Session 5b |
| | TRMM Hydrology (Parallel with Sessions 5A) |
| | Organizers: Jose A. Fuentes, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; Michael Garstang, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
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| 8:30 AM | 5b.1 | An overview of the WETAMC/LBA - January and February 1999
Maria A. F. Silva Dias, Univ. of São Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and A. J. Dolman, P. L. Silva Dias, S. Rutledge, E. Zipser, G. F. Fisch, P. Artaxo, A. O. Manzi, J. A. Marengo, C. A. Nobre, and P. Kabat |
| 8:45 AM | 5b.2 | Linking surface-based processes to the deeper atmosphere at a Brazilian tropical deforested site
Jose D. Fuentes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and R. C. Heitz, M. Garstang, J. M. Sigler, B. Ferrier, J. Halverson, A. K. Betts, G. F. Fisch, J. Tóta, and P. J. de Oliveira |
| 9:00 AM | 5b.3 | Mesocale Reanalysis of the LLJ along the Andes during the WETAMC/LBA - TRMM: comparison with observations
Pedro L. Silva Dias, Univ. of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; and M. A. F. Silva Dias, J. A. Marengo, and M. W. Douglas |
| 9:15 AM | 5b.4 | Measurements of solar and terrestrial radiation above and inside the Rebio-Jaru Amazonian forest during the LBA Wet Season Campaign
Antonio O. Manzi, INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil; and R. G. Moura, L. D. Abreu Sá, and R. C. S. Alvalá |
| 9:30 AM | 5b.5 | Wet season boundary layer dynamics over a deforested pasture site in Amazonia
Ryan C. Heitz, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and J. M. Sigler, J. D. Fuentes, M. Garstang, and B. Ferrier |
| 9:45 AM | 5b.6 | Atmospheric boundary layer growth during LBA/TRMM experiment
Gilberto F. Fisch, Centro Tecnico Aeroespacial, Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil; and J. Tota, L. Machado, B. Ferrier, M. A. F. Silva Dias, A. J. Dolman, J. Halverson, and J. D. Fuentes |
| 10:00 AM | | Coffee Break
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| 10:30 AM | 5b.7 | On the circulation features of the low level jet episode of April 14-15 1999, during the TRMM-LBA
Jose A. Marengo, CPTEC/INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil; and M. W. Douglas and P. L. Silva Dias |
| 10:45 AM | 5b.8 | Flux-variance method estimation of scalar turbulent fluxes above Amazonian rain forest
Celso von Randow, CPTEC/INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, SP, Brazil; and L. D. Abreu Sá, G. S. S. D. Prasad, and A. O. Manzi |
| 11:00 AM | 5b.9 | Convective systems in contrasting regimes during TRMM-LBA in Rondonia, Brazil
Thomas M. Rickenbach, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and R. C. Cifelli, J. Halverson, P. A. Kucera, and O. W. Thiele |
| 11:15 AM | 5b.10 | Surface Rainfall Observations during TRMM-LBA Field Campaign
Ali Tokay, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Sieveking, B. Fisher, J. Wang, and O. W. Thiele |
| 11:30 AM | 5b.11 | Turbulent transport scales and breakdown coefficient statistics over a deforested tropical site
Alin Carsteanu, Universite du Quebec, Sainte-Foy, PQ, Canada; and J. D. Fuentes and R. C. Heitz |
| 11:45 AM | 5b.12 | The Distribution and Structure of Precipitation in Hurricane Georges: Observations from TRMM, SSM/I, and GOES
Arlene G. Laing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL |
| 12:00 PM | | Lunch Break
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| 1:30 PM | 5b.13 | Measurement and Analysis of Orographic Precipitation in the Himalayas - First Results from the TRMM Hydrometeorological Network in Central Nepal
Ana P. Barros, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and J. Putkonen, D. W. Burbank, and A. T. C. Chang |
| 1:45 PM | 5b.14 | Characterizing precipitation processes during 1998, 1999 in West and Central Africa from the TRMM data
Andrea Sealy, Penn State University, University Park, PA; and G. S. Jenkins and T. Holmes |
| 2:00 PM | 5b.15 | Towards the use of TRMM PR measurements for the inter-calibration of the South African radar network
M. P. Mittermaier, Precipitation Research, South African Weather Bureau, Bethlehem, South Africa |
|  | 5b.16 | Comparisons of the atmospheric hydrologic processes depicted by the operational ECMWF analyses with the corresponding forecasts at medium range over tropical Africa
André K. Foamouhoue, National Institute of Technologoy, Dakar-Fann, Senegal; and S. Fongang and A. Viltard |
| 2:15 PM | 5b.17 | Characterization of Radar Rainfall Estimation Error due to Variations of Raindrop Size Distribution and Vertical Storm Structure
Emmanouil N. Anagnostou, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and C. A. Morales and M. Steiner |
| 2:30 PM | 5b.18 | Direct Validation Analysis of TRMM Precipitation Retrievals Based on TRMM Field Experiment Measurements
Fong-Chiau Chang, NASA/GHCC and Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and E. A. Smith, J. A. Marengo, B. J. Sohn, and S. Yang |
| 2:45 PM | | Coffee Break
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| 3:15 PM | 5b.19 | Improved precipitation forecasting of landfalling tropical cyclones by data assimilation of microphysical structures retrieved from TRMM
Gregory J. Tripoli, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. Panegrossi and E. A. Smith |
| 3:30 PM | 5b.20 | An observationally based conceptual model of warm oceanic convective rain in the tropics
David Atlas, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. W. Ulbrich |
| 3:45 PM | 5b.21 | Rainfall estimation using a combination of geosynchronous infrared and TRMM observations
Liming Xu, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and A. J. Negri, R. F. Adler, and E. N. Anagnostou |
| 4:00 PM | 5b.22 | Initial radar echo development in different regimes of tropical contintental convection
Earle Williams, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and D. Rosenfeld, N. Madden, J. Gerlach, and L. Atkinson |
| 4:15 PM | 5b.23 | Rainfall morphology in semi-tropical convergence zones
J. Marshall Shepherd, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD |
| 4:30 PM | 5b.24 | Improved Algortithm to Estimate Convestive and Stratiform Rain From TRMM Microwave Radiometer Data
C. Prabhakara, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Iacovazzi |
| | 5b.25 | Validation of TRMM and other satellite estimates of rainfall over select regions of Africa
Sharon E. Nicholson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL |