Session 5b TRMM Hydrology (Parallel with Sessions 5A)

Thursday, 13 January 2000: 8:30 AM-4:45 PM
Host: 15th Conference on Hydrology
Organizers:
Jose A. Fuentes, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA and Michael Garstang, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA

Papers:
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
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

10:15 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

10:30 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

10:45 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

11:00 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

11:15 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

11:30 AM
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

11:45 AM
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

12:00 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

12:30 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

12:45 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

1:00 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

1:15 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

1:30 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

1:45 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

2:00 PM
5b.23
Rainfall morphology in semi-tropical convergence zones
J. Marshall Shepherd, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

2:15 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 Jr.

5b.25
Validation of TRMM and other satellite estimates of rainfall over select regions of Africa

2:45 PM
5b.6a
Coffee Break

3:15 PM
5b.12a
Lunch Break

4:45 PM
5b.18a
Coffee Break

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