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<journal-id>0187-6236</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Atmósfera]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Atmósfera]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0187-6236</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y Cambio Climático]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S0187-62362020000100033</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.20937/atm.52630</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Synergy between INSAT-3D infra-red and GPM microwave radiometer for precipitation studies]]></article-title>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Space Applications Centre Planetary Sciences and applications Area Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Group, Earth, Ocean, Atmosphere]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ahmedabad ]]></addr-line>
<country>India</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Ministry of Earth Sciences National Centre for Medium Range Weather Forecasting ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Noida ]]></addr-line>
<country>India</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2020</year>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>00</month>
<year>2020</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>33</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>33</fpage>
<lpage>49</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0187-62362020000100033&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0187-62362020000100033&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0187-62362020000100033&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The Indian National Satellite System (INSAT) based Multispectral Rainfall Algorithm (IMSRA) operationally provides precipitation estimates using measurements provided by the Kalpana satellite from 2008 onwards and the INSAT-3D from 2014 onwards over Indian land and oceanic regions for dissemination to the users. Here, an attempt is made to estimate rainfall over the Indian monsoon region by the synergistic use of geostationary INSAT-3D IMSRA derived rainfall estimates and rain data from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager (GMI) using a suitable objective analysis method. The objective criteria of a successive correction method benefit from high spatial and temporal resolutions of the geostationary satellite and infrequent but more accurate microwave-based rainfall estimates, particularly during heavy rain conditions. The method is applied to various case studies for the southwest monsoon season of 2015 at both instantaneous and daily scale. A comparison is made with ground data and also with independent global concurrent rainfall products. The merged rainfall estimates shows noticeable improvement over the Infrared (IR)-based rainfall estimates over various parts of the Indian land and oceanic regions on a daily scale. Overall, results reveal that the GMI type radiometer in low inclination orbit like the Megha-Tropiques and Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) could be more useful for synergistic use with INSAT-3D. It has the potential to predict more accurately near real-time tropical rainfall, particularly over the Indian monsoon region, which makes it a valuable source of information for flood forecasting, agriculture and water resource management, numerical weather prediction, and numerous other applications in the hydro-meteorological sciences.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN El algoritmo multiespectral de precipitación (IMSRA, por sus siglas en inglés) del Sistema Nacional de Satélites de la India (INSAT) provee operativamente estimaciones de precipitación sobre el territorio continental y las regiones oceánicas de la India utilizando mediciones proporcionadas por el satélite Kalpana a partir de 2008 y el satélite INSAT-3D a partir de 2014. En este estudio se pretende estimar la precipitación sobre la región del monzón de la India mediante el uso sinérgico de estimaciones geostacionarias derivadas de INSAT-3D e IMSRA, así como datos de precipitación del generador de imágenes por microondas del proyecto global para la medición de la precipitación (GPM-GPI, por sus siglas en inglés), utilizando para ello un método apropiado de análisis objetivo. Los criterios objetivos de un método de corrección sucesiva se benefician de las altas resoluciones temporales y espaciales del satélite geoestacionario, así como de estimaciones infrecuentes pero más exactas de precipitación basadas en microondas, particularmente en condiciones de lluvia intensa. El método se aplica a varios casos de estudio para la temporada 2015 de monzón del suroeste tanto a escala instantánea como diaria. Se realiza una comparación con datos de campo y productos globales independientes de precipitación. Las estimaciones combinadas muestran una mejoría notable con relación a las estimaciones basadas en el infrarrojo sobre varias partes de las regiones continental y oceánica de la India en una escala diaria. En general, los resultados muestran que el radiómetro GMI en una órbita baja e inclinada (como la de las misiones Megha-Tropiques y TRMM), podría ser de mayor utilidad si es utilizado de manera sinérgica con el INSAT-3D. Tiene el potencial de predecir lluvias tropicales con mayor precisión y casi en tiempo real, sobre todo en la región del monzón de la India, por lo cual es una importante fuente de información para pronóstico de inundaciones, manejo de recursos agrícolas e hídricos, predicción numérica del tiempo y muchas otras aplicaciones en las ciencias hidrometeorológicas.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[global precipitation mission]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[INSAT-3D]]></kwd>
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