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An Overview of Satellite Rainfall Estimation for Flash Flood Monitoring Timothy Love NOAA Climate Prediction Center with USAID- FEWS-NET, MFEWS, AFN Why Use Satellite-Based Techniques? Why Use Satellite-Based Techniques? Negative IR Rainfall Aspects Rainfall estimation method is not physical Errors sensing high level, non precipitating clouds such as cirrus Failures to capture some warm cloud processes such as coastal rainfall and orographics Positive Aspects of GOES IR Temporal and spatial resolution! ? to ? hour frequency 2-4 Km pixel resolution Geostationary imaging