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Final Updates of Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager Emissive-Reflector Bias Correction for the Global Precipitation Measurement V07 Reprocessing by Hossan, Alamgir, Jacob, Maria Marta, Linwood Jones, W.

“…Typically, every 3 - 5 years, the brightness temperature data products for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI) were…”
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Experimental Proof of Concept for the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) Measurement of a Hurricane Ocean Surface Wind Speed Field by Coto, Jonathan, Jones, W. Linwood, Cecil, Daniel J., Biswas, Sayak

“…The objective of the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) is to produce wide-swath images of hurricane wind and rain fields during a single pass from a…”
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Emissive Reflector Correction in the Legacy Version 1B11 V8 (GPM05) Brightness Temperature of the TRMM Microwave Imager by Alquaied, Faisal, Chen, Ruiyao, Linwood Jones, W.

“…The Tropical Rainfall Measurement Mission (TRMM) observatory has provided nearly a two-decade time series of precipitation measurements, which is very…”
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Ocean Vector Wind Retrievals From TRMM Using a Novel Combined Active/Passive Algorithm by Hossan, Alamgir, Jacob, Maria Marta, Jones, W. Linwood

“…This article presents a novel ocean vector wind (OVW) retrieval algorithm for remote sensing of ocean winds, using the precipitation radar (PR) and tropical…”
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Creating a Consistent Multi-Decadal Oceanic TRMM-GPM Brightness Temperature Record with Estimated Calibration Uncertainty by Ruiyao Chen, W. Linwood Jones

“…The National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Precipitation Measurement Missions (PMMs) include two earth satellite missions, namely, the Tropical…”
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RapidScat Cross-Calibration Using the Double Difference Technique by Zec, Josko, Jones, W., Alsabah, Ruaa, Al-Sabbagh, Ali

“…RapidScat is a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ku-Band scatterometer that was operated onboard the International Space Station between…”
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Validation of the High-Altitude Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler during the Tampa Bay Rain Experiment by Jonathan Coto, W. Linwood Jones, Gerald M. Heymsfield

“…This paper deals with the validation of rain rate and wind speed measurements from the High-Altitude Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP), which occurred…”
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SMOS Near-Surface Salinity Stratification Under Rainy Conditions by Santos-Garcia, Andrea, Jacob, Maria Marta, Jones, W. Linwood

“…The European Space Agency's Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite was launched in 2009 to measure land soil moisture and sea surface salinity (SSS). It…”
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A Non-MLE Approach for Satellite Scatterometer Wind Vector Retrievals in Tropical Cyclones by Alsweiss, Suleiman, Hanna, Rafik, Laupattarakasem, Peth, Jones, W Linwood, Hennon, Christopher C, Chen, Ruiyao

“…Satellite microwave scatterometers are the principal source of global synoptic-scale ocean vector wind (OVW) measurements for a number of scientific and…”
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Improved Hurricane Ocean Vector Winds Using SeaWinds Active/Passive Retrievals by Laupattarakasem, Peth, Jones, W Linwood, Hennon, Christopher C, Allard, John R, Harless, Amy R, Black, Peter G

“…The SeaWinds scatterometer, onboard the QuikSCAT satellite, infers global ocean vector winds (OVWs); however, for a number of reasons, these measurements in…”
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Investigation of rain effects on Aquarius Sea Surface Salinity measurements by Santos-Garcia, Andrea, Jacob, María Marta, Jones, W. Linwood, Asher, William E., Hejazin, Yazan, Ebrahimi, Hamideh, Rabolli, Monica

“…The Aquarius/SAC‐D mission has been providing Sea Surface Salinity (SSS), globally over the ocean, for almost 3 years. As a member of the AQ/SAC‐D Cal/Val…”
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Intercalibration of Cross-Track Scanners in GPM Constellation by Ebrahimi, Hamideh, Datta, Saswati, Jones, W. Linwood

“…This paper discusses the intersatellite radiometric calibration for microwave sounders in support of NASA's Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission…”
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RF Link Margin Analysis for a Typical Space Launch from CCSFS by Gonzalez, Guillermo, Jones, W. Linwood

“…Before a space launch is approved by the US government, the launch contractor must demonstrate that all flight rules and safety constraints are fully…”
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Hot Load Temperature Correction for TRMM Microwave Imager in the Legacy Brightness Temperature by Alquaied, Faisal, Chen, Ruiyao, Jones, W. Linwood

“…The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Microwave Imager (TMI), launched in late November 1997, has provided a > 17-year record of tropical…”
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Use of Logistic Regression for Forecasting Short-Term Volcanic Activity by Junek, William N., Jones, Linwood W., Woods, Mark T.

“…An algorithm that forecasts volcanic activity using an event tree decision making framework and logistic regression has been developed, characterized, and…”
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Creating a Multidecadal Ocean Microwave Brightness Dataset: Three-Way Intersatellite Radiometric Calibration Among GMI, TMI, and WindSat by Chen, Ruiyao, Ebrahimi, Hamideh, Jones, W. Linwood

“…The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), launched in late November 1997 into a low earth orbit, produced the longest satellite-derived precipitation…”
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Identifying Desert Regions for Improved Intercalibration of Satellite Microwave Radiometers by Datta, Saswati, Jones, W. Linwood, Chen, Ruiyao

“…This paper describes the technical approach to generate homogeneous warm brightness temperature scene binary mask over the earth for the intercalibration of…”
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Calibration of Millimeter Wave Sounder Radiometers on Polar Orbiting Satellites by Ebrahimi, Hamideh, Chen, Ruiyao, Jones, W. Linwood

“…This paper discusses the radiometric calibration of millimeter sounder radiometers, on polar orbiter satellites in the NASA Global Precipitation Mission (GPM)…”
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HIRAD Brightness Temperature Image Geolocation Validation by Sahawneh, Saleem, Jones, W. Linwood, Biswas, Sayak K., Cecil, Daniel

“…The Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) is an airborne microwave radiometer developed to provide wide-swath hurricane surface wind speed and rain rate imagery…”
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Oceanic rain rate estimates from the QuikSCAT Radiometer: A Global Precipitation Mission pathfinder by Ahmad, Khalil A., Jones, W. Linwood, Kasparis, Takis, Vergara, Stephen Wiechecki, Adams, Ian S., Park, Jun D.

“…The SeaWinds scatterometer, launched onboard the QuikSCAT satellite in 1999, measures global ocean vector winds. In addition to measuring radar backscatter,…”
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