2011 PMM Science Team Meeting Files
Tuesday, May 4, 2021
Presentations
Monday, November 7th
| Session 1: Programatics (Chair: R. Kakar) | |||
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| 8:00 - 8:20 | NASA HQ PMM Program Status | R. Kakar | Download |
| 8:20 - 8:40 | NASA PMM Science | A. Hou | Download |
| 8:40 - 9:00 | NASA TRMM Science | S. Braun | Download |
| 9:00 - 9:20 | NASA GPM Project | A. Azarbarzin | Download |
| 9:20 - 9:40 | Precipitation Processing System (PPS) | E. Stocker | Download |
| 9:40 - 9:50 | Announcements | D. Kirschbaum | |
| (Chair: S. Braun) | |||
| 10:20 - 10:40 | JAXA TRMM/GPM Program Status | R. Oki | Download |
| 10:40 - 11:00 | JAXA TRMM Science Status | Y. Takayabu | Download |
| 11:00 - 11:20 | JAXA GPM Science Status | K. Nakamura | Download |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | DPR Algorithm Status | T. Iguchi | Download |
| Session 2: GPM Algorithm Status (Chair: A. Hou) | |||
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| 1:10 – 1:30 | US contributions to DPR algorithm development | R. Meneghini | Download |
| 1:30 – 1:50 | DPR+GMI combined algorithm | W. Olson | Download |
| 1:50 – 2:10 | Radiometer algorithm | C. Kummerow | Download |
| 2:10 – 2:30 | X-CAL status | T. Wilheit | Download |
| 2:30 – 2:50 | Multi-satellite algorithms (iMERG) | G. Huffman | Download |
| Session 3: Partner Reports (Chair: C. Kummerow) | |||
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| 3:20 – 3:40 | Status of the Megha-Tropiques mission | R. Roca | Download |
| 3:40 – 4:00 | ECMWF Report | P. Bauer/A. Geer | Download |
| 4:00 – 4:20 | NOAA activities related to GPM | R. Ferraro | Download |
Tuesday, November 8th
| Session 5: Science Reports I (Chair: K. Nakamura) | |||
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| 8:00 – 8:20 |
Lightning, convective intensity and severe weather from 13 years of PR and TMI precipitation features and implications for the GPM era |
E. Zipser | Download |
| 8:20 – 8:40 | Global climatology of surface precipitation: The role of TRMM and GPM | R. Adler | Download |
| 8:40 – 9:00 | Changing tropical rainfall characteristics in a warmer climate deduced from TRMM and GPCP data | W. Lau | Download |
| 9:00 - 9:20 | Current and emerging perspectives on urban-precipitation-flood relationships | M. Shepherd | Download |
| Session 6: Science Reports II (Chair: J. Turk) | |||
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| 9:50 - 10:10 | Continental surface emissivity activities for the GPM algorithm development team | C. Prigent/F. Aires | Download |
| 10:10 - 10:30 | Integrated hydrologic validation to improve physical precipitation retrievals for GPM | C. Peters-Lidard | Download |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Error characterization studies | W. Krajewski | Download |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Snow detection over land and snow retrieval database building over ocean | G. Liu | Download |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Precipitation type and profile classification module for DPR | V. Chandrasekar | Download |
| Session 7: Science Reports III (Chair: L. Jones) | |||
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| 1:00 – 1:20 |
The benefits of dimensionality reduction in Bayesian retrievals of rain rate from passive microwave observations: application to matched PR and TMI observations over ocean |
G. Petty | Download |
| 1:20 – 1:40 |
Investigating differences in rainfall distributions from a constellation of sensors including the latest TRMM Version 7, SSM/I, and CloudSat products |
W. Berg | Download |
| 1:40 – 2:00 | Insights on tropical convection from MIRS and TRMM intercomparisons | F. Robertson | Download |
