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- PhD Meteorology University of Chicago
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- Bachelors Physics University of Chicago
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- Doppler radar characteristics of precipitation at vertical incidence (1973) (778)
- Path- and Area-Integrated Rainfall Measurement by Microwave Attenuation in the 1–3 cm Band (1977) (504)
- General Probability-matched Relations between Radar Reflectivity and Rain Rate (1993) (252)
- Rainfall Microphysics and Radar Properties: Analysis Methods for Drop Size Spectra (1998) (238)
- Advances in Radar Meteorology (1964) (233)
- Systematic variation of drop size and radar-rainfall relations (1999) (228)
- Radar in Meteorology (1990) (162)
- Determining Soil Moisture from Geosynchronous Satellite Infrared Data: A Feasibility Study (1984) (146)
- Radar and Radiation Properties of Ice Clouds (1995) (124)
- Microphysics of Raindrop Size Spectra: Tropical Continental and Maritime Storms (2007) (123)
- The estimation of convective rainfall by area integrals: 1. The theoretical and empirical basis (1990) (121)
- The Birth of “CAT” and Microscale Turbulence (1970) (111)
- Determination of Rain Rate from a Spaceborne Radar Using Measurements of Total Attenuation (1983) (111)
- Internal waves in the atmosphere from high‐resolution radar measurements (1970) (110)
- Scattering and attenuation by non-spherical atmospheric particles (1953) (107)
- THE ESTIMATION OF CLOUD PARAMETERS BY RADAR (1954) (100)
- Dependence of mean spectral extinction coefficient of phytoplankton on depth, water color, and species (1980) (95)
- Climatologically tuned reflectivity-rain rate relations and links to area-time integrals (1990) (93)
- Footprints of storms on the sea: A view from spaceborne synthetic aperture radar (1994) (91)
- MULTI-WAVELENGTH RADAR REFLECTIVITY OF HAILSTORMS (1961) (89)
- Radar Reflectivity and Attenuation of Rain (1963) (84)
- Assessment of the contribution of differential polarization to improved rainfall measurements (1984) (81)
- RADAR CALIBRATION: SOME SIMPLE APPROACHES (2002) (79)
- An observationally based conceptual model of warm oceanic convective rain in the tropics (2000) (78)
- OPTICAL EXTINCTION BY RAINFALL (1953) (76)
- severe local storms (1976) (76)
- Multiwavelength backscatter from the clear atmosphere (1966) (73)
- The estimation of convective rainfall by area integrals: 2. The Height‐Area Rainfall Threshold (HART) method (1990) (72)
- A Dual-Wavelength Radar Hail Detector (1973) (71)
- Partitioning tropical oceanic convective and stratiform rains by draft strength (2000) (67)
- Radar in Meteorology: Battan Memorial and 40th Anniversary Radar Meteorology Conference (1990) (60)
- Precipitation-induced mesoscale wind perturbations in the melting layer (1969) (55)
- The Measurement of Precipitation with Synthetic Aperture Radar (1987) (55)
- Ground Clutter as a Monitor of Radar Stability at Kwajalein, RMI (2008) (54)
- Drop size spectra and integral remote sensing parameters in the transition from convective to stratiform rain (2006) (53)
- Microscale ordered motions and atmospheric structure associated with thin echo layers in stably stratified zones (1973) (51)
- The Structure of the Unstable Marine Boundary Layer Viewed by Lidar and Aircraft Observations (1986) (50)
- Sampling errors in the measurement of rain and hail parameters (1977) (50)
- Wind Shear and Reflectivity Gradient Effects on Doppler Radar Spectra (1968) (49)
- Radar Detection of the Sea Breeze. (1960) (48)
- Contrails to Cirrus—Morphology, Microphysics, and Radiative Properties (2006) (48)
- The Anatomy of a Continental Tropical Convective Storm (2003) (47)
- Origin of Storm Footprints on the Sea Seen by Synthetic Aperture Radar (1994) (46)
- Estimation of Areal Rainfall Using the Radar Echo Area Time Integral (1989) (44)
- The rain parameter diagram: Methods and applications (1978) (44)
- THE INTERPRETATION OF MICROWAVE REFLECTIONS FROM RAINFALL (1951) (44)
- On the Separation of Tropical Convective and Stratiform Rains (2002) (42)
- The multiparameter remote measurement of rainfall (1984) (42)
- Turbulence in a Convective Marine Atmospheric Boundary Layer (1986) (41)
- Satellite estimates of ocean-air heat fluxes during cold air outbreaks (1982) (39)
- PRECIPITATION GENERATING CELLS (1959) (38)
