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  • Baum, Bryan A., Vasanth Tovinkere, Jay Titlow, Ronald M. Welch, 1997: Automated Cloud Classification of Global AVHRR Data Using a Fuzzy Logic Approach. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 36, No. 11, pp. 1519–1540.

  • Black, Peter G., John R. Proni, John C. Wilkerson, Christopher E. Samsury, 1997: Oceanic Rainfall Detection and Classification in Tropical and Subtropical Mesoscale Convective Systems Using Underwater Acoustic Methods. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 125, No. 9, pp. 2014–2042.

  • Caylor, I. J., G. M. Heymsfield, R. Meneghini, L. S. Miller, 1997: Correction of Sampling Errors in Ocean Surface Cross-Sectional Estimates from Nadir-Looking Weather Radar. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 203–210.

  • Ciach, G.J., W.F. Krajewski, and J.A. Smith 1997, Comment on The Window Probability Matching Method for Rainfall Measurement with Radar by Rosenfeld, Wolff, and Amitai, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 36(3), 243-246

  • Ciach, Grzegorz J., Witold F. Krajewski, Emmanouil N. Anagnostou, Mary L. Baeck, James A. Smith, Jeffrey R. McCollum, Anton Kruger, 1997: Radar Rainfall Estimation for Ground Validation Studies of the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 735–747.

  • Dai, Aiguo, Inez Y. Fung, Anthony D. Del Genio, 1997: Surface Observed Global Land Precipitation Variations during 1900–88. Journal of Climate: Vol. 10, No. 11, pp. 2943–2962.

  • Delrieu, G., S. Caoudal, J. D. Creutin, 1997: Feasibility of Using Mountain Return for the Correction of Ground-Based X-Band Weather Radar Data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 368–385.

  • Haddad Z. S. and D. Rosenfeld, 1997: Optimality of empirical Z-R relations. Quartely Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 123, 1283-1293.

  • Haferman, J.L., T.F. Smith, and W.F. Krajewski 1997, A Multi-Dimensional Discrete Ordinates Method for Polarized Radiative Transfer. Part I: Validation for Randomly Oriented Axisymmetric Particles, Journal of Quantum Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 58(3), 379-398, .

  • Hong, Ye, Thomas T. Wilheit, William R. Russell, 1997: Estimation of Monthly Rainfall over Oceans from Truncated Rain-Rate Samples: Application to SSM/I Data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 1012–1022.

  • Huffman, George J., 1997: Estimates of Root-Mean-Square Random Error for Finite Samples of Estimated Precipitation. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 36, No. 9, pp. 1191–1201.

  • Kedem, B., R. Pfeiffer, D. A. Short, 1997: Variability of Space–Time Mean Rain Rate. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 443–451.

  • Marecal, Virginie, Taoufik Tani, Paul Amayenc, Claude Klapisz, Estelle Obligis, Nicolas Viltard, 1997: Rain Relations Inferred from Microphysical Data in TOGA COARE and Their Use to Test a Rain-Profiling Method from Radar Measurements at Ku-Band. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 36, No. 12, pp. 1629–1646.

  • McCollum, Jeffrey R., Witold F. Krajewski, 1997: Oceanic Rainfall Estimation: Sampling Studies of the Fractional-Time-in-Rain Method. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 133–142.

  • Miller, Shawn W., William J. Emery, 1997: An Automated Neural Network Cloud Classifier for Use over Land and Ocean Surfaces. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 36, No. 10, pp. 1346–1362.

  • Nicholson, S. E., J. Kim, M. B. Ba, A. R. Lare, 1997: The Mean Surface Water Balance over Africa and Its Interannual Variability. Journal of Climate: Vol. 10, No. 12, pp. 2981–3002.

  • Oki, Riko, Akimasa Sumi, David A. Short, 1997: TRMM Sampling of Radar–AMeDAS Rainfall Using the Threshold Method. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 36, No. 11, pp. 1480–1492.

