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Publications: 2009

This document is a compilation of publications of the Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Research (613.1) for calendar year 2009. If you wish further information, or a reprint, please contact the author of the article or the publisher. Currently, there are 48 publications, papers, or other works listed for 2009.

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., J.J. Wang, G. Gu, and G.J. Huffman (2009). A ten-year rainfall climatology based on a composite of TRMM products. J. Meteorol. Soc. Japan, 87A, 281-293.
  doi:10.2151/jmsj.87A.281
• Amitai, E., X. Llort, and D. Sempere-Torres (2009). Comparison of TRMM radar rainfall estimates with NOAA Next Generation QPE. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 87A, 109-118.
  doi:10.2151/jmsj.87A.109.
• Behrangi A., B. Imam, K. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, G.J. Huffman, and R.J. Kuligowski (2009). PERSIAN-MSA: A precipitation estimation method from satellite-based multi-spectral analysis. J. Hydrometeor, 10(6), 1414-1429.
  doi:10.1175/2009JHM1139.1
• Bolvin, D.T., R.F. Adler, G.J. Huffman, E. Nelkin, and J.P. Poutiainen (2009). Comparison of GPCP monthly and daily precipitation estimates with high-latitude gauge observations. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 48(9), 1843–1857.
  doi:10.1175/2009JAMC2147.1
• Campbell J.R., E.J. Welton, and J.D. Spinhirne (2009). Continous Lidar Monitoring of Polar Stratopheric Clouds at the South Pole. Bull.Amer.Meteor.Soc., 22(9), 5232–5250 .
  doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2949.1
• Crow W.T., G.J. Huffman, R. Bindlish, and T. Jackson (2009). Improving Satellite-Based Rainfall Accumulation Estimates Using Spaceborne Surface Soil Moisture Retrievals. J. Hydrometeor, 10(1), 199-212.
  doi:10.1175/2008JHM986.1
• F.-L. Chang, P. Minnis, J.K. Ayers, M. McGill, R. Palikonda, D.A. Spangenberg, W.L. Smith JR., and C.R. Yost (2009). Evaluation of satellite-based upper-troposphere cloud-top height retrievals in multilayer cloud conditions during TC4. J. Geophys. Res. Special Issue on TC4, 115(D00J05).
  doi:10.1029/2009JD013305
• Ganguly D., Ginoux P., Ramaswamy V., Dubovik O., Welton E. J., Reid E. A., and Holben B. N. (2009). Inferring the composition and concentration of aerosols by combining AERONET and MPLNET data: Comparison with other measurements and utilization to evaluate GCM output. J. Geophys. Ress. Atmos., 114(D16203), 20 pages.
  doi:10.1029/2009JD011895
• Grecu, M., W.S. Olson, C. Shie, T.S. LEcuyer, and W. Tao (2009). Combining satellite microwave radiometer and radar observations to estimate atmospheric latent heating profiles. J. Clim., 22(23), 6356–6376.
  doi:10.1175/2009JCLI3020.1
• Han, M., S.A. Braun, P.O. G. Persson, and J.-W. Bao (2009). 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
• Heymsfield A.J., A. Bansemer, G.M. Heymsfield, and A.O. Fierro (2009). Microphysics of maritime tropical convective updrafts at temperatures from -20 to -60C. J. Atmos. Sci., 66(12), 3530-3562.
  doi:10.1175/2009JAS3107.1
• Huffman, G.J., R.F. Adler, D.T. Bolvin, and G. Gu (2009). Improving the Global Precipitation Record: GPCP Version 2.1. J. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36(L17808), 5 Pages.
  doi:10.1029/2009GL040000
• Ismail S., R.A. Ferrare, E.V. Browell, S.A. Kooi, J.P. Dunion, G.M. Heymsfield, A. Notari, C.F. Butler, S. Burton, M. Fenn, T.N. Krishnamurti, M. Biswas, G. Chen, and B. Anderson (2009). LASE measurements of water vapor, aerosol, and cloud distributions in Saharan air layers and tropical disturbances. J. Atmos. Sci., 67(4), 1026-1047.
  doi:10.1175/2009JAS3136.1
• 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. Platnikk, G.T. Arnold, and S. Tanelli (2009). On the importance of small ice crystals in tropical anvil cirrus. J. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 9(15), 5519-5537.
  doi:10.5194/acp-9-5519-2009
• Jiang X. , D. Waliser , J.L. Li , B. Tian , W. Olson , M. Grecu, W. Tao, S. Lang, J. Tompkins, and T. L'Ecuyer (2009). Characterizing the vertical heating structure of the MJO using TRMM. J. Climate, 22(22), 6001-6020 .
  doi:10.1175/2009JCLI3048.1
• Kirschbaum D.B., R.F. Adler, Y. Hong, and A. Lerner-Lam (2009). Evaluation of a preliminary satellite-based landslide hazard algorithm using global landslide inventories. Nat. Haz. Earth Sys.Sci., 9(3), 673-686.
