1. AMSR2 Report Stan Kidder 8/27/2014 1

2. Overview AMSR2 data is fully implemented at CIRA The next two slides show the AMSR2 RR and TPW. 2

3. AMSR2 RR 3

4. AMSR2 TPW 4

5. AMSR2 RR Histograms 5

6. NOAA 19 (MSPPS) for Comparison 6

7. AMSR2 TPW Histogram TPW is produced only over ocean (and inland waters) Note the extremely narrow range of the CPDF! 7

8. NOAA 19 (MIRS) for Comparison 8

9. 7-Satellite Composite RR 9

10. RR Satellites 10

11. 6-Satellite Composite TPW 11

12. Smoothed Composite 12

13. TPW Satellites 13

14. TPW Histograms 14

15. GCOMW1/AMSR2 15

16. Suomi NPP/ATMS 16

17. NOAA 19/AMSU (MSPPS) 17

18. NOAA 19/AMSU (MIRS) 18

19. NOAA 18/AMSU (MIRS) 19

20. DMSP F18/SSMIS (MIRS) 20

21. Metop-B/AMSU (MIRS) 21

22. RR Histograms 22

23. GCOMW1/AMSR2 23

24. Suomi NPP/ATMS (MIRS) 24

25. NOAA 19/AMSU (MSPPS) 25

26. NOAA 18/AMSU (MSPPS) 26

27. DMSP F18/SSMIS (FNMOC) 27

28. DMSP F17/SSMIS (FNMOC) 28

29. Metop-B/AMSU (MIRS) 29