Primary Convener:
Sarah Ringerud, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Convener:
George Huffman, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Yagmur Derin, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Daniel Watters, University of Oklahoma

Chair:
Sarah Ringerud, CSU
Yagmur Derin, University of Wisconsin–Madison
Daniel Watters, NASA Postdoctoral Program, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Global precipitation observations are vital for investigating processes that impact extreme weather, hydrologic forecasts, and infrastructure. The TRMM and GPM missions have set standards for remote sensing of global precipitation and applications, and future international agency and commercial missions will further advance our observational record and understanding of physical processes. Advancing precipitation science requires complementary cloud-precipitation observations from spaceborne and suborbital platforms as well as model-observation synergy to document detailed interaction processes, small spatial scales, and poorly resolved short temporal components. Emerging concerns in global precipitation observations include increasing reliance on high-frequency microwave channels in planned satellite missions and the undetermined contribution of smallsats to an ever-evolving precipitation constellation. This session invites innovative contributions in precipitation science and applications with emphasis on the use of space-based observations, including missions, instrumentation, algorithms, quantitative precipitation estimates, uncertainty characterization, and validation, extending to interdisciplinary work on extremes, processes, and models.

Index Terms
1854 Precipitation
1855 Remote sensing

Cross-Listed:
A - Atmospheric Sciences

Co-Sponsored Sessions:
AMS： American Meteorological Society

Neighborhoods:
3. Earth Covering