Applications of a CloudSat-TRMM and CloudSat-GPM Satellite Coincidence Dataset
F. Joseph Turk, Sarah Ringerud, Andrea Camplani, Daniele Casella, Randy J. Chase, Ardeshir Ebtehaj, Jie Gong, Mark S. Kulie, Guosheng Liu, Lisa Milani, Giulia Panegrossi, Ramon Padullés, Jean‐François Rysman, Paolo Sanò, Sajad Vahedizade, Norman B. Wood
Abstract
The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) (Ku- and Ka-band, or 14 and 35 GHz) provides the capability to resolve the precipitation structure under moderate to heavy precipitation conditions. In this manuscript, the use of near-coincident observations between GPM and the CloudSat Profiling Radar (CPR) (W-band, or 94 GHz) are demonstrated to extend the capability of representing light rain and cold-season precipitation from DPR and the GPM passive microwave constellation sensors. These unique triple-frequency data have opened up applications related to cold-season precipitation, ice microphysics, and light rainfall and surface emissivity effects.