Toshiaki Kozu

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.

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.

TL;DR: In this paper, an algorithm that estimates the instantaneous profiles of the true radar reflectivity factor and rainfall rate from the radar reflectivities profiles observed by the precipitation radar (PR) onboard the TRMM satellite is presented.

TL;DR: The precipitation radar onboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite is confirmed that the PR functions properly and meets the performance requirements to quantitatively measure three-dimensional precipitation distribution from space.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors investigated the interaction between microwave backscatter signatures and rice canopy growth variables, as well as provided definitive insight into the interactions between microwave signatures and vegetation based on a comprehensive data set collected under the unique crop conditions of paddy rice.