2.0 
T 7 : 
Fais * 
E - M s d, 
E 40 -| S 
Wu 
eo - 
ce 3 
e 3 
= 
=~ 0.0 
p i 
= z DA TA POINTS = 45048 
z 4 = 
= s re : 
ac -1.0 — as 1 2 
E 7 ue + 
-2.0 M—————p 9-9 
-2.0 -1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 
TMI HI 
(a) 
Bay of Bengal, a) surface rain rate, b) integrated cloud liquid water 
  
   
  
  
  
  
  
   
  
    
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
4.0 
J] DATA POINTS — 45048 4 
3.0 — 5 +. z 
2.0 À : BU 
1.0 — 
a a 
oc a 
e 0.0 — : - 
= zl INFLECTION POINT 
p a 
-1.0 — 
-2.0 — 
3.0 — 
-4.0 —|————1-———-—1-——-——1——-——L-——-—1——-— 
-2.0 -1.0 o 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 
TMI AINPD 
(a) 
4.0 — 
j DATA POINTS —6714 
3.0 — 
2.0 J 
a 1.04 ; 2 
0 a 
co -] 
TP 0.0 mg 
= - INFLECTION POINT 
9 -1.0— 
-2.0 — MINIMUM LIMITS 
-3.0 J 
-4.0 ——— TTT 
-2.0 -1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 
SSM-I AINPD 
(b) 
4.0 — 
zi DATA POINTS = 2212 
3.0 — boue ; 
2.0 — 
a 1.0 
oc j 
en - 
x 0.0 
= à 
eo 3 
= -1.0 
2.0 — zx ; MINIMUM LIMITS 
À ^ +” 
Bengal, a) -3.0 À 
[I finished j 
S -4.0 ————————————————"" 
loud liquid -2.0 -1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 
yn October © MSMR AINPD 
C 
from TMI 
Figure 3: Scatter plot of AINPD with GRD for all the data 
during October 27-28, 1999 over the region as shown in 
figure (1a) with two points indicated by cross marks used for 
classifying rain situations; a) for TMI; b) for SSM-I and, c) 
for MSMR 
c 
) 
22 
21 
20 
19 
18 
17 
16 
15 
14 
13 
Latitude (N) 
22 
21 
20 
19 
18 
17 
16 
15 
14 
13 
Latitude (N) 
22 
21 
20 
19 
18 
17 
16 
15 
14 
13 
Latitude (N) 
(c) 
IAPRS & SIS, Vol.34, Part 7, “Resource and Environmental Monitoring", Hyderabad, India,2002 
  
    
DATA POINTS = 45048 
  
  
e 3.0 
= E 
3 7 
2 7 
= - 
us 2.0 4 
e» Jj 
5 7 
= -] 
E 1.0 — 
st J 
= = 
& 0.0 - 
— - 
C À 
~ - 
Q1o01 
e - 
So | À 
eo zl 
= 0 
-2.0 
  
mr ET 
-1.0 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 
TMI HI 
Figure 2: Scatter plot of finished products with hydrometeor index derived from TMI data for the period October 27-28, 1999 over 
TMI-HI 28:10:1999:15Z24 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
& Convective 
mE Mixed 
zl Stratiform 
- 
T I T | T I T Ï T [ T | T I T I T | T I T [ T 
83 84 85 86 87 88 S9 90 91 92 93 94 95 
Longitude (E) 
SSM-I HI 27:10:1999:03Z203 
41€ Convective 
| € Mixed 
- Stratiform 
Por I or 
83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 
Longitude (E) 
MSMR HI 27:10:1999:18Z30 
1 @ Convective 
| æ Mixed 
— Stratiform 
T [ T | T | T | T | Y T T 1 T | T I T | T | r=} 
83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 
Longitude (E) 
Figure 4: Distribution of hydrometeor index classified under 
different category of rain rate, a) from TMI data as shown in 
figure (1a), b) from SSMI-I data as shown in figure (1d) and, 
c) from MSMR data as shown in figure (le)