Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division

Most Recent Publications

2006

Sensor Physics Branch

Larry M. McMillin, Xiaozhen Xiong, Yong Han, Thomas J. Kleespies and Paul Van Delst, 2006, Atmospheric transmittance of an absorbing gas 7. Further improvements to the OPTRAN 6 approach. Applied Optics, Accepted.

Wu, X. and C. Cao, 2006, Sensor calibration in support for NOAA's satellite mission, Adv. Atm. Sci., 23, 80-90.

Zhang, X. and S. Kondragunta, Estimating Forest Biomass using Generalized Allometric Models and MODIS data in the USA, Geophysical Research Letters, in review.

Kondragunta, S. et al., Air Quality Forecast Verification using Satellite Data, J. of Applied Meteorology, in review.

Pu, R., Z. Li, P. Gong, I. Csizar, R. Fraser, W. Hao, S. Kondragunta, and F. Weng, Development and Analysis of a 12-year Daily 1-km Forest Fire Dataset, Remote Sensing and Environment, in press, 2005.

Weng, F., 2006: Conically-scan Microwave Imager and Sounder (CMIS), Springer. (In Press)

Weng, F., T. Zhu, B. Yang, 2006: Satellite data assimilation in numerical weather prediction models, 2. Uses of rain affected microwave radiances for hurricane vortex analysis, J. Atmos. Sci., (Submitted).

Environmental Monitoring Branch

Zheng, W., and C.-Z. Zou, 2006: An improved algorithm for atmospheric wind retrievals from satellite soundings over the polar regions, Geophysical Research Letters, Accepted.

Li, X., 2006: Cloud microphysical and precipitation responses to a large-scale forcing in the tropical deep convective regime, Meteor. Atmos. Phys., doi:10.1007/s00703-005-0172-5.

Gao, S., F. Ping, X. Cui, and X. Li, 2006: Short timescale air-sea interaction in the tropical deep convective regime. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., doi:10.1007/s007034-005-0161-8.

Gao, S., F. Ping, and X. Li, 2006: Cloud microphysical processes associated with the diurnal variations of tropical convection: A 2D cloud resolving modeling study. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 91, 9-16.

Gao, S., F. Ping, and X. Li, 2006, Tropical heat/water vapor quasi- equilibrium and cycle as simulated in a 2D cloud-resolving model. Atmos. Res., 79, 15-29.

Operational Products Development Branch

Pryor, K. L., 2006, The Role of Downward Momentum Transport in the Generation of Convective Downbursts. ArXiv, physics/0602074.

Pryor, K. L., 2006: A Study of a Dryline Convective Downburst. ArXiv, physics/0601094.

2005

Sensor Physics Branch

Cao, C., P. Ciren, M. Goldberg, F. Weng, and C. Zou, 2005, Simultaneous Nadir Overpasses for NOAA-6 to NOAA-17 satellites from 1980 to 2003 for the intersatellite calibration of radiometers, NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 118.

Cao, C., H. Xu, J. Sullivan, L. McMillin, P. Ciren, and Y. Hou, 2005, Intersatellite radiance biases for the High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounders (HIRS) onboard NOAA-15, -16, and -17 from simultaneous nadir observations. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Vol.22, No. 4, pp. 381-395.

Ignatov, A, C. Cao, J. Sullivan, X. Wu, R. Levin, R. Galvin, 2005, Use of inflight space count measurements to constrain the calibration offset in the AVHRR solar reflectance bands, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Vol. 22, pp.180-200.

Knapp, K., R. Fourin, S. Kondragunta, A. Prados, 2005, Toward aerosol optical depth retrievals over land from GOES visible radiances: Determining surface reflectance, Int. J. of Remote Sensing,.

Liu, Q and F. Weng, 2005, Vicarious Calibration of the 3rd and 4th Stokes Parameters of Windsat Measurements, Appl. Opt., 118, 89-94.

Liu, Q. and F. Weng, 2005: One-dimensional variation retrieval algorithm for temperature, water vapor and cloud profiles from Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU). IEEE Trans. Geosci. & Remote Sensing. 43,1078-1095.

Ferraro, R. R., F. Weng et al. 2005: NOAA operational hydrological products from AMSU IEEE Trans. Geosci. & Remote Sensing., 43, 1036-1049.

EMB Environmental Monitoring Branch

Gallo, K.P, 2005, Evaluation of Temperature Differences for Paired Stations of the U.S. Climate Reference Network. Journal of Climate, Vol. 18 (10) 1629-1636.

Gallo, K., B. Reed, T. Owen, and J. Adegoke, 2005, Characteristics of seasonal vegetation cover in the conterminous USA. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing, Vol 71, (8) 959-966.

