Session 11D |
| | Special Session: Diurnal Variability of Precipitation - Global Observations I |
| | Chair: Song Yang, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Greenbelt, MD
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| 8:00 AM | | Welcoming Remarks
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| 8:05 AM | 11D.2 | Diurnal variation of tropical rain revealed by TRMM
Kenji Nakamura, Hydrospheric Atmospheric Research Center, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan |
| 8:30 AM | 11D.3 | Diurnal Variability of Precipitation: Multiple Modes & Ambiguities
Eric A. Smith, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Yang |
| 8:45 AM | 11D.4 | Ensemble Spatial-Temporal Characteristics of Rainfall Diurnal Cycle from TRMM
Song Yang, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, Greenbelt, MD; and E. A. Smith |
| 9:00 AM | 11D.5 | Eight Years of TRMM Data: Exploring Regional Mechanisms Behind the Diurnal Cycle
Stephen W. Nesbitt, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and R. Cifelli, S. A. Rutledge, C. Liu, and E. J. Zipser |
| 9:15 AM | 11D.6 | Diurnal Cycle of Tropical Deep Convection and Anvil Clouds: Global Distribution Using 6 years of TRMM radar and IR data  
Chuntao Liu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. Zipser |
| 9:30 AM | 11D.7 | Physical processes controlling warm-season precipitation diurnal cycle in the central U.S
Junhong Wang, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. Dai, D. Parsons, and X. Z. Liang |
| 9:45 AM | 11D.8 | Satellite Estimates of the Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation
Andrew J. Negri, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler and M. Manyin |