
101Developing Online Visualization and Analysis Services
measurements of precipitation globally, GPM will help advance our understanding of
the Earth’s water and energy cycle, improve forecasting of extreme events that cause
natural hazards and disasters, and extend current capabilities in using accurate and
timely information of precipitation to directly benet society.
The rst spaceborne Ku/Ka-band dual-frequency precipitation radar (DPR)
and a multichannel GPM microwave imager (GMI) will be carried by the GPM
Core Observatory (http://pmm.nasa.gov/GPM). Similar to the TRMM PR, the DPR
TABLE 5.6
Examples of TRMM Data Applications
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