| Joint Session 17 | 
|  | Remote Sensing Applications of GEOSS to the Hydrologic Cycle—I (Joint between the 23rd Conference on Hydrology and the 16th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography) | 
|  | Cochairs: Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; Chandra R. Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD 
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|  | 8:30 AM | J17.1 | (Invited Speaker) Contributions of TRMM and GPM to GEOSS  Arthur Y. Hou, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
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|  | 8:45 AM | J17.2 | Reducing bias in the real-time TMPA  George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin
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|  | 9:00 AM | J17.3 | Inter-comparing high resolution satellite precipitation estimates at different scales  Phillip A. Arkin, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. R. P. Sapiano
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|  | 9:15 AM | J17.4 | CHOMPS: A new high resolution satellite derived precipitation data set for climate studies  Renu Joseph, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and T. Smith, M. R. P. Sapiano, and R. R. Ferraro
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|  | 9:30 AM | J17.5 | Uncertainties in oceanic rainfall retrievals from passive microwave observations  Thomas T. Wilheit, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
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