First Images Acquired by Rain Observation Sensors on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

Abstract

The first images acquired by the rain observation sensors on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) were introduced. They are the global TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) image that indicates the snow and ice in the convection around the tropical area, and the precipitation radar images that show horizontal and vertical distributions of rain rate in the typhoon 28.