Keys Area Precipitation Project (KAPP 2002)

The Keys Area Precipitation Project (KAPP) 2002 is a NASA sponsored effort in support of the Ground Validation Program of theTropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. The goals of KAPP 2002 are two fold: 1) to investigate the efficacy of the Keys area as a primary Ground Validation (GV) site for TRMM; and, 2) to extend our knowledge of precipitation shape, size and number density through the use of NASA's Polarimetric (NPOL) radar and ground-based disdrometers in the Keys area. This experiment is a continuation, in part, of last year's Keys Area Microphysics Program (KAMP).