Comparison of TRMM and NSCAT Observations of Surface Backscatter Over the Amazon Rain Forest - Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings, 1998. IGARSS '98. 1998 IEEE International
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Abstruct-The Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM) precipitation radar (PR) is designed to measure backscatter from rain in order to map the ;mount and extent of rain in the tropical regions. The TRMM F'R also measures the normalized radar cross section (a") of the surface at a nominal resolution of approximately 4.4 km over an incidence range of 018". The Kuband NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) made 25 km resolution measurements of the surface a ' at incidence angles of 15.5" and higher and at 10.5". A comparison of NSCAT and TRMM PR 0" observations over the Amazon rainforest is presented. The relative calibration and noise levels of the two sensors are compared.
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