GOES MultiSpectral Rainfall Algorithm (GMSRA)

• Step 1: Screening non-raining clouds

• - optically thick cloud filter: visible reflectance > 0.40

• - gradient temperature: Tb4 brightness temp at 10.7 mm

• - effective radius (reff) of cloud particles > 15 mm at 3.9 mm

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