The Northeast region of Brazil (NEB) has a high rate deaths from lightning strikes (18% the country’s total). states, such as Piauí, with mortality rates (1.8 per million), much higher than national (0.8) and NEB (0.5). In this sense, present work analyzes microphysical characteristics clouds without occurrence total lightning. For purpose, data Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS), TRMM Microwave Im...

The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) and Global Precipitation (GPM) are the most important widely used data sources in several applications—e.g., forecasting drought flood, managing water resources—especially areas with sparse or no other robust sources. This study explored accuracy precision of satellite products over a span 18 years (2000–2017) using synoptic ground station for thre...

Precipitation has been recognized as the most critical meteorological parameter in hydrological studies. Recent developments space technology provide cost-effective alternative ground-based observations to simulate process. Here, this paper aims evaluate performance of satellite-based datasets modeling a sensitive area terms water quality and safety watershed. Three precipitation products, i.e....

Drought monitoring is essential to detect the presence of drought, and comprehensive change drought conditions on a regional or global scale. This study used satellite precipitation data from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), but refined for in Java, Indonesia. Firstly, analysis was conducted establish standardized index (SPI) TRMM different durations. Time varying SPI spatial downsca...

a Corresponding author address: Bart Geerts, NASA GSFC Code 912, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA; email: [email protected] This brief paper illustrates some profiles of radar reflectivity in various precipitation systems observed during the 1998-99 Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) field campaigns. The profiles were collected by a nadir-viewing radar on the NASA ER-2, flying around 2...