Session: Moisture, Fluxes and Retrievals (83rd Annual)

P4.1

Retrieval of water vapor over land surfaces from microwave measurements

Alan E. Lipton, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and J. L. Moncet, J. F. Galantowicz, and J. D. Hegarty

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P4.2

MODIS near-infrared column water vapor over land and comparisons with NCEP analyses

P4.3

Methods for evaluating microwave-derived satellite liquid water products

Thomas J. Greenwald, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Christopher

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P4.4

Validation of IAPP Retrievals using DOE ARM Site Observations

Thomas H. Achtor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz, J. Li, H. Woolf, and B. Howell

P4.5

Validation of GOES-8/11 Sounder Derived Products During IHOP 2002 Field Experiment

Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Nelson III, T. J. Schmit, and G. S. Wade

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P4.6

Cloud Liquid Water Profile Information in AMSU-B Water Vapor Profile Retrievals

Clay B. Blankenship, NRL, Monterey, CA

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P4.7

Diurnal cycle of liquid water path over the subtropical and tropical oceans

Robert Wood, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and C. Bretherton and D. L. Hartmann

P4.8

GOES-11 and GOES-8 Sounders During the International H2O Project (IHOP)-2002 Field Experiment

Gary S. Wade, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, W. F. Feltz, J. P. Nelson III, and A. J. Schreiner

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/realtime/ihop/

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P4.9

Radiometric signatures of rainfall structures from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) sensors over different climate regimes

Dong-Bin Shin, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and L. S. Chiu and A. T. C. Chang

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P4.10

Sensitivity of retrieval algorithms to model-generated databases

Sean J. Miner, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO; and C. Kummerow

P4.11

Analysis of TRMM 3-hourly multi-satellite precipitation estimates computed in both real and post-real time

George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, E. F. Stocker, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin

http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov

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P4.12

An investigation of the horizontal variability of precipitations using radar data

Yoo-Jeong Noh, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. Liu

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P4.13

A TRMM-Calibrated Infrared Technique For Global Rainfall Estimation

Andrew J. Negri, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler and L. Xu

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P4.14

A Passive Microwave Optimal-Estimation Algorithm for Near Real-Time Water Vapor Profiling

Darren S. McKague, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, A. S. Jones, S. Q. Kidder, and T. H. Vonder Haar

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P4.15

Improvements to the SCaMPR Algorithm

Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Guo and J. S. Im

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P4.16

Improved Precipitation Retrievals Using Both AMSU Window and Sounding Channels

Limin Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng and R. Ferraro

P4.17

Frequency Distribution of Rain Rate With Cloud Top Brightness Temperature, and near-real time calibration of GOES Multispectral Rainfall Algorithm

Mamoudou B. Ba, Raytheon-ITSS, Lanham, MD and Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. Gruber and M. J. Jeong

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P4.18

Drizzle Detection for Maritime Stratocumulus Clouds by Combined Use of TRMM Microwave Imager and Visible/Infrared Scanner

Hongfei Shao, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and G. Liu

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P4.19

Land surface temperature retrievals from GOES-8 using emissivities retrieved from MODIS

Ronnie J. Suggs, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and S. L. Haines, G. J. Jedlovec, W. Lapenta, and D. Moss

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P4.20

Satellite-Based Surface Heat Budgets and Sea Surface Temperature Tendency in the Tropical Eastern Indian and Western Pacific Oceans for the 1997/98 El Nino and 1998/99 La Nina

Shu-Hsien Chou, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. D. Chou, P. K. Chan, and P. H. Lin

P4.21

Validation of Langley parameterized algorithms used to derive CERES/TRMM surface radiative fluxes

Shashi K. Gupta, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and D. P. Kratz, A. C. Wilber, and L. C. Nguyen

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P4.22

The Atmosphere Land-EXchange Inverse (ALEXI) model: Regional-scale flux validations, climatologies and available soil water derived from remote sensing inputs

John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. C. Anderson, R. D. Torn, J. M. Norman, G. R. Diak, S. J. Richardson, and J. A. Brotzge

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P4.23

Introducing the GOES Imager Clear-Sky Brightness Temperature (CSBT) Product

Anthony J. Schreiner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, C. K�pken, X. Su, C. Holland, and J. A. Jung

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P4.24

Infrared and passive microwave radiometric sea surface temperatures and their relationship to atmospheric forcing

Sandra L. Castro, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. G. Baldwin and W. J. Emery

P4.25

Estimation of land surface temperature on the Tibetan Plateau using GMS data

Yuichiroh Oku, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; and H. Ishikawa and H. Ueda

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P4.26

Multispectral Thermal Retrievals of Size Distribution Shape, Effective Size, Ice Water Path, Optical Depth and Photon Tunneling Contriubtion

David L. Mitchell, DRI, Reno, NV; and R. P. D'Entremont, D. H. DeSolver, and W. P. Arnott

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P4.27

Short wave aerosol direct forcing over cloud free oceans from Terra

Jianglong Zhang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher

http://vortex.nsstc.uah.edu/~sundar/papers/grl_2002_revise.pdf

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P4.28

Clear sky angular dependence models over oceans from CERES

Jianglong Zhang, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. A. Christopher

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P4.29

Use of Collocated KWAJEX Satellite, Aircraft, & Ground Measurements for Understanding Ambiguities in TRMM Radiometer Rain Profile Algorithm

Eric A. Smith, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Fiorino

Poster Session 4: Moisture, Fluxes and Retrievals