ABSTRACT
Satellite-R Series GPCP Global Precipitation Climatology Project GPM Global Precipitation Measurement H Horizontal iGOS Integrated Grassland Observing Site IR Infrared LP DAAC Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center METRIC Mapping EvapoTranspiration at high Resolution
with Internalized Calibration MIRAS Microwave Imaging Radiometer with Aperture
Synthesis MIS Microwave Imager/Sounder MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MOISST Marena Oklahoma In Situ Sensor Testbed NEXRAD Next-Generation Radar NIR Near infrared NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental
Satellite System NPP NPOESS Preparatory Project NTSG Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group OMPS Ozone Mapping and Pro¤ler Suite
Acronyms and De¤nitions .....................................................................................................................3 1.1 Introduction .................................................................................................................................4 1.2 Remote Sensing Advances in Hydrology .................................................................................5 1.3 Precipitation (mm) Estimation Based on Multisensor Data .................................................6