  • Smith, Eric A., F. Joseph Turk, Michael R. Farrar, Alberto Mugnai, Xuwu Xiang, 1997: Estimating 13.8-GHz Path-Integrated Attenuation from 10.7-GHz Brightness Temperatures for the TRMM Combined PR–TMI Precipitation Algorithm. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 36, No. 4, pp. 365–388.

  • Steiner, Matthias, Robert A. Houze Jr., 1997: Sensitivity of the Estimated Monthly Convective Rain Fraction to the Choice of Z–R Relation. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 36, No. 5, pp. 452–462.

  • Sui, C.-H., X. Li, K.-M. Lau, D. Adamec, 1997: Multiscale Air–Sea Interactions during TOGA COARE. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 125, No. 4, pp. 448–462.

  • Tsuyuki, Tadashi, 1997: Variational Data Assimilation in the Tropics Using Precipitation Data. Part III: Assimilation of SSM/I Precipitation Rates. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 125, No. 7, pp. 1447–1464.

  • Wang, J. R., J. Zhan, P. Racette, 1997: Storm-Associated Microwave Radiometric Signatures in the Frequency Range of 90–220 GHz. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 13–31.

  • Wong, Takmeng, Edwin F. Harrison, Gary G. Gibson, Frederick M. Denn, 1997: On the Determination of the Optimal Scan Mode Sequence for the TRMM CERES Instrument. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 14, No. 5, pp. 1230–1236.

  • Ackerman, Steven A., 1996: Global Satellite Observations of Negative Brightness Temperature Differences between 11 and 6.7 µm. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 53, No. 19, pp. 2803–2812.

  • Amayenc, Paul, Jean Philippe Diguet, Mongi Marzoug, Taoufik Tani, 1996: A Class of Single- and Dual-Frequency Algorithms for Rain-Rate Profiling from a Spaceborne Radar. Part II: Tests from Airborne Radar Measurements. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 142–164.

  • Bell, Thomas L., Prasun K. Kundu, 1996: A Study of the Sampling Error in Satellite Rainfall Estimates Using Optimal Averaging of Data and a Stochastic Model. Journal of Climate: Vol. 9, No. 6, pp. 1251–1268.

  • Chen, Shuyi S., Robert A. Houze Jr., Brian E. Mapes, 1996: Multiscale Variability of Deep Convection In Realation to Large-Scale Circulation in TOGA COARE. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 53, No. 10, pp. 1380–1409.

  • Crosson, William L., Claude E. Duchon, Ravikumar Raghavan, Steven J. Goodman, 1996: Assessment of Rainfall Estimates Using a Standard Z-R Relationship and the Probability Matching Method Applied to Composite Radar Data in Central Florida. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 35, No. 8, pp. 1203–1220.

  • Ebert, Elizabeth E., Michael J. Manton, Philip A. Arkin, Richard J. Allam, Cary E. Holpin, Arnold Gruber, 1996: Results from the GPCP Algorithm Intercomparison Programme. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 77, No. 12, pp. 2875–2888.

  • Georgakakos, K.P. and W.F. Krajewski 1996, Statistical-microphysical causes of rainfall variability in the tropics, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 101(D21), 26165-26181, .

  • Haddad, Ziad S., Eastwood Im, Stephen L. Durden, 1996: Optimal Estimation of Rain-Rate Profiles from Single-Frequency Radar Echoes. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 214–228.

  • Haddad, Ziad S., Eastwood Im, Stephen L. Durden, Scott Hensley, 1996: Stochastic Filtering of Rain Profiles Using Radar, Surface-Referenced Radar, or Combined Radar–Radiometer Measurements. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 229–242.

  • Haddad, Ziad S., Stephen L. Durden, Eastwood Im, 1996: Parameterizing the Raindrop Size Distribution. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 35, No. 1, pp. 3–13.

  • Haferman, J.L., E.N. Anagnostou, D. Tsintikidis, W.F. Krajewski, T.F. Smith, 1996: Physically Based Satellite Retrieval of Precipitation Using a 3D Passive Microwave Radiative Transfer Model. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 832–850.

