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RISToward a Fully Parametric Retrieval of the Nonraining Parameters over the Global Oceans
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: In light of the upcoming launch of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission, a parametric retrieval algorithm of the nonraining parameters over the global oceans is developed with the ability to accommodate all ...
A Multisensor Observational Depiction of the Transition from Light to Heavy Rainfall on Subdaily Time Scales
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: tilizing data from the Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT), a new observational parameter related to mesoscale cold pool activity [termed cold pool kinetic energy (CPKE)] is developed and investigated. CPKE and the Climate ...
The Sensitivity of Rainfall Estimation to Error Assumptions in a Bayesian Passive Microwave Retrieval Algorithm
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: he Goddard profiling algorithm (GPROF) uses Bayesian probability theory to retrieve rainfall over the global oceans. A critical component of GPROF and most Bayes theorem?based retrieval frameworks is the specification of ...
A Lagrangian View of Moisture Dynamics during DYNAMO
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: olumn water vapor (CWV) is studied using data from the Dynamics of the Madden?Julian Oscillation (DYNAMO) field experiment. A distinctive moist mode in tropical CWV probability distributions motivates the work. The Lagrangian ...
A Lagrangian Analysis of Deep Convective Systems and Their Local Environmental Effects
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: ife cycles of deep convective raining systems are documented through use of a Lagrangian tracking algorithm applied to high-resolution Climate Prediction Center morphing technique (CMORPH) rainfall data, permitting collocation ...
Observed Self-Similarity of Precipitation Regimes over the Tropical Oceans
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A K-means clustering algorithm was used to classify Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) scenes within 1° square patches over the tropical (15°S?15°N) oceans. Three cluster centroids or ...
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Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: AbstractPartitioning of convective ice into precipitating and detrained condensate presents a challenge for GCMs since partitioning depends on the strength and microphysics of the convective updraft. It is an important ...
A Regime-Oriented Approach to Observationally Constraining Extratropical Shortwave Cloud Feedbacks
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The extratropical shortwave (SW) cloud feedback is primarily due to increases in extratropical liquid cloud extent and optical depth. Here, we examine the response of extratropical (35°–75°) marine cloud liquid water path ...
Environmental controls on tropical mesoscale convective system precipitation intensity
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Using multiple independent satellite and reanalysis datasets, we compare relationships between mesoscale convective system (MCS) precipitation intensity (Pmax), environmental moisture, large-scale vertical velocity, and ...