# Multi-Sensor Precipitation Estimation from Space: Data Sources, Methods and Validation
## 2 Satellites and Sensors
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**Satellite** & **Sensor** & **IFOV at Nadir (km)** & **Revisit Time** & **Agency** & **Temporal Coverage** & **Source** \\ \hline Himawari (GMS/MST) & VISSR, JAMI, Imager, AHI & 2–5 (IR) & 10–30 min & JMA/CAB/ JAXA & 197–present & [[http://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/index.html](http://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/index.html)]([http://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/index.html](http://www.data.jma.go.jp/mscweb/en/index.html)) (accessed on 18 December 2024) \\ \hline FY & VISSR-1/2, AGRI & 4–5.76 (IR) & 15–30 min & CMA/ NISCC & 1997–present & [[http://data.nsmc.org.cn/DataPortal/en/home/index.html](http://data.nsmc.org.cn/DataPortal/en/home/index.html)]([http://data.nsmc.org.cn/DataPortal/en/home/index.html](http://data.nsmc.org.cn/DataPortal/en/home/index.html)) (accessed on 1 December 2024) \\ \hline DMSP & SSM/I, SSMS & 28 \(\times\) 37 GHz & \(\times\) 35 GHz & DoD/NOAA & 1987–present & [[https://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/dev/hillper/DMSP.html](https://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/dev/hillper/DMSP.html)]([https://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/dev/hillper/DMSP.html](https://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/dev/hillper/DMSP.html)) (accessed on 1 December 2024) \\  & & 13 \(\times\) 15 km & & & & \\  & & (85 GHz) & & & & \\ \hline TRMM & TMI & 4–37 km (10–86 GHz) & \(\times\) & NASA/ JAXA & 1997–2015.04 & [[https://gpm.nasa.gov/missions/TRMM/satellite](https://gpm.nasa.gov/missions/TRMM/satellite)]([https://gpm.nasa.gov/missions/TRMM/satellite](https://gpm.nasa.gov/missions/TRMM/satellite)) (accessed on 1 December 2024) \\ \hline NOAA & AMSU-B, MHS, ATMS & 16–75 km (23–183 GHz) & \(\times\) & NASA/ NOAA & 1998–present & [[https://www.mesdis.noaa.gov/our-satellites/related-information/history-of-noaa-satellites](https://www.mesdis.noaa.gov/our-satellites/related-information/history-of-noaa-satellites)]([https://www.mesdis.noaa.gov/our-satellites/related-information/history-of-noaa-satellites](https://www.mesdis.noaa.gov/our-satellites/related-information/history-of-noaa-satellites)) (accessed on 1 December 2024) \\ \hline Aqua & AMSR-E & 4–75 km (6–98 GHz) & \(\times\) & NASA & 2002,06–2011.10 & [[https://aqua.nasa.gov/content/amsr-e](https://aqua.nasa.gov/content/amsr-e)]([https://aqua.nasa.gov/content/amsr-e](https://aqua.nasa.gov/content/amsr-e)) (accessed on 1 December 2024) \\ \hline METOP & MHS(A-C) & 16 \(\times\) 16 km (98–190 GHz) & \(\times\) & EUMETSAT/ ESA & 2006–present & [[https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/metep.htm](https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/metep.htm)]([https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/metep.htm](https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/metep.htm)) (accessed on 1 December 2024) \\ \hline S-NPP & ATMS & 16–75 km (23–183 GHz) & \(\times\) & NASA/ NOAA & 2011–present & [[https://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/projects/npp/](https://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/projects/npp/)]([https://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/projects/npp/](https://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/projects/npp/)) (accessed on 1 December 2024) \\ \hline Megha-Tropiques & SAPHIR & 10 \(\times\) 10 km (183 GHz) & \(\times\) & CNES/ IERO/ ISRO/ present & 2011–present & [[https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/megha-tropiques/htm](https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/megha-tropiques/htm)]([https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/megha-tropiques/htm](https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/megha-tropiques/htm)) (accessed on 1 December 2024) \\ \hline GCM-W1 & AMSR-2 & 3–62 km (7–89 GHz) & \(\times\) & JAXA & 2012–present & [[https://suzuzia.eoc.jaxa.jp/GCOM_W/w_amsr2/amsr2.body_main.html](https://suzuzia.eoc.jaxa.jp/GCOM_W/w_amsr2/amsr2.body_main.html)]([https://suzuzia.eoc.jaxa.jp/GCOM_W/w_amsr2/amsr2.body_main.html](https://suzuzia.eoc.jaxa.jp/GCOM_W/w_amsr2/amsr2.body_main.html)) (accessed on 1 December 2024) \\ \hline GPMCO & GMI & 4–32 km (10–183 GHz) & \(\times\) & NASA/ JAXA & 2014–present & [[https://gpm.nasa.gov/missions/GPM](https://gpm.nasa.gov/missions/GPM)]([https://gpm.nasa.gov/missions/GPM](https://gpm.nasa.gov/missions/GPM)) (accessed on 1 December 2024) \\ \hline  & DPR & 5 \(\times\) 7 km (13.6, 36.5 GHz) & & & & \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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