IMERG Precipitation Rates Pulsing Over the Amazon
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- Alex Kekesi
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- Horace Mitchell
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- Ryan Fitzgibbons
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- Horace Mitchell (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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- Gail Skofronick Jackson (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
- George Huffman (NASA/GSFC) [Lead]
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- Ryan Fitzgibbons (KBRwyle) [Lead]
- Rani Gran (NASA/GSFC)
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