Raincast is a multi-platform and multi-sensor study to address the requirement from the research and operational communities for global precipitation measurements.
The study aims at sharpening concepts for future precipitation satellite missions specifically focusing at better understanding processes associated to high latitude precipitation and to tropical convection. Raincast aims at identifying and consolidating the science requirements for a satellite mission that could complement the existing space-based precipitation observing system and that could optimally liaise with concurrent efforts currently made by other agencies in this area (especially by NASA and JAXA). The study capitalizes on the most recent advancement and mission concepts for precipitation observations with state-of-the-art instrumentation and makes full use of the most recent advancements in inversion methods for the estimation of precipitation variables from primary measurements