Trmm Precipitation Radar Version 6 Algorithms
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Following the first (1991-1993) and the second (1994-1996) TRMM PR teams, and the third international TRMM PR team (1997-2000), the fourth international TRMM PR team (2001-2003) started its job in 2001 based on the NRA-99-OES-03 in 1999 and NASDA-3rd RA-TRMM in 2000. In April 2004, the fourth international TRMM PR team completed the revisions of the standard algorithms to version 6. NASA and JAXA have used this version operationally to reprocess the TRMM data for the public release since around the middle of May 2004. Version 6 algorithms are applied both to the 350 km altitude data and to the 402.5 km altitude data.
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