh K. Kakar,F. Wentz,P. Ashcroft,Toshiaki Kozu,Yang Hong,Ken-ichi Okamoto,T. Iguchi,H. Kuroiwa,Eastwood Im,Ziad S. Haddad,George J. Huffman,B. Ferrier,William S. Olson,Edward J. Zipser,Eric A. Smith,Thomas T. Wilheit,Gerald R. North,T. Krishnamurti,Kenji Nakamura +26 more
TL;DR: The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) was launched on 27 November 1997, and data from all the instruments first became available approximately 30 days after the launch as mentioned in this paper, and much progress has been made in the calibration of the sensors, the improvement of the rainfall algorithms, and applications of these results to areas such as data assimilation and model initialization.
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The Evolution of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) for Rainfall Estimation from Passive Microwave Sensors
Christian D. Kummerow,Yang Hong,William S. Olson,Song Yang,Robert F. Adler,Jeffrey R. McCollum,Ralph Ferraro,Grant W. Petty,D.-B. Shin,Thomas T. Wilheit +9 more
TL;DR: The latest improvements applied to the Goddard profiling algorithm (GPROF) are described, particularly as they apply to the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), and the new algorithm makes use of emission and scattering indices instead of individual brightness temperatures.
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The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission for Science and Society
Gail Skofronick-Jackson,Walter A. Petersen,Wesley Berg,Chris Kidd,Erich Franz Stocker,Dalia Kirschbaum,Ramesh K. Kakar,Scott A. Braun,George J. Huffman,Toshio Iguchi,Pierre Kirstetter,Christian D. Kummerow,Robert Meneghini,Riko Oki,William S. Olson,Yukari N. Takayabu,Kinji Furukawa,Thomas T. Wilheit +17 more
TL;DR: The GPM mission collects essential rain and snow data for scientific studies and societal benefit and aims to provide real-time information about rainfall and snowfall to improve understanding of climate change.