| 2:00 – 2:20 | TRMM V7 and V6 rain retrievals in intense convective systems | D. Cecil | Download |
| Session 8: Science Reports IV (Chair: Y. Takayabu) | |||
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| 2:50 – 3:10 |
Prediction of the vertical distribution of heating and precipitation from a suite of mesoscale models and validation with TRMM data sets |
T. Krishnamurti | Download |
| 3:10 – 3:30 |
Evaluation of TRMM latent heating algorithms in different global convective regimes |
R. Johnson | Download |
| 3:30 – 3:50 | Convection sensitivity to atmospheric state during the developing stage of the MJO | A. Del Genio | Download |
| 3:50 – 4:10 | Wind, rain, and hydrologic balance over ocean | T. Liu | Download |
Wednesday, November 9th
| Session 10: Ground Validation/International Collaborations I (Chair: G. S.-Jackson) | |||
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| 8:00 - 8:20 | LPVEx (Finnish Activities) | D. Moisseev | Download |
| 8:20 - 8:40 | 2010-2011 CHUVA Project activities: results and perspectives | L. Machado | Download |
| 8:40 - 9:00 |
On the feasibility to partition LWP in its cloud and rain components by ADMIRARI at different precipitation regimes: from the tropics to high latitudes |
P. Garfias/A. Battaglia | Download |
| 9:00 - 9:20 | Calibration procedures and scanning strategies for ground validation | L. Baldini | Download |
| 9:20 - 9:40 | GCPEx (Canadian Activities) | D. Hudak | Download |
| Session 11: Ground Validation/International Collaborations II (Chair: E. Anagnostou) | |||
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| 10:10 - 10:30 | KMA Activity on GPM GV: Statistical comparisons and future plan | M. Ou | Download |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | panish-GPM activities: DSD analyses, algorithm research and climate applications of precipitation products | F. Tapiador | Download |
| 10:50 - 11:10 | Evaluation of satellite precipitation estimates using Israel ground reference data | E. Morin/E. Amitai | Download |
| 11:10 - 11:30 | Radar measurement of alpine precipitation | A. Berne | Download |
| 11:30 – 11:50 | HyMeX | P. Drobinski/G. Delrieu | Download |
| Session 12: PMM Ground Validation Science & Field Campaign Activities (Chair: C. Schumacher) | |||
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| 1:20 – 1:40 | Ground validation status/MC3E | W. Petersen | Download |
| 1:40 – 2:00 | NASA/N-pol data collection in MC3E | S. Rutledge | Download |
| 2:00 – 2:20 | MC3E: Real time forecast and post mission simulationss | W.-K. Tao | Download |
| 2:20 – 2:40 | Vertical structure of DSD parameters retrieved from profilers | C. Williams | Download |
| 2:40 – 3:00 |
Ground validation in regions of complex topography - Mapping the 4D structure of rainfall: Implications for hydrologic services and water resources management |
A. Barros | Download |
| Session 13: PMM Business (Chair: A. Hou/S. Braun) | |||
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| 3:30 – 3:50 | GPM Education and Public Outreach Activities | D. Kirschbaum | Download |
| 3:50 – 4:30 | Open Discussion | - | |
| Session 14: Plenary Meeting Wrap-up | |||
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| 4:30-4:45 | Action Item review | A. Hou/S. Braun | - |
| 4:45-5:00 | Closing remarks | R. Kakar | - |
Posters
| Poster Session 1 | |||
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| 100 | Thirteen Year TRMM Composite Climatology (TCC) | Robert Adler, Jian-Jian Wang, and Guojun Gu | Download |
| 101 | Is TRMM PR V7 better than V6? Evaluation with a Dense Gauge Network | Eyal Amitai, Carl Unkrich, David Goodrich, Emad Habib, and Bryson Thill | Download |
| 102 | Ensemble Error Propagation of Satellite Rainfall Estimate in Multi-Scale Basin Flow Simulations | E.N. Anagnostou, Y. Hong, JJ. Gourley, V. Maggioni, H. Vergara, and D. Stampoulis | Download |
| 103 | New GSMaP over-land precipitation retrieval algorithm | Kazumasa Aonashi and Hiroshi Ishimoto | Download |
| 104 | Introduction of spectral localization to ensemble-based variational assimilation for a cloud-resolving model | Kazumasa Aonashi | Download |
| 105 | From Fog to Tropical Cyclones - Challenges to Comprehensive Ground Validation in the Southern Appalachians | Anna Wilson, Jing Tao, Kevin Olson, Ana Barros, Olivier Prat, and Douglas Miller | Not Available |
| 106 | A multi-frequency approach to retrieve microphysical snowfall parameters for current and future NASA observation systems | Ralf Bennartz, Mark Kulie, and Mike Hiley | Not Available |
| 107 | Investigating the Evolution/Impact of Rainfall Bias Errors through Version 7 and Beyond | Wesley Berg | Download |
| 108 | A Physically-based Rainfall Rate Algorithm for All Surfaces: Applicability to All Microwave Sensors Including TRMM & GPM | S.-A. Boukabara, L. Moy, K. Garrett, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, C. Grassotti, and W. Chen | Download |
| 109 | Dynamic Downscaling Precipitation and Soil Moisture using Coupled WRF-tRIBS Model - A Preliminary Test | Liao-Fan Lin, Gautum Bisht, Jingfeng Wang, and Rafael Bras | Download |
| 110 | Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3): A multi-year NASA Earth Venture-1 Investigation | Scott Braun, Paul Newman, and Marilyn Vasques | Download |
| 111 | Application of AMSR-E and a ground-based radar to assess cloud microphysical schemes in the WRF model for a winter storm | Mei Han, Scott A. Braun, Toshihisa Matsui, and Christopher R. Williams | Download |
| 112 | Comparison of Do and R from KPOL and PR: Version 6 vs Version 7 | V.N. Bringi, Gwo-Jong Huang, David Marks, and David Wolff | Download |
| 113 | Intense / Severe Convective Systems: Climatologies and Precipitation Retrievals | Daniel Cecil | Download |
| 114 | GPM Profile Classification Algorithm | Chandrasekar and Minda Le | Download |
| 115 | Modified monthly oceanic rain algorithm to account for TRMM boost- climate trends from TRMM | Long Chiu, R. Chokngamowong, and T. Wilheit | Download |
| 116 | NOAA's Hydrometeorology Testbed - Southeast: Status and Plans | Rob Cifelli, Kelly Mahoney, Lynn Johnson, Tim Schneider,Ben Moore, Ana Barros, Walt Petersen, and Witek Krajewski | Download |
| 117 | Enhancing Global Precipitation Products using Remotely-Sensed Surface Soil Moisture | Wade Crow, Fan Chen and George Huffman | Download |
| 118 | Using Precipitation Measurement Mission Data in Applied Science Projects | Steve Kempler, William Teng, Zhong Liu, Dana Ostrenga, Mary Greene, and Robert Adler | Download |
| 119 | Enhancing Access and Understanding of Precipitation Measurement Mission Data and Information | William Teng, Steve Kempler, Zhong Liu, Dana Ostrenga, and Mary Greene | Download |
| 120 | Convection sensitivity to atmospheric state during the developing stage of the MJO | Anthony Del Genio, Jingbo Wu, Yonghua Chen, Daehyun Kim, and Mao-Sung Yao | Download |
| 121 | Using surface classification to improve SRT performance over land | S. L. Durden, S. Tanelli, and R. Meneghini | Download |
| 122 | Land Surface Characterization for GPM-Era Algorithms | Ralph Ferraro, Nai-Yu Wang, Cecilia Hernandez, and Kaushik Gopalan | Download |
| 123 | Developing Winter Precipitation Algorithm over Land from Satellite Observations and C3VP Field Campaign Data | Nai-Yu Wang, Kaushik Gopalan, and Ralph Ferraro | Download |
| 124 | Precipitation Sparse Downscaling and Multisensor Estimation | Mohammad Ebtehaj and Efi Foufoula-Georgiou | Download |
| 125 | 2A23 V7 Rain Types | Aaron Funk and Courtney Schumacher | Download |
| 126 | Current status of the high resolution products of the GSMaP with IR and Rain Gauge | Tomoo Ushio, Takuji Kubota, and Misako Kachi | Not Available |
| 127 | Evaluation of Satellite Rainfall Products through Streamflow Simulation in a Hydrological Modeling of the Blue Nile River Basin | Menberu M. Bitew and Mekonnen Gebremichael | Download |
| 128 | NPOL radar upgrade | John Gerlach, Walt Petersen, and Mike Watson | |
| 129 | Combined Satellite Radar-Radiometer Precipitation Algorithm for TRMM and GPM | Mircea Grecu and Lin Tian | Download |
| 130 | In situ Precipitation Dataset in High Latitudes of the Northern Hemisphere | Pavel Ya. Groisman | Download |
| 131 | Changes in intense precipitation over conterminous U.S.: Observational evidence and possible causes | Pavel Groisman, Richard Knight, and Thomas Karl | Download |
| 132 | Using the CloudSat data over precipitating systems to help constrain the GPM retrieval algorithms | Ziad S. Haddad, F. Joe Turk, Stephen L. Durden, Svetla Hristova-Veleva, and Simone Tanelli | Download |
| 133 | Ice Cloud Particle Ensemble Parameterizations for Temperatures of 0 to –90C | Andrew Heymsfield, Aaron Bansemer, and others | Download |
| 134 | Using Airborne Radar Measurements to Improve Physical Assumptions in DPR and GMI Algorithms | Gerald Heymsfield, Lin Tian, and Mircea Grecu | Download |
| 135 | Development of Ice and Mixed-phase Precipitation Parameterizations for GPM Combined Radar-Radiometer Algorithm Applications | William Olson, Mircea Grecu, Lin Tian, Benjamin Johnson, Kwo-Sen Kuo, and Andy Heymsfield | Download |
| 136 | Systematic evaluation of NASA precipitation radar estimates using NOAA/NSSL National Mosaic QPE products | Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, Yang Hong, Jonathan J. Gourley, Sheng Chen, Zachary Flamig, Jian. Zhang, Kenneth Howard, Walt Petersen, and Eyal Amitai | Download |
| 137 | Improving precipitation estimation in mountainous west region of United States by incorporating space-borne radar measurements into National Mosaic QPE system | Yixin Wen, Yang Hong, Qing Cao, Jian Zhang, Jonathan Gourley, Guifu Zhang and Kenneth Howard | Download |
| 138 | Extreme Precipitation as Depicted in the TMPA and GPCP 1DD | George J. Huffman, Robert F. Adler, David T. Bolvin, and Eric J. Nelkin | Download |
| 139 | Version 7 algorithm for the TRMM Precipitation Radar | Toshio Iguchi, Robert Meneghini, Jun Awaka, Toshiaki Kozu, John Kwiatkowski, Naofumi Yoshida, Sinta Seto, and Ken'ichi Okamoto | Download |
| 140 | Retrieval Algorithm Development for Falling Snow Detection and Estimation over Land | Gail Skofronick-Jackson, Benjamin Johnson, Joe Munchak, and James Wang | Download |
| 141 | Retrieval Algorithm Sensitivity to Variations in Ice Particle Physical Properties | Benjamin Johnson and Gail Skofronick-Jackson | Download |
| 142 | Snowfall Detection and Combined Algorithm Capabilities of GPM | S. Joseph Munchak, Benjamin T. Johnson, Gail Skofronick-Jackson, Mircea Grecu, and Bill Olson | |
| 143 | GMI L1B Algorithm Development | Yimin Ji, Stephen Bilanow, and Erich Stocker | Not Available |
| 144 | Kinematic and Diabatic Profiles from AMMA Sounding Data | Adam J. Davis, Richard H. Johnson, and Paul E. Ciesielski | Download |
| 145 | Impact of TMI V7 Brightness Temperatures on the TMI Ocean Precipitation Retrievals | W. Linwood Jones, Spencer Farrar and Steve Bilanow | Download |
| 146 | Deep Space Calibration ReAnalysis for TMI - A Pathfinder for GMI | W. Linwood Jones Spencer Farrar and Stephen Bilanow | Not Available |
| Poster Session 2 | |||
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| 200 | An Evaluation of the GPROF V7 Cloud-Radiation Database | Eun-Kyoung Seo and Christian Kummerow | Download |
