TRMM Refereed Publications

Liao, L., R. Meneghini, and T. Iguchi, : Simulations of mirror image returns of air/space-borne radars in rain and their applications in estimating path attenuation. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 37(2), 1107-1121, doi:10.1109/36.752229.
Liao, L., R. Meneghini, and T. Iguchi, : Comparison of rain rate and reflectivity factor derived from the TRMM precipitation radar and the WSR-88D over the Melbourne. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 18, 1959-1973, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(2001)0182.0.CO;2.
Liberti, G. L. and F. Cheruy, : Tropospheric dryness and clouds over tropical Indian Ocean. Atmos. Res., 82(1-2), 276-293, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2005.10.013.
Lim, H. S., and D. S. Han, : An Approach to Remedy Beam Filling Error of TMI by the Use of VIRS Measurements. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan. Ser. II, 74(4), 415-423, doi:10.2151/jmsj1965.74.4_415.
Lim, H.-S., C. E. Graves, G. R. North, and T. T. Wilheit, : Rainfall Estimation from ESMR-5 Measurements and Application to El Niño. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 34, 391-403, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1995)0342.0.CO;2.
Lin, B., B. A. Wielicki, P. Minnis, L. Chambers, K.-M. Xu, Y. Hu, and A. Fan, : The Effect of Environmental Conditions on Tropical Deep Convective Systems Observed from the TRMM Satellite. J. Climate, 19(22), 5745–5761, doi:10.1175/JCLI3940.1.
Lin, X., D. A. Randall, and L. D. Fowler, : Diurnal Variability of the Hydrologic Cycle and Radiative Fluxes: Comparisons between Observations and a GCM. J. Climate, 13(23), 4159–4179, doi:10.1175/1520-0442(2000)0132.0.CO;2.
Ling, J., and C. Zhang, : Structural Evolution in Heating Profiles of the MJO in Global Reanalyses and TRMM Retrievals. J. Climate, 24(3), 825–842, doi:10.1175/2010JCLI3826.1.
List, R., : A Linear Radar Reflectivity–Rainrate Relationship for Steady Tropical Rain. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 3564-3572, doi:.
Liu, C., E. J. Zipser, and S. W. Nesbitt, : Global Distribution of Tropical Deep Convection: Different Perspectives from TRMM Infrared and Radar Data. J. Climate, 20(3), 489–503, doi:10.1175/JCLI4023.1.
Liu, C., S. Shige, Y. N. Takayabu, and E. Zipser, : Latent heating contribution from precipitation systems with different sizes, depths, and intensities in the tropics. J. Climate, 28, 186-203, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-14-00370.1.
Liu, H., and V. Chandrasekar, : Classification of Hydrometeors Based on Polarimetric Radar Measurements: Development of Fuzzy Logic and Neuro-Fuzzy Systems, and In Situ Verification. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 17(2), 140–164, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(2000)0172.0.CO;2.
Lonfat, M., F. D. Marks Jr., and S. S. Chen, : Precipitation Distribution in Tropical Cyclones Using the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager: A Global Perspective. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132(7), 1645–1660, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(2004)1322.0.CO;2.
Lopez, J. W., and L. H. Kantha, : A Data-Assimilative Numerical Model of the Northern Indian Ocean. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 17(11), 1525–1540, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(2000)0172.0.CO;2.
Lucas, C., and E. J. Zipser, : Environmental Variability during TOGA COARE. J. Atmos. Sci., 57(15), 2333–2350, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2000)0572.0.CO;2.
Lucas, C., E. J. Zipser, and B. S. Ferrier, : Sensitivity of Tropical West Pacific Oceanic Squall Lines to Tropospheric Wind and Moisture Profiles. J. Atmos. Sci., 57(15), 2351–2373, doi:10.1175/1520-0469(2000)0572.0.CO;2.
Lynn, B. H., W.-K. Tao, and P. J. Wetzel, : A Study of Landscape-Generated Deep Moist Convection. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126(4), 928–942, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1998)1262.0.CO;2.
Lyu, C.-H., and W. L. Barnes, : Four Years of TRMM/VIRS On-Orbit Calibrations and Characterization Using Lunar Models and Data from Terra/MODIS. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 20(3), 333–347, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(2003)0202.0.CO;2.
Lyu, C.-H., W. L. Barnes, and R. A. Barnes, : First Results from the On-Orbit Calibrations of the Visible and Infrared Scanner for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 17(4), 385–394, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(2000)0172.0.CO;2.
L’Ecuyer, T. S., and G. McGarragh, : A 10-Year Climatology of Tropical Radiative Heating and Its Vertical Structure from TRMM Observations. J. Climate, 23(3), 519–541, doi:10.1175/2009JCLI3018.1.