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ADDITIONAL ISSUES / OPPORTUNITIES

POTENTIAL ROLE OF NAME IN TRMM/GPM

ISSUE:

• Satellite estimates of precipitation in complex terrain are often inaccurate.

OPPORTUNITIES:

• NAME will collect new precipitation data [gauge, radar], so it is a “campaign of opportunity” for TRMM and GPM validation of satellite estimates of precipitation in complex terrain.

• TRMM/GPM can leverage NAME observations for algorithm development.

OBSERVATIONAL NEEDS:

• Orographic influences on precipitation [gauge, radar].

• Radar estimates of precipitation over the Gulf of California and nearby areas of the Pacific.

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