| 201 | Studies of Error Structure of GPM Rainfall Estimates and Scale Aspects of Floods | Witold Krajewski, Luciana Cunha, James Smith, Ricardo Mantilla, Bong-Chul Seo, and Jin-Young Hyun | Download |
| 202 | The GPM Passive Microwave Rainfall Algorithm | Christian Kummerow | Download |
| 203 | Observed recent trends in tropical cyclone rainfall over the North Atlantic, Northeast and Northwest Pacific | Yaping Zhou and William Lau | Download |
| 204 | Changes in Tropical Rainfall and Cloud Characteristics Associated with ENSO | K.-M. William Lau and H.-T. Jenny Wu | Download |
| 205 | Experimental Drought Monitoring and Flood Forecasting over Africa Using TMPA Precipitation: A Prototype for a Global Forecasting System | Huilin Gao, Alok Sahoo, Ming Pan, Nathalie Voisin, Michele Minihand, Justin Sheffield, Eric Wood and Dennis Lettenmaier | Download |
| 206 | A Framework of Mixed-Phase Hydrometeor Scattering Tables | Liang Liao, Robert Meneghini, and Simone Tanelli | Download |
| 207 | Water Balance over Ocean, Land, and Storm | W. Timothy Liu, Xiaosu Xie, and Wenqing Tang | Download |
| 208 | Developing A Cloud-Radiation Database at High Microwave Frequencies for Snowfall Retrieval | Guosheng Liu, Yu Wang, Holly Nowell, and Yalei You | Download |
| 209 | Status of the Development of the Synthetic GPM Simulator | Toshihisa Matsui, Takamichi Iguchi, Xiaowen Li, and Wei-Kuo Tao | Download |
| 210 | Refinement of vicarious cold calibration double difference for GPM radiometer inter-calibration | Rachael Kroodsma, Darren McKague, and Christopher Ruf | Download |
| 211 | Quantifying the Contribution of Land Cover to Global Land Surface Emissivity Similarity Classification | Karen Mohr and Grant Petty | Download |
| 212 | Field Campaign for GPM/DPR Ground Validation using the Dual Ka-band Radar system | Katsuhiro Nakagawa, Masonori Nishikawa, Kenji Nakamura, Shuji Shimizu, Hiroshi Hanado, and Haruya Minda | Download |
| 213 | Intercalibration of 183 GHz sounder channels | Vivienne Payne, Eli Mlawer, Alison Chase, and Jean-Luc Moncet | Download |
| 214 | Land Surface Modeling and Data Assimilation to Support Physical Precipitation Retrievals for GPM | Yudong Tian, Kenneth Harrison, Sarah Ringerud, and Christa Peters-Lidard | Download |
| 215 | Summary of ARM observations of convective cloud lifecycle during the Mid-latitude Convective Clouds Experiment | Michael Jensen, Walt Petersen, Pavlos Kollias, Scott Giangrande, Nitin Bharwadaj, Scott Collis, and Dave Turner | Download |
| 216 | Spanish GPM Activities | Francisco J. Tapiador, Manuel de Castro, Fernando Cuartero, Enrique Arias, Diego Cazorla, Juan Pardo, Cecilia Marcos, Miguel A. Martinez, Gabino Sanchez, Ramiro Checa, Dimitris Katsanos, and Walt Petersen | Download |
| 217 | 3-D Applications of Disdrometer and Polarimetric Radar Measurements to Support GPM Algorithm Development | Walter Petersen, Viswanathan Bringi, Lawrence Carey, Ali Tokay, Patrick Gatlin, David Wolff, and Merhala Thurai | Download |
| 218 | Merged radar-aircraft products in GPM-GV | Stephen Nesbitt, Walter Petersen, and Matthew Schwaller | Download |
| 219 | The ARM global precipitation radar network | Scott Collis, Nitin Bharadwaj, Kevin Widener, Scott Giangrande, Michael Jensen and Adam Theisen | Not Available |
| 220 | Over Land Precipitation Detection and Retrieval from TMI | Grant Petty and Ke Li | Download |
| 221 | Insights on Tropical Convection from MIRS and TRMM Intercomparisons | Franklin Robertson, Clay Blankenship, and Robert Atkinson | Download |
| 222 | Comparison of V6 and V7 data around Darwin, Australia: Comparison to the C-pol radar | Brenda Dolan, Steven Rutledge, Timothy Lang, Robert Cifelli, and Stephen Nesbitt | Download |
