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  • CHANG ATC, CHIU LS, YANG G, 1995: DIURNAL CYCLE OF OCEANIC PRECIPITATION FROM SSM/I DATA , MONTHLY WEATHER REVIEW, 123: (11) 3371-3380.

  • Desbois, Michel, Françoise Désalmand, 1995: Past and Present Precipitations Related to Climate Changes—Methodologies and Perspectives. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 76, No. 7, pp. 1173–1178.

  • Duchon, Claude E., Thomas M. Renkevens, William L. Crosson, 1995: Estimation of Daily Area-Average Rainfall during the CaPE Experiment in Central Florida. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 34, No. 12, pp. 2704–2714.

  • Ferraro, Ralph R., Gerard F. Marks, 1995: The Development of SSM/I Rain-Rate Retrieval Algorithms Using Ground-Based Radar Measurements. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. 755–770.

  • Ferrier, Brad Schoenberg, Wei-Kuo Tao, Joanne Simpson, 1995: A Double-Moment Multiple-Phase Four-Class Bulk Ice Scheme. Part II: Simulations of Convective Storms in Different Large-Scale Environments and Comparisons with other Bulk Parameterizations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 52, No. 8, pp. 1001–1033.

  • Foufoula-Georgiou, E. and W.F. Krajewski 1995, Recent advances in rainfall modeling, estimation, and forecasting, Reviews of Geophysics, U.S. National Report to International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 1991-1994, 1125-1137,.

  • Franklin Eyans, K., Graeme L. Stephens, 1995: Microwave Radiative Transfer through Clouds Composed of Realistically Shaped Ice Crystals. Part I. Single Scattering Properties. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 52, No. 11, pp. 2041–2057.

  • Gautam, N., B. Simon, P.C. Pandey, 1995: Study of Air-Sea interaction Processes over the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal Using Satellite Data. Journal of Climate: Vol. 8, No. 12, pp. 2947–2966.

  • Gorgucci, Eugenio, V. Chandrasekar, Gianfranco Scarchilli, 1995: Radar and Surface Measurement of Rainfall during CaPE: 26 July 1991 Case Study. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 34, No. 7, pp. 1570–1577.

  • Greenwald, Thomas J., Graeme E L. Stephens, Sundar A. Christopher, Thomas H. Vonder Haar, 1995: Observations of the Global Characteristics and Regional Radiative Effects of Marine Cloud Liquid Water. Journal of Climate: Vol. 8, No. 12, pp. 2928–2946.

  • Guymer, Trevor H., Graham D. Quartly, Meric A. Srokosz, 1995: The Effects of Rain on ERS-1 Radar Altimeter Data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 12, No. 6, pp. 1229–1247.

  • Haddad, Ziad S., Eastwood Im, Stephen L. Durden, 1995: Intrinsic Ambiguities in the Retrieval of Rain Rates from Radar Returns at Attenuating Wavelengths. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 34, No. 12, pp. 2667–2679.

  • Haddad, Z.S., A.R. Jameson, E. Im, S.L. Durden, 1995: Improved Coupled ZR and kR Relations and the Resulting Ambiguities in the Determination of the Vertical Distribution of Rain from the Radar Backscatter and the Integrated Attenuation. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 34, No. 12, pp. 2680–2688.

  • Ha, Eunho, Gerald R. North, 1995: Model Studies of the Beam-Filling Error for Rain-Rate Retrieval with Microwave Radiometers. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 12, No. 2, pp. 268–281.

  • Huffman, George J., Robert F. Adler, Bruno Rudolf, Udo Schneider, Peter R. Keehn, 1995: Global Precipitation Estimates Based on a Technique for Combining Satellite-Based Estimates, Rain Gauge Analysis, and NWP Model Precipitation Information. Journal of Climate: Vol. 8, No. 5, pp. 1284–1295.

  • Jameson, A.R., 1995: Using Multiparameter Radar to Estimate the Attenuation and Water Content of Clouds. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 34, No. 9, pp. 2046–2059.

  • Janowiak, John E., Philip A. Arkin, Pingping Xie, Mark L. Morrissey, David R. Legates, 1995: An Examination of the East Pacific ITCZ Rainfall Distribution. Journal of Climate: Vol. 8, No. 11, pp. 2810–2823.

  • Kummerow, Christian, Louis Giglio, 1995: A Method for Combining Passive Microwave and Infrared Rainfall Observations. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 33–45.

  • Lim, Hyo-Suk, C.E. Graves, G.R. North, T.T. Wilheit, 1995: Rainfall Estimation from ESMR-5 Measurements and Application to El Niño. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 391–403.

  • Michaud, Jené D., Brian A. Auvine, Olga C. Penalba, 1995: Spatial and Elevational Variations of Summer Rainfall in the Southwestern United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 34, No. 12, pp. 2689–2703.

  • Morrissey, Mark L., Yiping Wang, 1995: Verifying Satellite Microwave Rainfall Estimates over the Open Ocean. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 794–804.

