Profile for Thomas Bell

Affiliation: Emeritus
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Office Phone: 301-614-6197
Fax: 301-614-6307

Publications

Rosenfeld, D., and T. Bell (2011). Why do tornados and hail storms rest on weekends?. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos, 116, D20211.
doi:10.1029/2011JD016214

Bell T.L., J. -M. Yoo, and M. -I. Lee (2009). Note on the weekly cycle of storm heights over the southeast United States. J. Geophys. Res., 114(D15201).
doi:10.1029/2009JD012041

Bell T.L., D. Rosenfeld, and K.-M. Kim (2009). The Weekly Cycle of Lightning: Evidence of Storm Invigoration by Pollution. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36( L23805).
doi:10.1029/2009GL040915

Bell T.L., D. Rosenfeld, K.-M. Kim, J. -M. Yoo, M. -I. Lee, and M. Hahnenberger (2008). Midweek increase in U.S. summer rain and storm heights suggests air pollution invigorates rainstorms. J. Geophys. Res., D02209, 113.
doi:10.1029/2007JD008623

Bell T.L., and D. Rosenfeld (2008). Comment on “Weekly precipitation cycles? Lack of evidence from United States surface stations” by D. M. Schultz et al.. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35( L09803).
doi:10.1029/2007GL033046

Koster R. D., T.L. Bell, R. Reichle, M. J. Suarez, and S. D. Schubert (2008). Using observed spatial correlation structures to increase the skill of subseasonal forecasts. Mon. Weather Rev., 136(6), 1923-1939.
doi:10.1175/2007MWR2255.1

Prabhakara C., R. Iacovazzi, J. -M. Yoo, K.-M. Kim, and T.L. Bell (2008). A method to estimate rain rate over tropical oceans with TRMM Microwave Imager radiometer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan., 86(1), 203-212.
doi:10.2151/jmsj.86.203

Lee M. -I., S. D. Schubert, M. J. Suarez, I. M. Held, A. Kumar, T.L. Bell, J. -K. E. Schemm, N. -C. Lau, J. J. Ploshay, H.-K. Kim, and S. -H. Yoo (2007). Sensitivity to horizontal resolution in the AGCM simulations of warm season diurnal cycle of precipitation over the United States and northern Mexico. J. Climate, No. 9, 20, 1862-1881.

Lee M. -I., S. D. Schubert, M. J. Suarez, T.L. Bell, and K.-M. Kim (2007). Diurnal cycle of precipitation in the NASA Seasonal to Interannual Prediction Project atmospheric general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., D16111, 112.
10.1029/2006JD008346

Kundu P.K., and T.L. Bell (2006). Space-time scaling behavior of rain statistics in a stochastic fractional diffusion model. J. Hydrology, 322.
10.1016/49-58j.jhydrol.2005.02.031

Olson W.S., C. D. Kummerow, S. Yang, G. W. Petty, W.-K. Tao, T.L. Bell, S.A. Braun, Y. Wang, S.E. Lang, D. E. Johnson, and C. Chiu (2006). Precipitation and latent heating distributions from satellite passive microwave radiometry. Part I: Improved method and uncertainties. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., (5), 45, 702-720.

Yang S., W.S. Olson, J.-J. Wang, T.L. Bell, E.A. Smith, and C. D. Kummerow (2006). Precipitation and latent heating distributions from satellite passive microwave radiometry. Part II: Evaluation of estimates using independent data. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., (5), 45, 721-739.

Bell T.L., and P.K. Kundu (2003). Comparing satellite rainfall estimates with rain gauge data: Optimal strategies suggested by a spectral model. J. Geophys. Res. (D3), 108.
10.1029/20024121JD002641

Kundu P.K., and T.L. Bell (2003). A stochastic model of space-time variability of mesoscale rainfall: Statistics of spatial averages. Water Resources Res. (12), 1328, 39.
10.1029/2002WR001802

Steiner M., T.L. Bell, Y. Zhang, and E. F. Wood (2003). Comparison of two methods for estimating the sampling-related uncertainty of satellite rainfall averages based on a large radar dataset. J. Climate, 16, -19.