  doi:10.5194/nhess-9-673-2009
• L. Miloshevich, H. Voemel, D. Whiteman, and T. Leblanc (2009). Accuracy assessment and correction of Vaisala RS92 radiosonde water vapor measurements. J. Geophys. Res., 114(D11), 23 Pages.
  doi:10.1029/2008JD011565
• Li, X., W.-K. Tao, A. Khain, J. Simpson, and D. Johnson (2009). Sensitivity of a Cloud-Resolving Model to Bulk and Explicit Bin Microphysical Schemes. Part I: Comparisons. J. Atmos. Sci., 66(1), 3-21.
  doi:10.1175/2008JAS2646.1
• Li, X., D. Johnson, J. Simpson, A. Khain, and W.-K. Tao (2009). Sensitivity of a cloud-resolving model to bulk and explicit-bin microphysics schemes: Part II: Cloud microphysics and storm dynamics interactions. J. Atmos. Sci., 66(1), 22-40.
  doi:10.1175/2008JAS2647.1
• 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
• M.A. Vaughan, Z. Liu, M. McGill, and M.D. Obland (2009). On the spectral dependence of backscater from cirrus clouds: An assessment of CALIOP's 1064 nm calibration using cloud physics lidar measurements. J. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 115(D14206), 17 pages.
  doi:10.1029/2009JD013086
• Marks, D., D.B. Wolff, D. Silberstein, A. Tokay, J.L. Pippitt, and J. Wang (2009). Availability for high quality TRMM ground validation data from Kwajalein, RMI: A practical application of the Relative Calibration Adjustment Technique. J. Atmos. Ocea. Tech., 26(3), 413-429.
  doi:10.1175/2008JTECHA1174.1
• Matsui, T., X. Zeng, W.-K. Tao, H. Masunaga, W.S. Olson, and S. Lang (2009). Evaluation of long-term cloud-resolving model simulations using satellite radiance observations and muti-frequency satellite simulators. J. Atmos. Ocea. Tech., 26(7), 1261–1274.
  doi:10.1175/2008JTECHA1168.1
• Medaglia C.M., S. Pinori, C. Adamo, S. Dietrich, F. Fierli, A. Mugnai, E. Smith, and G.J. Tripoli (2009). Model and satellite analysis of the November 9-10, 2001 Algeria flood. Measuring Precipitation from Space: EURAINSAT and the Future, 28(7), 521-534.
  doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-5835-6
• Miloshevich L., H. Voemel, D. Whiteman, and T. Leblanc (2009). Accuracy assessment and correction of Vaisala RS92 radiosonde water vapor measurements. J. Geophysical Res., 114(011305), 23 Pages.
  doi:10.1029/2008JD011565
• Mohr, K.I., J. Molinari, and C. Thorncroft (2009). The interannual stability of cumulative frequency distributions for convective system size and intensity. J. Climate, 22(19), 5218-5231.
  doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2940.1
• Mugnai A., and E. Smith (2009). The TRMM Satellite -- PR and TMI. AT2 Book, 4.1, 6.
• Norris P.M., X. Zeng, W.-K. Tao, A. Hou, and L. Oreopooulos (2009). Clouds and copulas: Part I: Theory for water clouds. Q. J. Roy. Meteoro. Soc, 134(636), 1843-1864.
  doi:10.1002/qj.321
• Santanello Jr. J.A. , C. D. Peters-Lidard, S.V. Kummar , C. Alonge , and W. Tao (2009). A modeling and observational framework for diagnosing local land-atmosphere coupling on diurnal time scales. J. of Hydrometeo, 10(3), 577-599 .
  doi:10.1175/2009JHM1066.1
• Shie C.-L., L.S. Chiu, R.F. Adler, P. Xie, I.-I. Lin, F.-C. Wang, E. Nelkin, R. Chokngamwong, and W.S. Olson (2009). Reviving the production of Goddard Satellite-based Surface Turbulent Fluxes (GSSTF) dataset. J. of Ocea. Univ. China, 26(6), 1071-1080.
  doi:10.1007/s00376-009-8138-z
• Shige S. , Y.N. Takayabu , S. Kida , W. Tao, X. Zeng , and T. L'Ecuyer (2009). Spectral retrieved of latent heating profiles from TRMM PR data. Part VI: Comparisons of lookup tables from two- and three-dimensional simulations. J. Climate, 22(20), 5577-5594 .
  doi:10.1175/2009JCLI2919.1
• Tao, W., and M. Moncrieff (2009). Multi-scale cloud-system modeling. Rev. Geophys, 47(RG4002), 41 Pages.
  doi:10.1029/2008RG000276
• Tao, W., D. Anderson , J. Chern, J. Estin , A. Hou , P. Houser , R. Kakar , S. Lang, W. Lau , C. Peters-Lidard , X. Li, T. Matsui , B.W. Shen , J.J. Shi , and X. Zeng (2009). Goddard Multi-Scale Modeling Systems with Unified Physics. Annales Geophysics, 27, 3055-3064 .
