Mission Objective: (1) Improve scientific understanding of the global water cycle and fresh water availability (2) Improve the accuracy of precipitation forecasts (3) Provide frequent and complete sampling of the Earth s precipitation Mission Description (Class B, Category I): (1) Constellation of spacecraft provide global precipitation measurement coverage (2) NASA/JAXA Core spacecraft: Provides a microwave radiometer (GMI) and dual-frequency precipitation radar (DPR) to cross-calibrate entire constellation (3) 65 deg inclination, 400 km altitude (4) Launch July 2013 on HII-A (5) 3 year mission (5 year propellant) (6) Partner constellation spacecraft.


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    Title :

    Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission Development Status


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2011 ; 2011 ; Vienna, Austria


    Publication date :

    2011-04-06


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English