  • Halverson, J., M. Garstang, J. Scala, W.-K. Tao, 1996: Water and Energy Budgets of a Florida Mesoscale Convective System: A Combined Observational and Modeling Study. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 124, No. 6, pp. 1161–1180.

  • Heymsfield, Gerald M., Steven W. Bidwell, I. Jeff Caylor, Syed Ameen, Shaun Nicholson, Wayne Boncyk, Lee Miller, Doug Vandemark, Paul E. Racette, Louis R. Dod, 1996: The EDOP Radar System on the High-Altitude NASA ER-2 Aircraft. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 13, No. 4, pp. 795–809.

  • Heymsfield, G.M., J.M. Shepherd, S.W. Bidwell, W.C. Boncyk, I.J. Caylor, S. Ameen, W.S. Olson, 1996: Structure of Florida Thunderstorms Using High-Altitude Aircraft Radiometer and Radar Observations. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 35, No. 10, pp. 1736–1762.

  • Huggel, A., W. Schmid, A. Waldvogel, 1996: Raindrop Size Distributions and the Radar Bright Band. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 35, No. 10, pp. 1688–1702.

  • Jameson, A.R., A.B. Kostinski, 1996: Non-Rayleigh Signal Statistics Caused by Relative Motion during Measurements. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 35, No. 10, pp. 1846–1859.

  • Jameson, A.R., S.L. Durden, 1996: A Possible Origin of Linear Depolarization Observed at Vertical Incidence in Rain. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 271–280.

  • Krajewski, W.F., E.N. Anagnostou 1996, and G.J. Ciach, Effects of the radar observation process on inferred rainfall statistics, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 101(D21), 26493-26502, .

  • Kumagai, H., K. Nakamura, H. Hanado, K. Okamoto, N. Hosaka, N. Miyano, T. Kozu, N. Takahshi, T. Iguchi, and H. Miyauchi, 1996: CRL airborne multiparameter precipitation radar (CAMPR): System description and preliminary results. IEICE Transactions on Communications: Vol. E79B, pp. 770-778.

  • Kummerow, C., W.S. Olson, and L. Giglio, 1996: A simplified scheme for obtaining precipitation and vertical hydrometeor profiles from passive microwave sensors. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing: Vol. 34, pp. 1213-1232.

  • Lau, K.-M., P. J. Sheu, S. Schubert, D. Ledvina, H. Weng, 1996: Evolution of Large-Scale Circulation during TOGA COARE: Model Intercomparison and Basic Features. Journal of Climate: Vol. 9, No. 5, pp. 986–1003.

  • Lee III, Robert B., Bruce R. Barkstrom, G. Louis Smith, John E. Cooper, Leonard P. Kopia, R. Wes Lawrence, Susan Thomas, Dhirendra K Pandey, Dominique A.H. Crommelynck, 1996: The Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Sensors and Preflight Calibration Plans. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 300–313.

  • Lim, H.S., and D.S. Han, 1996: An approach to remedy beam filling error of TMI by the use of VIRS measurements. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan: Vol. 74, pp. 415-423.

  • Li, Qihang, Rafael L. Bras, Daniele Veneziano, 1996: Analysis of Darwin Rainfall Data: Implications on Sampling Strategy. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 372–385.

  • May, Peter T., 1996: The Organization of Convection in the Rainbands of Tropical Cyclone Laurence. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 124, No. 5, pp. 807–815.

  • McGaughey, Gary, Edward J. Zipser, Roy W. Spencer, Robbie E. Hood, 1996: High-Resolution Passive Microwave Observations of Convective Systems over the Tropical Pacific Ocean. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 35, No. 11, pp. 1921–1948.

