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Abbreviations

AMSR-E Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth Observing System
BFC

Beamfilling correction

DMSP Defense Meteorological Satellite Program

EMI El Nino Southern Oscillation Modoki Index

ENSO El Nino Southern Oscillation

EOF Empirical Orthogonal Function

FOV Field of view

GARP Global Atmospheric Research Experiment

GATE GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment

GCM General circulation model

GOES Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

GPCP Global Precipitation Climatology Project

GPI Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Precipitation Index

GSSTF Goddard Space Flight Center Satellite-based Sea surface Turbulent

ICOADS International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set

ITCZ Intertropical Convergence Zone

METH Microwave emission-based brightness temperature histogram

NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NSIDC National Snow and Ice Data Center

PC Principal component

PSPDC Polar Satellite Precipitation Data Center

RSS Remote Sensing Systems

SACZ South Atlantic Convergence Zone

SOI Southern Oscillation Index

SPCZ South Pacific Convergence Zone

SSM/I Special sensor microwave imager

SSMIS Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder

TMI Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager

TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

Acknowledgments Drs. T. Wilheit and A. T-C. Chang are codevelopers of this technique.
Dr. Chang started the GPCP-PSPDC and was responsible for the initial development and
operations. He passed away in May 2004. His leadership, perseverance, and mentoring would be
sorely missed. Thanks are due to Drs. R. North, B. Kedem, D. Short, A. McConnell, R. Adler, and
G. Huffman for their input throughout the course of development. Our work has been supported by
NASA TRMM and NOAA Office of Global Programs during its various stages of develop-
ment and processing. Drs. R. Adler, P. Arkin, A. Gruber, R. Kakar, S. Braun, and A. Hou are
acknowledged for their support. DBS was supported by the Korea Meteorological Administration
Research and Development Program under Grant CATER 2012-2063.