- Simultaneous Ocean Cross Section and Rainfall Measurements from Space with a Nadir-Looking Radar (1986) (36)
- Optimizing the Radar Detection of Clear Air Turbulence. (1966) (35)
- The Nature and Detectability of Clouds and Precipitation as Determined by 1.25-CENTIMETER Radar. (1955) (35)
- A study of the threshold method utilizing raingage data (1993) (34)
- The Influence of Coastal Shape on Winter Mesoscale Air-Sea Interaction (1983) (33)
- Beamwidth effects on Z-R relations and area-integrated rainfall (1992) (32)
- Effect of Finite Radar Pulse Volume on Turbulence Measurements (1974) (31)
- Radar scatter by large hail (1960) (30)
- Physical Origin of a Wet Microburst: Observations and Theory (2004) (30)
- The Balance Level in Convective Storms (1966) (29)
- Weather and climate needs for lidar observations from space and concepts for their realization (1981) (29)
- Tropopause Detected by Radar (1966) (28)
- Polarimetrically Tuned R(Z) Relations and Comparison of Radar Rainfall Methods (1997) (27)
- Hail Parameter Relations: A Comprehensive Digest (1982) (27)
- Early Foundations of the Measurement of Rainfall by Radar (1990) (27)
- Wind Shear and Reflectivity Gradient Effects on Doppler Radar Spectra: II. (1969) (26)
- The Evolution of Convective Storms from Their Footprints on the Sea as Viewed by Synthetic Aperture Radar from Space. (1994) (25)
- Calibration of a Weather Radar by Using a Standard Target (1960) (24)
- Extinction of Visible and Infrared Radiation in Rain: Comparison of Theory and Experiment (1985) (23)
- Velocity Characteristics of Some Clear-Air Dot Angels. (1966) (22)
- Bistatic Microwave Probing of a Refractively Perturbed Clear Atmosphere (1968) (21)
- Experimental Tests of Methods for the Measurement of Rainfall Rate Using an Airborne Dual-Wavelength Radar (1989) (21)
- DROP-SIZIE HISTORY DURING A SHOWER (1953) (21)
- MOISTURE SUPPLY AND GROWTH OF STRATIFORM PRECIPITATION (1958) (21)
- Probability-matched Reflectivity-Rainfall Relations for a Hurricane from Aircraft Observations (1993) (21)
- The relation of radar to cloud area-time integrals and implications for rain measurements from space (1992) (20)
- Initiation of Precipitation in Vigorous Convective Clouds (1965) (19)
- Radar Measurement of Rainfall with and without Polarimetry (2007) (19)
- Adaptively pointing spaceborne radar for precipitation measurements (1982) (18)
- Back-Scatter by Oblate Ice Spheroids (1963) (17)
- Radar studies of meteorological “angel” echoes (1959) (17)
- Growth, Motion and Concentration of Precipitation Particles in Convective Storms (1969) (17)
- Factors influencing radar‐echo intensities in the melting layer (1956) (16)
- Radar reflectivity of storms containing spongy hail (1964) (16)
- Dual wavelength radar hall detection (1973) (16)
- Radar Observations of Ice Spheres in Free Fall (1964) (16)
- POSSIBLE KEY TO THE DILEMMA OF METEOROLOGICAL “ANGEL” ECHOES (1960) (15)
- Measurement of point target speeds with incoherent non-tracking radar: Insect speeds in atmospheric waves (1970) (14)
- Contrails of Small and Very Large Optical Depth (2009) (14)
- Problems and future directions in remote sensing of the oceans and troposphere: A workshop report (1986) (14)
- Radar Analysis of Severe Storms (1963) (14)
- Real-Time Color Doppler Radar Display (1975) (14)
- CLOUD VISIBILITY, RADAR REFLECTIVITY, AND DROP-SIZE DISTRIBUTION (1953) (13)
- METEROROLOGICAL “ANGEL” ECHOES (1959) (12)
- Precipitation mapping with an airborne synthetic aperture imaging radar (1977) (11)
- C-band attenuation by tropical rainfall in Darwin, Australia, using climatologically tuned Z(e)-R relations (1993) (11)
- Mesoscale Wind Structure Revealed by Doppler Radar (1965) (11)
- DROP SIZE AND RADAR STRUCTURE OF A PRECIPITATION STREAMER (1957) (11)
- Some new approaches in hail suppression experiments (1977) (11)
- Radar analysis of the clear atmosphere - Angels. (1967) (11)
- A raingage, radar and satellite simulation study of the estimation of convective rainfall by area-time integrals (1989) (10)
- Indirect Probing Techniques 1 (1962) (10)
- National Center for Atmospheric Research—1972–1977 (2001) (9)
- Radar detection of the tropopause and clear air turbulence. (1966) (9)
- Storm-Induced Wind Patterns on the Sea from spaceborne Synthetic Aperture Radar (1995) (9)
