Using new observations to improve high latitude and high altitude precipitation estimates in support of water and energy budget calculations and prediction of future changes

Ali Behrangi1, Mark Richardson2, Graeme L Stephens1, George John Huffman3, Robert F Adler4 and Eric J Fetzer1, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (4)University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States