Level 3 rain products from dual frequency altimeters: RAIN-ALT products

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PRODUCT TYPE	document	DATA DOCUMENTED	CERSAT RAIN-ALT products
SATELLITE	Envisat Jason-1 Topex/Poseidon merged	AGENCIES	CNES ESA NASA
CONTENTS	The RAIN-ALT product manual presents the precipitations products from the available dual-frequency altimeters.
APPLICATIONS	meteorology ocean-atmosphere gas transfers calval	USER	beginner
GEOGRAPHICAL SCALE	global	GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE	82.0° -180.0° 180.0° -82.0°
TEMPORAL COVERAGE	1992-10-01 - onGoing	REFERENCE SURFACE
PARAMETERS	ku_attenuation, dB sigma0_Ku, dB sigma0_C, dB freezing_level_altitude, m freezing_level_altitude_clim, m rain_rate, mm hr-1 brightness_temperature_18GH, K, brightness_temperature_21GH, K brightness_temperature_37GH, K rain_rate, mm day-1 rain_mu_parameter, mm day-1 freezing_level_altitude, mm day-1 rain_probability rain_pdf rain_cell_rate, mm hr-1 rain_cell_lenght, km rain_pdf_slope, km-1
UPDATED	asNeeded	BY	name : CERSAT email adress : fpaf@ifremer.fr web site : http://cersat.ifremer.fr
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