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Improved Global Rainfall Retrieval Using the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I)

Source: Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology:;2009:;volume( 049 ):;issue: 005:;page 1032

Author(s): Vila, Daniel; Ferraro, Ralph; Semunegus, Hilawe

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: Global monthly rainfall estimates have been produced from more than 20 years of measurements from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program series of Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I). This is the longest passive ...

Investigating the Ice Water Path in Convective Cloud Life Cycles to Improve Passive Microwave Rainfall Retrievals

Source: Journal of Hydrometeorology:;2014:;Volume( 015 ):;issue: 004:;page 1486

Author(s): Braga, Ramon Campos; Vila, Daniel Alejandro

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: his study focuses on the possible relationship between ice water path (IWP) retrievals using high-frequency channels (89 and 150 GHz) from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B and Moisture Humidity Sounder sensors ...

The Performance of Hydrological Monthly Products Using SSM/I–SSMI/S Sensors

Source: Journal of Hydrometeorology:;2012:;Volume( 014 ):;issue: 001:;page 266

Author(s): Vila, Daniel; Hernandez, Cecilia; Ferraro, Ralph; Semunegus, Hilawe

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: lobal monthly rainfall estimates and other hydrological products have been produced from 1987 to the present using measurements from the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) series of the Special Sensor Microwave ...

Statistical Evaluation of Combined Daily Gauge Observations and Rainfall Satellite Estimates over Continental South America

Source: Journal of Hydrometeorology:;2009:;Volume( 010 ):;issue: 002:;page 533

Author(s): Vila, Daniel A.; de Goncalves, Luis Gustavo G.; Toll, David L.; Rozante, Jose Roberto

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: This paper describes a comprehensive assessment of a new high-resolution, gauge?satellite-based analysis of daily precipitation over continental South America during 2004. This methodology is based on a combination of ...

Combining TRMM and Surface Observations of Precipitation: Technique and Validation over South America

Source: Weather and Forecasting:;2010:;volume( 025 ):;issue: 003:;page 885

Author(s): Rozante, José Roberto; Moreira, Demerval Soares; de Goncalves, Luis Gustavo G.; Vila, Daniel A.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: The measure of atmospheric model performance is highly dependent on the quality of the observations used in the evaluation process. In the particular case of operational forecast centers, large-scale datasets must be made ...

Forecast and Tracking the Evolution of Cloud Clusters (ForTraCC) Using Satellite Infrared Imagery: Methodology and Validation

Source: Weather and Forecasting:;2008:;volume( 023 ):;issue: 002:;page 233

Author(s): Vila, Daniel Alejandro; Machado, Luiz Augusto Toledo; Laurent, Henri; Velasco, Inés

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to develop and validate an algorithm for tracking and forecasting radiative and morphological characteristics of mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) through their entire life cycles using ...

The South American Land Data Assimilation System (SALDAS) 5-Yr Retrospective Atmospheric Forcing Datasets

Source: Journal of Hydrometeorology:;2009:;Volume( 010 ):;issue: 004:;page 999

Author(s): de Goncalves, Luis Gustavo G.; Shuttleworth, William J.; Vila, Daniel; Larroza, Eliane; Bottino, Marcus J.; Herdies, Dirceu L.; Aravequia, Jose A.; De Mattos, Joao G. Z.; Toll, David L.; Rodell, Matthew; Houser, Paul

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: The definition and derivation of a 5-yr, 0.125°, 3-hourly atmospheric forcing dataset that is appropriate for use in a Land Data Assimilation System operating across South America is described. Because surface observations ...

A Successful Practical Experience with Dedicated Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites GOES-10 and -12 Supporting Brazil

Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2017:;volume 099:;issue 001:;page 33

Author(s): Costa, Simone M. S.; Negri, Renato G.; Ferreira, Nelson J.; Schmit, Timothy J.; Arai, Nelson; Flauber, Wagner; Ceballos, Juan; Vila, Daniel; Rodrigues, Jurandir; Machado, Luiz A.; Pereira, Sérgio; Bottino, Marcus Jorge; Sismanoglu, Raffi Agop; Langden, Pedro

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: AbstractThis paper summarizes the successful use of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite-10 (GOES-10) and -12 (GOES-12), mainly beyond their retirement as operational satellites in the United States, in support ...

