PPS (Precipitation Processing System) Related Website Links

 

  • TRMM website banner icon TRMM Homepage The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) designed to monitor and study tropical rainfall. 
  • GPM logo icon GPM Homepage (Global Precipitation Measurement).  An international satellite mission to be launched by NASA and JAXA in 2014 that will set new standards for precipitation measurements worldwide using a network of satellites united by the GPM Core Observatory.
  • JAXA logo icon Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) On October 1, 2003, the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (NAL) and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) were merged into one independent administrative institution to be able to perform all their activities in the aerospace field as one organization, from basic research and development to utilization. The independent administrative institution is the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA.)
  • Megha_tropiques mission logo MEGHA-TROPIQUES
    Water cycle in the tropical atmosphere in the context of climate change. The first objective of MEGHA-TROPIQUES is to associate three radiometric instruments allowing simultaneously observation of three interrelated components of the atmospheric engine: water vapour, condensed water (clouds and precipitation), and radiative fluxes. The second is to sample the intertropical zone, accounting for the large time-space variability of the tropical phenomena.  Moreover, the MEGHA-TROPIQUES microwave radiometer MADRAS could be one element complementing the constellation of mini-satellites of the Global Precipitation Mission.
  • Precipitation Research group (CSU) website icon (CSU) The Precipitation Research Group Global climate studies aim to reproduce current distributions of precipitation and forecast how these might change in the future. Over most of the Earth's surface, only remotely sensed data is available.
  • GCDC website icon (GCDC) Global Change Data Center The Global Change Data Center (GCDC) is an office in the Earth Sciences Division located at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland.  GCDC provides multi-mission data and information systems to generate and distribute products from Earth observing satellites and much more.
  • ISSCP data image icon ISCCP Convection Colocator
    International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project. ISCCP has produced a global dataset (currently covering the period 1983-2004) describing the properties of clouds. This dataset can be used more effectively for the study of specific cloud processes or other related meteorological phenomena if the information about particular types of clouds can be separated from these general, global statistics. To support studies related to 'deep' convection, the primary process by which the tropical atmosphere is heated by precipitation and radiation, the ISCCP dataset has been analyzed to identify and describe the properties of mesoscale deep convective cloud systems.
  • DOI Digital Object Identifier icon The DOI System
    This is the web site of the International DOI Foundation (IDF), a not-for-profit membership organization that is the governance and management body for the federation of Registration Agencies providing Digital Object Identifier (DOI) services and registration, and is the registration authority for the ISO standard (ISO 26324) for the DOI system. The DOI system provides a technical and social infrastructure for the registration and use of persistent interoperable identifiers, called DOIs, for use on digital networks.
  • TRMM Validation Office web icon TRMM Satellite Validation Office The TRMM Satellite Validation Office (TSVO) is the focal point for the planning and implementation of a broad and integrated observational program of precipitation and related climate research, designed to meet the specific science validation objectives established by the TRMM science team, and which are also consistent with programmatic requirements established by NASA Headquarters.
  • NOAA MADIS dataset icon NOAA/MADIS Data Sets The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Research (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) Global Systems Division (GSD) developed the Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS) to collect, integrate, quality control (QC), and distribute observations from NOAA and non-NOAA organizations.
  • EOS project website icon EOS Project Homepage The Earth Observing System (EOS) is a coordinated series of polar-orbiting and low inclination satellites for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, solid Earth, atmosphere, and oceans. EOS is a major component of the Earth Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate.
  • NICTicon (NICT) National Institute of Information and Communications Technology The National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, an incorporated administrative agency, was established by merging the Communications Research Laboratory (CRL), an incorporated administrative agency and the Telecommunications Advancement Organization (TAO).
  • DMSP Earth Observation group icon Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Data Archive The Earth Observation Group at NGDC is home to the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Archive. In addition to maintaining the archive, the EOG performs research on the data as well as creating products.
  • GSFC Center Logo GSFC Homepage The Goddard Space Flight Center. Home to PPS and the GPM core satellite.
  • NASA logo image NASA Homepage The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Website.