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  • Carey, Lawrence D., Steven A. Rutledge, 2000: The Relationship between Precipitation and Lightning in Tropical Island Convection: A C-Band Polarimetric Radar Study. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 128, No. 8, pp. 2687–2710.

  • Carey, Lawrence D., Steven A. Rutledge, David A. Ahijevych, Tom D. Keenan, 2000: Correcting Propagation Effects in C-Band Polarimetric Radar Observations of Tropical Convection Using Differential Propagation Phase. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 39, No. 9, pp. 1405–1433.

  • Cartwright, Tina J., Peter S. Ray, 1999: Radar-Derived Estimates of Latent Heating in the Subtropics. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 127, No. 5, pp. 726–742.

  • 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.

  • 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.


  • Cecil, Daniel j. and Edward J. Zipser, 1999: Relationships between Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Satellite-Based Indicators of Inner Core Convection: 85-GHz Ice-Scattering Signature and Lightning January 1999 Monthly Weather Review pp. 103

  • Chang, A.T.C., L.S. Chiu, C. Kummerow, C., J. Meng, and T.T. Wilheit, 1999: First results of the TRMM microwave imager (TMI) monthly oceanic rain rate: Comparison with SSM/I. Geophysical Research Letters: Vol 26, pp. 2379-2382.

  • Chang, Alfred T. C., Long S. Chiu, 1999: Nonsystematic Errors of Monthly Oceanic Rainfall Derived from SSM/I. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 127, No. 7, pp. 1630–1638.

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

  • 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.

  • Chelton, D.B., F.J. Wentz, C.L. Gentemann, de Szoeke, R.A., and M.G. Schlax, 2000: Satellite microwave SST observations of transequatorial tropical instability waves. Geophysical Research Letters: Vol. 27, pp. 1239-1242.

  • Chéruy, F., F. Chevallier, 2000: Regional and Seasonal Variations of the Clear Sky Atmospheric Longwave Cooling over Tropical Oceans. Journal of Climate: Vol. 13, No. 16, pp. 2863–2875.

  • Chen, Y., A.D. Del Genio and J. Chen, 2007: The tropical atmospheric El Niño signal in satellite precipitation data and a global climate model. J. Climate, 20, 3580-3601.


  • 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.

  • Chevallier, F., J.-J. Morcrette, 2000: Comparison of Model Fluxes with Surface and Top-of-the-Atmosphere Observations. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 128, No. 11, pp. 3839–3852.

  • Chiu, Long S., Alfred T. C. Chang, 2000: Oceanic Rain Column Height Derived from SSM/I. Journal of Climate: Vol. 13, No. 23, pp. 4125–4136.

  • 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.

  • CHIU LS, NORTH GR, SHORT DA, MCCONNELL A, 1990: RAIN ESTIMATION FROM SATELLITES - EFFECT OF FINITE-FIELD OF VIEW, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 95: (D3) 2177-2185.

  • CHIU LS, KEDEM B, 1990: ESTIMATING THE EXCEEDANCE PROBABILITY OF RAIN RATE BY LOGISTIC-REGRESSION, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 95: (D3) 2217-2227.
  • 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.


  • Chou, Shu-Hsien, Wenzhong Zhao, Ming-Dah Chou, 2000: Surface Heat Budgets and Sea Surface Temperature in the Pacific Warm Pool during TOGA COARE. Journal of Climate: Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 634–649.

  • Christopher, S.A., J. Chou, J.L. Zhang, X. Li, T.A. Berendes, and R. M. Welch, 2000: Shortwave direct radiative forcing of biomass burning aerosols estimated using VIRS and CERES data. Geophysical Research Letters: Vol. 27, pp. 2197-2200.

  • Christopher, Sundar A., Min Wang, Todd A. Berendes, Ronald M. Welch, Shi-Keng Yang, 1998: The 1985 Biomass Burning Season in South America: Satellite Remote Sensing of Fires, Smoke, and Regional Radiative Energy Budgets. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 37, No. 7, pp. 661–678.

