TRMM Refereed Publications

R. Meneghini, H. Kumagai, J. R. Wang, T. Iguchi, T. Kozu, : Microphysical retrievals over stratiform rain using measurements from an airborne dual-wavelength radar-radiometer. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 35(3), 487-506, doi:10.1109/36.581956.
Quartly, G. D., and M. A. Srokosz, : SST Observations of the Agulhas and East Madagascar Retroflections by the TRMM Microwave Imager. J. Phys. Oceanography, 32(5), 1585–1592, doi:10.1175/1520-0485(2002)0322.0.CO;2.
Quartly, G. D., : Determination of Oceanic Rain Rate and Rain Cell Structure from Altimeter Waveform Data. Part I: Theory. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 15(6), 1361–1378, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(1998)0152.0.CO;2.
Puri, K., and N. E. Davidson, : The Use of Infrared Satellite Cloud Imagery Data as Proxy Data for Moisture and Diabatic Heating in Data Assimilation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 2329-2341, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1992)1202.0.CO;2.
Puri, K., and M. J. Miller, : The Use of Satellite Data in the Specification of Convective Heating for Diabatic Initialization and Moisture Adjustment in Numerical Weather Prediction Models. Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 67-93, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1990)1182.0.CO;2.
Pu, Z., W.-K. Tao, S. Braun, J. Simpson, Y. Jia, J. Halverson, W. Olson, and A. Hou, : The Impact of TRMM Data on Mesoscale Numerical Simulation of Supertyphoon Paka. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130(10), 2448–2458, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(2002)1302.0.CO;2.
Prigent, C., E. Defer, J. R. Pardo, C. Pearl, W. B. Rossow, and J.-P. Pinty, : Relations of polarized scattering signatures observed by the TRMM Microwave Instrument with electrical processes in cloud systems. Geophys. Res. Letts., 32(4), L04810, doi:10.1029/2004GL022225.
Priestley, K. J., B. R. Barkstrom, R. B. Lee III, R. N. Green, S. Thomas, R. S. Wilson, P. L. Spence, J. Paden, D. K. Pandey, and A. Al-Hajjah, : Postlaunch Radiometric Validation of the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Proto-Flight Model on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Spacecraft through 1999. J. Appl. Meteor., 39(12), 2249–2258, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(2001)0402.0.CO;2.
Prabhakara, C., R. Meneghini, D. A. Short, J. A. Weinman, R. Iacovazzi, R. Oki, and M. Cadeddu, : A TRMM Microwave radiometer rain retrieval method based on fractional rain area. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 76(5), 765-781, doi:10.2151/jmsj1965.76.5_765.
Prabhakara, C., R. Iacovazzi, R. Oki, and J. A. Weinman, : A microwave radiometer rain retrieval method applicable to land areas. J. Meteor. Soc. of Japan, 77(4), 859-871, doi:10.2151/jmsj1965.77.4_859.
Prabhakara, C., G. Dalu, G. L. Liberti, J. J. Nucciarone, and R. Suhasini, : Rainfall Estimation over Oceans from SMMR and SSM/I Microwave Data. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 31, 532-552, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1992)0312.0.CO;2.
Prabhakara C., R. Iacovazzi, J. A. Weinman, and G. Dalu, : A TRMM microwave radiometer rain rates estimation method with convective and stratiform discrimination. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 78(3), 241-258, doi:10.2151/jmsj1965.78.3_241.
Polyak, I., G. R. North, and J. B. Valdes, : Multivariate Space-Time Analysis of PRE-STORM Precipitation. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 33, 1079-1087, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1994)0332.0.CO;2.
Polyak, I., and G. North, : The Second-Moment Climatology of the GATE Rain Rate Data. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 76, 535-654, doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1995)0762.0.CO;2.
Pickart, R. S., N. G. Hogg, and W. M. Methie, Jr., : Determining the Strength of the Deep Western Boundary Current Using the Chlorofluoromethane Ratio. J. Phys. Oceanogr., 19, 940-951, doi:.
Petty, G. W., and K. B. Katsaros, : Precipitation Observed over the South China Sea by the Nimbus-7 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer during Winter MONEX. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 29, 273-287, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1990)0292.0.CO;2.
Petty, G. W., and K. B. Katsaros, : Nimbus-7 SMMR Precipitation Observations Calibrated against Surface Radar during TAMEX. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 31, 489-505, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1992)0312.0.CO;2.
Petty, G. W., : Prevalence of Precipitation from Warm-Topped Clouds over Eastern Asia and the Western Pacific. J. Climate, 12(1), 220–229, doi:10.1175/1520-0442-12.1.220.
Petty, G. W., : Frequencies and Characteristics of Global Oceanic Precipitation from Shipboard Present-Weather Reports. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 76, 1593-1716, doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1995)0762.0.CO;2.
Petersen, W. A., S. W. Nesbitt, R. J. Blakeslee, R. Cifelli, P. Hein, and S. A. Rutledge, : TRMM Observations of Intraseasonal Variability in Convective Regimes over the Amazon. J. Climate, 15(11), 1278–1294, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2002)0152.0.CO;2.