2009 Publications

• Wilheit, T. T., and C. D. Kummerow, 2009: Use of the TRMM-PR for estimating the TMI beam filling correction, J. Met. Soc. of Japan., 87A, 255-263. [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Rapp, A. D., C. Kummerow, and G. Elsaesser, 2009: A combined multi-sensor optimal estimation retrieval algorithm for oceanic warm rain clouds, J. Appl. Meteor. & Climatol., [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Rapp, A. D., M. Lebsock, and C. Kummerow, 2009: On the consequences of resampling microwave radiometer observations for use in retrieval algorithms, J. Appl. Meteor. & Climatol., 48, 1981-1993. [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Wang, Nai-Yu, C. Liu, R. Ferraro, D. Wolff, E. Zipser, and C. Kummerow, 2009: TRMM 2A12 land precipitation product-status and future plans, J. Met. Soc. of Japan, 87A, 237-253. [Abstract] [PDF print version]

        2008 Publications

• Elsaesser, G. S. and C. K. Kummerow, 2008: Towards a fully parametric retrieval of the nonraining parameters over the global oceans, J. Appl. Meteor. & Climatol., 47, 1599-1618. [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Lebsock, M.D., G. L. Stephens, and C. Kummerow, 2008: Multisensor satellite observations of aerosol effects on warm clouds, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15205, doi:10.1029/2008JD009876.

        2007 Publications

• Stephens, Graeme L. and Christian D. Kummerow, 2007: The remote sensing of clouds and precipitation from space: A review, J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3742-3765.[Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Lobl, Elena S., Aonashi Kazumasa, Brian Griffith, Christian Kummerow, Guosheng Liu, Masataka Murakami, and Thomas Wilheit, 2007: Wakasa Bay: An AMSR precipitation validation campaign, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 88, 551-558. [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Kummerow, C., H. Masunaga, and P. Bauer, 2007: Strategies for conceiving the next generation of rainfall algorithms, Measuring Precipitation from Space, EURAINSAT and the Future, Editors: V. Levizzani, P. Bauer, and T. J. Turk, Springer, New York, NY, 745 p.

        2006 Publications

• Lin, J. C., T. Matsui, R. A. Pielke, Sr., and C. Kummerow, 2006: Effects of biomass burning-derived-aerosols on precipitation and clouds in the Amazon Basin: a satellite-based empirical study, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D19204, doi:10.1029/2005JD006884. [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Tao, W.-K., E. A. Smith, R. Adler, Z. Hadad, A. Hou, T. Iguchi, R. Kakar, T. Krishnamurti, C. Kummerow and 12 other authors, 2006: Retrieval of latent heating from TRMM measurements, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 87, 1555-1572. [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Masunaga, H., T. S. L'Ecuyer, and C. D. Kummerow, 2006: The Madden-Julian oscillation recorded in early observations from the tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM), J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 2777-2794. [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Masunaga, H. and C. D. Kummerow, 2006: Observations of tropical precipitating clouds ranging from shallow to deep convective systems, Geophys. Res. Letters, 33, L16805, doi:10.1029/2006GL026547. [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Viltard, N., C. Burland, and C. Kummerow, 2006: Rain retrieval from TMI brightness temperature measurements using a PR-based database, J. Appl. Meteor. and Climatology, 45, 455-466. [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Kummerow, C., W. Berg, J. Thomas-Stahle, and H. Masunaga, 2006: Quantifying global uncertainties in a simple microwave rainfall algorithm, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech. 23 , 23-37. [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Berg, Wesley, T. L'Ecuyer, and C. Kummerow, 2006: Rainfall climate regimes: the relationship of regional TRMM rainfall biases to the environment, J. Appl. Meteor. and Climatol. 45,  434-454. [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• L'Ecuyer, Tristan, H. Masunaga, and C. Kummerow, 2006: Variability in the characteristics of precipitation systems in the tropical Pacific. Part II: implications for atmospheric heating, J. Climate, 19, 1388-1406. [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Olson, William S., Christian D. Kummerow, Song Yang, Grant W. Petty, Wei-Kuo Tao, Thomas L. Bell, Scott A. Braun, Yansen Wang, Stephen E. Lang, Daniel E. Johnson, and Christine Chiu, 2006: Precipitation and latent heating distributions from satellite passive microwave radiometry Part I: improved method and uncertainties, J. Appl. Meteor. and Climatol., 45, 702-720. [Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Yang, Song, William S. Olson, Jian-Jian Wang, Thomas L. Bell, Eric A. Smith, and Christian D. Kummerow, 2006: Precipitation and latent heating distributions from satellite passive microwave radiometry Part II: evaluation of estimates using independent data, J. Appl. Meteor. and Climatol., 45, 721-739. [Abstract] [PDF print version]

        2005 Publications

• Rapp, A.D., C. Kummerow, W. Berg, and B. Griffith, 2005: An evaluation of the proposed mechanism of the adaptive infrared iris hypothesis using TRMM VIRS and PR measurements, J. of Climate, 18, 4185-4194.[Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Berg, W. and C. Kummerow, 2005: The climate rainfall data center: an online data service center, Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 86, 1237-1240. [PDF print version]
• Masunaga, H., T. S. L'Ecuyer, and C. D. Kummerow, 2005: Variability in the characteristics of tropical precipitation systems, Part I: spatial structure, J. of Climate, 18, 823-840.[Abstract] [PDF print version]
• Masunaga, H., and C. D. Kummerow, 2005: Combined radar and radiometer analysis of precipitation profiles for a parametric retrieval algorithm, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 22, 906-926.[Abstract] [PDF print version]