1. Satellite Rainfall Retrieval Assessment over Different Rainfall Regimes and the ‘CHUVA’ Experiment: Preliminary Results Daniel Vila (presenter) & CHUVA Team. 6° International Precipitation Working Group Workshop – São José dos Campos, 15 – 19 October 2012

2. 6 CHUVA Project: Cloud processes of tHe main precipitation systems in Brazil: A contribUtion to cloud resolVing modeling and to the GPM (GlobAl Precipitation Measurement)

3. CHUVA Project: Main Goals Contributes to Improve Rainfall Estimation Using Satellites and/or Radar Contributes to Improve Skill of Cloud Resolving Models Develop a Cloud Process Climatology of the Main Precipitation Systems in Brazil. Develop Tools for Nowcasting. WORKING GROUP – 1 : CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRECIPITATING SYSTEMS AS FUNCTION OF THE REGION AND LIFE STAGE (Luiz Machado) WORKING GROUP – 2 : PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION – DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION ALGORITHM (Daniel Vila) WORKING GROUP – 3: ELETRIFICATION PROCESS: MOVING FROM CLOUDS TO THUNDERSTORMS (Carlos Morales) WORKING GROUP – 4: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE BOUNDARY LAYER FOR DIFFERENT CLOUD PROCESSES AND PRECIPITATION REGIMES (Gilberto Fisch) WORKING GROUP – 5: MODEL IMPROVEMENTS AND VALIDATION, WITH FOCUS IN CLOUD MICROPHYSICS AND AEROSOL INTERACTIONS, FOR SATELLITE PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES IN BRAZIL (Maria Assunção Dias)

4. CHUVA Field Campaign Schedule

5. CHUVA Field Campaigns and associated regimes

6. CHUVA Project Portal http://chuvaproject.cptec.inpe.br/portal/en/

7. CHUVA Project Data Access

8. FORTALEZA SITE

15. BELEM SITE

17. # observations: Belem = 155 – Fortaleza = 255 BELEM SITE

18. 18/4/2011 – 10:12Z

19. FORTALEZA – CAMPANHA PROJETO CHUVA

20. BELEM – CHUVA PROJECT CAMPAIGN Rain rate from refletivity patter at 2 km (CAPPI) on June 9, 2011 at 17h13min (left) and Ice Water Path (IWP) using AMSU-B sensor AMSU-B on June 9, 2011 at 17h15min Braga C. R., 2012, Estudo do Conteúdo de gelo nas Nuvens em Função do Ciclo de Vida Utilizando Sensores em Micro-ondas Passivos, Proposta mestrado INPE

21. Thank you!