Study of Application of TRMM Data to the Study of African Climate

摘要

During the course of our tropical rainfall measurement mission (TRMM) investigation, we made considerable progress in six areas. These include the creation of a basic geographic information system (GIS) for Africa, satellite assessments of rainfall, surface radiation balance, water balance and its interannual variability, the potential dynamic effects of latent heating of the atmosphere, and improvements in our surface energy and water balance model.