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Publications: 2008

This document is a compilation of publications of the Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Research (613.1) for calendar year 2008. If you wish further information, or a reprint, please contact the author of the article or the publisher. Currently, there are 68 publications, papers, or other works listed for 2008.

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

• Adler, R.F., G. Gu, G.J. Huffman, J.J. Wang, S. Curtis, and D.T. Bolvin (2008). Relationships between global precipitation and surface temperature on interannual and longer timescales (1979-2006). J. Geophys. Res., 113(D22104).
  doi:10.1029/2008JD010536
• Anagnostou M.N., E. Amitai, E.I. Nikolopoulos, E.N. Anagnostou, and J. A Nystuen (2008). Evaluation of underwater rainfall measurements during the Ionian Sea Rainfall Experiment.. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 46(10), 2936-2946.
  doi:10.1109/TGRS.2008.2000756
• Campbell J., K. Sassen, and E.J. Welton (2008). Elevated Cloud and Aerosol Layer Retrievals from Micropulse Lidar Signal Profiles. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 25(5), 685-700.
  doi:10.1175/2007JTECHA1034.1
• Chandrasekar V., A. Hou, E. Smith, V.N. Bringi, S.A. Rutledge, E. Gorgucci, W.A. Petersen, and G. Skofronick-Jackson (2008). Potential role of dual polarization radar in the validation of satellite precipitation measurements: rationale and opportunities. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89(8), 1127-1145.
  doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2177.1
• Chiu L., R. Chokngamwong, Y. Xing, R. Yang, and C. Shie (2008). "Trends" and variations of global oceanic evaporation datasets from remote sensing. Acta Ocea. Sinica, 27(3), 124-135.
• Comstock J.M., R. Lin, D.C. O Starr, and P. Yang (2008). Understanding ice supersaturation, particle growth, and number concentration in cirrus clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D23211).
  doi:10.1029/2008JD010332
• Fan J., R. Zhang, W.-K. Tao, and K.I. Mohr (2008). Effects of aerosol optical properties on deep convective clouds and radiative forcing. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D08209).
  doi:10.1029/2007JD009257
• Feidas H., G. Kokolatos, A. Negri, M. Manyin, N. Chrysoulakis, and Y. Kamarianakis (2008). Validation of an infrared-based satellite algorithm to estimate accumulated rainfall over the Mediterranean basin. Theo. Appl. Clim., 95, 91-109.
  doi:10.1007/s00704-007-0360-y
• Grecu, M., and W.S. Olson (2008). Precipitating Snow Retrievals from Combined Airborne Cloud Radar and Millimeter-Wave Radiometer Observations. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 47(6), 1634-1650.
  doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1728.1
• Gu, G., and R.F. Adler (2008). Interannual Variability of Boreal Summer Rainfall in the Equartorial Atlantic. Intl. J. Clim., 29(2), 175-184.
  doi:10.1002/joc.1724
• Guo H., Y. Liu, H. Daum, and W. Tao (2008). Characteristics of vertical velocity in marine stratocumulus: Comparison of LES simulations with observations. Environ. Res. Lett, 3.
  doi:10.1088/1748-9326/3/4/045020
• Habib E., C. Malakpet, A. Tokay, and P. Kucera (2008). Sensitivity of streamflow simulations to temporal variability and estimation of Z-R relationships. J. Hydrologic Eng., 13(12), 1177-1186.
  doi:10.1061/(ASCE)1084-0699(2008)13:12(1177)
• Han, M., S.A. Braun, P.O. G. Persson, and J.-W. Bao (2008). Along-front variability of precipitation associated with a midlatitude frontal zone: TRMM observation and MM5 simulation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137(3), 1008-1028.
  doi:10.1175/2008MWR2465.1
• Hong Y., and R.F. Adler (2008). Estimation of global SCS curve numbers using satellite remote sensing and geospatial data. Intl. J. Rem. Sens., 29(2), 471-477.
  doi:10.1080/01431160701264292
• Hossain F., and G.J. Huffman (2008). Investigating error metrics for satellite rainfall data at hydrologically relevant scales. J. Hydrometeor., 9(3), 563-575.
  doi:10.1175/2007JHM925.1
• Hou, A., C. Kummerow, G. Skofronick-Jackson, and J.M. Shepherd (2008). Global Precipitation Measurement, Chapter 6 in Precipitation: Advances in Measurement, Estimation and Prediction. Springer-Verlag, 540.
