EGS XXV General Assembly, Nice, France, April 2000

NH1. The TRMM conference: - Oral Programme
Attention: The numbers associated with the title of the contributions are the Manuscript Numbers for the Proceedings/Special Issue, the times associated with the names are the start-times of the oral presentations!

Convener: Kummerow, C.
Co-Convener(s): Nakamura, K.; Testud, J.
Editor(s):
Co- Sponsorship:

Tuesday, 25 April 2000
Lecture Room: R7

Chairperson: N.N.

08:30
-0000		 KUMMEROW, C.; HONG, Y.; OLSON, W.S.
The tropical rainfall measuring mission (TRMM) - what have we learned and what does the future hold? (Solicited Paper)

09:00
-0000		 NAKAMURA, K.; SHORT, D.A.
Precipitation structure observed by TRMM and future plan of TRMM (Solicited Paper)

09:30
-0000		 TESTUD, J.; OURY, S.; BLACK, R.
The concept of "normalized" distribution to describe raindrop spectra: a tool for cloud physics and cloud remote sensing (Solicited Paper)

10:00
-0000		 DESBOIS, M.; JOBARD, I.; RAMAGE, K.; LEBEL, T.
Use of TRMM for retrieving Sahelian precipitation: analysis of problems and needs for new missions as GPM and MEGHA-TROPIQUES

10:15
-0000		 DI MICHELE, S.; MARZANO, F.; MUGNAI, A.; TASSA, A.
Bayesian algorithms for combined TMI/PR precipitation profile retrieval

10:30
-0000		 BREAK
Chairperson: N.N.

11:00
-0000		 VILTARD, N.; AMAYENC, P.; KUMMEROW, C.; OLSON, W.
Validation of the precipitation radar rainfall estimates using the TRMM microwave radiometer

11:15
-0000		 BAUER, P.
Combined active and passive microwave rainfall estimations from TRMM data

11:30
-0000		 OKI, R.; KOZU, T.
Ground validation of satellite retrieved rain rate

11:45
-0000		 OKI, T.; SETO, S.; MUSIAKE, K.
Land surface monitoring by $\sigma^0$ from TRMM/PR 2A21

12:00
-0000		 ANAGNOSTOU, E.N.; MORALES, C.A.; DINKU, T.
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission: a new tool for ground-based weather radar calibration

12:15
-0000		 MIGLIORINI, S.; MENEGUZZO, F.; BOTTAI, L.; GOZZINI, B.; ZIPOLI, G.
A rapid update rainfall estimation technique based on the comparison between METEOSAT IR adn TRMM PR data

12:30
-0000		 HOU, A.; ZHANG, S.; DA SILVA, A.
Improving global analyses and forecasts using TRMM rainfall and moisture observations

12:45
-0000		 Discussion

13:00
-0000		 LUNCH
Chairperson: N.N.

14:00
-0000		 TANELLI, S.; IM, E.; DURDEN, S.L.; FACHERIS, L.; GIULI, D.
Rainfall doppler velocity measurements from a spaceborne radar

14:05
-0000		 WUNRAM, C.; BAUER, P.
Towards a rainfall retrieval over land surfaces from TRMM data

14:10
-0000		 TASSA, A.; DI MICHELE, S.; MARZANO, F.; MAGNAI, A.; PANEGROSSI, G.; ROBERTI, L.
Sensitivity studies on the physical bases for TMI precipitation retrieval

14:15
-0000		 SHIMIZU, S.; OKI, R.
Ground validation of the TRMM precipitation radar with an X-band Doppler radar on the Tibetan Plateau

14:20
-0000		 WALDEN, C.J.; KUZNETSOV, G.G.; HOLT, A.R.
Modelling the electromagnetic properties of melting hydrometeors for radiometric applications

14:25
-0000		 FERRARIS, L.; PARODI, U.; DIETRICH, S.; DI MICHELE, S.
The TRMM data in investigating statistical properties of rainfall fields

14:30
-0000		 RHODIN, A.; ARPE, K.
Test of Model Parameterisations using TRMM data

14:35
-0000		 OURY, S.; AMAYENC, P.; FERREIRA, F.; TESTUD, J.
Validation of TRMM PR rain retrievals with airborne radar data in Camex