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Publications: 2006

This document is a compilation of publications of the Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Research (613.1) for calendar year 2006. If you wish further information, or a reprint, please contact the author of the article or the publisher. Currently, there are 62 publications, papers, or other works listed for 2006.

Where possible, a DOI number and link has been provided in order to allow access to more information on the specific publication or document. If you require more information, you may contact the author or authors directly by clicking on his or her name.

Journal Articles

• Aberson S., and J. Halverson (2006). Kelvin-Helmholtz billows in the eyewall of Hurricane Erin. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 1036-1038.
• Amitai, E., D. Marks, D.B. Wolff, D. Silberstein, B.L. Fisher, and J.L. Pippitt (2006). Evaluation of radar rainfall products: Lessons learned from NASA TRMM validation program in Florida. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 23(11), 1492-1505.
  doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH1968.1
• Amitai, E., X. Lort, and D. Sempere-Torres (2006). Opportunities and challenges for evluating precipitation estimates during GPM mission. Meteor.Zeitschrift, 15(5), 551-557.
  10.1127/0941-2
• Anagnostou E., and M. Grecu (2006). X-band polarimetric radar rainfall measurements in Keys Area Microphysics Project. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 187-203.
• Braun, S.A., M. Montgomery, and Z. Pu (2006). High-resolution simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998). Part I: The Organization of Eyewall Vertical Motion. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 19-42.
• Braun, S.A. (2006). High-resolution simulation of Hurricane Bonnie (1998). Part II: Water Budget. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 43-64.
• Curtis S., R.F. Adler, G.J. Huffman, G. Gu, D.T. Bolvin, and E. Nelkin (2006). Comments on "El Nino: Catastrophe or Opportunity". J. Clim., 19(24), 6439-6442.
• Demoz B., C. Flamant, T. Weckwerth, D. Whiteman, K. Evans, F. Fabry, P. Di Girolamo, D. Miller, B. Geerts, W. Brown, G. Schwemmer, B. Gentry, W. Feltz, and Z. Wang (2006). The Dryline on 22 May 2002 during IHOP_2002: Convective-Scale Measurements at the Profiling site. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134(1), 294-310.
• Dessler A., S. Palm, W. Hart, and J. Spinhirne (2006). Tropical cloud-top height distributions revealed by ICESat/GLAS. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D12215.
  10.1029/2005JD006705
• Dessler A., S. Palm, W. Hart, and J. Spinhirne (2006). Tropopause-level thin cirrus coverage revealed by ICESat/GLAS. J. Geophys. Res., 111(D08203).
  10.1029/2005JD006586
• Fiorino S.T., and E. Smith (2006). Critical assessment of microphysical assumptions within TRMM-radiometer rain profile algorithm using satellite, aircraft and surface datasets from KWAJEX. J. Appl. Meteor., 45, 754-786.
• Grabowski W., P. Bechtold, A. Cheng, R. Forbes, G. Halliwell, M. Khairoutdinov, S. Lang, T. Nasuno, J. Petch, W.-K. Tao, R. Wong, X. Wu, and K. Xu (2006). Daytime convective developments over land: An idealized model intercomparison case based on LBA observations. Q. J. Roy. Meteorl. Soc., 132, 317-344.
• Grecu, M., and W.S. Olson (2006). Bayesian estimation of precipitation from satellite passive microwave observations using combined radar-radiometer retrievals. J. Appl. Meteor., 45(3), 416-433.
• Gu, G., and R.F. Adler (2006). Interannual rainfall variability in the tropical Atlantic region. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D02106.
  10.1029/2005JD005944
• Haddad Z., J. Meagher, S. Durden, E. Smith, and E. Im (2006). Drop Size Ambiguities in the Retrieval of Precipitation Profiles from Dual-Frequency Radar Measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 63(1), 204-217.
• Hall F., E. Brown de Colstoun, G. Collatz, D. Landis, P. Dirmeyer, A. Betts, G.J. Huffman, L. Bounoua, M. Bosilovich, and B. Meeson (2006). ISLSCP Initiative II Global Datasets: Surface Boundary Conditions and Atmospheric Forcings for Land-Atmosphere Studies. J. Geophys. Res., 111(D22S01).
  10.1029/2006JD007366
• Halverson J., J. Simpson, G.M. Heymsfield, H. Pierce, T. Hock, and L. Ritchie (2006). Warm core structure of Hurricane Erin diagnosed from high-altitude dropsondes during CAMEX-4. J. Atmos. Sci., 63(1), 127-150.
• Heymsfield, G.M., J. Halverson, E. Ritchie, J. Simpson, J. Molinari, and L. Tian (2006). Structure of the highly sheared Tropical Storm Chantal during CAMEX-4. J. Atmos. Sci., 63(1), 268-287.
• Heymsfield A.J., C. Scmitt, A. Bansemer, G.-J. van Zadelhoff, M. McGill, and C. Twohy (2006). Effective radius of ice cloud particle populations derived from aircraft probes. J. Atmos. Sci., 23(3), 361-380.
• Holz R.E., S. Ackerman, P. Antonelli, F. Nagle, M. McGill, D. Hlavka, and W. Hart (2006). An improvement to the high spectral resolution CO2 slicing cloud top altitude retrieval. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 23(5), 653-670.
• Hong Y., R.F. Adler, and G.J. Huffman (2006). Evaluation of the Potential of NASA Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis in Global Landslide Hazard Assessment. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(L22402).
  10.1029/2006GL028010
• Hong Y., Y. Chiang, Y. Liu, K. Hsu, and S. Sorooshian (2006). Satellite-based Precipitation Estimation using Watershed Segmentation and growing hierachical self-organizing feature mapping techniques. Intl. J. Rem. Sens., 27(23), 5165-5184.
  10.1080/1431160600763428
• Hong Y., K. Hsu, H. Moradkhani, and S. and Sorooshian (2006). Uncertainty quantification of satellite precipitation estimation and Monte Carlo assessment of the error propagation into hydrologic response. Water Resou. Res., 42(W08421).
  10.1029/2005WR004398
• Hong Y., R.F. Adler, G.J. Huffman, and A. Negri (2006). Use of Satellite Remote Sensing Data in mapping of global shallow landslides Susceptibility. J. Hazard.
  10.1007/s11069-006-9104-z
• Hood R., D. Cecil, F. LaFontatine, R. Blakeslee, D. Mach, G.M. Heymsfield, F. Marks, and E. Zipser (2006). Classification of Tropical Oceanic Precipitation using High Altitude Aircraft Microwave and Electric Field Measurements. J. Atmos. Sci., 63(1), 218-233.
• Hu Y., Z. Liu, D. Winker, M. Vaughan, V. Noel, L. Bissonnette, G. Roy, and M. McGill (2006). A simple relation between lidar multiple scattering and depolarization for water clouds. Optics Lett, 31(12), 1809-1811.
• Jiang H., and E. Zipser (2006). Retrieval of hydrometeor profiles in tropical cyclones and convection from combined radar and radiometer observations. J. Appl. Meteor., 45(8), 1096-1115.
• Jin M., and S. Liang (2006). Improving Land Surface Emissivity Parameter of Land Surface Model in GCM. J. Climate, 19, 2867-2881.
• Jin M. (2006). MODIS observed seasonal and interannual variations of atmospheric conditions associated with hydrological cycle over Tibetan Plateau. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L19707.
  10.1029/2006GL026713
• Koster R., B. Fekete, G.J. Huffman, and P. Stackhouse (2006). Revisiting a Hydrological Analysis Framework with ISLSCP-2 Rainfall, Net Radiation, and Runoff Fields. J. Geophys. Res., 111(D22S05).
  10.1029/2006JD007182
• Liu Z., W. Hunt, C. Hostetler, M. Vaughan, M. McGill, D. Winker, and Y. Hu (2006). Estimating random errors in backscatter lidar observations. Appl. Opt., 45(18), 4437-4447.
• Manizade K., R. Lancaster, and J. Spinhirne (2006). Stereo Cloud Height Retrieval from ISIR Thermal Imagery via Region-of-Interest Segmentation Methods. IEEE Trans. Geo. Rem. Sens., 44, 2481-2491.
• Matsui, T., H. Masunaga, S. Kreidenweis, R. Pielke Sr., W.-K. Tao, M. Chin, and Y. Kaufman (2006). Correction to "Satellite-based assessment of marine low cloud variability associated with aerosol, atmospheric stability, and the diurnal cycle". J. Geophys. Res., 111(D20202).
  10.1029/2006JD008056
• Matsui, T., H. Masunaga, S. Kreidenweis, R. Pielke Sr., W.-K. Tao, M. Chin, and Y. Kaufman (2006). Satellite-based assessment of marine low cloud variability associated with aerosol, atmospheric stability, and the diurnal cycle. J. Geophys. Res., 111(D17204).
  10.1029/2005JD006097
• McFarquhar G., H. Zhang, J. Dudhia, J. Halverson, G.M. Heymsfield, R. Hood, and F. Marks (2006). Factors affecting the evolution of Hurricane Erin and distributions of hydrometeors: role of microphysical processes.. J. Atmos. Sci., 63(1), 127-150.
• Miloshevich L.M., H. Voemel, D. Whiteman, B. Lesht, F.J. Schmidlin, and F. and Russo (2006). Absolute accuracy of water vapor measurements from six operational radiosonde types launched during AWEX-G and inplications for AIRS validation. J. Geophys. Res., 111.
  10.1029/2005JD006083
• Mohr, K.I., and C. Thorncroft (2006). Intense convective systems in West Africa and their relationship to the African easterly jet. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 132, 163-176.
• Moradkhani H., K. Hsu, Y. Hong, and S. and Sorooshian (2006). Investigating the impact of remotely sensed precipitation and hydrological model uncertainties on the ensemble streamflow forecasting. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(12), L12107.
  10.1029/2006GL026855
• Olson, W.S., S. Lang, Y. Wang, S.A. Braun, T.L. Bell, W.-K. Tao, G.W. Petty, S. Yang, C.D. Kummerow, 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. Meteor. and Clim., 5(45), 702-720.
• Rasch P., M. Stevens, L. Ricciardulli, A. Dai, A. Negri, R. Wood, B. Boville, B. Eaton, and J. Hack (2006). A Characterization of Tropical Transient Activity in the CAM3 Atmospheric Hydrologic Cycle. J. Climate., 19, 2222-2242.
• Russo F., D. Whiteman, B. Demoz, and R. Hoff (2006). Improvements in Raman Lidar Algorithm for quantifying aerosol extinction. Appl. Opt., 45(27), 7073-7088.
• Schwemmer G., R. Rallison, T. Wilkerson, and D. Guerra (2006). Holographic optical elements as scanning lidar telescopes. Lasers and Optics in Engineering, 44(9), 881-902.
• Shen B.-W., W.-K. Tao, R. Atlas, Y.-L. Lin, O. Reale, J.-D. Chern, C. Peters-Lidard, and K.-S. Kuo (2006). Forecasts of Tropical Cyclogenesis with a Global Mesoscale Model: Preliminary Results with Six Tropical Cyclones. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L05801.
  10.1029/2005GL024594
• Shen B.-W., R. Atlas, O. Reale, S.-J. Lin, J.-D. Chern, J. Chang, C. Henze, and J.-L. Li (2006). Hurricane Forecasts with a Global Mesoscale-Resolving Model: Preliminary Results with Hurricane Katrina (2005). Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L13813.
• Shen B.-W., R. Atlas, J.-D. Chern, O. Reale, S.-J. Lin, T. Lee, and J. Change (2006). The 0.125 degree Finite Volume General Circulation Model: Preliminary simulations of mesoscale vortices.. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(L05801).
  10.1029/2005GL024594
• Shepherd J.M. (2006). A review of current investigations of urban-induced rainfall and recommendations for the future. Earth Interactions, 9(12), 1-27.
• Shepherd J.M. (2006). Evidence of urban-induced precipitation variability in arid climate regimes.. J. Arid Environ..
  10.1016/j.jaridenv.2006.03.022
• Shie C.-L., W.-K. Tao, and J. Simpson (2006). A note on the relationship of temperature and water vapor over oceans, including sea surface temperature effects. A Special Issue of Advances in Atmos. Sci., 3(1), 141-148.
• Smith T., P. Arkin, J. Bates, and G.J. Huffman (2006). Estimating Bias of Satellite-Based Precipitation Estimates. J. Hydrometeor., 7(5), 841-856.
• Tao W.-K., E. Smith, R.F. Adler, Z. Haddad, A. Hou, T. Iguchi, R. Kakar, T. Krishnamurti, C. Kummerow, S. Lang, R. Meneghini, K. Nakamura, T. Nakazawa, K. Okamoto, W.S. Olson, S. Satoh, S. Shige, J. Simpson, Y. Takayabu, G. Tripoli, and S. Yang (2006). Retrieval of latent heating from TRMM measurements. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1555-1572.
• Tao W.-K., R. Kakar, T. Iguchi, A. Hou, Z.S. Haddad, R.F. Adler, E. Smith, T.N. Krishnamurti, C.D. Kummerow, S. Lang, R. Meneghini, K. Nakamura, T. Nakazawa, K. Okamoto, W.S. Olson, S. Satoh, S. Shige, J. Simpson, Y. Takayabu, G.J. Tripoli, and S. Yang (2006). Retrieval of Latent Heating from TRMM Measurements. BAMS, 87(11), 1555-1572.
• Veselovskii I., D. Whiteman, V. Griaznov, M. Korenskii, M. McGill, G. Roy, and L. Bissonette (2006). Information content of data measured with a multiple-field-of-view lidar. Appl. Opt., 45(26), 6839-6848.
• Wang J.-J., L. Carey, and X. Li (2006). Evolution, structure, cloud micrphysical and surface rainfall processes of monsoon convection during the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 360-380.
• Whiteman, D., I. Veselovskii, L. Miloshevich, B. Demoz, F. Russo, H. Vomel, Z. Wang, S. Hannon, F. Schmidlin, B. Lest, P. Moore, and A. Beeb (2006). Analysis of Raman Lidar and radiosonde measurements from the AWEX-G field campaign and its relation to Aqua validation. J. Geophys. Res., 111(D09S09).
  10.1029/2005JD006429
• Whiteman, D., K. Evans, I. Veselovskii, J. Comer, P. Di Girolamo, B. Demoz, Z. Wang, M. Cardirola, K. Rush, G. Schwemmer, B. Gentry, S.H. Melfi, B. Mielke, D. Venable, and T. and Van Hove (2006). Raman Lidar Measurements during the International H20 Project. Part I: Instrumentation and Analysis Techniques. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 23(2), 157-169.
• Whiteman, D., B. Demoz, P. Di Girolamo, J. Comer, I. Veselovskii, K. Evans, Z. Wang, D. Sabatino, G. Schwemmer, B. Gentry, R.-F. Lin, A. Behrendt, V. Wulfmeyer, E. Browell, R. Ferrare, S. Ismail, and J. Wang (2006). Raman Lidar Measurements during the International H20 Project. Part II: Case Studies. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 23(2), 170-183.
• Wu L., S.A. Braun, J. Halverson, and G.M. Heymsfield (2006). A numerical study of Hurricane Erin (2001). Part I: Model Verification and Storm Evolution. J. Atmos. Sci., 63(1), 65-86.
• Wu L., S.A. Braun, J.J. Qu, and X. Hao (2006). Simulating the formation of Hurricane Isabel (2003) with AIRS data. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(L04804).
  10.1029/2005GL024665.
• Wu L., and Q.Z. Zhang and Jiang (2006). Three Gorges Dam Affects Regional Precipitation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33(L13806).
  10.1029/2006GL026780
• Wu X., and S.R. Guimond (2006). Two- and three-dimensional cloud-resolving model simulations of the mesoscale enhancement of surface heat fluxes by precipitating deep convection. J. Climate, 19, 139-149.
• Yang S., and E. Smith (2006). Mechanisms for diurnal variability of global tropical rainfall observed from TRMM. J. Clim., 19, 5190-5226.
• Yang S., W.S. Olson, J.J. Wang, T.L. Bell, E. 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. Meteor. and Climatol., 45(5), 721-739.