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Publications: 2004

This document is a compilation of publications of the Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Research (613.1) for calendar year 2004. If you wish further information, or a reprint, please contact the author of the article or the publisher. Currently, there are 75 publications, papers, or other works listed for 2004.

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Journal Articles

• 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
• Bauer P., J. -F. Mahfouf, S. W . Olson, F.S. Marzano, S. Di Michele, A. Tassa, and A. Mugnai (2004). Error analysis of TMI rainfall estimates over ocean for variational data assimilation. J. Meteor. Soc., 128(584), 2129-2144.
• Braun, S.A. (2004). High-resolution simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998). Part II: Water budget.. J. Atmos. Sci., 43-64.
• Burian S., J.M. Shepherd, S. Reynolds, and P. Hooshialsadat (2004). Effect of cities on rainfall and the implications for drainage design. Critical Transitions in Water and Environmental Resources Management, Proceedings of the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress.
• Burian S.J., J. Marshall Shepherd, and P. Hooshialsadat (2004). Urbanization impacts on Houston rainstorms, urban water systems modeling monographs. Urban Water Systems Modeling Monographs, 20 pp.
• Burian S.J., J.M. Shepherd, and P. Hooshialsadat (2004). Urbanization impacts on Houston rainstorms. Innovative modeling of urban water systems. Monograph, 12, 1-22.
• Chou S. -H., E. Nelkin, J. Ardizzone, and R.M. Atlas (2004). A comparison of latent heat fluxes over global oceans for four flux products. J. Clim., 17, 3973-3989.
• Chou S. -H., M. -D. Chou, P. -K. Chan, P. -H. Lin, and K. -H. Wang (2004). Tropical warm pool surface heat budgets and temperature: Contrasts Between 1997-98 El Nino and 1998-99 La Nina. J. Clim., 17, 1845-1858.
• Colarco P.R., M.R. Schoeberl, B.G. Doddridge, L.T. Marufu, O. Torres, and E.J. Welton (2004). Transport of smoke from Canadian forest fires to the surface near Washington, D.C.: Injection height, entrainment, and optical properties. J. Geophys. Res., 109(D6), Art. No. D06203.
• Cosma -Averseng S., C. Flamant, J. Pelon, S. Palm, and G. Schwemmer (2004). Atmospheric boundary layer and low cloud structure over the remote subtropical South Atlantic ocean: airborne/spaceborne lidar observations and numerical simulations of the easterlies-westerlies convergence region. J. Geophys. Res., 108(D7), 4220-4233.
• Curtis S., R.F. Adler, G.J. Huffman, and G. Gu (2004). Westerly wind events in the eastern Indian Ocean as a precursor to el nino: A case study for the 2002-03 el nino. J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 109(D20104).
  10.1029/2004JD004663, 11 pp
• Ferrare R.A., E.V. Browell, S. Ismail, S.A. Kooi, L.H. Brasseur, V.G. Brackett, M.B. Clayton, J.D. W. Barrick, G.S. Diskin, J.E. M. Goldsmith, B.M. Lesht, J.R. Podolske, G.W. Sachse, F.J. Schmidlin, D.D. Turner, D. Whiteman, D. Tobin, L.M. Miloshevich, H.E. Revercomb, B.B. Demoz, and P. Di Girolamo (2004). Characterization of Upper-Troposphere Water Vapor Measurements during AFWEX Using LASE. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 21, 1790-1808.
• Fisher, B.L. (2004). Climatological validation of TRMM TMI and PR monthly rain products over Oklahoma. J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 519-535.
• Gage K.S., W.L. Clark, C.R. Williams, and A. Tokay (2004). Determining reflectivity measurement error from serial measurements using paired disdrometers and profilers. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L23107.
  10.1029/2004/GRL020591
• Gamon J., K.F. Huemmrich, D.R. Peddle, J. Chen, D. Fuentes, F.G. Hall, J.S. Kimball, S. Goetz, J. Gu, K.C. McDonald, J.R. Miller, M. Moghaddam, A.F. Rahman, J.-L. Roujean, and E. Smith (2004). Remote sensing in BOREAS: Lessons learned. Remote Sens. Environ., 89, 139-162.
• Gao S., F. Ping, X. Li, and W.-K. Tao (2004). A convective vortcity associated with tropical convection: A 2D cloud-resolving modeling study. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 109, D14106.
  10.1029/2004JD004807
• Garrett T.J., A.J. Heymsfield, M. McGill, D.G. Baumgardner, P.T. Bui, and C.R. Webster (2004). Convective generation of cirrus near the tropopause. J. Geophys. Res., 109.
  10.1029/2004JD004952
• Girolamo D., P.R. Marchese, D. Whiteman, and B.B. Demoz (2004). Rotational Raman Lidar measurements of atmospheric temperature in the UV. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L01106.
  10.1029/2003GL018342
• Grecu, M., and E. Anagnostou (2004). A differential attenuation based algorithm for estimating precipitation from dual-wavelength spaceborne radar. Can. J. Remote. Sens., 30, 697-705.
• Grecu, M., E. Anagnostou, and W.S. Olson (2004). Retrieval of precipitation from mulitresolution, multifrequency, active and passive microwave observations. J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 562-575.
• Griaznov V., I. Veselovskii, P. Di Girolamo, B. Demoz, and D. Whiteman (2004). Numerical simulation of light backscattering by spheres with off-center inclusion. Application to the lidar case. Appl. Opt., 43(29), 5512-5522.
• Gu, G., R.F. Adler, G.J. Huffman, and S. Curtis (2004). African easterly waves and their association with precipitation. J. Geophys. Res. -Atmos., 109, D0410.
  10.1029/2003JD003967
• Gu, G., and R.F. Adler (2004). Seasonal evolution and variability associated with the West African Monsoon System. J. Clim., 17, 3364-3377.
• Gultepe I., G.A. Isaac, J. Key, J. Intrieri, D.C. O Starr, and K.B. Strawbridge (2004). Dynamical and microphysical characteristics of Arctic clouds using integrated observations collected over SHEBA during the April 1998 FIRE.ACE flights of the Canadian Convair. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 85, 235-263.
• Haddad Z.S., J.P. Meagher, R.F. Adler, E. Smith, E. Im, and S.L. Durden (2004). El Nino and the variability of global precipitation. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D17103, 7 pp.
• Houser P.R., M. Bosilovich, C. Peters-Lidard, and W.-K. Tao (2004). Ultra-high resolution observation-driven land modeling needed to enable the development of global cloud resolving Earth system models. GEWEX News, 14(3), 8-9.
• Jensen E., D.C. O Starr, and O.B. Toon (2004). Mission investigates tropical cirrus clouds. Eos Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 84(5), 45-50.
  10.1029/2004EO050002
• Jin M., and J.M. Shepherd (2004). On inclusion of urban landscape in climate model- How can satellite data help?. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 86, 681-689.
• Kahn R., J. Anderson, T. Anderson, T. Bates, F. Brechtel, A. Clarke, E. Dutton, R. Flagan, R. Frouin, H. Fukushima, B. Holben, S. Howell, B. Huebert, A. Jefferson, H. Jonsson, K. Carricol, O. Kalashnikova, J. Kim, S. Kim, P. Kus, W. Li, J. Livingston, S. Masonis, C. McNaughton, J. Merrill, S. Mukai, T. Murayama, T. Nakajima, P. Quinn, J. Redemann, M. Rood, P. Russell, I. Sano, B. Schmid, J. Seinfeld, N. Sugimoto, J. Wang, E.J. Welton, J. -G Won, and S. -Chang Yoon (2004). Environmental snapshots for satellite multi-angle aerosol retrieval validation during the ACE-Asia Field Campaign. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D19S14.
  10.1029/2003JD004339
• Katsanos D., K. Lagouvardos, V. Kotroni, and G.J. Huffman (2004). Statistical evaluation of MPA-RT high-resolution precipitation estimates from satellite platforms over the central and eastern Mediterranean. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L06116.
  10.1029/2003GL019142
• Kim M.-J., G.M. Skofronick-Jackson, and J.A. Weinman (2004). Intercomparison of Millimeter-Wave Radiative Transfer Models. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 42(9), 1882-1890.
• Korb C.L., and C.Y. Weng (2004). Effective frequency technique for finite spectral bandwidth effects. Appl. Opt., 43(18), 3747-3751.
• Krishnamurti T., T. Kumar, B. Mackey, N. Cubucku, R. Ross, and R.F. Adler (2004). Current thrusts on TRMM and SSM/I based modeling studies on heavy rains and flooding episodes. Mausam. Quar. J. Meteor. Hydro. and Geophys., 54, 121-140.
• Kuo K.-S., E. Smith, Z. Haddad, E. Im, T. Iguchi, and A. Mugnai (2004). Mathematical-physical framework for retrieval of rain DSD properties from dual-frequency Ku/Ka-band satellite radar. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 2349-2369.
