IPWG
International Precipitation Working Group

The International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) was established as a permanent Working Group of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) on 20-22 June 2001 in Ft. Collins, CO. The IPWG is co-sponsored by CGMS and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and focuses the scientific community on operational and research satellite based quantitative precipitation measurement issues and challenges.
It provides a forum for operational and research users of satellite precipitation measurements to exchange information on methods for measuring precipitation and the impact of space borne precipitation measurements in numerical weather and hydrometeorological prediction and climate studies.

10th IPWG and 6th IWSSM Joint Workshop

The IPWG Virtual Session of the Data Assimilation Working Group

19 October, 2021, 1300-1600 UTC

Go to web page with presentation material

In memory of two colleagues and friends

Dr. Gail Skofronick-Jackson, IPWG memorial page

Dr. Bruno Rudolf, DWD memorial page

IPWG Report on Space Radar Applications

Aonashi, K., A. Battaglia, D. T. Bolvin, M. Borderies, P. Chambon, R. R. Ferraro, A. Geer, Z. Haddad, G. J. Huffman, Y. Ikuta, B. T. Johnson, M. Kachi, C. Kidd, P. Kirstetter, T. Kubota, C. Kummerow, V. Louf, V. Maggioni, R. Mangla, K. Okamoto, A. Protat, and S. Shige, 2021: A review of the different operational applications of spaceborne precipitation radars within the International Precipitation Working Group (IPWG) community. IPWG Rep., 35 pp.

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The Joint IPWG/GEWEX Precipitation Assessment

Roca, R., Z.S. Haddad, F.F. Akimoto, L. Alexander, A. Behrangi, G. Huffman, S. Kato, C. Kidd, P.E. Kirstetter, T. Kubota, C. Kummerow, T.S. L'Ecuyer, V. Levizzani, V. Maggioni, C. Massari, H. Masunaga, M. Schröder, F.J. Tapiador, F.J. Turk and N. Utsumi, 2021: The Joint IPWG/GEWEX Precipitation Assessment. WCRP Report 2/2021, World Climate Research Programme (WCRP): Geneva, Switzerland, 125 pp.

doi:10.13021/gewex.precip
PDF from WCRP web site