A thesis related to Megha Tropiques was defended in LMD-Palaiseau (Karim Ramage). It concerned the determination of rain at different space-time scales using TRMM and Meteosat and its validation from surface measurements.Structural properties of convective clouds in IR and microwaves…
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New contracts between CNES and the labs were set up for the end of phase B of ScaRaB and Saphir; a permanent engineer position was also opened by CNRS. New engineers are joining (or will join soon) the technical teams…
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Following the GPM workshop, which was very successful in terms of participation and active discussions (including WCRP, ESA, EU, China, South-East asian countries), it was agreed that more contacts have to be established between GPM and Megha-Tropiques at different levels…
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A GPM (Global Precipitation Mission) international planning workshop was held in Tokyo, May 20-22. Megha-Tropiques was represented by G. Raju (ISRO), N. Paluch (Publications section of this site in PDF.
The ScaRaB instrument on Megha-Tropiques could partially fill a gap foreseen in the continuous measurement of the Earth radiative budget : the CERES instruments on TERRA and AQUA platforms are scheduled to stop at the latest in 2008, while the…
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