Kwajalein Ground Validation (GV) Field Site

The TRMM science program includes an extensive effort to validate the satellite measurements. Ten ground validation sites are located throughout the tropics. Each site consists of a calibrated radar and a network of rain gauges. Four of these sites are considered primary or "direct data" sites from which a continuous data stream of high quality is to be obtained through the life of the TRMM satellite. The direct data sites are Darwin, Australia; Melbourne, Florida; Kwajalein Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands; and Houston, Texas. Each of these four sites has a PI and institution responsible for monitoring the data stream from the site. The following information pertains to the Kwajalein Atoll Ground Validation site overseen by Professor Robert Houze at the University of Washington.

• UW products on the DAAC
  • Rainmap algorithm description (PDF)
  • File specifications
• Radar Specifications and Information about the Radar Data Set
• KWAJEX field site
• Monthly Rainmaps
• Raingauge Data and Z-R Relationships
• PR Overpasses
• Courtney Schumacher: Scientific Contact
  courtney(at)ariel.met.tamu.edu
• Return to TRMM Ground Validation publications