GPM Refereed Publications
Kumar, P., R. Gairola, T. Kubota, and C. Kishtawal,
: Hybrid Assimilation of Satellite Rainfall Product with High Density Gauge Network to Improve Daily Estimation: A Case of Karnataka, India. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan. Ser. II, 99(3), 741-763, doi:10.2151/jmsj.2021-037.
Kumar, P., S. S. Srivastava, N. Jivani, A. K. Varma, C. Yokoyama, and T. Kubota,
: Long-term assessment of ERA5 reanalysis rainfall for lightning events over India observed by Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission Lightning Imaging Sensor. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 150(761), 2472-2488, doi:10.1002/qj.4719.
Kumar, P., S. S. Srivastava, N. Jivani, A. K. Varma, C. Yokoyama, and T. Kubota,
: Long-term assessment of ERA5 reanalysis rainfall for lightning events over India observed by Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission Lightning Imaging Sensor. Q. J. Royal Meteor. Soc., 150(761), 2472-2488, doi:10.1002/qj.4719.
Kumar, P., U. K. Gupta, M. K. Yamamoto, and T. Kubota,
: Long-term evaluation of CHIRPS and GSMaP_ISRO rainfall estimates for Indian summer monsoon (2000–2022). Rem. Sens. Appl.: Society and Environ., 39, 101627, doi:10.1016/j.rsase.2025.101627.
Kumar, R., A. K. Varma, A. Mishra, R. M. Gairola, I. Das, A. Sarkar, and V. K. Agarwal,
: Comparison of TRMM TMI and PR Version 5 and 6 Precipitation Data Products Under Cyclonic Weather Conditions. IEEE-Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 6(3), 378-382, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2009.2014257.
Kumar, S., Y. Silva, A. S. Moya-Alvarez, and D. Martınez-Castro,
: Seasonal and Regional Differences in Extreme Rainfall Events and Their Contribution to the World’s Precipitation: GPM Observations. Adv. Meteor., 2019, 4631609, doi:10.1155/2019/4631609.
Kumar, S., Y.-S. Vidal, A. S. Moya-Álvarez, and D. Martínez-Castro,
: Effect of the surface wind flow and topography on precipitating cloud systems over the Andes and associated Amazon basin: GPM observations. Atmos. Res., 225, 193-208, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.03.027.
Kumjian, M. R. and O. P. Prat,
: The Impact of Raindrop Collisional Processes on the Polarimetric Radar Variables. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 3052-3067, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-13-0357.1.
Kumjian, M. R., S. Mishra, S. E. Giangrande, T. Toto, A. V. Ryzhkov, and A. Bansemer,
: Polarimetric radar and aircraft observations of saggy bright bands during MC3E. J. Geophys. Res., 121, 3584-3607, doi:10.1002/2015JD024446.
Kummerow, C. D., D. L. Randel, M. Kulie, N.-Y. Wang, R. Ferraro, S. J. Munchak, and V. Petkovic,
: The Evolution of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm to a Fully Parametric Scheme. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 32, 2265-2280, doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0039.1.
Kummerow, C., and P. Brown,
: The Annual Cycle of the Tropical Ocean Water Balance as Seen by the GEWEX Integrated Product. J. Climate, 38(18), 4807–4824, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-24-0638.1.
Kuntla, S. K., M. Saharia, P.E. Kirstetter,
: Global-scale characterization of streamflow extremes. J. Hydrology, 615(Part A), , doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.128668.
Kuo, K.-S., E. Smith, Z. Haddad, E. Im, T. Iguchi, and A. Mugnai,
: Mathematical-Physical Framework for Retrieval of Rain DSD Properties from Dual-Frequency Ku-Ka-Band Satellite Radar. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 2349-2369, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2004)0612.0.CO;2.
Lamer, K., B. P. Treserras, Z. Zhu, B. Isom, N. Bharadwaj, and P. Kollias,
: Characterization of shallow oceanic precipitation using profiling and scanning radar observations at the Eastern North Atlantic ARM observatory. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 4931–4947, doi:10.5194/amt-12-4931-2019.
Lang, S. E. and W.-K. Tao,
: The Next-Generation Goddard Convective–Stratiform Heating Algorithm: New Tropical and Warm-Season Retrievals for GPM. J. Climate, 31(15), 5997–6026, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0224.1.
Lang, S. E., W.-K. Tao, J.-D. Chern, D. Wu, and X. Li,
: Benefits of a Fourth Ice Class in the Simulated Radar Reflectivities of Convective Systems Using a Bulk Microphysics Scheme. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 3583-3612, doi:10.1175/JAS-D-13-0330.1.
Lang, T. J.,
: Comparing Winds near Tropical Oceanic Precipitation Systems with and without Lightning. Remote Sensing, 12(23), 3968, doi:10.3390/rs12233968.
Lang, T. J., and S. D. Bang,
: Exploring the Scientific Utility of Combined Spaceborne Lidar and Lightning Observations of Thunderstorms. Earth and Space Science, 9(8), e2022EA002400, doi:10.1029/2022EA002400.
Lang, T. J., N. Østgaard, M. Marisaldi, M. G. Quick, C. J. Schultz, I. Adams, C. G. Amiot, P. Bitzer, R. J. Blakeslee, R. G. Brown, K. Carmer, H. Christian, A. Clark, M. Cohen, S. Cummer, M. Füllekrug, J. E. Grove, S. Harkema, G. Heymsfield, P. Krehbiel, R. Kroodsma, R. Longenbaugh, D. Mach, M. Walker McLinden, A. Mezentsev, J. Montanyà, M. Pazos, D. Sarria, D. Shy, M. A. Stanley, R. Thomas, T. D. Walker, and C. Younes,
: Hunting for Gamma Rays above Thunderstorms: The ALOFT Campaign. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 106(8), E1649–E1669, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-24-0060.1.
Lasser, M. S. O, and U. Foelsche,
: Evaluation of GPM-DPR precipitation estimates with WegenerNet gauge data. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 12, 5055-5070, doi:10.5194/amt-12-5055-2019.