  ISSN 0992-7689
• Tao W.-K., J. Chern, R. Atlas, D. Randall, X. Lin, M. Khairoutdinov, J. Li, D. Waliser, A. Hou, C. Peters-Lidard, W. Lau, and J. Simpson (2009). A Multi-scale modeling system: Development, applications and critical issues. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90(4), 515-534.
  doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2542.1
• Tian, Y., C. Peters-Lidard, J. Eylander, R. Joyce, G.J. Huffman, R.F. Adler, K.-L. Hsu, F.J. Turk, M. Garcia, and J. Zeng (2009). Component Analysis of Errors in Satellite-Based Precipitation Estimates. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 113(D24101).
  doi:10.1029/2009JD011949
• Tokay, A., P. Hartman, A. Battaglia, K. Gage, W. Clark, and C. Williams (2009). A Field Study of Reflectivity and Z-R Relations using Vertically Pointing Radars and Disdrometers. J. Atmos. Ocea. Tech., 26(6), 1120-1134.
  doi:10.1175/2008JTECHA1163.1
• Veselovskii I, D.N. Whiteman, A. Kolgotin, E. Andrews, and M. Korenskii (2009). Demonstration of Aerosol Property Profiling by Multiwavelength Lidar under Varying Relative Humidity Conditions. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 26(8), 1543-1557.
  10.1175/2009JTECHA1257.1
• Veselovskiy, I., D. Whiteman, A. Kolgotin, E. Andrews, and M. Korenski (2009). Demonstration of aerosol property profiling by multi-wavelength lidar under varying relative humidity conditions. J. Atmos. Ocea. Tech., 26(8), 1543–1557.
  10.1175/2009JTECHA1254.1
• Waliser D. , F. Li, C. Woods, J. Bacmeister, J. Chern, A. Del Genio, J. Jiang, M. Kharitondov, Z. Kuang, P. Minnis, S. Platnik, W.B. Rossow, G. Stephens, S. Sun-Mack, W. Tao, J.A. Tompkins, D. Vane, C. Walker, and D. Wu (2009). Cloud ice: A climate model challenge woth signs and expectations of progress. J. Geophys. Res., 114(D00A21), 27 Pages.
  10.1029/2008JD010015
• Wang, J., and D.B. Wolff (2009). Comparisons of reflectivities from the TRMM Precipitation Radar and Ground-Based Radars. J. Atmos. Ocea. Tech., 26(5), 857-875.
  10.1175/2008JTECHA1175.1
• Wolff, D.B., and B.L. Fisher (2009). Assessing the Relative Performance of Microwave-Based Satellite Rain-Rate Retrievals Using TRMM Ground Validation Data. J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 48(6), 1069–1099.
  10.1175/2008JAMC2127.1
• Yorks, J., M. McGill, S. Rodier, M. Vaughan, Y. Hu, and D. Hlavka (2009). Radiative effects of African dust and smoke observed from CERES and CALIOP data. J. Geophys. Res., 114(D00H04), 10 Pages.
  10.1029/2009JD012000
• Zeng, X., W.-K. Tao, and J. Simpson (2009). Microphysical Timescales in Clouds and their Application in Cloud-Resolving Modeling. J. Meteor. Soc. of Japan, 86(0026-1165), 839-856.
  10.2151/JMSJ.86.839
• Zeng, X., J. Simpson, X. Li, D.O. Starr, X. Li, S. Lang, S. Xie, A. Hou, M. Zhang, and W. Tao (2009). The indirect effect of ice nuclei on atmospheric radiation. J. Atmos. Sci., 66(1), 41-61.
  10.1175/2008JAS2778.1
• Zeng,Xiping., W. Tao, M. Zhang, Y. Arthur Hou, S. Xie, S. Lang, X. Li, David OC Starr, and X. Li (2009). A Contribution by Ice Nuclei to Global Warming. Q. J. Roy. Meteoro. Soc, 135(638), 1614-1629 .
  10.1002/qj.576
• Zipser E.J., C.H. Twohy, S-C. Tsay, K.L. Thornhill, S. Tanelli, R. Ross, T.N. Krishnamurti, Q. Ji, G. Jenkins, S. Ismail, N. Hsu, R. Hood, G.M. Heymsfield, A. Heymsfield, J. Halverson, M.W. Goodman, R. Ferrare, J.P. Dunion, M. Douglas, R. Cifelli, G. Chen, E.V. Browell, and B. Anderson (2009). The Saharan air layer and the fate of the African easterly waves – NASA's AMMA 2006 field program to study tropical cyclologenesis: NAMMA. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90(8), 1137–1156.
  doi:10.1175/2009BAMS2728.1