TRMM: The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
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Figure 20.1: Differences in January precipitation between the climatologies of Legates and
Willmott (1990) and Shea (1986) (upper) and between the GISS GeM and the Legates and
Willmott climatology (lower). Hatched areas represent differences> 1 mm/d.
objectives; the TRMM spacecraft will weigh 3620 kg, of which 550 kg will consist of scientific