• Jensen E.J., P. Lawson, B. Baker, B. Pilson, Q. Mo, A.J. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, T.P. Bui, M. McGill, D. Hlavka, G.M. Heymsfield, S. Platnick, G.T. Arnold, and S. Tanelli (2008). On the importance of small ice crystals in tropical anvil cirrus. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 9(15), 5519-5537.
  doi:10.5194/acp-9-5519-2009
• Jiang H., J.B. Halverson, and J. Simpson (2008). On the difference of storm rainfall of hurricanes Isidore and Lili. Part I: Satellite observations and rain potential. Wea. Forecast., 23(1), 29-43.
  doi:10.1175/2007WAF2005096.1
• Jiang H., E. Zipser, J. Simpson, and J. Halverson (2008). On the difference of storm rainfall of hurricanes Isidore and Lili. Part II: Water Budget. Wea. Forecast., 23(1), 44-61.
  doi:10.1175/2007WAF2005120.1
• Jiang Z., J. He, S. Yang, J. Li, and J. Liang (2008). Interdecadal variations of East Asia summer monsoon northward propagation and influences on summer precipitation over East China. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 100(1-4), 101-119.
  doi:10.1007/s00703-008-0298-3
• Kim M.J., J.A. Weinman, W.S. Olson, D.-E. Chang, G. Skofronick-Jackson, and J.R. Wang (2008). A physical model to estimate snowfall over land using AMSU-B observations. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D09201).
  doi:10.1029/2007JD008589
• Koch S., C. Flamant, J. Wilson, B. Gentry, and B. Jamison (2008). An Atmospheric Soliton Observed with Doppler Radar, Differential Absorption Lidar, and a Molecular Doppler Lidar. J. Atmos. Ocea. Tech., 25(8), 1267-1287.
  doi:10.1175/2007JTECHA951.1
• Kumar S.V., C.D. Peters-Lidard, J.E. Eastman, and W.-K. Tao (2008). An integrated high resolution hydrometeorological modeling system using LIS and WRF. Environ. Model. & Software, 23(2), 169-181.
  doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2007.05.012
• Kwon E.H., B.J. Sohn, D.E. Chang, M.H. Ahn, and S. Yang (2008). Use of numerical forecasts for improving TMI rain retrievals over the mountainous area. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 47(7), 1995-2007.
  doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1857.1
• Levin Z., J. Brenguier, W. Cotton, G. Feingold, Y. Kaufman, and M. Shepherd (2008). Chapter 5: Observational studies of the effects of aerosols on clouds and precipitation, Assessment of the effects of pollution on precipitation. World Meteoro. Org./IUGG, 386.
• Li J.-L. F., J. Bacmeister, J. Teixeira, C. Wood, D. Waliser, J. Chern, B.-W. Shen, A. Tompkins, W.-K. Tao, and M. Kohler (2008). Comparisons of satellite liquid water estimates to ECMWF and GMAO analyses, 20th century IPCC AR4 climate simulations, and GCM simulations. Geophy. Res. Lett., 35(L19710).
  doi:10.1029/2088GL035427
• Li Y.-D., Y. Wang, S. Yang, L. Hu, S. Gao, and R. Fu (2008). Characteristics of Summer Convective Systems Initiated from Tibet Plateau, Part I: Origin, Track, Development and Surface Precipitation. J. Appl. Meteor., 47(10), 2679–2695.
  doi:10.1175/2008JAMC1695.1
• 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
• Matsui, T., A. Beltrn-Przekurat, D. Niyogi, R.A. Pielke Sr., and M. Coughenour (2008). Aerosol light scattering effect on terrestrial plant productivity and energy fluxes over the eastern United States. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D14S14).
  doi:10.1029/2007JD009658
• Mehta Amita V., and S. Yang (2008). Precipitation Climatology over Mediterranean Basin from Ten Years of TRMM Measurements. Adv. Geosci., 17, 87-91.
  doi:10.5194/adgeo-17-87-2008
• Mueller K.J., L. Di Girolamo, M. Fromm, and S. Palm (2008). Stereo observations of polar stratospheric clouds. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(L17813).
  doi:10.1029/2008GL033792
• Mugnai A., E. Smith, G.J. Tripoli, S. Dietrich, V. Kotroni, K. Lagouvardos, and C.M. Medaglia (2008). Explaining discrepancies in passive microwave cloud-radiation databases in microphysical context from two different cloud-resolving models. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 101, 127-145.
  doi:10.1007/s00703-007-0281-4
• Munchak S., and A. Tokay (2008). Retrieval of raindrop size distribution from simulated dual frequency radar measurements. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 47(1), 223-239.
  doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1524.1
• Nardi B., J. Craft, C. Craig, V. Dean, T.D. Eden, G. Francis, L. Froidevaux, C. Halvorson, J.W. Hannigan, D. Whiteman, W.J. Reburn, T. Leblanc, T.J. McGee, G. Young, J.C. Witte, J.C. Gille, K.A. Walker, J. Valverde-Canossa, B. Torpy, D. Packman, I.S. McDermid, S.T. Massie, J. Loh, H. Lee, A. Lambert, C. Krinsky, R. Khosravi, D.E. Kinnison, C.L. Hepplewhite, M.T. Coffey, C. Cavanaugh, C.D. Boone, B.R. Bojkov, P.F. Bernath, S. Godin-Beekmann, A.M. Thompson, L.W. Twigg, A. Waterfall, V.L. Harvey, C.E. Randall, and J.J. Barnett (2008). Initial validation of ozone measurements from the High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D16S36).
  doi:10.1029/2007JD008837
• Nassar R., S. Austin, D.W. Tarasick, A.M. Thompson, G.B. Osterman, K.W. Bowman, J.A. Logan, H.M. Worden, I.A. Megretskaia, H. Claude, M.K. Dubey, W.K. Hocking, B. Johnson, E. Joseph, J. Merrill, G.A. Morris, M. Newchurch, S.J. Oltmans, F. Posny, F.J. Schmidlin, H. Vmel, D. Whiteman, and J.C. Witte (2008). Validation of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Nadir Ozone Profiles Using Ozonesonde Measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D15S17).
  doi:10.1029/2007JD008819
• Nystuen J., E. Amitai, E. Anagnostou, and M. Anagnostou (2008). Spatial averaging of oceanic rainfall variability using underwater sound: Ionian Sea Rainfall Experiment. J. Acoust. Soc. Amer., 123(4), 1952-1962.
  doi:10.1121/1.2871485
• Pfister, G. G., L. K. Emmons, P. G. Hess, J.-F. Lamarque, A. M. Thompson, and J. Yorks (2008). Analysis of the Summer 2004 ozone budget over the United States using Intercontinental Transport Experiment Ozonesonde Network Study (IONS) observations and Model of Ozone and Related Tracers (MOZART-4) simulations. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D23306.
  doi:10.1029/2008JD010190
• Reichardt J., D.C. O Starr, T.J. McGee, M. Hess, R.-F. Lin, and J.S. Reichardt (2008). Optical-microphysical cirrus model. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D22201).
  doi:10.1029/2008/2008JD010071
• Rickenbach T., P. Kucera, M. Gentry, L. Carey, A Lare, R.-F. Lin, B. Demoz, and D. Starr (2008). The relationship between anvil clouds and convective cells: A case study in South Florida during CRYSTAL-FACE. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136(10), 3917-3932.
  doi:10.1175/2008MWR2441.1
• Sayres D.S., J.B. Smith, J.V. Pittman, E.M. Weinstock, J.G. Anderson, G.M. Heymsfield, L. Li, A.M. Fridlind, and A.S. Ackerman (2008). Validation and determination of ice water content - radar reflectivity relationships during CRYSTAL-FACE: Flight requirements for future comparisons. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D05208).
