Quantifying the contribution of the Megha-Tropiques mission to the estimation of daily accumulated rainfall in the Tropics

Rémy Roca (1) , Nicolas Taburet (1) , Estelle Lorant (2) , Philippe Chambon (3) , Matias Alcoba (4) , Hélène Brogniez (5) , Sophie Cloché (2) , Christophe Dufour (6) , Marielle Gosset (4) , Clément Guilloteau (1)

1 LEGOS - Laboratoire d'études en Géophysique et océanographie spatiales
2 LMD - Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique (UMR 8539)
3 CNRM - Centre national de recherches météorologiques
4 GET - Géosciences Environnement Toulouse
5 SPACE - LATMOS
6 LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales

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Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Earth Sciences; Meteorology

Rémy Roca, Nicolas Taburet, Estelle Lorant, Philippe Chambon, Matias Alcoba, et al.. Quantifying the contribution of the Megha-Tropiques mission to the estimation of daily accumulated rainfall in the Tropics. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 2018, Supplement: Advances in Remote Sensing of Rainfall and Snowfall, 144 (S1), pp.49-63. ⟨10.1002/qj.3327⟩. ⟨insu-01835687⟩