Renato Ramos da Silva and Lori Thompson

Remote Sensing Project


Amazonia's Physiographical Characteristics and Rainfall Relationships Studied by Remote Sensing

ABSTRACT



1. Introduction

2 - Physiographical Characteristics and Rainfall Relationship
 

    2.1 Mountain-Valley / River-Land Circulation
 

    2.2 Sea-Continent Interface
 

    2.3 Forest-Cleared Areas
 

3 - TRMM -Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission

    3.1 Project Overview

    3.2 LBA - Calibration Field Experiment

    3.3 Satellite Radar vs Ground Radar Validation

        January, 99   /  February, 99

4 - Case Studies

        January 18 / 20, 1999
        February 25, 1999

5 - TRMM Rainfall Rate Results

6 - Conclusions
 

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