• Li, L., G.M. Heymsfield, P.E. Racette, L. Tian, and E. Zenker (2004). A 94 Ghz cloud radar system on a NASA High-altitude ER-2 aircraft. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 21, 1378-1388.
• Li, X., C.-H. Sui, K.-M. Lau, and W.-K. Tao (2004). Tropical convective responses to microphysical and radiative processes: A sensitivity study with a 2D Cloud resolving model. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics.
  10.1007/s00703-004-0088-5
• Liu Z., M. Vaughan, D. Winker, C. Hostetler, L. Poole, D. Hlvaka, W. Hart, and M. McGill (2004). Use of probability distribution functions for discriminating between cloud and aerosol in lidar backscatter data. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 109(D15), Art. No. D15202.
• Liu Z., M. McGill, Y. Hu, C.A. Hostetler, M. Vaughan, and D. Winker (2004). Validating lidar depolarization calibration using solar radiation scattered by ice clouds. Geosci. Remote Sensing Lett., 1.
  10.1109/LGRS.2004.829613
• Mahesh A. (2004). Improved detection of large particles from infrared spectral observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L04110.
  10.1029/2003GL018768
• Mahesh A., R. Eager, J. Campbell, and J. Spinhirne (2004). Observations of blowing snow at the South Pole. J. Geophys. Res., 108(D22), 4707.
  10.1029/2002JD003327
• Mahesh A., M. Gray, S. Palm, W. Hart, and J. Spinhirne (2004). Passive and active detection of clouds: Comparisons between MODIS and GLAS observations. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L04108.
  10.1029/2003GL018859
• Matsui, T., H. Masunaga, R. Pielke, and W. -K. Tao (2004). Impact of aerosols and atmospheric thermodynamics on cloud properties within climate system. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31(6), L06109.
  10.1029/2003GL01928
• McGill, M., D. Hlavka, G.M. Heymsfield, L. Li, M.A. Vaughan, L. Tian, P.E. Racette, D.M. Winker, and W. Hart (2004). Combined lidar-radar remote sensing: Initial results from CRYSTAL-FACE and Implications for Future Spaceflight Missions. J. Geophys. Res., 109.
  10.1029/2003JD004030
• Mohr, K.I. (2004). Interannual, monthly, and regional variability in the wet season diurnal cycle of precipitation in Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of Climate, 17, 2441-2453.
• Negri A., J. Surratt, L. Xu, and R.F. Adler (2004). The impact of amazon deforestation on dry-season rainfall. J. Clim., 17, p. 1306-1319.
• Noel V., P. Lawson, M. McGill, and D. Winker (2004). Classification of particle shapes from lidar depolarization ratios in convective ice clouds compared to in situ observations during CRYSTAL-FACE. J. Geophys. Res., 109.
  10.1029/2004JD004883
• Noel V., M. Winker, M. Haeffelin, and M. McGill (2004). Comparison of depolarization ratio observed in convective ice clouds during CRYSTAL-FACE with a midlatitude synoptic cirrus clouds climatology from the SIRTA observatory. J. Geophys. Res., 109(D24).
  10.1029/2004JD004883
• Qian J. -H., W. -K. Tao, and K. -M. Lau (2004). Mechanisms of torrential rain associated with the Mei-yu development during SCSMEX-98. Mon. Weather. Rev., 132, 3-27.
• Quinn P.K., D.J. Coffman, T.S. Bates, E.J. Welton, D.S. Covert, T.L. Miller, J.E. Johnson, S. Maria, L. Russell, R. Arimoto, C.M. Carrico, M.J. Rood, and J. Anderson (2004). Aerosol optical properties mesured onboard the Ronald H Brown during ACE Asia as a function of Aerosol chemical compostion and source region. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 109(D19), Art. No. D19S01.
• Rajendran R., T.N. Krishnamurti, V. Misra, and W. -K. Tao (2004). An empirical cumulus parameterization scheme for a global spectral model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan., 82(4), 989-1006.
• Ridley B., L. Ott, L. Emmons, D. Montzka, A. Weinheimer, D. Knapp, F. Grahek, L. Li, M. McGill, P. Kucera, M.J. Mahoney, G.M. Heymsfield, and G. Brasseur (2004). Florida Thunderstorms: A faucet of reactive nitrogen to the upper troposphere. J. Geophys. Res., DI7305.
  10.1029/2004JD004769
• Shepherd J.M., L. Taylor, and C. Garza (2004). A dynamic multi-criteria technique for siting NASA-Clark Atlanta rain gauge network. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 21, 1346-1363.