  • Mohr, Karen I., Edward J. Zipser, 1996: Mesoscale Convective Systems Defined by Their 85-GHzIce Scattering Signature: Size and Intensity Comparison over Tropical Oceans and Continents. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 124, No. 11 pp. 2417

  • Mohr, Karen I., Edward J. Zipser, 1996: Defining Mesoscale Convective Systems by Their 85-GHz Ice Scattering Signatures. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 77, No. 6, pp. 1179-1189

  • Morrissey, Mark L., John E. Janowiak, 1996: Sampling-Induced Conditional Biases in Satellite Climate-Scale Rainfall Estimates. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 541–548.

  • North, Gerald R., Ilya Polyak, 1996: Spatial Correlation of Beam-Filling Error in Microwave Rain-Rate Retrievals. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 13, No. 5, pp. 1101–1106.

  • Nystuen, Jeffrey A., John R. Proni, Peter G. Black, John C. Wilkerson, 1996: A Comparison of Automatic Rain Gauges. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 62–73.

  • Ohsaki, Yuji, Kenji Nakamura, 1996: A Simulation Study of the Bias Error Analysis of Mean Rainfall Rates Measured with Spaceborne Radar. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 762–768.

  • Olson, William S., Christian D. Kummerow, Gerald M. Heymsfield, Louis Giglio, 1996: A Method for Combined Passive–Active Microwave Retrievals of Cloud and Precipitation Profiles. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 35, No. 10, pp. 1763–1789.

  • Petersen, Walter A., Steven A. Rutledge, Richard E. Orville, 1996: Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Observations from TOGA COARE: Selected Results and Lightning Location Algorithms. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 124, No. 4, pp. 602–620.

  • Ruf, Christopher S., Kultegin Aydin, Savyasachee Mathur, Justin P. Bobak, 1996: 35-GHz Dual-Polarization Propagation Link for Rain-Rate Estimation. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 419–425.

  • Sato, T., T. Teraoka, and I. Kimura, 1996: Validation and ground truth for TRMM precipitation radar using the MU radar. IEICE Transactions on Communications: Vol. E79B, pp. 744-750.

  • Schoenberg Ferrier, Brad, Joanne Simpson, Wei-Kuo Tao, 1996: Factors Responsible for Precipitation Efficiencies in Midlatitude and Tropical Squall Simulations. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 124, No. 10, pp. 2100–2125.

  • Simpson, J., C. Kummerow, W.K. Tao, and R.F. Adler, 1996: On the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics: Vol. 60, pp. 19-36.

  • Steiner, M., 1996: Uncertainty of estimates of monthly areal rainfall for temporally sparse remote observations. Water Resources Research, 32, 373-388.

  • Takayabu, Yukari N., K.-M. Lau, C.-H. Sui, 1996: Observation of a Quasi-2-Day Wave during TOGA COARE. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 124, No. 9, pp. 1892–1913.

  • Tao, W.-K., S. Lang, J. Simpson, C.-H. Sui, B. Ferrier, M.-D. Chou, 1996: Mechanisms of Cloud-Radiation Interaction in the Tropics and Nfidlatitudes. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 53, No. 18, pp. 2624–2651.

  • Testud, Jacques, Paul Amayenc, Xiankang Dou, Taoufix Tani, 1996: Tests of Rain Profiling Algorithms for a Spaceborne Radar Using Raincell Models and Real Data Precipitation Fields. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 426–453.

  • Tokay, Ali, David A. Short, 1996: Evidence from Tropical Raindrop Spectra of the Origin of Rain from Stratiform versus Convective Clouds. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 355–371.

  • Wang, Yansen, Wei-Kuo Tao, Joanne Simpson, 1996: The Impact of Ocean Surface Fluxes on a TOGA COARE Convective System. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 124, No. 12, pp. 2753–2763.

  • Wielicki, Bruce A., Bruce R. Barkstrom, Edwin F. Harrison, Robert B. Lee III, G. Louis Smith, John E. Cooper, 1996: Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES): An Earth Observing System Experiment. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 77, No. 5, pp. 853–868.

  • Xie, Pingping, Phillip A. Arkin, 1996: Analyses of Global Monthly Precipitation Using Gauge Observations, Satellite Estimates, and Numerical Model Predictions. Journal of Climate: Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 840–858.

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