View from the S-pol radar site
near Ji Parana, Rondonia, Brazil (photo by Larry Carey)
Overview of the Experiment:
TRMM-LBA was carried out in Amazonia
from 1 November 1998 to 28 February 1999. The experiment was a
major component of the NASA TRMM ground validation program and
focussed on the dynamical, microphysical, electrical and diabatic
heating characteristics of tropical convection in the Amazon region.
Data collected from TRMM-LBA is being used in part to validate
products from the TRMM satellite
and numerical cloud models. Observational platforms involved in
the experiment included the NCAR
S-pol radar, the NASA TOGA radar, atmospheric sounding and
tethersonde systems, the NASA ER2 and UND Citation aircraft, a
lightning location and detection network, raingauges, disdrometers,
and NOAA Aeronomy Laboratory UHF and S-band profilers. TRMM/Brazil
was conducted in parallel with the wet season component of the
Large
Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia.
Check out these links for more
detailed information about TRMM-LBA:
CSU Radar Meteorology
Group Research Examples from TRMM LBA:
Aircraft Flight Leg
Analysis
Photo Gallery
CSU Radar Meteorology
Group Publications on TRMM-LBA:
Journal Papers
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Pereira, L. G., and S. A. Rutledge, 2006: Diurnal cycle of shallow and deep convection for a tropical land and ocean environment and its relationship to synoptic wind regimes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 2688-2701. (Click
here for a PDF version of the paper)
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Cifelli, R., L.D. Carey, W.A. Petersen, and S.A. Rutledge, 2004: An Ensemble Study of Wet Season Convection in the South West Amazon: Kinematics and Implications for Diabatic Heatingi. J. Climate, 17, 4692-4707. (Click
here for a PDF version of the paper)
- Cifelli, R. W.A. Petersen, L.D.
Carey, and S.A. Rutledge, 2002: Radar Observations of the
Kinematic, Microphysical, and Precipitation Characteristics of
Two MCSs in TRMM-LBA. J. Geophys. Res, 29,
10.1029/2000JD0000264 (click
here for a PDF version of the paper)
- Petersen, W.A., S.W. Nesbitt,
R.J. Blakeslee, R. Cifelli, P. Hein, and S.A. Rutledge, 2002:
TRMM Observations of Intraseasonal Variability in Convective
Regimes Over the Amazon. J. Climate, 15, 1278-1294.
(Click
here for a PDF version of the paper)
- Silva Dias, M.A.F, W. Petersen,
P. L. Silva Dias, R. Cifelli, A. K. Betts, M. Longo, A. M. Gomes,
G. F. Fisch, M. A. Lima, M.A. Antonio, R. I. Albrecht, 2002:
A Case Study of Convective Organization into Precipitating
Lines in the Southwest Amazon During the WETAMC and TRMM-LBA
J. Geophys. Res., 29, 10.1029/2001JD000375.
(Click here for a PDF version of the paper)
- Silva Dias, M., S. Rutledge,
P. Kabat, P. L. Silva Dias, C. Nobre, G. Fisch, A. J. Dolman,
E. Zipser, M. Garstang, A. O. Manzi, J. Fuentes, M. O. Andreae,
P. Artaxo, R. Gielow, and L. Gatti, 2002: Cloud and Rain Processes
in a Biosphere-Atmosphere Interaction Context in the Amazon Region.
Journal of Geophysical Research, 29, 10.1029/2000JD000335.
- Stith, J. L., J. E. Dye, A.
Bansemer, A.J. Heymsfield, C.A. Grainger, W.A. Petersen, and
R. Cifelli, 2002: Microphysical Observations of Tropical Clouds.
Journal of Applied Meteorology, 41, 97-117.
Conference Papers
- Rutledge, S.A., L.D. Carey,
W.A. Petersen, E.J. Zipser and M.F. Silva Dias, 2000: Early
Results from TRMM-LBA. AMS 6th International Conference on
Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, April 3-7,
2000, Santiago, Chile.
- Petersen, W.A., S.A. Rutledge,
R. Cifelli, and L.D. Carey, 2000: Vertical Profiles of Tropical
Convection as Observed by the TRMM Satellite. Preprint Volume,
American Meteorological Society 24th Conference on Hurricanes
and Tropical Meteorology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 29 May -
2 June, 2000. (Click
here for a PDF version of the paper)
- Rutledge, S.A., W.A. Petersen,
R. Cifelli, and L.D. Carey, 2000: Early Results from TRMM-LBA:
Kinematic and Microphysical Characteristics of Convection
in Distinct Meteorological Regimes. Preprint Volume, American
Meteorological Society 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical
Meteorology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 29 May - 2 June, 2000.
(Click
here for a PDF version of the paper).
- Carey, L.D., R. Cifelli, W.A.
Petersen, and S.A. Rutledge, 2001: Characteristics of Amazonian
Rain Measured During TRMM-LBA. Preprint Volume, American
Meteorological Society 30th International Radar Conference, Munich,
Germany, 19-24 July, 2001. (Click
here for a PDF version of the paper).
- Cifelli, R., W.A. Petersen,
L.D. Carey, and S.A. Rutledge, 2001: A Multi-Scale Perspective
of TRMM-LBA Convection. Preprint Volume, International Geoscience
and Remote Sensing Symposium, Sydney, Australia, 9-13 July, 2001.
(Click here for a PDF version
of the paper).
- Cifelli, R., L. Carey, W. Petersen,
and S.A. Rutledge, 2003: An Ensemble Study of Wet Season Convection
in the Southwest Amazon: Kinematics and Implications for Diabatic
Heating. Preprint Volume, American Meteorological Society
31st Conference on Radar Meteorology, Seattle, WA, 6-12 August,
2003. (click here for a
PDF version of the paper).
- Rutledge, S. A., R. Cifelli, T. J. Lang, and
S. W. Nesbitt, 2008: Contrasting Tropical Rainfall Regimes Using TRMM and Ground-Based Polarimetric Radar. PPM Science Team Meeting, Ft. Collins, CO,
4-7 August 2008. (Click here for a PPT version of the poster).
- Rutledge, S. A., R. Cifelli, T. J. Lang, and
S. W. Nesbitt, 2009: Contrasting Tropical Rainfall Regimes Using TRMM and Ground-Based Polarimetric Radar. EGU Meeting, Vienna, Austra,
20-24 April 2009. (Click here for a PPT version of the talk).
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Rutledge, S. A., R. Cifelli, T. J. Lang, S. W. Nesbitt, B. Dolan, and M. Gosset,2009: Tropical Rainfall Regimes: Issues for TRMM PR Rainfall Estimation. NASA PMM Science Team meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 28 October 2009. (Click here for a PDF version of the talk)).