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  • Adler, Robert F., Andrew J. Negri, Peter R. Keehn, Ida M. Hakkarinen, 1993: Estimation of Monthly Rainfall over Japan and Surrounding Waters from a Combination of Low-Orbit Microwave and Geosynchronous IR Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 335–356.

  • Atlas, D. Rosenfeld and D. B. Wolff, 1993: On C-Band attenuation by tropical rainfall in Darwin, Australia using climatologically tuned Ze-R relations. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 32, 426-430.

  • Amayenc, Paul, Jacques Testud, Mongi Marzoug, 1993: Proposal for a Spaceborne Dual-Beam Rain Radar with Doppler Capability. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 262–276.

  • Baum, Bryan A., Bruce R. Barkstrom, 1993: Design and Implementation of a Prototype Data System for Earth Radiation Budget, Cloud, Aerosol, and Chemistry Data. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. 591–598.

  • Bell, Thomas L., N. Reid, 1993: Detecting the Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall Using Satellite Observations. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 311–322.

  • Chang, Alfred T.C., Long S. Chiu, Thomas T. Wilheit, 1993: Random Errors of Oceanic Monthly Rainfall Derived from SSM/I Using Probability Distribution Functions. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 121, No. 8, pp. 2351–2354.

  • Chang, A.T.C., A. Barnes, M. Glass, R. Kakar, T.T. Wilheit, 1993: Aircraft Observations of the Vertical Structure of Stratiform Precipitation Relevant to Microwave Radiative Transfer. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 6, pp. 1083–1091.

  • Chiu, Long S., Alfred T.C. Chang, John Janowiak, 1993: Comparison Of Monthly Rain Rates Derived from GPI and SSM/I Using Probability Distribution Functions. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 323–334.

  • Graves, Charles E., 1993: A Model for the Beam-filling Effect Associated with the Microwave Retrieval of Rain. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 10, No. 1, pp. 5–14.

  • Graves, Charles E., Juan B. Valdés, Samuel S.P. Shen, Gerald R. North, 1993: Evaluation of Sampling Errors of Precipitation from Spaceborne and Ground Sensors. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 374–385.

  • Gupta, Vijay K., Edward C. Waymire, 1993: A Statistical Analysis of Mesoscale Rainfall as a Random Cascade. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 251–267.

  • Heta, Yurie, Yasushi Mitsuta, 1993: An Evaluation of Evaporation over the Tropical Pacific Ocean as Observed from Satellites. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 7, pp. 1242–1247.

  • Jameson, A.R., 1993: Estimating the Path-Average Rainwater Content and Updraft Speed along a Microwave Link. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 10, No. 4, pp. 478–485.

  • Jameson, A.R., 1993: The Meteorological Parameterization of Specific Attenuation and Polarization Differential Phase Shift in Rain. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 11, pp. 1741–1750.

  • Keenan, Thomas D., Steven A. Rutledge, 1993: Mesoscale Characteristics of Monsoonal Convection and Associated Stratiform Precipitation. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 121, No. 2, pp. 352–374.

  • Kostinski, Alexander B., John M. Kwiatkowski, A.R. Jameson, 1993: Spaceborne Radar Sensing of Precipitation above an Ocean Surface: Polarization Contrast Study. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 10, No. 5, pp. 736–751.

  • Krajewski, Witold F., R. Raghavan, V. Chandrasekar, 1993: Physically Based Simulation of Radar Rainfall Data Using a Space–Time Rainfall Model. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 268–283.

  • Kumagai, Hiroshi, Robert Meneghini, Toshiaki Kozu, 1993: Preliminary Results from Multiparameter Airborne Rain Radar Measurement in the Western Pacific. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 431–444.

  • Lau, K.M., C.H. Sui, W.K. Tao, 1993: A Preliminary Study of the Tropical Water Cycle and its Sensitivity to Surface Warming. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 74, No. 7, pp. 1313–1322.

  • Meneghini, R., J.A. Jones, 1993: An Approach to Estimate the Areal Rain-Rate Distribution from Spaceborne Radar by the Use of Multiple Thresholds. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 386–398.

  • Morrissey, Mark L., J. Scott Greene, 1993: Comparison of Two Satellite-based Rainfall Algorithms Using Pacific Atoll Raingage Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 411–425.

  • Nehrkorn, Thomas, Ross N. Hoffman, Jean-François Louis, Ronald G. Isaacs, Jean-Luc Moncet, 1993: Analysis and Forecast Improvements from Simulated Satellite Water Vapor Profiles and Rainfall Using a Global Data Assimilation System. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 121, No. 10, pp. 2727–2739.

  • North, Gerald R., Samuel S.P. Shen, Robert Upson, 1993: Sampling Errors in Rainfall Estimates by Multiple Satellites. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 399–410.

  • Rasmusson, Eugene M., Phillip A. Arkin, 1993: A Global View of Large-Scale Precipitation Variability. Journal of Climate: Vol. 6, No. 8, pp. 1495–1522.

  • Roebber, Paul J., 1993: A Diagnostic Case Study of Self-Development as an Antecedent Conditioning Process in Explosive Cyclogenesis. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 121, No. 4, pp. 976–1006.

  • Rosenfeld D., D. B. Wolff and D. Atlas, 1993: General probability-matched relations between radar reflectivity and rain rate. Journal of Applied Meteorology., 32, 50-72.

  • Short, David A., David B. Wolff, Daniel Rosenfeld, David Atlas, 1993: A Study of the Threshold Method Utilizing Raingage Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 8, pp. 1379–1387.

  • Smith, James A., 1993: Marked Point Process Models of Raindrop-Size Distributions. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 284–296.

  • Spencer, Roy W., 1993: Global Oceanic Precipitation from the MSU during 1979—91 and Comparisons to Other Climatologies. Journal of Climate: Vol. 6, No. 7, pp. 1301–1326.

  • Stowe, Larry, Philip Ardanuy, Richard Hucek, Peter Abel, Herbert Jacobowitz, 1993: Evaluating the Design of an Earth Radiation Budget Instrument with System Simulations. Part I: Instantaneous Estimates. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 10, No. 6, pp. 809–826.

  • Tao, W.K. S. Lang, J. Simpson, and R. Adler, 1993: Retrieval algorithms for estimating the vertical profiles of latent-heat release-their applications for TRMM. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan: Vol. 71, pp. 685-700.

  • Theon, J.S., 1993: The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Remote Sensing of Earth's Surface and Atmosphere. Vol. 14, pp. 159-165.

  • Turner, B.J., G.L. Austin, 1993: Spatial Variability of Summer Florida Precipitation and Its Impact on Microwave Radiometer Rainfall-Measurement Systems. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 32, No. 2, pp. 172–181.

  • Ardanuy, Philip E., H. Lee Kyle, Douglas Hoyt, 1992: Global Relationships among the Earth's Radiation Budget, Cloudiness, Volcanic Aerosols, and Surface Temperature. Journal of Climate: Vol. 5, No. 10, pp. 1120–1139.

  • Arnaud, Yves, Michel Desbois, Joel Maizi, 1992: Automatic Tracking and Characterization of African Convective Systems on Meteosat Pictures. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 443–453.

  • Atlas, David, Thomas L. Bell, 1992: The Relation of Radar to Cloud Area-Time Integrals and Implications for Rain Measurements from Space. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 120, No. 9, pp. 1997–2008.

  • Berg, Wesley, Robert Chase, 1992: Determination of Mean Rainfall from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) Using a Mixed Lognormal Distribution. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 9, No. 2, pp. 129–141.

  • Churchill, Dean D., 1992: Vertical Retrieval of Solar and Infrared Irradiances in the Stratiform Regions of EMEX Cloud Clusters. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 31, No. 11, pp. 1229–1247.

  • Janowiak, John E., 1992: Tropical Rainfall: A Comparison of Satellite-derived Rainfall Estimates with Model Precipitation Forecasts, Climatologies, and Observations. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 120, No. 3, pp. 448–462.

  • Krajewski, Witold F., Mark L. Morrissey, James A. Smith, David T. Rexroth, 1992: The Accuracy of the Area-Threshold Method: A Model-based Simulation Study. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 31, No. 12, pp. 1396–1406.

  • Petty, Grant W., Kristina B. Katsaros, 1992: Nimbus-7 SMMR Precipitation Observations Calibrated against Surface Radar during TAMEX. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 489–505.

  • Prabhakara, C., G. Dalu, G.L. Liberti, J.J. Nucciarone, R. Suhasini, 1992: Rainfall Estimation over Oceans from SMMR and SSM/I Microwave Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 532–552.

  • Puri, Kamal, Noel E. Davidson, 1992: The Use of Infrared Satellite Cloud Imagery Data as Proxy Data for Moisture and Diabatic Heating in Data Assimilation. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 120, No. 10, pp. 2329–2341.

  • Rosenfeld, Daniel, David Atlas, David B. Wolff, Eyal Amitai, 1992: Beamwidth Effects on Z-R Relations and Area-integrated Rainfall. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 454–464.

  • Rutledge, Steven A., Earle R. Williams, Thomas D. Keenan, 1992: The Down Upper Doppler and Electricity Experiment (DUNDEE): Overview and Preliminary Results. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 73, No. 1, pp. 3–16.

  • Smith, Eric A., Harry J. Cooper, Xuwu Xiang, Alberto Mugnai, Gregory J. Tripoli, 1992: Foundations for Statistical-Physical Precipitation Retrieval from Passive Microwave Satellite Measurements. Part I: Brightness-Temperature Properties of a Time-dependent Cloud-Radiation Model. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 31, No. 6, pp. 506–531.

  • Testud, Jacques, Paul Amayenc, Mongi Marzoug, 1992: Rainfall-Rate Retrieval from a Spaceborne Radar: Comparison between Single-Frequency, Dual-Frequency, and Dual-Beam Techniques. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 599–623.

  • Webster, Peter J., Roger Lukas, 1992: TOGA COARE: The Coupled Ocean—Atmosphere Response Experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 73, No. 9, pp. 1377–1416.


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