H51U:
Utilizing Precipitation Data Sets and Quantifying Associated Uncertainties in Hydrometeorological and Climate Impact Applications I

Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Chairs:  Paul A Kucera, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States and Emad H Habib, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States
Primary Conveners:  Paul A Kucera, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States
Co-conveners:  Ali Behrangi, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Emad H Habib, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA, United States and Yudong Tian, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Ali Behrangi, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

8:00 AM
 
The GPM Ground Validation Program: Pre to Post-Launch
Walter Arthur Petersen, NASA GSFC/WFF Code 610.W, Wallops Island, VA, United States
8:15 AM
 
Performance of and Uncertainties in the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Microwave Imager Retrieval Algorithm for Falling Snow Estimates
Gail Skofronick Jackson, NASA-GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Stephen J Munchak, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Benjamin T Johnson, University of Maryland Baltimore County / JCET, Bowie, MD, United States
8:30 AM
 
Precipitation Data from Space for Hydrology: TRMM Era to GPM
Francis J Turk, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Ali Behrangi, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Yudong Tian, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
8:45 AM
 
Online Comparison of Precipitation Products during the GPM Era
Zhong Liu, George Mason University Fairfax, Center for Spatial Information Science and Systems (CSISS), Fairfax, VA, United States; NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
9:00 AM
 
Performance and Uncertainty Analysis of Precipitation Retrievals Derived from Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar and Microwave ImagerĀ onboard GPM over CONUS
Sheng Chen1, Yang Hong1, Ali Behrangi2, Youcun Qi1 and Junjun Hu1, (1)University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
9:15 AM
 
Assessment of Bias in the National Mosaic and Multi-Sensor QPE (NMQ/Q2) Reanalysis Radar-Only Estimate
Brian R Nelson1, Olivier P Prat2, Scott E Stevens3, Dong-Jun Seo4, Jian Zhang5 and Kenneth Howard5, (1)NOAA Asheville, NCDC/RSAD, Asheville, NC, United States, (2)CICS-NC, Asheville, NC, United States, (3)Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellite North Carolina State, Asheville, NC, United States, (4)Univ of TX-Arlington-Civil Eng, Arlington, TX, United States, (5)National Severe Storms Lab, Norman, OK, United States
9:30 AM
 
Examine the potential of spatial downscaling of TRMM precipitation with environmental variables: An evaluation for the Ohio River Basin
Yeosang Yoon and Edward Beighley II, Northeastern University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Boston, MA, United States
9:45 AM
 
Examination of the Spatial Correlation Among Gauge Precipitation Data and Gridded Radar Data for the Determination of Sufficient in-Situ Network Coverage
Kelly Gassert1,2, Kenneth Kunkel2, Brian R Nelson3, Olivier P Prat2 and Scott E Stevens2, (1)University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, NC, United States, (2)Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS), North Carolina State University, and NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Asheville, NC, United States, (3)NOAA's National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), Asheville, NC, United States
 
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