Abstract: A new cloud-patch method for the identification and removal of no-rain cold clouds from infrared (IR) imagery is presented. A cloud patch is defined as a cluster of connected IR imagery pixels that are colder than a given ...

Abstract: Many modeling studies have concluded that widespread deforestation of Amazonia would lead to decreased rainfall. Geosynchronous visible and infrared satellite data over southwest Brazil are analyzed with respect to percent ...

Abstract: The temporal sampling of tropical regions is examined using observations from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) and precipitation radar (PR). It is concluded that PR estimates at any one ...

Abstract: A method to improve the GOES Precipitation Index (GPI) technique by combining satellite microwave and infrared (IR) data is proposed and tested. Using microwave-based rainfall estimates, the method, termed the Universally ...