The Chuva Project: How Does Convection Vary across Brazil?

Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2014:;volume( 095 ):;issue: 009:;page 1365

Author(s): Machado, Luiz A. T.; Silva Dias, Maria A. F.; Morales, Carlos; Fisch, Gilberto; Vila, Daniel; Albrecht, Rachel; Goodman, Steven J.; Calheiros, Alan J. P.; Biscaro, Thiago; Kummerow, Christian; Cohen, Julia; Fitzjarrald, David; Nascimento, Ernani L.; Sakamoto, Meiry S.; Cunningham, Christopher; Chaboureau, Jean-Pierre; Petersen, Walter A.; Adams, David K.; Baldini, Luca; Angelis, Carlos F.; Sapucci, Luiz F.; Salio, Paola; Barbosa, Henrique M. J.; Landulfo, Eduardo; Souza, Rodrigo A. F.; Blakeslee, Richard J.; Bailey, Jeffrey; Freitas, Saulo; Lima, Wagner F. A.; Tokay, Ali

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: aning ?rain? in Portuguese, is the acronym for the Cloud Processes of the Main Precipitation Systems in Brazil: A Contribution to Cloud-Resolving Modeling and to the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM). The CHUVA project ...

ACRIDICON–CHUVA Campaign: Studying Tropical Deep Convective Clouds and Precipitation over Amazonia Using the New German Research Aircraft HALO

Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2016:;volume( 097 ):;issue: 010:;page 1885

Author(s): Wendisch, Manfred; Pöschl, Ulrich; Andreae, Meinrat O.; Machado, Luiz A. T.; Albrecht, Rachel; Schlager, Hans; Rosenfeld, Daniel; Martin, Scot T.; Abdelmonem, Ahmed; Afchine, Armin; Araùjo, Alessandro C.; Artaxo, Paulo; Aufmhoff, Heinfried; Barbosa, Henrique M. J.; Borrmann, Stephan; Braga, Ramon; Buchholz, Bernhard; Cecchini, Micael Amore; Costa, Anja; Curtius, Joachim; Dollner, Maximilian; Dorf, Marcel; Dreiling, Volker; Ebert, Volker; Ehrlich, André; Ewald, Florian; Fisch, Gilberto; Fix, Andreas; Frank, Fabian; Fütterer, Daniel; Heckl, Christopher; Heidelberg, Fabian; Hüneke, Tilman; Jäkel, Evelyn; Järvinen, Emma; Jurkat, Tina; Kanter, Sandra; Kästner, Udo; Kenntner, Mareike; Kesselmeier, Jürgen; Klimach, Thomas; Knecht, Matthias; Kohl, Rebecca; Kölling, Tobias; Krämer, Martina; Krüger, Mira; Krisna, Trismono Candra; Lavric, Jost V.; Longo, Karla; Mahnke, Christoph; Manzi, Antonio O.; Mayer, Bernhard; Mertes, Stephan; Minikin, Andreas; Molleker, Sergej; Münch, Steffen; Nillius, Björn; Pfeilsticker, Klaus; Pöhlker, Christopher; Roiger, Anke; Rose, Diana; Rosenow, Dagmar; Sauer, Daniel; Schnaiter, Martin; Schneider, Johannes; Schulz, Christiane; de Souza, Rodrigo A. F.; Spanu, Antonio; Stock, Paul; Vila, Daniel; Voigt, Christiane; Walser, Adrian; Walter, David; Weigel, Ralf; Weinzierl, Bernadett; Werner, Frank; Yamasoe, Marcia A.; Ziereis, Helmut; Zinner, Tobias; Zöger, Martin

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: etween 1 September and 4 October 2014, a combined airborne and ground-based measurement campaign was conducted to study tropical deep convective clouds over the Brazilian Amazon rain forest. The new German research aircraft, ...