SATERM
A Satellite Technique for Estimating Rainfall over Mediterranean

Funding Organization: Ministry of Development, General Secretariat for Research and Technology
Duration: 2004-2006

SATERM is a joint effort of FORTH/IACM, University of the Aegean, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center and Virtual Trip Ltd., aiming at developing and testing of a satellite infrared technique calibrated by microwave satellite data for estimating rainfall over Mediterranean in general and Greece in particular. The main objective of the proposal is the application of the technique in studying heavy precipitation events as well as spatial characteristics of rainfall over the area of interest. SATERM ultimately intends to introduce and diffuse in the Greek scientific community the know-how in advanced satellite techniques for the estimation of precipitation, which could prove useful in flood nowcasting and climatological analysis. The project is expected to result in the transfer of know-how as well as in the development of a product for real-time monitoring and climatic analysis of rainfall in Mediterranean. In particular, it is expected to result in: a) Implementation and testing of a method, used in global scale over the tropics and subtropics by NASA scientists, in the conditions of a regional scale area. b) Monitoring and studying the spatial distribution of rainfall over an area with a paucity of reporting rainfall stations. c) Studying and monitoring, in real-time mode, heavy precipitation events.

More information about SATERM is available at: http://www.saterm.org