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Precipitation Classification and Quantification Using X-Band Dual-Polarization Weather Radar: Application in the Hydrometeorology Testbed

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;2013:;volume( 030 ):;issue: 009:;page 2108

Author(s): Lim, S.; Cifelli, R.; Chandrasekar, V.; Matrosov, S. Y.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: his paper presents new methods for rainfall estimation from X-band dual-polarization radar observations along with advanced techniques for quality control, hydrometeor classification, and estimation of specific differential ...

Diurnal Characteristics of Precipitation Features over the Tropical East Pacific: A Comparison of the EPIC and TEPPS Regions

Source: Journal of Climate:;2008:;volume( 021 ):;issue: 016:;page 4068

Author(s): Cifelli, R.; Nesbitt, S. W.; Rutledge, S. A.; Petersen, W. A.; Yuter, S.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: This study examines the diurnal cycle of precipitation features in two regions of the tropical east Pacific where field campaigns [the East Pacific Investigation of Climate Processes in the Coupled Ocean?Atmosphere System ...

Radar Characteristics of Precipitation Features in the EPIC and TEPPS Regions of the East Pacific

Source: Monthly Weather Review:;2007:;volume( 135 ):;issue: 004:;page 1576

Author(s): Cifelli, R.; Nesbitt, S. W.; Rutledge, S. A.; Petersen, W. A.; Yuter, S.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: Ship-based radar data are used to compare the structure of precipitation features in two regions of the east Pacific where recent field campaigns were conducted: the East Pacific Investigation of Climate Processes in the ...

Improving Simulations of Convective Systems from TRMM LBA: Easterly and Westerly Regimes

Source: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;2007:;Volume( 064 ):;issue: 004:;page 1141

Author(s): Lang, S.; Tao, W-K.; Simpson, J.; Cifelli, R.; Rutledge, S.; Olson, W.; Halverson, J.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: The 3D Goddard Cumulus Ensemble model is used to simulate two convective events observed during the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Large-Scale Biosphere?Atmosphere (TRMM LBA) experiment in Brazil. These two events ...

A New Dual-Polarization Radar Rainfall Algorithm: Application in Colorado Precipitation Events

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;2010:;volume( 028 ):;issue: 003:;page 352

Author(s): Cifelli, R.; Chandrasekar, V.; Lim, S.; Kennedy, P. C.; Wang, Y.; Rutledge, S. A.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: The efficacy of dual-polarization radar for quantitative precipitation estimation (QPE) has been demonstrated in a number of previous studies. Specifically, rainfall retrievals using combinations of reflectivity (Zh), ...

WRF Simulations of the 20–22 January 2007 Snow Events over Eastern Canada: Comparison with In Situ and Satellite Observations

Source: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology:;2010:;volume( 049 ):;issue: 011:;page 2246

Author(s): Shi, J. J.; Tao, W-K.; Matsui, T.; Cifelli, R.; Hou, A.; Lang, S.; Tokay, A.; Wang, N-Y.; Peters-Lidard, C.; Skofronick-Jackson, G.; Rutledge, S.; Petersen, W.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: One of the grand challenges of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission is to improve cold-season precipitation measurements in mid- and high latitudes through the use of high-frequency passive microwave radiometry. ...

A Twenty-First-Century California Observing Network for Monitoring Extreme Weather Events

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;2013:;volume( 030 ):;issue: 008:;page 1585

Author(s): White, A. B.; Anderson, M. L.; Dettinger, M. D.; Ralph, F. M.; Hinojosa, A.; Cayan, D. R.; Hartman, R. K.; Reynolds, D. W.; Johnson, L. E.; Schneider, T. L.; Cifelli, R.; Toth, Z.; Gutman, S. I.; King, C. W.; Gehrke, F.; Johnston, P. E.; Walls, C.; Mann, D.; Gottas, D. J.; Coleman, T.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: uring Northern Hemisphere winters, the West Coast of North America is battered by extratropical storms. The impact of these storms is of paramount concern to California, where aging water supply and flood protection ...