  • Petty, Grant W., 1995: Frequencies and Characteristics of Global Oceanic Precipitation from Shipboard Present-Weather Reports. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 76, No. 9, pp. 1593–1716.

  • Polyak, Ilya, Gerald North, 1995: The Second-Moment Climatology of the GATE Rain Rate Data. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 76, No. 4, pp. 535–654.

  • Raymond, William H., William S. Olson, Geary Callan, 1995: Diabatic Forcing and Initialization with Assimilation of Cloud Water and Rainwater in a Forecast Model. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 123, No. 2, pp. 366–382.

  • Rosenfeld D., E. Amitai, and D. B. Wolff,1995: Improved Accuracy of Radar WPMM Estimated Rainfall Upon Application of Objective Classification Criteria. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 34, 212-223.

  • Rosenfeld D., E. Amitai, and D. B. Wolff, 1995: Classification of Rain Regimes by the 3-Dimensional Properties of Reflectivity Fields. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 34, 198-211.

  • Soman, Vishwas V., Juan B. Valdés, Gerald R. North, 1995: Satellite Sampling and the Diurnal Cycle Statistics of Darwin Rainfall Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 34, No. 11, pp. 2481–2490.

  • Steiner, Matthias, Robert A. Houze Jr., Sandra E. Yuter, 1995: Climatological Characterization of Three-Dimensional Storm Structure from Operational Radar and Rain Gauge Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 34, No. 9, pp. 1978–2007.

  • Tao, W.-K., J.R. Scala, B. Ferrier, J. Simpson, 1995: The Effect of Melting Processes on the Development of a Tropical and a Midlatitude Squall Line. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 52, No. 11, pp. 1934–1948.

  • Wielicki, Bruce A., Edwin F. Harrison, Robert D. Cess, Michael D. King, David A. Randall, 1995: Mission to Planet Earth: Role of Clouds and Radiation in Climate. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 76, No. 11, pp. 2125–2154.

  • Williams, Christopher R., Warner L. Ecklund, Kenneth S. Gage, 1995: Classification of Precipitating Clouds in the Tropics Using 915-MHz Wind Profilers. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 12, No. 5, pp. 996–1012.

  • Yuter, Sandra E., Robert A. Houze Jr., 1995: Three-Dimensional Kinematic and Microphysical Evolution of Florida Cumulonimbus. Part II: Frequency Distributions of Vertical Velocity, Reflectivity, and Differential Reflectivity. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 123, No. 7, pp. 1941–1963.

  • Yuter, S.E., R.A. Houze Jr., B.F. Smull, F.D. Marks Jr., J.R. Daugherty, S.R. Brodzik, 1995: TOGA COARE Aircraft Mission Summary Images: An Electronic Atlas. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 76, No. 3, pp. 319–328.

  • Atlas, David, Peter G. Black, 1994: The Evolution of Convective Storms from Their Footprints on the Sea as Viewed by Synthetic Aperture Radar from Space. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 75, No. 7, pp. 1183–1190.

  • Berg, Wesley, Susan K. Avery, 1994: Rainfall Variability over the Tropical Pacific from July 1987 through December 1991 as Inferred via Monthly Estimates from SSM/I. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 12, pp. 1468–1485.

  • Braud, Isabelle, Philippe Crochet, Jean-Dominique Creutin, 1994: A Method for Estimating Mean Areal Rainfall Using Moving Trend Functions of the Intensities. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 12, pp. 1551–1561.

  • Corbet, Jonathan, Cynthia Mueller, Chris Burghart, Kristine Gould, Gary Granger, 1994: Zeb: Software for Integration, Display and Management of Diverse Environmental Datasets. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 75, No. 5, pp. 783–792.

  • Durden, S.L., E. Im, F.K. Li, W. Ricketts, A. Tanner, W. Wilson, 1994: ARMAR: An Airborne Rain-Mapping Radar. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 727–737.

  • Farrar, Michael R., Eric A. Smith, Xuwu Xiang, 1994: The Impact of Spatial Resolution Enhancement of SSM/I Microwave Brightness Temperatures on Rainfall Retrieval Algorithms. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 313–333.

  • Gage, K.S., C.R. Williams, W.L. Ecklund, 1994: UHF Wind Profilers: A New Tool for Diagnosing Tropical Convective Cloud Systems. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 75, No. 12, pp. 2289–2294.

  • Garstang, Michael, Harold L. Massie Jr., Jeffrey Halverson, Steven Greco, John Scala, 1994: Amazon Coastal Squall Lines. Part I: Structure and Kinematics. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 122, No. 4, pp. 608–622.

  • Grassotti, Christopher, Louis Garand, 1994: Classification-Based Rainfall Estimation Using Satellite Data and Numerical Forecast Model Fields. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 159–178.

  • Ha, Eunho, Gerald R. North, 1994: Use of Multiple Gauges and Microwave Attenuation of Precipitation for Satellite Verification. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 629–636.

