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TRMM Related Chronological Publication Listing

  • A. Benedetti, P. Lopez, E. Moreau, P. Bauer and V. Venugopal. 2005: Verification of TMI-Adjusted Rainfall Analyses of Tropical Cyclones at ECMWF Using TRMM Precipitation Radar. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 44, No. 11, pp. 1677–1690.


  • Biggerstaff, M. I., L. J. Wicker, J. Guynes, C. Ziegler, J. M. Straka, E.N. Rasmussen, A. Dogget IV, L. D. Carey, J. L. Schroeder, and C. Weiss, 2005: The Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching (SMART) Radar: A collaboration to enhance research and teaching. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86, 1263-1274.

  • B. C. Bhatt and K. Nakamura. 2005: Characteristics of Monsoon Rainfall around the Himalayas Revealed by TRMM Precipitation Radar. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 133, No. 1, pp. 149–165.

  • Kenneth P. Bowman. 2005: Comparison of TRMM Precipitation Retrievals with Rain Gauge Data from Ocean Buoys. Journal of Climate: Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 178–190.

  • Daniel J. Cecil, Steven J. Goodman, Dennis J. Boccippio, Edward J. Zipser and Stephen W. Nesbitt. 2005: Three Years of TRMM Precipitation Features. Part I: Radar, Radiometric, and Lightning Characteristics. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 133, No. 3, pp. 543–566.

  • Del Genio, A.D., W. Kovari, M.-S. Yao and J. Jonas, 2005: Cumulus microphysics and climate sensitivity. J. Clim., 18, 2376-2387.


  • Drusch, M.; Wood, E. F.; Gao, H. Observation operators for the direct assimilation of TRMM microwave imager retrieved soil moisture Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol.32,No.15,pp.L15403 10.1029/2005GL023623

  • Fumie A. Furuzawa and Kenji Nakamura. 2005: Differences of Rainfall Estimates over Land by Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR) and TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI)—Dependence on Storm Height. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 44, No. 3, pp. 367–383.

  • Hong, Yang, K.L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and X. Gao (2005): Improved representation of diurnal variability of rainfall retrieved from the Tropical RainfallMeasurement Mission Microwave Imager adjusted Precipitation Estimation From Remotely Sensed Information Using Artificial Neural Networks (PERSIANN) system, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospherics, 110, D06102, doi:10.1029/2004JD005301.

  • Hong, Yang, K.L. Hsu, X. Gao, and S. Sorooshian, 2004: Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Imagery Using Artificial Neural Network - Cloud Classification System, Journal of Applied Meteorology, Vol. 43, No. 12, pp. 1834–1853

  • Barros, A. P., G. Kim, E. Williams, and S. W. Nesbitt, 2004: Probing orographic controls in the Himalayas during the monsoon using satellite imagery. Nat. Haz. and Earth Sys. Sci., 4, 1-23.

  • R. Meneghini, J. A. Jones, T. Iguchi, K. Okamoto and J. Kwiatkowski. 2004: A Hybrid Surface Reference Technique and Its Application to the TRMM Precipitation Radar. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 21, No. 11, pp. 1645–1658.

  • Anita D. Rapp, Christian Kummerow, Wesley Berg and Brian Griffith. 2005: An Evaluation of the Proposed Mechanism of the Adaptive Infrared Iris Hypothesis Using TRMM VIRS and PR Measurements. Journal of Climate: Vol. 18, No. 20, pp. 4185–4194.

  • Shuichi Mori, Hamada Jun-Ichi, Yudi Iman Tauhid, Manabu D. Yamanaka, Noriko Okamoto, Fumie Murata, Namiko Sakurai, Hiroyuki Hashiguchi and Tien Sribimawati. 2004: Diurnal Land–Sea Rainfall Peak Migration over Sumatera Island, Indonesian Maritime Continent, Observed by TRMM Satellite and Intensive Rawinsonde Soundings. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 132, No. 8, pp. 2021–2039.


  • Petersen, Walter A.; Christian, Hugh J.; Rutledge, Steven A. 26 July 2005 TRMM observations of the global relationship between ice water content and lightning Geophys. Res. Lett.,  Vol. 32, No. 14, L14819 10.1029/2005GL023236


  • Prigent, Catherine; Defer, Eric; Pardo, Juan R.; Pearl, Cindy; Rossow, William B.; Pinty, Jean-Pierre  24 February 2005 Relations of polarized scattering signatures observed by the TRMM Microwave Instrument with electrical processes in cloud systems Geophys. Res. Lett.,  Vol. 32, No. 4, L04810 10.1029/2004GL022225


  • N. Tran, O.-Z. Zanife, B. Chapron, D. Vandemark and P. Vincent. 2005: Absolute Calibration of Jason-1 and Envisat Altimeter Ku-Band Radar Cross Sections from Cross Comparison with TRMM Precipitation Radar Measurements. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 22, No. 9, pp. 1389–1402.
  • N. Tran, E. Obligis and F. Ferreira. 2005: Comparison of Two Jason-1 Altimeter Precipitation Detection Algorithms with Rain Estimates from the TRMM Microwave Imager. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 22, No. 6, pp. 782–794.

  • David B. Wolff, D. A. Marks, E. Amitai, D. S. Silberstein, B. L. Fisher, A. Tokay, J. Wang and J. L. Pippitt. 2005: Ground Validation for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 22, No. 4, pp. 365–380.

