TRMM Refereed Publications
Lappen, C., and C. Schumacher,
: The role of tilted heating in the evolution of the MJO. JGR Atmospheres, 119(6), 2966-2989, doi:10.1002/2013JD020638.
Lau, K. M., and H.-T. Wu,
: Climatology and changes in tropical oceanic rainfall characteristics inferred from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data (1998–2009). J. Geophys. Res., 116, D17111, doi:10.1029/2011JD015827.
Lau, K. M., and K. M. Kim,
: The 2010 Russian heat wave/wildfires and Pakistan Flood: Teleconnection of Extremes. J. Hydrometeor., 13, 392-403, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-11-016.1.
Lau, K. M., and Y. Zhou,
: Recent trends in tropical cyclone rainfall over the North Atlantic and North Pacific. J. Geophys. Res., 117, D03104, doi:10.1029/2011JD016510.
Lau, K. M., C. H. Sui, and W.-K. Tao,
: A Preliminary Study of the Tropical Water Cycle and its Sensitivity to Surface Warming. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 74, 1313-1322, doi:10.1175/1520-0477(1993)0742.0.CO;2.
Lau, K. M., H. T. Wu, and K. M. Kim,
: A canonical response in rainfall characteristics to global warming from CMIP5 model projections. Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 3163-3169, doi:10.1002/grl.50420.
Lau, K. M., Y. Ding, J.-T. Wang, R. Johnson, T. Keenan, R. Cifelli, J. Gerlach, O. Thiele, T. Rickenbach, S.-C. Tsay, and P.-H. Lin,
: A Report of the Field Operations and Early Results of the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 81(6), 1261–1270, doi:10.1175/1520-0477(2000)0812.3.CO;2.
Lau, K.-M., P. J. Sheu, S. Schubert, D. Ledvina, and H. Weng,
: Evolution of Large-Scale Circulation during TOGA COARE: Model Intercomparison and Basic Features. J. Climate, 9(5), 986–1003, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1996)0092.0.CO;2.
Lee III, R. B., B. R. Barkstrom, G. L. Smith, J. E. Cooper, L. P. Kopia, R. W. Lawrence, S. Thomas, D. K. Pandey, and D. A.H. Crommelynck,
: The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Sensors and Preflight Calibration Plans. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 13(2), 300–313, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(1996)0132.0.CO;2.
Lee R. B., B. R. Barkstrom, H. C. Bitting, D. A. H. Crommelynck, J. Paden, D. K. Pandey, K. J. Priestley, G. L. Smith, S. Thomas, K. L. Thornhill, and R. S. Wilson,
: Prelaunch calibrations of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission and Earth Observing System morning (EOS-AM1) spacecraft thermistor bolometer sensors. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 36(4), 1173-1185, doi:10.1109/36.701024.
Lee, Thomas F.,
: Nighttime Observation of Sheared Tropical Cyclones Using GOES 3.9-μm Data . Weather and Forecasting, 15(6), 759–766, doi:10.1175/1520-0434(2000)0152.0.CO;2.
Leppert II, K. D., and D. J. Cecil,
: Tropical cyclone diurnal cycle as observed by TRMM. Mon. Wea. Rev., 144, 2793-2808, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-15-0358.1.
Leppert, K. D., II, D. J. Cecil, and W. A. Petersen,
: Relation between Tropical Easterly Waves, Convection, and Tropical Cyclogenesis: A Lagrangian Perspective. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141(8), 2649–2668, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-12-00217.1.
Leppert, K. D., II, W. A. Petersen, and D. J. Cecil,
: Electrically Active Convection in Tropical Easterly Waves and Implications for Tropical Cyclogenesis in the Atlantic and East Pacific. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141(2), 542–556, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-12-00174.1.
Li, J., and K. Nakamura,
: Vertical Distribution of the Mirror Image Returns Observed by TRMM PR and Estimated for a 35-GHz Radar. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 22(11), 1829–1837, doi:10.1175/JTECH1819.1.
Li, J., and K. Nakamura,
: Characteristics of the Mirror Image of Precipitation Observed by the TRMM Precipitation Radar. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 19(2), 145–158, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(2002)0192.0.CO;2.
Li, Q., R. L. Bras, and D. Veneziano,
: Analysis of Darwin Rainfall Data: Implications on Sampling Strategy. J. Appl. Meteor., 35(3), 372–385, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1996)0352.0.CO;2.
Li, W., and C. Schumacher,
: Thick Anvils as Viewed by the TRMM Precipitation Radar. J. Climate, 24(6), 1718–1735, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3793.1.
Li, X., C.-H. Sui, K.-M. Lau, and M.-D. Chou,
: Large-Scale Forcing and Cloud–Radiation Interaction in the Tropical Deep Convective Regime. J. Atmos Sci., 56(17), 3028–3042, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(1999)0562.0.CO;2.
Li, X., S. A. Christopher, J. Chou, and R. M. Welch,
: Estimation of Shortwave Direct Radiative Forcing of Biomass-Burning Aerosols Using New Angular Models. J. Appl. Meteor., 39(12), 2278–2291, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(2001)0402.0.CO;2.