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Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Turns 15

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When it %%PRO10%%s it pours, goes the saying, and for the last 15 years, the information on tropical rainfall have gathered. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) was launched on Nov. 27, 1997, and for the last decade and a half has actually allowed precipitation science that has actually had far-reaching applications across the globe. TRMM Project Scientist Scott Braun recalls at the legacy of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and a few of the major scientific milestones the satellite has actually assisted attain. Rainfall is among the most vital natural procedures on Earth, and nowhere does it drizzle more than across the tropics.

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-0.133715	"TRMM has become the world’s foremost satellite for the study of precipitation and associated storms and climate processes in the tropics," says TRMM Project Scientist Scott Braun at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md. "TRMM has met and exceeded its original goal of advancing our understanding of the distribution of tropical rainfall and its relation to the global water and energy cycles."
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When it rains it pours, goes the saying, and for the last 15 years, tropical rainfall data has poured in, thanks to TRMM.

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