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Heavy Thunderstorms Observed Over Land by the Nimbus 7 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer

Source: Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology:;1983:;volume( 022 ):;issue: 006:;page 1041

Author(s): Spencer, R. W.; Olson, W. S.; Rongzhang, Wu; Martin, D. W.; Weinman, J. A.; Santek, D. A.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: In an examination of microwave data from the Nimbus 7 satellite, brightness temperatures were found that were much lower than those expected for the radiation emanating from rain-producing clouds. Every case of very cold ...

Structure of Florida Thunderstorms Using High-Altitude Aircraft Radiometer and Radar Observations

Source: Journal of Applied Meteorology:;1996:;volume( 035 ):;issue: 010:;page 1736

Author(s): Heymsfield, G. M.; Shepherd, J. M.; Bidwell, S. W.; Boncyk, W. C.; Caylor, I. J.; Ameen, S.; Olson, W. S.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: This paper presents an analysis of a unique radar and radiometer dataset from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) ER-2 high-altitude aircraft overlying Florida thunderstorms on 5 October 1993 during ...

Retrieved Vertical Profiles of Latent Heat Release Using TRMM Rainfall Products for February 1998

Source: Journal of Applied Meteorology:;2001:;volume( 040 ):;issue: 006:;page 957

Author(s): Tao, W-K.; Lang, S.; Olson, W. S.; Meneghini, R.; Yang, S.; Simpson, J.; Kummerow, C.; Smith, E.; Halverson, J.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: This paper represents the first attempt to use Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) rainfall information to estimate the four-dimensional latent heating structure over the global Tropics for one month (February 1998). ...

Use of High-Resolution Satellite Observations to Evaluate Cloud and Precipitation Statistics from Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations. Part I: South China Sea Monsoon Experiment

Source: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;2007:;Volume( 064 ):;issue: 012:;page 4309

Author(s): Zhou, Y. P.; Tao, W.-K.; Hou, A. Y.; Olson, W. S.; Shie, C.-L.; Lau, K.-M.; Chou, M.-D.; Lin, X.; Grecu, M.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: Cloud and precipitation simulated using the three-dimensional (3D) Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) model are compared to Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) and Precipitation Radar (PR) rainfall ...

The Evolution of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) for Rainfall Estimation from Passive Microwave Sensors

Source: Journal of Applied Meteorology:;2001:;volume( 040 ):;issue: 011:;page 1801

Author(s): Kummerow, Christian; Hong, Y.; Olson, W. S.; Yang, S.; Adler, R. F.; McCollum, J.; Ferraro, R.; Petty, G.; Shin, D-B.; Wilheit, T. T.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: This paper describes the latest improvements applied to the Goddard profiling algorithm (GPROF), particularly as they apply to the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). Most of these improvements, however, are ...

The Status of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) after Two Years in Orbit

Source: Journal of Applied Meteorology:;2000:;volume( 039 ):;issue: 012:;page 1965

Author(s): Kummerow, C.; Simpson, J.; Thiele, O.; Barnes, W.; Chang, A. T. C.; Stocker, E.; Adler, R. F.; Hou, A.; Kakar, R.; Wentz, F.; Ashcroft, P.; Kozu, T.; Hong, Y.; Okamoto, K.; Iguchi, T.; Kuroiwa, H.; Im, E.; Haddad, Z.; Huffman, G.; Ferrier, B.; Olson, W. S.; Zipser, E.; Smith, E. A.; Wilheit, T. T.; North, G.; Krishnamurti, T.; Nakamura, K.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite was launched on 27 November 1997, and data from all the instruments first became available approximately 30 days after the launch. Since then, much progress has been ...

Retrieval of Latent Heating from TRMM Measurements

Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2006:;volume( 087 ):;issue: 011:;page 1555

Author(s): Tao, W-K.; Smith, E. A.; Adler, R. F.; Hou, A. Y.; Meneghini, R.; Simpson, J.; Haddad, Z. S.; Iguchi, T.; Satoh, S.; Kakar, R.; Krishnamurti, T. N.; Kummerow, C. D.; Lang, S.; Nakamura, K.; Nakazawa, T.; Okamoto, K.; Shige, S.; Olson, W. S.; Takayabu, Y.; Tripoli, G. J.; Yang, S.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: Rainfall is a fundamental process within the Earth's hydrological cycle because it represents a principal forcing term in surface water budgets, while its energetics corollary, latent heating, is the principal source of ...

The Observed State of the Water Cycle in the Early Twenty-First Century

Source: Journal of Climate:;2015:;volume( 028 ):;issue: 021:;page 8289

Author(s): Rodell, M.; Beaudoing, H. K.; L’Ecuyer, T. S.; Olson, W. S.; Famiglietti, J. S.; Houser, P. R.; Adler, R.; Bosilovich, M. G.; Clayson, C. A.; Chambers, D.; Clark, E.; Fetzer, E. J.; Gao, X.; Gu, G.; Hilburn, K.; Huffman, G. J.; Lettenmaier, D. P.; Liu, W. T.; Robertson, F. R.; Schlosser, C. A.; Sheffield, J.; Wood, E. F.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: his study quantifies mean annual and monthly fluxes of Earth?s water cycle over continents and ocean basins during the first decade of the millennium. To the extent possible, the flux estimates are based on satellite ...