| 223 | West African MCS characteristics: A climatological TRMM perspective | Nick Guy and Steven A. Rutledge | Download |
| 224 | Current and Emerging Perspectives on Urban Hydroclimate Interactions | Marshall Shepherd, Steve Burian, and Menglin Jin | Download |
| 225 | Improvement of rainfall retrieval for passive microwave radiometer over the mountain areas | Shoichi Shige and Aina Taniguchi | Not Available |
| 226 | Extreme Rainfall and Flooding from Landfalling Tropical Cyclones in the Eastern US | James Smith, Gabriele Villarini, Mary Lynn Baeck and Witold Krajewski | Download |
| 227 | Effective Integration of LEO and GEO Sensors for Precipitation Retrieval: Global implementation of REFAME | Ali Behrangi, Kuolin Hsu, and Soroosh Sorooshian | Not Available |
| 228 | Geolocation Changes for TRMM V7 and GPM | Steve Bilanow, Michael Hensley, Weiwei Li, Larry Woltz, and John Kwiatkowski | Download |
| 229 | Filtering suspicious large values in 2A25_V7 "extreme" rain | Atsushi Hamada and Yukari N. Takayabu | Not Available |
| 230 | Bayesian Classification and Retrieval for APR-2 measurements | Simone Tanelli, Stephen L. Durden, Ziad S. Haddad, Gianfranco Sacco, Robert Chen, Andrew Heymsfield, Aaron Bansemer, Robert Meneghini and Liang Liao | Not Available |
| 231 | MC3E: Real time Forecast and Post Mission Simulations | Wei-Kuo Tao, Di Wu, and Toshi Matsui | Download |
| 232 | Spatial & temporal analysis of simulated streamflow based on remotely sensed precipitation | Kenneth Tobin and Marvin Bennett | Download |
| 233 | An experimental study of the small-scale variability of raindrop size distribution | Jan-Bernd Schroer, Ali Tokay, Clemens Simmer, and Paul G. Bashor | Not Available |
| 234 | Evaluation of the laser-optical Parsivel2 disdrometer | Ali Tokay, David B. Wolff, Walter A. Petersen, David Makofski, and Jianxin Wang, | Download |
| 235 | Explaining Variations in Microwave Surface Emissivity from Passive Microwave Observations | Joe Turk, Li Li, Ziad Haddad, and Kyungwon Park | Download |
| 236 | Latest Improvements on Microwave Land Emissivity Model for GPM Applications | Fuzhong Weng, Ming Chen and Quanhua Liu | Download |
| 237 | Texas A&M Participation in X-CAL and the Radar Enhanced Radiometer Algorithm Team | Thomas Wilheit | Download |
| 238 | Vertical Structure of DSD parameters retrieved from profilers | Christopher Williams | Download |
| 239 | Radar and Disdrometer Observations During MC3E | David B. Wolff and David A. Marks | Download |
| 240 | Extending CMORPH to the Poles: Preliminary Results | Robert Joyce, Pingping Xie, Shaorong Wu, and Soo-Hyun Yoo | Download |
| 241 | Infusing the Chinese FY3B PMW Retrievals into CMORPH | Pingping Xie, Chun-Xiang Shi, Robert Joyce, Bin Xu, and An-Yuan Xiong | Download |
| 242 | Improvements of TRMM V7 rainfall estimates from the perspective of precipitation features | Chuntao Liu | Download |
| 243 | Relationships between TRMM precipitation characteristics and large-scale vertical motions in four reanalysis datasets over tropical oceans | Chie Yokoyama, Edward J. Zipser, and Chuntao Liu | Download |
| 244 | On the relation between mesoscale convective system life cycles and TRMM observations over Southeastern South America | Luciano Vidal, Paola Salio, Ed Zipser, and Chuntao Liu | Download |
| 245 | Downscaling GPM-like satellite precipitation information by WRF ensemble data assimilation system | Milija Zupanski, Sara Q. Zhang, Jason Otkin, Arthur Hou, Xin Lin, and Samson Cheung | Download |
| 246 | Spatial and Temporal Variability of Raindrop Size Distribution within TRMM/GPM Radar Footprint | Jan-Bernd Schroer, Ali Tokay, Clemens Simmer, and Paul G. Bashor | Download |