• Shepherd J.M. (2004). A reply to Diem et al.'s commentary on a recent literature contribution focused on urban-induced rainfall in Atlanta. J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 951-957.
• Shepherd J.M., and M. Jin (2004). Linkages between the urban environment and Earth's climate system. EOS, 85, 227-228.
• Sherwood S., P. Minnis, and M. McGill (2004). Deep convective cloud-top heights and their thermodynamic control during CRYSTAL-FACE. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 109(D20), Art. No. D20119.
• Sherwood S., J. Chae, P. Minnis, and M. McGill (2004). Underestimation of deep convective cloud tops by thermal imagery. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31(11), Art. No. L11102.
• Shige S., Y.N. Takayabu, W. -K. Tao, and D. Johnson (2004). Spectral retrieval of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data. Part I: Development of a model-based algorithm. J. Appl. Meteor., 43(8), 1095-1113.
• Skofronick-Jackson, G. (2004). Brightness temperature sensitivity to variations in solid precipitation cloud profiles. Proc. IGARSS 2004, 2, 1378-1381.
• Skofronick-Jackson G.M., M.-J. Kim, J.A. Weinman, and D.-E. Chang (2004). A Physical Model to Determine Snowfall Over Land by Microwave Radiometery. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 42(5), 1047-1058.
• Sohn B.J. (2004). Derived over-ocean water vapor transports from satellite-retrieved E&P datasets. J. Clim., 17, 1352-1365.
• Tanelli S., E. Im, S.L. Durden, L. Facheris, D. Giuli, and E. Smith (2004). Rainfall doppler velocity measurements from spaceborne radar: Overcoming NUBF effects. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 21, 27-44.
• Tao W.-K., and M. Moncrieff (2004). Cloud Modeling. Encyclopedia of Atmospheric Sciences, Academic Press, 539-548.
• Tao W.-K. (2004). Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) Model: Application for understanding precipitation processes. AMS Meteorological Monographs, 103-138.
• Tao W.-K., D. Johnson, and C. Shie (2004). The atmospheric energy budget and large-scale precipitation efficiency of convective systems during TOGA COARE, GATE, SCSMEX, and ARM: Cloud-resolving model simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 61(20), 2405-2423.
• Veselovskii I., A. Kolgotin, V. Griaznov, D. Muller, K. Franke, and D. Whiteman (2004). Inversion of MultiWavelength Raman Lidar Data for Retrieval of Bimodal Aerosol Size Distribution. Appl. Opt., 43, 1180-1195.
• Wang, J.J. (2004). Evolution and structure of the mesoscale convection and its environment: A case study during the early onset of south east Asian summer monsoon. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 1104-1120.
• Wang Z., D. Whiteman, B. Demoz, and I. Veselovskii (2004). A new way to measure cirrus ice water content by using ice Raman scatter with Raman Lidar. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L15101.
• Wang Z., K. Sassen, D. Whiteman, and B. Demoz (2004). Studying altocumulus with ice virga using ground-based active and passive remote sensors. J. Appl. Meteor., 43(3), 449-460.
• Weckwerth T., D. Parsons, S. Koch, S. Moore, M. LeMone, B. Demoz, C. Flamant, B. Geerts, J. Wang, and W. Feltz (2004). An Overview of the International H2O Project (IHOP_2002) and Some Preliminary Highlights. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 253-277.
• Whiteman, D., Z. Wang, and B. Demoz (2004). Subtropical cirrus properties derived from GSFC scanning ramn lidar measurements during CAMEX 3. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31(12).
  10.1029/2004GL020003
• Wu L., and A. S Braun (2004). Effects of environmentally induced asymmetries on hurricane intensity: A numerical study. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 3065-3081.
• Yang S. (2004). Precipitation and latent heating estimation from passive microwave satellite measurements: A review. Observations, theory, and modeling of the atmospheric and oceanic variability. World Scientific Series on Meteorology of East Asia, 3, 484-500.
• Yoshizaki M., T. Kato, H. Eito, S. Hayashi, and W.-K. Tao (2004). An overview of the field experiment "Winter Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) over the Japan Sea 2001," and comparisons of the cold-air outbreak case (14 January) between analysis and a non-hydrostatic cloud-resolving model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 82, 989-1006.

Other Contributions

Non-refereed Publications or Other Contributions

• 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
• Tao W.-K., S. Satoh, W.S. Olson, S. Lang, S. Shige, Y. Takayabu, and S. Yang (2004). Heating structure derived from TRMM The Latent Heating Algorithms Developed from TRMM PR Data, 18-40