Ward, M.P., B.H. Ramsay, and K. Gallo, 2005, Rural cases of Equine West Nile Virus Encephalomyelitis and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, Vol. 5 (2) 181-188.

Gallo, K., 2005, Remote sensing in meteorology, oceanography, and climatology, in Remote Sensing for GIS Managers, S. Aronoff (ed). ESRI Press, Redlands, CA

Gallo, K., L. Ji, B. Reed, J. Dwyer, and J. Eidenshink. 2005, Multi- platform comparisons of MODIS and AVHRR normalized difference vegetation index data. Remote Sensing of Environment, Vol. 99:221-231.

Ji, L. and K. Gallo, 2005, A New Agreement Coefficient for Comparing Remotely Sensed Data Acquired from Different Sensors. Photogram. Engr. and Remote Sensing (accepted).

Ignatov, A., P. Minnis, N. Loeb, B. Wielicki, W. Miller, S. Sun-Mack, D. Tanre, L. Remer, I. Laszlo, E. Geier, 2005, Two MODIS aerosol products over ocean on the Terra and Aqua CERES SSF datasets, J. Atmos. Sci., 62 (4), 1008-1031.

Zhao, X.-P., I. Laszlo, P. Minnis, L. Remer, 2005, Comparison and analysis of two aerosol retrievals over the ocean in the Terra/Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer single scanner footprint data: 1. Global evaluation, J. Geophys. Res., 110 (D21), D21208, doi: 10.1029/2005JD005851.

Zhao, X.-P., I. Laszlo, P. Minnis, L. Remer, 2005, Comparison and analysis of two aerosol retrievals over the ocean in the Terra/Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System - Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer single scanner footprint data: 2. Reg ional evaluation, J. Geophys. Res., 110 (D21), D21209, doi: 10.1029/2005JD005852

Kidder, S. Q., S. J. Kusselson, J. A. Knaff, R. R. Ferraro, R. J. Kuligowski, and M. Turk, 2005, The Tropical Rainfall Potential (TRaP) Technique. Part 1: Description and examples. Wea. Forecasting, 20, 456- 464.

Ferraro, R., P. Pellegrino, M. Turk, W. Chen, S. Qiu, R. Kuligowski, S. Kusselson, A. Irving, S. Kidder, and J. Knaff, 2005,: The Tropical Rainfall Potential (TRaP) Technique. Part 2: Validation. Wea. Forecasting, 20, 465-475.

Tuleya, R. E., M. DeMaria, and R. J. Kuligowski, 2005,: Evaluation of GFDL model rainfall forecasts for U.S. landfalling tropical storms. Submitted to Wea. Forecasting.

Francis, J. A., E. Hunter, and C.-Z. Zou, 2005, Arctic tropospheric winds derived from TOVS satellite retrievals, J. Climate, Vol 18, 2270- 2285.

Cao, C., M. Goldberg, F. Weng, and C.-Z. Zou, 2005: Simultaneous nadir overpasses for NOAA-6 to NOAA-17 satellites from 1980-2003 for the intersatellite calibration of radiometers, NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 118.

Cui, X., S. Gao, Zong, Liu, and X. Li, 2005, The physical mechanism of the formation of the bimodal structure of the Meiyu front system. Chin. Phys. Lett., 22, 3218-3220.

Gao, S., X. Cui, Y. Zhou, X. Li, and W.-K. Tao, 2005,: A modeling study of moist and dynamic vorticity vectors associated with 2D tropical convection. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D17104, doi:10.1029/2004JD005675.

Sui, C.-H., X. Li, M.-J. Yang, and H.-L. Huang, 2005, Estimation of oceanic precipitation e fficiency in cloud models. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 4358-4370.

Sui, C.-H., and X. Li, 2005, A tendency of cloud ratio associated with the development of tropical water and ice clouds. Terr. Atmos. Oceanic Sci., 16, 419-434.

Gao, S., X. Cui, Y. Zhou, and X. Li, 2005, Surface rainfall processes as simulated in a cloud-resolving model. J. Geophys. Res., 110, D10202, doi:10.1029/2004JD005467.

Operational Products Development Branch

Velden., C., J. Daniels, D. Stettner, D. Santek, J. Key, J. Dunion, K. Holmlund, G. Dengel, W. Bresky, and W.P. Menzel, 2005, Recent Innovations in Deriving Tropospheric Winds from Meteorological Satellites. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86, 205-223.

Pryor, K. L. and G. P. Ellrod, 2005, GO ES WMSI-Progress and Developments. Preprints, 21st Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Washington, DC, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Pryor, K. L., 2005, A Study of a Cold-Season Downburst Event over the Oklahoma Panhandle. ArXiv, physics/0512080.

Pryor, K. L., 2005, Forecasting Convective Downburst Potential Over The United States Great Plains. ArXiv, physics/0511245.