  doi:10.1029/2007JD008847
• Shephard M.W., C.D. Rodgers, M. Luo, S.A. Clough, J.P. Comer, M. Adam, R. Beer, K.W. Bowman, A. Goldman, D.M. Rider, S.S. Kulawik, H.M. Worden, L.R. Brown, J.R. Worden, A. Eldering, G.B. Osterman, R.O. Forno, L.M. Miloshevich, H. Vmel, D. Whiteman, V.H. Payne, K.E. Cady-Pereira, B.L. Fisher, R.L. Herman, C.P. Rinsland, M. Lampel, and M.R. Gunson (2008). Comparison of Tropospheric Emission Spectrometer (TES) Nadir Water Vapor Retrievals with In Situ Measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D15S24).
  doi:10.1029/2007JD008822
• Shige S., Y.N. Takayabu, and W.-K. Tao (2008). Spectral retrieved of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data. Part III: Moistening estimates over the tropical ocean regions. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 47, 620-640.
  doi:10.1175/2007JAMC1738.1
• Silberstein, D., D.B. Wolff, D. Marks, D. Atlas, and J.L. Pippitt (2008). Ground Clutter as a Monitor of Radar Stability at Kwajalein, RMI. J.Atmos.Ocean.Tech, 25(11), 2037-2045.
  doi:10.1175/2008JTECHA1063.1
• Skofronick-Jackson, G., A. Heymsfield, E. Holthaus, C. Albers, and M.-J. Kim (2008). Nonspherical and spherical characterization of ice in Hurricane Erin for wideband passive microwave comparisons. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D06201).
  doi:10.1029/2007JD008866
• Sui C.-H., X. Li, K.-M. Lau, W.-K. Tao, M.-D. Chou, and M.-J. Yang (2008). Convective-radiative-mixing processes in the Tropical Ocean-Atmosphere.. Recent Progress in Atmospheric Sciences with Applications to the Asia-Pacific Region, World Scientific Publication, 496.
• Tao W.-K., C. Peters-Lidard, W. Lau, S. Lang, A. Hou, P. Houser, J. Chern, R. Atlas, D. Anderson, R. Kakar, S. Kumar, W. Lapenta, X. Li, T. Matsui, M. Rienecker, B.-W. Shen, J.J. Shi, J. Simpson, and X. Zeng (2008). A Goddard multi-scale modeling system with unified physics. GEWEX News, 18(1), 6-8.
• Tao W.-K., R. Houze, and E. Smith (2008). Retrieved latent heating from TRMM. GEWEX News, 18(2), 8-9.
• Thompson, A. M., J. Yorks, S. K. Miller, J.C. Witte, K. M. Dougherty, G. A. Morris, D. Baumgardner, L. Ladino, and B. Rappenglueck (2008). Tropospheric ozone sources and wave activity over Mexico City and Houston during Milagro/Intercontinental Transport Experiment (INTEX-B) Ozonesonde Network Study, 2006 (IONS-06). Atmos. Chem. Phys., 8(17), 5113-5125.
  doi:10.5194/acp-8-5113-2008
• Tian, L., G.M. Heymsfield, L. Li, and R. Srivastava (2008). Properties of Light Stratiform Rain Derived from 10 and 94 GHz Airborne Doppler Radars Measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 112(D11211).
  doi:10.1029/2006JD008144
• Tokay, A., P. Bashor, E. Habib, and T. Kasparis (2008). Raindrop size distribution measurements in tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136(5), 1669-1685.
  doi:10.1175/2007MWR2122.1
• Veselovskiy, I., M. Korenskii, V. Griaznov, D. Whiteman, M. McGill, G. Roy, and L. Bissonette (2008). Information content of data measured with multiple field of view lidar. Appl. Opt., 45(26), 6839-6848.
  doi:10.1364/AO.45.006839
• Wang, J., B.L. Fisher, and D.B. Wolff (2008). Estimating rain rates from tipping-bucket rain gauge measurements. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 25(1), 43-56.
  doi:10.1175/2007JTECHA895.1
• Wang, J.J., R.F. Adler, and G. Gu (2008). Tropical Rainfall-Surface Temperature Relations Using TRMM Precipitation Data. J. Geophys. Res., 113(D18115).
  doi:10.1029/2007JD009540
• Wang D., X. Li, W.-K. Tao, Y. Liu, and H. Zhou (2008). On the sensitivity of Atmospheric ensemble to cloud microphysics in long-term cloud-resolving model simulations. J. Atmos. Res., 86A, 45-65.