  • Heymsfield, Gerald M., Richard Fulton, 1994: Passive Microwave Structure of Severe Tornadic Storms on 16 November 1987. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 122, No. 11, pp. 2587–2595.

  • Hong, Ye, Hyo-Suk Lim, 1994: Evidence for Low-Frequency Waves of Tropical Rainfall Inferred from Microwave Brightness Temperature. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 122, No. 6, pp. 1364–1370.

  • Jameson, A.R., 1994: The Estimation of Rainfall Parameters Using Spaceborne and Airborne Nadir-Pointing Radars. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 230–244.

  • Jameson, A.R., 1994: The Meteorological Parameterization of Specific Attenuation in Rain Viewed at Nadir. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 8, pp. 1026–1036.

  • Kedem, Benjamin, Harry Pavlopoulos, Xiaodong Guan, David A. Short, 1994: A Probability Distribution Model for Rain Rate. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 12, pp. 1486–1493.

  • Kummerow, Christian, Louis Giglio, 1994: A Passive Microwave Technique for Estimating Rainfall and Vertical Structure Information from Space. Part I: Algorithm Description. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 3–18.

  • Kummerow, Christian, Louis Giglio, 1994: A Passive Microwave Technique for Estimating Rainfall and Vertical Structure Information from Space. Part II: Applications to SSM/I Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 19–34.

  • Marzoug, Mongi, Paul Amayenc, 1994: A Class of Single- and Dual-Frequency Algorithms for Rain-Rate Profiling from a Spaceborne Radar. Pad I: Principle and Tests from Numerical Simulations. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 1480–1506.

  • Meneghini, R., H. Kumagai, 1994: Characteristics of the Vertical Profiles of Dual-Frequency, Dual-Polarization Radar Data in Stratiform Rain. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 701–711.

  • Morrissey, Mark L., 1994: The Effect of Data Resolution on the Area Threshold Method. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 11, pp. 1263–1270.

  • Morrissey, Mark L., Witold F. Krajewski, Michael J. McPhaden, 1994: Estimating Rainfall in the Tropics Using the Fractional Time Raining. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 3, pp. 387–393.

  • Negri, Andrew J., Robert F. Adler, Eric J. Nelkin, George J. Huffman,1994: Regional Rainfall Climatologies Derived from Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Data. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 75, No. 7, pp. 1165–1182.

  • North, Gerald R., Juan B. Valdés, Eunho Ha, Samuel S.P. Shen, 1994: The Ground-Truth Problem for Satellite Estimates of Rain Rate. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 1035–1041.

  • Oki, Riko, Akimasa Sumi, 1994: Sampling Simulation of TRMM Rainfall Estimation Using Radar–AMeDAS Composites. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 12, pp. 1597–1608.

  • Oki, Taikan, Katumi Musiake, 1994: Seasonal Change of the Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation over Japan and Malaysia. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 12, pp. 1445–1463.

  • Polyak, Ilya, Gerald R. North, Juan B. Valdes, 1994: Multivariate Space–Time Analysis of PRE-STORM Precipitation. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 33, No. 9, pp. 1079–1087.

  • Rosenfeld D., D. B. Wolff and E. Amitai, 1994: The window probability matching method for rainfall measurements with radar.J The Journal of Applied Meteorology,: 33, 683-693.

  • Schoenberg Ferrier, Brad, 1994: A Double-Moment Multiple-Phase Four-Class Bulk Ice Scheme. Part I: Description. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 51, No. 2, pp. 249–280.

  • Smith, E.A., X. Xiang, A. Mugnai, R.E. Hood, R.W. Spencer, 1994: Behavior of an Inversion-Based precipitation Retrieval Algorithm with High-Resolution AMPR Measurements Including a Low-Frequency 10.7-GHz Channel. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 858–873.

  • Spencer, Roy W., Robbie E. Hood, Frank J. Lafontaine, Eric A. Smith, Robert Platt, Joe Galliano, Vanessa L. Griffin, Elena Lobl, 1994: High-Resolution Imaging of Rain Systems with the Advanced Microwave Precipitation Radiometer. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 11, No. 4, pp. 849–857.

  • Stokes, Gerald M., Stephen E. Schwartz, 1994: The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program: Programmatic Background and Design of the Cloud and Radiation Test Bed. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 75, No. 7, pp. 1201–1222.

  • Stowe, Larry, Richard Hucek, Philip Ardanuy, Robert Joyce, 1994: Evaluating the Design of an Earth Radiation Budget Instrument with System Simulations. Part II: Minimization of Instantaneous Sampling Errors for CERES-I. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 11, No. 5, pp. 1169–1183.

  • Zipser, Edward J., Kurt R. Lutz, 1994: The Vertical Profile of Radar Reflectivity of Convective Cells: A Strong Indicator of Storm Intensity and Lightning Probability?. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 122, No. 8, pp. 1751–1759.


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