  • G. S. Bhat, G. A. Vecchi and S. Gadgil. 2004: Sea Surface Temperature of the Bay of Bengal Derived from the TRMM Microwave Imager*+. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 21, No. 8, pp. 1283–1290.

  • Hye-Kyung Cho, Kenneth P. Bowman and Gerald R. North. 2004: Equatorial Waves Including the Madden–Julian Oscillation in TRMM Rainfall and OLR Data. Journal of Climate: Vol. 17, No. 22, pp. 4387–4406.
  • Jeremy E. Diem, Lakeisha B. Coleman, Paul A. Digirolamo, Colin W. Gowens, Nils R. Hayden, Edward E. Unger, Gerald B. Wetta and Heather A. Williams. 2004: Comments on “Rainfall Modification by Major Urban Areas: Observations from Spaceborne Rain Radar on the TRMM Satellite”. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 941–950.

  • Brad L. Fisher. 2004: Climatological Validation of TRMM TMI and PR Monthly Rain Products over Oklahoma. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 43, No. 3, pp. 519–535.

  • Mekonnen Gebremichael and Witold F. Krajewski. 2004: Assessment of the Statistical Characterization of Small-Scale Rainfall Variability from Radar: Analysis of TRMM Ground Validation Datasets. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 43, No. 8, pp. 1180–1199.

  • Shashi K. Gupta, David P. Kratz, Anne C. Wilber and L. Cathy Nguyen. 2004: Validation of Parameterized Algorithms Used to Derive TRMM–CERES Surface Radiative Fluxes. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 742–752.

  • Masafumi Hirose and Kenji Nakamura. 2004: Spatiotemporal Variation of the Vertical Gradient of Rainfall Rate Observed by the TRMM Precipitation Radar. Journal of Climate: Vol. 17, No. 17, pp. 3378–3397.

  • Min-Jeong Kim, James A. Weinman and Robert A. Houze. 2004: Validation of Maritime Rainfall Retrievals from the TRMM Microwave Radiometer. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 43, No. 6, pp. 847–859.

  • David E. Kingsmill, Sandra E. Yuter, Andrew J. Heymsfield, Peter V. Hobbs, Alexei V. Korolev, Stith Jeffrey L, Aaron Bansemer, Julie A. Haggerty and Arthur L. Rangno. 2004: TRMM Common Microphysics Products: A Tool for Evaluating Spaceborne Precipitation Retrieval Algorithms. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 43, No. 11, pp. 1598–1618.

  • Y.-M. Kodama, T. Yamada, 2005: Detectability and configulation of tropical cyclone eyes over the western North Pacific in TRMM PR and IR observations. Monthly Weather Review, 133(8), 2213-2226.

  • Y.-M. Kodama, A. Ohta, M. Katsumata, S. Mori, S. Satoh, and H. Ueda, 2005: Seasonal transition of predominant precipitation type and lightning activity over tropical monsoon areas derived from TRMM observations. Geophysical Research Letters, 32, L14710, doi:10.1029/2005GL022986.


  • Ji Li and Kenji Nakamura. 2005: Vertical Distribution of the Mirror Image Returns Observed by TRMM PR and Estimated for a 35-GHz Radar. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 22, No. 11, pp. 1829–1837.
  • Manuel Lonfat, Frank D. Marks Jr. and Shuyi S. Chen. 2004: Precipitation Distribution in Tropical Cyclones Using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager: A Global Perspective. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 132, No. 7, pp. 1645–1660.

  • Stephen W. Nesbitt, Edward J. Zipser and Christian D. Kummerow. 2004: An Examination of Version-5 Rainfall Estimates from the TRMM Microwave Imager, Precipitation Radar, and Rain Gauges on Global, Regional, and Storm Scales. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 43, No. 7, pp. 1016–1036.

  • Ramata Magagi and Ana P. Barros. 2004: Estimation of Latent Heating of Rainfall during the Onset of the Indian Monsoon Using TRMM PR and Radiosonde Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 328–349.

  • Richard W. Reynolds, Chelle L. Gentemann and Frank Wentz. 2004: Impact of TRMM SSTs on a Climate-Scale SST Analysis. Journal of Climate: Vol. 17, No. 15, pp. 2938–2952.

  • Biswadev Roy, Jeffrey B. Halverson and Junhong Wang. 2004: The Influence of Radiosonde “Age” on TRMM Field Campaign Soundings Humidity Correction. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 21, No. 3, pp. 470–480.

  • Courtney Schumacher, Robert A. Houze Jr. and Ian Kraucunas. 2004: The Tropical Dynamical Response to Latent Heating Estimates Derived from the TRMM Precipitation Radar. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 61, No. 12, pp. 1341–1358.

  • Shoichi Shige, Yukari N. Takayabu, Wei-Kuo Tao and Daniel E. Johnson. 2004: Spectral Retrieval of Latent Heating Profiles from TRMM PR Data. Part I: Development of a Model-Based Algorithm. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 43, No. 8, pp. 1095–1113.

  • Adam H. Sobel, Sandra E. Yuter, Christopher S. Bretherton and George N. Kiladis. 2004: Large-Scale Meteorology and Deep Convection during TRMM KWAJEX*. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 132, No. 2, pp. 422–444.

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