  10.2151/jmsj.86A.45
• Wang D., X. Li, W.-K. Tao, Y. Liu, and H. Zhou (2008). Torrential rainfall processes associated with a landfall of severe tropical storm Bills (2006): A cloud-resolving modeling study. J. Atmos. Res., 91(1), 94-104.
• Wang J.-W., K. Wang, R.A. Pielke Sr., J.C. Lin, and T. Matsui (2008). Towards a robust test on North America warming trend and precipitable water content increase. J. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35(L18804).
  doi:10.1029/2008GL034564
• Winker D., B. Hunt, and M. McGill (2008). Initial Performance Assessment of CALIOP. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34(L19808).
  doi:10.1029/2007GL030135
• Wolff, D.B., and B.L. Fisher (2008). Comparisons of Instantaneous TRMM Ground Validation and Satellite Rain Rate Estimates at Different Spatial Scales. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 47(8), 2215-2237.
  doi:10.1175/2008JAMC1875.1
• Wu L., B. Wang, and S.A. Braun (2008). Implications of tropical cyclone power dissipation index. Intl J. Clim., 28(6), 727-731.
  doi:10.1002/joc.1573
• Yang S., K.-S. Kuo, and E. Smith (2008). Persistent nature of secondary diurnal modes of precipitation over oceanic and continental regimes.. J. Clim, 21(16), 4115-4131.
  doi:10.1175/2008JCLI2140.1
• Yang S., and E. Smith (2008). Convective-Stratiform Precipitation Variability at Seasonal Scale from 8 Yr of TRMM Observations: Implications for Multiple Modes of Diurnal Variability. J. Clim., 21(16), 4087-4114.
  doi:10.1175/2008JCLI2096.1
• Yang S., and E. Smith (2008). Preface: Special Issue on Understanding Diurnal Variability of Precipitation Through Observations and Modes (UDVPOM). J. Clim, 21, 3949-3950.
• Yang Y., A. Marshak, J.C. Chiu, W.J. Wiscombe, S. Palm, A.B. Davis, A.A. Spangenberg, L. Nguyen, J.D. Spinhirne, and P. Minnis (2008). Retrievals of thick cloud optical depth from the geoscience laser altimeter system (GLAS) by calibration of solar background signal. J. Atmos. Sci, 65(11), 3513-3527.
  doi:10.1175/2008JAS2744.1
• Yorks, J., A.M. Thompson, E. Joseph, and S.K. Miller (2008). The variability of free tropospheric ozone over Beltsville, Maryland (39N, 77W) in the summers 2004-2007. Atmos. Environ., 43, 1827-1838.
  doi:10.1016j.atmosenv.2008.12.049
• Zeng, X., J. Simpson, and W.-K. Tao (2008). A Set of Prognostic Variables for Long-Term Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. of Japan, 86(0026-1165), 839-856.
  doi:10.2151/jmsj.86.839
• Zeng, X., W.-K. Tao, S. Lang, A. Hou, M. Zhang, and J. Simpson (2008). On the sensitivity of atmospheric ensemble to cloud microphysics in long-term cloud-resolving model simulations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, Special Issue on high-resolution cloud models, 86A(0026-1165), 45-65.
  10.2151/jmsj.86A.45
• Zeng, X., W.-K. Tao, M. Zhang, A. Hou, S. Xie, S. Lang, X. Li, D.O. Starr, and J. Simpson (2008). The indirect effect of ice nuclei on atmospheric radiation. J. Atmos. Ocea. Tech., 66(1), 41-61.
  doi:10.1175/2008JAS2778.1
• Zeng,Xiping (2008). The influence of radiation on ice crystal spectrum in the upper troposphere. Q. J. Roy. Meteoro. Soc., 134(632), 609–620.
  doi:10.1002/qj.226