Bell T.L., M. -D. Chou, R. S. Lindzen, and A.Y. Hou (2002). Reply to Comment on "Does the Earth Have an Adaptive Infrared Iris?" by H. Harrison. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 598-600.

Negri A. J., T.L. Bell, and L. Xu (2002). Sampling of the diurnal cycle of precipitation using TRMM. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 19, 1333-1344.

Bell T.L., P.K. Kundu, and C. Kummerow (2001). Sampling errors of SSM/I and TRMM rainfall averages: Comparison with error estimates from surface data and a simple model. J. Appl. Meteor., 40, 938-954.

Bell T.L., and P.K. Kundu (2000). Dependence of satellite sampling error on monthly averaged rain rates: Comparison of simple models and recent studies. J. Climate, 13, 449-462.

Bell T.L., and P.K. Kundu (1996). A study of the sampling error in satellite rainfall estimates using optimal averaging of data and a stochastic model. J. Climate, 9, 1251-1268.

Bell T.L., and R. Suhasini (1994). Principal Modes of Variation of rain-rate probability distributions. J. Appl. Meteor., 33, 1067-1078.

Cahalan R.F., W. Ridgway, W.J. Wiscombe, T.L. Bell, and J. B. Snider (1994). The albedo of fractal stratocumulus clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2434-2455.

Bell T.L., and N. Reid (1993). Detection of the diurnal cycle of tropical rainfall from satellite observations. J. Appl. Meteor., 32, 311-322.

Atlas D., and T.L. Bell (1992). The relation of radar to cloud Area-Time Integrals and implications for rain measurements from space. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 1997-2008.

Bell T.L., A. Abdullah, R. L. Martin, and G. R. North (1990). Sampling errors for satellite-derived tropical rainfall: Monte Carlo study using a space-time stochastic model. J. Geophys. Res., 95, 2195-2205.

Cahalan R.F., M. Nestler, W. Ridgway, W.J. Wiscombe, and T. Bell (1989). Marine stratocumulus spatial structure (19-25). Proc. Fourth Int. Conf. Stat. Clim., IMSC

Bell T.L. (1987). A space-time stochastic model of rainfall for satellite remote-sensing studies. J. Geophys. Res., 92, 9631-9643.

Bowman K. P., and T.L. Bell (1987). The latitude dependence of eddy variances. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 2395-2400.

Bell T.L. (1986). Theory of optimal weighting of data to detect climatic change. J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 1694-1710.

Bell T.L. (1985). Climatic sensitivity and fluctuation-dissipation relations (424-440). Turbulence and Predictability in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics and Climate Dynamics, North Holland, New York

Bell T.L. (1982). Optimal weighting of data to detect climatic change: Application to the carbon dioxide problem. J. Geophys. Res., 87, 11161-11170.

North G. R., F. J. Moeng, T.L. Bell, and R.F. Cahalan (1982). The latitude dependence of the variance of zonally averaged quantities. Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 319-326.

North G. R., T.L. Bell, R.F. Cahalan, and F. J. Moeng (1982). Sampling errors in the estimation of Empirical Orthogonal Functions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 699-706.

Bell T.L. (1980). Climate sensitivity from fluctuation-dissipation: Some simple model tests. J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 1700-1707.

Bell T.L., and M. Nelkin (1978). One-exponent scaling for very high-Reynolds-number turbulence. Phys. Rev.A17, 363-369.

Bell T.L., and M. Nelkin (1978). Time dependent scaling relations and a cascade model of turbulence. J. Fluid Mech., 88, 369-391.

Bell T.L., U. Frisch, and H. Frisch (1978). A renormalization group approach to noncoherent radiative transfer. Phys. Rev.A17, 1049-1057.

Bell T.L., and M. Nelkin (1977). Nonlinear cascade models for fully-developed turbulence. Phys. Fluids., 20, 345-350.

Bell T.L., and K. G. Wilson (1975). Finite-lattice approximations to renormalization groups. Phys. Rev.B11, 3431-3444.

Bell T.L., and K. G. Wilson (1974). Nonlinear renormalization groups. Phys. Rev.B10, 3935-3944.

Bell T.L. (1973). The α(Zα)2 vacuum-polarization correction in muonic atoms. Phys. Rev.A7, 1480-1488.