92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012)

Session 9B: Satellite-Based Algorithm Developments, Products, Applications and Validations 2 : Moisture and Precipitation Algorithms, Products and Validations


Cochairs:  Xiwu Zhan, NOAA/NESDIS and Wesley Berg, Colorado State University
Papers:
 
NESDIS Satellite Soil Moisture Data Products, Their Validation and Applications (invited)
Xiwu Zhan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Liu, X. Wang, L. Zhao, K. Jensen, F. Weng, and M. Ek

 
Improvements to the TRMM Multi-Satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA): Initial Results From TRMM Version 7
Eric J. Nelkin, SSAI and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. Huffman, D. T. Bolvin, and R. F. Adler

 
Improving Precipitation Retrieval Using Total Lightning Data : A Multi-Sensor and Multi-Platform Synergy Between GOES-R and GPM
Nai-Yu Wang, CICS/Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and K. Gopalan and R. I. Albrecht

 
Recent Advances in the GPCP Global Precipitation Record
David T. Bolvin, SSAI and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, L. S. Chiu, E. J. Nelkin, U. Schneider, and D. A. Vila

 
Investigating Changes in Rain Rate Distributions Using a New Long-Term Precipitation Dataset From SSM/I
Wesley Berg, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. Kummerow, M. R. P. Sapiano, and D. Randel

 
The Famine Early Warning System African Rainfall Climatology Version 2
Nick S. Novella, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Thiaw