Report of the Science Steering Group for a Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)
By: edited by Joanne Simpson.
Contributors: Simpson, Joanne.; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Publisher: Goddard Space Flight Center
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Greenbelt, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
Subjects: Rain and rainfall -- Tropics.; Rainfall frequencies -- Tropics.; Storms -- Research -- Tropics.; Satellite meteorology -- Tropics.
Other titles: TRMM : a satellite mission to measure tropical rainfall.
Description: "The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), a satellite program now being studied jointly by the United States and Japan, would carry out the systematic study of tropical rainfall required for major strides in weather and climate research ... This report presents the scientific justification for TRMM and outlines the implementation process for the scientific community."--Pref.
Notes: Cover title: TRMM : a satellite mission to measure tropical rainfall.

On cover: NASA.

"August 1988."

Bibliography: p. 85-94.