  • 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.

  • 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, G.J. and W.F. Krajewski 1999, Conceptualization of radar-rain gauge comparisons under observational uncertainties, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 38(10), 1519-1525, .

  • Ciach, J.G. and W.F. Krajewski, On the estimation of radar rainfall error variance, Advances in Water Resources, 22(6), 585-595, 1999.

  • Ciach, G.J., M.L. Morrissey, and W.F. Krajewski 2000, Conditional bias in radar rainfall estimation, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 39(11), 1941-46, .

  • 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.

  • Cifelli, Robert, Christopher R. Williams, Deepak K. Rajopadhyaya, Susan K. Avery, Kenneth S. Gage, P. T. May, 2000: Drop-Size Distribution Characteristics in Tropical Mesoscale Convective Systems. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 39, No. 6, pp. 760–777.

  • Connor L.N., and P.S. Chang, 2000: Ocean surface wind retrievals using the TRMM Microwave Imager. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing: Vol. 38, pp. 2009-2016.

  • Coppens, Dorothée, Ziad S. Haddad, Eastwood Im, 2000: Estimating the Uncertainty in Passive-Microwave Rain Retrievals. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 17, No. 12, pp. 1618–1629.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Curtis, Scott, Robert Adler, 2000: ENSO Indices Based on Patterns of Satellite-Derived Precipitation. Journal of Climate: Vol. 13, No. 15, pp. 2786–2793.

  • 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.

  • Das, S., D. Johnson, and W.K. Tao, 1999: Single-column and cloud ensemble model simulations of TOGA-COARE convective systems. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan: Vol. 77, pp. 803-826.

  • Deblonde, Godelieve, 1999: Variational Assimilation of SSM/I Total Precipitable Water Retrievals in the CMC Analysis System. Monthly Weather Review: Vol. 127, No. 7, pp. 1458–1476.

  • Del Genio, A.D., M.-S. Yao, and J. Jonas, 2007: Will moist convection be stronger in a warmer climate? Geophys. Res. Letters, 34, L16703, doi:10.1029/2007GL030525.

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

  • 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.

  • Delrieu, Guy, Lorenz Hucke, Jean Dominique Creutin, 1999: Attenuation in Rain for X- and C-Band Weather Radar Systems: Sensitivity with respect to the Drop Size Distribution. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 38, No. 1, pp. 57–68.

  • DeMott, Charlotte A., Steven A. Rutledge, 1998: The Vertical Structure of TOGA COARE Convection. Part II: Modulating Influences and Implications for Diabatic Heating. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 55, No. 17, pp. 2748–2762.

  • DeMott, Charlotte A., Steven A. Rutledge, 1998: The Vertical Structure of TOGA COARE Convection. Part I: Radar Echo Distributions. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 55, No. 17, pp. 2730–2747.

  • 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.

  • 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.


  • Dietrich S., R. Bechini, C. Adamo, A. Mugnai, and F. Prodi, 2000: Radar calibration of physical profile-based precipitaion retrieval from passive microwave sensors. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Part B-Hydrology Oceans and Atmosphere: Vol. 25, pp. 877-882
  • Tufa Dinku and Emmanouil N. Anagnostou, 2006: TRMM Calibration of SSM/I Algorithm for Overland Rainfall Estimation Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology Volume 45, Issue 6 (June 2006) pp. 875-886



  • Douglas, Michael W., 1990: The Selection and Use of Dropwindsonde-Equipped Aircraft for Operational Forecasting Applications. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 71, No. 12, pp. 1746–1746.

  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • Durden, S. L., Z. S. Haddad, 1998: Comparison of Radar Rainfall Retrieval Algorithms in Convective Rain during TOGA COARE. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 15, No. 5, pp. 1091–1096.

  • Durden, S. L., Z. S. Haddad, A. Kitiyakara, F. K. Li, 1998: Effects of Nonuniform Beam Filling on Rainfall Retrieval for the TRMM Precipitation Radar. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 15, No. 3, pp. 635–646.


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