Abstract
This note is intended to serve primarily as a reference guide to users wishing to make use of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission data. It covers each of the three primary rainfall instruments: the passive microwave radiometer, the precipitation radar, and the Visible and Infrared Radiometer System on board the spacecraft. Radiometric characteristics, scanning geometry, calibration procedures, and data products are described for each of these three sensors.
Corresponding author address: Dr. Christian D. Kummerow, Code 912, Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771.
Email: Kummerow@audry.gsfc.nasa.gov