Profile for Liang Liao

Affiliation: GESTAR/MSU
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Office Phone: 301-614-5718
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Publications

Liao, L., and R. Meneghini (2013). Examination of Effective Dielectric Constants of Nonspherical Mixed-Phase Hydrometeors. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 52(1), 197-212.
10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0244.1

Meneghini, R., L. Liao, S. Tanelli, and S. L. Durden (2012). Assessment of the Performance of a Dual-Frequency Surface Reference Technique Over Ocean. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 50(8), 2968-2977.
doi:10.1109/TGRS.2011.2180727

Liao, L., and R. Meneghini (2011). A Study on the Feasibility of Dual-Wavelength Radar for Identification of Hydrometeor Phases. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 50(2), 449-456.
10.1175/2010JAMC2499.1

Liao, L., R. Menenghini, L. Tian, and G.M. Heymsfield (2009). Measurements and Simulations of Nadir-Viewing Radar Returns from the Melting Layer at X and W Bands. J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 48(11), 2215–2226.
doi:10.1175/2009JAMC2033.1

Liao, L., and R. Meneghini (2009). Validation of TRMM Precipitation Radar through Comparison of Its Multiyear Measurements with Ground-Based Radar. J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 48(4), 804-817.
doi:10.1175/2008JAMC1974.1

Liao, L., and R. Meneghini (2009). Changes in the TRMM Version-5 and Version-6 Precipitation Radar Products Due to Orbit Boost. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 93-107.
doi:10.2151/jmsj.87A.93

Liao, L., G.M. Heymsfield, L. Tian, and R. Meneghini (2008). Retrieval of snow and rain from combined X- and W-band airborne radar measurements. IEEE Trans. Geo. Rem. Sens., 46(5), 1514-1524.
doi:10.1109/TGRS.2008.916079

Meneghini, R., and L. Liao (2007). On the Equivalence of Dual-Wavelength and Dual-Polarization Equations for Estimation of the Raindrop Size Distribution. J. Atmos. Oce. Technol, 24, 806-820.

Amitai, E., R. Meneghini, X. Llort, and L. Liao (2005). Accuracy verification of spaceborne radar estimates of rain rate.. Royal Meteor. Soc. Atmos. Sci. Lett., 6, 2-6.
10.1002/asl.82

Liao, L., and R. Meneghini (2005). A Study of Air/Space-borne Dual-Wavelength Radar for Estimation of Rain Profiles. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 22(6), 841-851.

Liao, L., and R. Meneghini (2005). On Modeling Air/Spaceborne Radar Returns in the Melting Layer. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 43(12), 2799-2809.

Liao, L., and R. Meneghini (2005). Use of Dual-Wavelength Radar for Snow Parameter Estimates. J. Atmos. Oce. Technol., 22, 1494-1506.

Meneghini, R., T. Tian, and L. Liao (2005). A Feasibility Study for Simultaneous Estimates of Water Vapor and Precipitation Parameters Using a Three-Frequency Radar. J. Appl. Meteorol., 44, 1511-1525.

Amitai, E., A. Nystuen, and L. Liao (2004). Listening to the rain Summary of paper at the AMS 31st Radar Meteorology Conf, appearing in the "Nowcast" section of the Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 15

Amitai, E., E. Morin, R. Meneghini, L. Liao, and J.A. Nystuen (2004). Uniting space, ground and underwater measurements for improved estimates of ran rate. IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 1(2), 35-38.
10.1109/LGRS.2004.824767

Meneghini, R., S. Bidwell, R. Rincon, G.M. Heymsfield, and L. Liao (2003). Differential-frequency Doppler weather radar: Theory and experiment. Radio Science, 38(3), Art. No. 8040.

Liao, L., R. Meneghini, and T. Iguchi (2002). Bright-Band Modeling of Air/Space-Borne Microwave Radars. Proc. IGARSS 2002, 1, 278-280.

Liao, L., R. Meneghini, and T. Iguchi (2001). Comparisons of rain rate and reflectivity factor derived from the TRMM precipitation radar and the WSR-88D over the Melbourne, Florida, site.. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 18, 1959-1974.

Meneghini, R., L. Liao, S.W. Bidwell, and G.M. Heymsfield (2001). On the feasibility of a differential-frequency Doppler weather radar. IEEE Trans. Geo. Rem. Sens., 39, 2203-2316.

Olson, W.S., P. Bauer, N.F. Viltard, D.E. Johnson, W.-K. Tao, R. Meneghini, and L. Liao (2001). A melting-layer model for passive/active microwave remote sensing applications. Part I: model formulation and comparison with observations.. J. Appl. Meteorol., 40(7), 1145-1163.

Bidwell S.W., R. Meneghini, L. Liao, R.F. Rincon, and G.M. Heymsfield (2000). Application of a differential reflectivity techniques to the EDOP radar in ground-based operation.. Proc. IGARSS 2000, 5, 1789-1791.

Liao, L., and R. Meneghini (2000). Investigation of the dielectric constants of inhomogeneous air-ice and snow-water spheres.. Proc. IGARSS 2000, 5, 1804-1806.

Meneghini, R., and L. Liao (2000). Effective dielectric constants of mixed-phase hydrometeors.. J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 17(5), 628-640.

Meneghini, R., T. Iguchi, T. Kozu, L. Liao, I. K Okamoto, J. Jones, and J. Kwiatkowski (2000). Use of the surface reference technique for path attenuation estimates from the TRMM Precipitation Radar. J. Appl. Meteorol., 39, 2053-2070.

Meneghini, R., L. Liao, and T. Iguchi (1998). Effective dielectric constants of melting hydrometeors and their use in radar bright-band models.. Proc. IGARSS '98, IV, 147-149.