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Measurements from surface-based instruments are essentially limited to populated regions, necessitating the use of satellite-based observations to provide estimates of precipitation across the whole of the Earth\u2019s surface. The temporal and spatial variability of precipitation requires adequate sampling, especially at finer resolutions. It is, therefore, necessary to exploit all available data from precipitation-capable satellites to ensure the proper representation of precipitation. To date, the estimation of precipitation using passive microwave observations has been largely concentrated upon the conically scanning imaging instruments, with relatively few techniques exploiting the observations made from the cross-track sounders. This paper describes the development of the Precipitation Retrieval and Profiling Scheme (PRPS) to retrieve precipitation from cross-track sensors, together with its performance against surface radar data and other satellite precipitation retrievals.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs13050947","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,3]],"date-time":"2021-03-03T20:33:57Z","timestamp":1614803637000},"page":"947","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":19,"title":["Precipitation Retrievals from Passive Microwave Cross-Track Sensors: The Precipitation Retrieval and Profiling Scheme"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5906-8446","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Chris","family":"Kidd","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA"},{"name":"NASA\/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA"}]},{"given":"Toshi","family":"Matsui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA"},{"name":"NASA\/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA"}]},{"given":"Sarah","family":"Ringerud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA"},{"name":"NASA\/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,3,3]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"701","DOI":"10.1175\/BAMS-D-13-00164.1","article-title":"The global precipitation measurement mission","volume":"95","author":"Hou","year":"2014","journal-title":"Bull. 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