TRMM Refereed Publications

Machado, L. A. T., W. B. Rossow, R. L. Guedes, and A. W. Walker, : Life Cycle Variations of Mesoscale Convective Systems over the Americas. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126(6), 1630–1654, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1998)1262.0.CO;2.
Magagi, R., and A. P. Barros, : Estimation of Latent Heating of Rainfall during the Onset of the Indian Monsoon Using TRMM PR and Radiosonde Data. J. Appl. Meteor., 43(2), 328–349, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(2004)0432.0.CO;2.
Marécal, V., and J.-F. Mahfouf, : Variational Retrieval of Temperature and Humidity Profiles from TRMM Precipitation Data. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128(11), 3853–3866, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(2001)1292.0.CO;2.
Marecal, V., T. Tani, P. Amayenc, C. Klapisz, E. Obligis, and N. Viltard, : Rain Relations Inferred from Microphysical Data in TOGA COARE and Their Use to Test a Rain-Profiling Method from Radar Measurements at Ku-Band. J. Appl. Meteor., 36(12), 1629–1646, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1997)0362.0.CO;2.
Marks, D. A., D. B. Wolff, D. S. Silberstein, A. Tokay, J. L. Pippitt, and J. Wang, : Availability of High Quality TRMM Ground Validation Data at Kwajalein, RMI: A Practical Application of the Relative Calibration Adjustment Technique. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 26, 413-429, doi:10.1175/2008JTECHA1174.1.
Marks, D.A., M.S. Kulie, M. Robinson, D.S. Silberstein, D.B. Wolff, B.S. Ferrier, E. Amitai, B. Fisher, J. Wang, D. Augustine, and O.Thiele, : Climatological processing and product development for the TRMM ground validation program. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, Part B: Hydrology, Oceans and Atmosphere, 25(10-12), 871-875, doi:10.1016/S1464-1909(00)00118-0.
Martin, D., : Estimation of Mean Rain Rate through Censoring. J. Appl. Meteor., 38(6), 797–805, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1999)0382.0.CO;2.
Marzoug, M., and P. Amayenc, : A Class of Single- and Dual-Frequency Algorithms for Rain-Rate Profiling from a Spaceborne Radar. Pad I: Principle and Tests from Numerical Simulations. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 11, 1480-1506, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(1994)0112.0.CO;2.
Masunaga, H., T. Iguchi, and R. Oki et al., : Comparison of rainfall products derived from TRMM microwave imager and precipitation radar. J. Appl. Meteor., 41(8), 849-862, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(2002)0412.0.CO;2.
Masunaga, H., T. S. L’Ecuyer, and C. D. Kummerow, : The Madden–Julian Oscillation Recorded in Early Observations from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM). J. Atmos. Sci., 63(11), 2777–2794, doi:10.1175/JAS3783.1.
Matrosov, S. Y., R. A. Kropfli, R. F. Reinking, and B. E. Martner, : Prospects for Measuring Rainfall Using Propagation Differential Phase in X- and Ka-Radar Bands. J. Appl. Meteor., 38(6), 766–776, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1999)0382.0.CO;2.
May, Peter T., : The Organization of Convection in the Rainbands of Tropical Cyclone Laurence. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124(5), 807–815, doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1996)1242.0.CO;2.
McCollum, J. R., and W. F. Krajewski, : Oceanic Rainfall Estimation: Sampling Studies of the Fractional-Time-in-Rain Method. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 14(1), 133–142, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(1997)0142.0.CO;2.
McCumber, M., W.-K. Tao, J. Simpson, R. Penc, and S.-T. Soong, : Comparison of Ice-Phase Microphysical Parameterization Schemes Using Numerical Simulations of Tropical Convection. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 30, 985-1004, doi:10.1175/1520-0450-30.7.985.
McGaughey, G., E. J. Zipser, R. W. Spencer, and R. E. Hood, : High-Resolution Passive Microwave Observations of Convective Systems over the Tropical Pacific Ocean. J. Appl. Meteor., 35(11), 1921–1947, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1996)0352.0.CO;2.
Meneghini, R., : Application of a Threshold Method to Airborne–Spaceborne Attenuating-Wavelength Radars for the Estimation of Space–Time Rain-Rate Statistics. J. Appl. Meteor., 37(9), 924–938, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1998)0372.0.CO;2.
Meneghini, R., and H. Kumagai, : Characteristics of the Vertical Profiles of Dual-Frequency, Dual-Polarization Radar Data in Stratiform Rain. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 11, 701-711, doi:10.1175/1520-0426(1994)0112.0.CO;2.
Meneghini, R., and J. A. Jones, : An Approach to Estimate the Areal Rain-Rate Distribution from Spaceborne Radar by the Use of Multiple Thresholds. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 32, 386-398, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(1993)0322.0.CO;2.
Meneghini, R., J. A. Jones, T. Iguchi, K. Okamoto, and J. Kwiatkowski, : A Hybrid Surface Reference Technique and Its Application to the TRMM Precipitation Radar. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 21(11), 1645–1658, doi:10.1175/JTECH1664.1.
Meneghini, R., J. A. Jones, T. Iguchi, K. Okamoto, and J. Kwiatkowski, : Statistical methods of estimating average rainfall over large space-timescales using data from the TRMM precipitation radar. J. Appl. Meteor., 40(3), 568-585, doi:10.1175/1520-0450(2001)0402.0.CO;2.