Session 2 |
| | Current and future precipitation measurements from space (parallel with Joint Session 5) |
| | Organizers: Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; A. P. Barros, Duke University, Durham, NC
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| 8:30 AM | 2.1 | Spatial Scales of Tropical Precipitation Inferred from TRMM Microwave Imager Data
Dean F. Smith, Physics Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Gasiewski, D. L. Jackson, and G. A. Wick |
| 8:45 AM | 2.2 | TRMM evidence of a "weekend effect" for U.S. rainfall
Thomas L. Bell, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Hahnenberger |
| 9:00 AM | 2.3 | Using TRMM to develop a tropical cyclone rainfall climatology model
Frank D. Marks Jr., NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and M. Lonfat |
| 9:15 AM | 2.4 | Diurnal Variations of Precipitation Using Opaque Microwave Frequency Bands 
Frederick W. Chen, MIT/Lincoln Lab, Lexington, MA; and D. H. Staelin |
| 9:30 AM | 2.5 | Leveraging TRMM Results for GPM Ground Validation Planning
David B. Wolff, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and D. A. Marks, E. A. Smith, S. W. Bidwell, and D. Silberstein |
| 9:45 AM | | Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
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| 11:15 AM | 2.6 | Toward Quantitative Estimation of Orographic Precipitation at High Spatial and Temporal Resolution from Space – A TRMM-based algorithm
A. P. Barros, Duke University, Durham, NC; and M. Woldemarian |
| 11:30 AM | 2.7 | Is more data better? An assessment of incorporating additional passive microwave datasets in the MPA
George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin |
| 11:45 AM | 2.8 | Objective Integration of Satellite, Rain Gauge, and Radar Precipitation Estimates in the Multisensor Precipitation Estimator Algorithm
Chandra Kondragunta, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Kitzmiller, D. J. Seo, and K. Shrestha |
| 12:00 PM | 2.9 | An analysis of the performance of hybrid infrared and microwave satellite precipitation algorithms over India and adjacent regions
John E. M. Brown, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL |