GPM Refereed Publications

Kulie, M. S., L. Milani, N. B. Wood, and T. S. L’Ecuyer, : Global Snowfall Detection and Measurement. In: Levizzani V., Kidd C., Kirschbaum D., Kummerow C., Nakamura K., Turk F. (eds) Satellite Precipitation Measurement. Advances in Global Change Research, 69, 699-716, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-35798-6_12.
Kumach, K. K., O. Zandi, and A. Behrangi, : Retrospective Mapping of Global Snow and Ice Cover Beyond the Satellite Observational Era. Earth and Space Science, 12(5), e2024EA004171, doi:10.1029/2024EA004171.
Kumar A., N. Sharma, A. K. Varma, and S. C. Bhan, : Performance Evaluation of Hydro-Estimator Technique-Based Rain Products from INSAT-3DR During Indian Summer Monsoon 2020. Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, 51, 1673–1681, doi:10.1007/s12524-023-01723-y.
Kumar S., and Y. Silva, : Vertical characteristics of radar reflectivity and DSD parameters in intense convective clouds over South East South Asia during the Indian Summer monsoon: GPM observations. Int'l J. Rem. Sens., 40(24), 9604-9628, doi:10.1080/01431161.2019.1633705.
Kumar, A., A. K. Srivastava, B. J. Mehrotra, M. K. Srivastava, and D. R. Pattanaik, : Decadal seasonal characteristics of precipitation microphysics over the Western Ghats using the space-borne precipitation radar. Atmospheric Research, 315, 107894, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2024.107894.
Kumar, G. P., V. Saicharan, and H. R. Shwetha, : Enhancing Spatial Resolution of GPM Rainfall Data in Upper Cauvery Basin, India: Machine Learning Approach. 2024 IEEE India Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (InGARSS), , 1-4, doi:10.1109/InGARSS61818.2024.10984298.
Kumar, H., T. H. Syed, F. Amelung, S. Mirzaee, A. S. Venkatesh, and R. Agrawal, : InSAR Reveals Recovery of Stressed Aquifer Systems in Parts of Delhi, India: Evidence for Improved Groundwater Management. Water Resources Research, 61(2), e2024WR037704, doi:10.1029/2024WR037704.
Kumar, P., : Assimilation of the Rain Gauge Measurements Using Particle Filter. Earth and Space Science, 7(10), e2020EA001212, doi:10.1029/2020EA001212.
Kumar, P., and A. K. Varma, : Assimilation of INSAT-3D hydro-estimator method retrieved rainfall for short-range weather prediction. Quarterly Journal of Royal Meteorological Society, 143(702), 384-394, doi:10.1002/qj.2929.
Kumar, P., and C. M. Kishtawal, : Importance of satellite-retrieved rain/no-rain information on short-range weather predictions. Int'l Journal of Remote Sensing, 38(13), 3851-3864, doi:10.1080/01431161.2017.1306140.
Kumar, P., C. M. Kishtawal, and P. K. Pal, : Impact of satellite rainfall assimilation on Weather Research and Forecasting model predictions over the Indian region. JGR Atmospheres, 119(5), 2017-2031, doi:10.1002/2013JD020005.
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. 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.