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RISBayesian Retrieval of Complete Posterior PDFs of Oceanic Rain Rate from Microwave Observations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A new Bayesian algorithm for retrieving surface rain rate from Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) over the ocean is presented, along with validations against estimates from the TRMM Precipitation ...
Investigation of Discrepancies in Satellite Rainfall Estimates over Ethiopia
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ropical Applications of Meteorology Using Satellite and Ground-Based Observations (TAMSAT) rainfall estimates are used extensively across Africa for operational rainfall monitoring and food security applications; thus, ...
Separating Cloud and Drizzle Signals in Radar Doppler Spectra Using a Parametric Time Domain Method
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The ability to separate cloud and drizzle returns in active remote sensing observations is important for understanding the microphysics of clouds and precipitation. Yet, robust separations remain challenging in radar remote ...
Quantifying the Contribution of Different Cloud Types to the Radiation Budget in Southern West Africa
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThe contribution of cloud to the radiation budget of southern West Africa (SWA) is poorly understood and yet it is important for understanding regional monsoon evolution and for evaluating and improving climate ...
Shortwave Spectral Radiative Signatures and Their Physical Controls
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractThe spectrum of reflected solar radiation emerging at the top of the atmosphere is rich with Earth system information. To identify spectral signatures in the reflected solar radiation and directly relate them to ...
Retrievals of Thick Cloud Optical Depth from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) by Calibration of Solar Background Signal
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Laser beams emitted from the Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS), as well as other spaceborne laser instruments, can only penetrate clouds to a limit of a few optical depths. As a result, only optical depths of thinner ...
The DACCIWA Project: Dynamics–Aerosol–Chemistry–Cloud Interactions in West Africa
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: assive economic and population growth, and urbanization are expected to lead to a tripling of anthropogenic emissions in southern West Africa (SWA) between 2000 and 2030. However, the impacts of this on human health, ...
Aerosol and Cloud Experiments in the Eastern North Atlantic (ACE-ENA)
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Clouds, Aerosols, and Precipitation in the Marine Boundary Layer: An Arm Mobile Facility Deployment
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he Clouds, Aerosol, and Precipitation in the Marine Boundary Layer (CAP-MBL) deployment at Graciosa Island in the Azores generated a 21-month (April 2009?December 2010) comprehensive dataset documenting clouds, aerosols, ...
The Shortwave Spectral Radiometer for Atmospheric Science: Capabilities and Applications from the ARM User Facility
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The maturing of ground-based solar shortwave spectral measurements at the U.S. DOE ARM User Facility facilitates progress in climate predictability by constraining cloud and aerosol radiative effects in complex ...