Session: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) (30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology)

Saturday, 21 July 2001: 8:30 AM-12:30 PM

Host: 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology

Organizers:

Robert Meneghini, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD and Eyal Amitai, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD

Papers:

8:30 AM

6.1

Global distribution of extremely intense storms between 36 S and 36 N using evidence from the TRMM radar

David P. Yorty, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and E. J. Zipser and S. W. Nesbitt

9:00 AM

6.2

Precipitation Processes Derived from TRMM Satellite Data, Cloud Resolving Model and Field Campaigns

W. -K. Tao, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Lang, J. Simpson, R. Meneghini, J. Halverson, R. Johnson, and R. Adler

9:15 AM

6.3

Retrieval of Latent Heating Profiles from TRMM Radar Data

Shinsuke Satoh, Communications Research Laboratory, Koganei, Japan; and A. Noda

Presentation PDF (127.9 kB)

6.4

Structure of Deep Convection During TRMM TEFLUN and LBA Campaigns Observed With Airborne and Ground-Based Polarization Radar

9:45 AM

6.5

Uncertainties in the rain profiling algorithm for the TRMM Precipitation Radar

Toshio Iguchi, Communications Research Laboratory, Tokyo, Japan; and T. Kozu and R. Meneghini

Presentation PDF (72.6 kB)

10:00 AM

6.6

On the role of drop size distribution in TRMM rain profiling algorithm

Ali Tokay, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini, J. Kwiatkowski, E. Amitai, T. Kozu, T. Iguchi, C. Williams, M. Kulie, and C. Wilson

Presentation PDF (47.4 kB)

10:15 AM

6.7

Evaluation of TRMM PR retrieved rain products using data from the ground-based polarimetric weather radar of Darwin

Franck Ferreira, CETP, Velizy, France; and P. Amayenc, E. Le Bouar, and J. Testud

10:30 AM

6.8

Estimation of Spaceborne Radar Signals from Polarimetric Ground Radar Observations

Steve Bolen, NASA/Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX; and V. Chandrasekar and A. Benjamin

10:45 AM

6.9

Combined Space and Ground Radar Observations: An Impact of TRMM PR MDZ

Roberto V. Calheiros, University of the State of S. Paulo, Bauru, Brazil; and M. A. Lima

Presentation PDF (219.3 kB)

11:00 AM

6.10

Comparison of Space-borne and Ground-based Radar Measurements from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

Paul A. Kucera, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and W. F. Krajewski

11:15 AM

6.11

Comparisons of Measurements from the TRMM PR and the WSR-88D Ground-based Radar

Liang Liao, Caelum Research Corp., Greenbelt, MD; and R. Meneghini and T. Iguchi

11:30 AM

6.12

Methodologies for Evaluating the Accuracy of TRMM Ground Validation Rainfall Products

E. Amitai, NASA/GSFC and JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and D. B. Wolff, M. Robinson, D. S. Silberstein, D. A. Marks, M. S. Kulie, and B. Fisher

11:45 AM

6.13

Dual wavelength rain estimates from space

Anthony J. Illingworth, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom; and A. Illingworth

12:00 PM

6.7a

Coffee Break

12:01 PM

6.7b

Exhibit Hours 10:30–11:30 A.M.

- Indicates paper has been withdrawn from meeting

- Indicates an Award Winner