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  • 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.

  • Ecklund, Warner L., Christopher R. Williams, Paul E. Johnston, Kenneth S. Gage, 1999: A 3-GHz Profiler for Precipitating Cloud Studies. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology: Vol. 16, No. 3, pp. 309–322.

  • Elsberry, Russell L., 1990: International Experiments to Study Tropical Cyclones in the Western North Pacific. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society: Vol. 71, No. 9, pp. 1305–1316.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Steven T. Fiorino and Eric A. Smith. 2006: Critical Assessment of Microphysical Assumptions within TRMM Radiometer Rain Profile Algorithm Using Satellite, Aircraft, and Surface Datasets from KWAJEX. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology: Vol. 45, No. 5, pp. 754–786.


  • Fokianos, Konstantinos, Benjamin Kedem, Jing Qin, Jeffrey L. Haferman, David A. Short, 1998: On Combining Instruments. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 37, No. 2, pp. 220–226.

  • 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.

  • 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,.

  • 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.


  • Fulton, Richard, Gerald M. Heymsfield, 1991: Microphysical and Radiative Characteristics of Convective Clouds during COHMEX. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 98–116.

  • Futyan, J.M., and A.D. Del Genio, 2007: Relationships between lightning and properties of convective cloud clusters. Geophys. Res. Letters, 34, L15705, doi:10.1029/2007GL030227.

  • Futyan, J.M., and A.D. Del Genio, 2007: Deep convective system evolution over Africa and the tropical Atlantic. J. Climate, 20, 5041-5060.

  • Gage, K.S., C.R. Williams, W.L. Ecklund, and P.E. Johnston, 1999: Development and application of Doppler radar profiles to ground validation of satellite precipitation measurements. Satellite Applications for Energy Budgets and Hydrological Cycle: Vol. 24, pp. 931-934.

  • Gage, Kenneth S., Christopher R. Williams, Paul E. Johnston, Warner L. Ecklund, Robert Cifelli, Ali Tokay, David A. Carter, 2000: Doppler Radar Profilers as Calibration Tools for Scanning Radars. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 39, No. 12, pp. 2209–2222.

  • 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.

  • H. Gao, E. F. Wood, T. J. Jackson, M. Drusch and R. Bindlish. 2006: Using TRMM/TMI to Retrieve Surface Soil Moisture over the Southern United States from 1998 to 2002. Journal of Hydrometeorology: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 23–38.

  • H. Gao, E. F. Wood, T. J. Jackson, M. Drusch and R. Bindlish. 2006: Using TRMM/TMI to Retrieve Surface Soil Moisture over the Southern United States from 1998 to 2002. Journal of Hydrometeorology: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 23–38.


  • Garstang, Michael, Christian D. Kummerow, 2000: The Joanne Simpson Special Issue on the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 39, No. 12, pp. 1961–1961.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.


  • 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, .

  • Giglio, L., J.D. Kendall, and C.J. Tucker, 2000: Remote sensing of fires with TRMM VIRS. International Journal of Remote Sensing: Vol. 21, pp. 203-207.

  • Goodman, S.J., D.E. Buechler, K. Knupp, K. Driscoll, and E.W. McCaul, 2000: The 1997-98 El Nino event and related wintertime lightning variations in the southeastern United States. Geophysical Research Letters: Vol. 27, pp. 541-544.

  • Gorgucci, Eugenio, Gianfranco Scarchilli, V. Chandrasekar, P. F. Meischner, M. Hagen, 1998: Intercomparison of Techniques to Correct for Attenuation of C-Band Weather Radar Signals. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 37, No. 8, pp. 845–854.

  • Gorgucci, Eugenio, Gianfranco Scarchilli, V. Chandrasekar, V. N. Bringi, 2000: Measurement of Mean Raindrop Shape from Polarimetric Radar Observations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 57, No. 20, pp. 3406–3413.

  • 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.

  • Grassotti, Christopher, Haig Iskenderian, Ross N. Hoffman, 1999: Calibration and Alignment. Journal of Applied Meteorology: Vol. 38, No. 6, pp. 677–695.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.


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