| | P5.1 | Advances in research products from combined CALIPSO-CloudSat observations within the A-Train : aerosol and elevated cloud optical depth direct retrieval over ocean, water clouds and land and first seasonal analyses Damien B. Josset, NASA Postdoctoral Program/SSAI, Hampton, VA; and Y. Hu, J. Pelon, P. W. Zhai, D. Tanré, R. R. Rogers, P. Lucker, C. Trepte, K. Powell, S. Rodier, and N. Pascal |
| | P5.2 | Satellite composites: techniques in combining geostationary and polar orbiting observations Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. A. Santek, R. A. Kohrs, N. A. Bearson, J. Robaidek, and S. L. Knuth |
| | P5.3 | High latitude atmospheric motion vectors from combined geostationary and polar orbiting observations Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. A. Santek, R. Dworak, J. R. Key, C. S. Velden, and S. Wanzong |
| | P5.4 | Improving High Latitude Precipitation Estimation Using A-Train Observations Eric J. Nelkin, SSAI and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. Huffman, R. F. Adler, and D. T. Bolvin |
| | P5.5 | Estimating Polar Precipitation with CloudSat, AIRS and Microwave Radiometers Ziad S. Haddad, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and K. Park, F. J. Turk, and N. Y. Wang |
| | P5.6 | Investigating the relationship between CO2 Slicing derived cloud top heights and instrument spectral differences Mark A. Smalley, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. Holz |
| | P5.7 | Highlights of version 7 TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Algorithm (TMPA) David T. Bolvin, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. Huffman, E. J. Nelkin, and R. F. Adler |
| | P5.8 | A Twelve-Year Tropical Rainfall Climatology Based on a Composite of TRMM Products Jian-Jian Wang, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, G. Gu, and G. J. Huffman |
| | P5.9 | Updating the GPCP global precipitation datasets George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin |
| | P5.10 | The NESDIS operational blended Total Precipitable Water products Limin Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/SSD, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Kidder, S. Kusselson, J. Forsythe, A. Jones, J. Paquette, R. R. Ferraro, J. Zhao, P. Keenh, I. Tcherednitchenko, J. Yang, and J. Guo |
| | P5.11 | Development of an AQUA based near-surface parameter retrieval J. Brent Roberts, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and C. A. Clayson |
| | P5.12 | Monitoring soil moisture and drought using a thermal two-source energy balance model Christopher R. Hain, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. C. Anderson, J. R. Mecikalski, and W. T. Crow |
| | P5.13 | Estimates of Global Biomass Burning Emissions using Fire Radiative Power Retrieved from Multiple Geostationary Satellites Xiaoyang Zhang, ERTat NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Kondragunta and C. C. Schmidt |
| | P5.14 | A SAR-based NWP error warning product George S. Young, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and N. S. Winstead and T. D. Sikora |