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Science | A joint NASA/NASDA mission launched in November 1997. The goal of TRMM is to obtain a minimum of 3 years of climatologically significant observations of rainfall in the tropics. Because rainfall is such a variable phenomenon, adequate sampling is a difficult problem. By averaging the instantaneous rainfall rates for 30 days over a 5 degrees by 5 degrees grid, TRMM will obtain observations that meet climatological requirements. TRMM measurements, used together with cloud models, also will provide accurate estimates of vertical distributions of latent heating in the atmosphere. The present uncertainty about the quantity and distribution of precipitation, especially in the tropics, prohibits definition of the mass and energy exchange between the tropical ocean and atmosphere. Since the tropical atmosphere and oceans are closely coupled, cloud radiation and rainfall are likely to have significant effects on ocean circulation and marine biomass. TRMM data will play a significant role in global change studies, especially in developing an interdisciplinary understanding of atmospheric circulation, ocean-atmospheric coupling, and tropical biology. TRMM data on tropical clouds, evaporation, and heat transfer will be used to understand the larger scale coupling of the atmosphere to oceans. (TRMM). (references) |
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Crosswords: TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION |
| Specialty definitions using "TROPICAL RAINFALL MEASURING MISSION": Lightning Imaging Sensor. (references) |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 52 4F 50 49 43 41 4C 52 41 49 4E 46 41 4C 4C 4D 45 41 53 55 52 49 4E 47 4D 49 53 53 49 4F 4E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01010010 01001111 01010000 01001001 01000011 01000001 01001100 00100000 01010010 01000001 01001001 01001110 01000110 01000001 01001100 01001100 00100000 01001101 01000101 01000001 01010011 01010101 01010010 01001001 01001110 01000111 00100000 01001101 01001001 01010011 01010011 01001001 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T R O P I C A L   R A I N F A L L   M E A S U R I N G   M I S S I O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0052 004F 0050 0049 0043 0041 004C 0052 0041 0049 004E 0046 0041 004C 004C 004D 0045 0041 0053 0055 0052 0049 004E 0047 004D 0049 0053 0053 0049 004F 004E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5452495043373546252354348403546462473935535552434841247435353434948 |
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