- visit to the People's Republic of China: a report from the A.M.S. delegation1 (1974) (9)
- Automatic Digital Radar Reflectivity Analysis of a Tornadic Storm (1963) (9)
- A method for measuring precipitation parameters using radar reflectivity and optical extinction (1977) (8)
- Highlights of the Symposium on the Multiple‐Parameter Radar Measurements of Precipitation: Personal reflections (1984) (8)
- The Amplitude and Energy of Breaking Kelvin-Helmholtz Waves and Turbulence. (1970) (8)
- Back-scatter by dielectric spheres (Refractive index approx 1.6 (1963) (8)
- RADAR-SYNOPTIC ANALYSIS OF HURRICANE EDNA, 1954 (1956) (8)
- Sensitivity Calibration of a Dual-Beam Vertically Pointing FM-CW Radar (1971) (8)
- Airborne Doppler radar velocity measurements of precipitation seen in ocean surface reflection (1985) (8)
- MICROWAVE DETERMINATION OF PARTICLE-SIZE DISTRIBUTION (1951) (8)
- The Influence of Specular Reflections on Bistatic Tropospheric Radio Scatter from Turbulent Strata (1969) (7)
- Sub-horizon radar echoes by scatter propagation (1959) (7)
- The outlook for precipitation measurements from space (1982) (7)
- ANGELS IN FOCUS. (1965) (7)
- The formation and breakdown of Kelvin-Helmholtz billows (1973) (6)
- A Method for Radar Turbulence Detection (1971) (6)
- Back-Scatter by Dielectric Spheres with and without Metal Caps (1963) (6)
- Clear Air Turbulence Detection Methods: A Review (1969) (6)
- Radar echoes from lightning and their microphysical environment (2003) (5)
- A VIRTUAL ECHO-LAYER ABOVE THE BRIGHT BAND (1950) (5)
- Precipitation measurements from space - Workshop summary 28 April-1 May 1981, Greenbelt, MD (1982) (5)
- commentary and analysis: Fallstreaks and Their Parent Generators (2001) (5)
- The TRMM Precipitation Radar: Opportunities and Challenges (1999) (4)
- The estimation of precipitation intensity in the presence of surface backscatter and the converse using a spaceborne radar (1988) (4)
- Comment on: Partitioning tropical oceanic convective and stratiform rains by draft strength. Authors' reply (2002) (3)
- Footprints of Storms on the Sea in the JERS-1 SAR Image (1995) (3)
- activities in radar meteorology, cloud physics, and weather modification in the Soviet Union (June 1965) (1965) (3)
- A case for Gohrem - Geosynchronous orbit high resolution earth monitoring (1984) (3)
- Visions of the future operational meteorological satellite system (1978) (3)
- The estimation of convective rainfall by area integrals. I - The theoretical and empirical basis. II - The height-area rainfall threshold (HART) method (1990) (3)
- Atmospheric Sciences: Visions Versus Mirages With Regard to Radar Meteorology (1963) (3)
- Origin of storm footprints on the sea seen by SAR (1994) (3)
- Polarization Controlling Coatings For Optical Communications Applications (1987) (3)
- 4649388 Radar detection of hazardous small scale weather disturbances (1987) (2)
- WAVES, TURBULENCE, AND INSECTS AS SEEN BY ULTRA HIGH RESOLUTION RADAR. (1969) (2)
- Educational and institutional issues in radar meteorology (1989) (2)
- On the back-scatter cross-sections of ice spheres (1963) (2)
- U.S.A. National Committee Report, Fifteenth URSI General Assembly, Munich, September 1966: Commission 2, Radio Propagation in Nonionized Media; Progress in Radio Propagation in Nonionized Media (1966) (2)
- Commission 2: Progress in Radio and Non‐Ionized Media (1969) (2)
- A method for measuring precipitation parameters and raindrop size distributions using radar reflectivity and optical extinction (1977) (2)
- The impact of scatterometer wind data on global weather forecasting (1984) (2)
- Budgets of Turbulent Fluctuations (1969) (2)
- The Measurement of Crosswind by Non-Coherent Dual-Arm Bistatic Radio Tropo-Scatter Techniques (1969) (2)
- Heavy water effects on leaky heart muscle cells and actomyosin. (1978) (2)
- Storm Radar Data Processor Observes a Tornado (1963) (1)
- A Discussion of the AMS Council on 19 January 1975 (1975) (1)
- The structure of internal gravity waves in the atmosphere from high resolution radar measurements (1969) (1)
- Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Geophysics Research Directorate—1948–1966 (2001) (1)
- Doppler analysis of the physical dynamics of a convection storm (国際雲物理学会議議事録〔英文〕) (1965) (1)
- Estimating ocean-air heat fluxes during cold air outbreaks by satellite (1981) (1)
- Doppler Turbulence Measurements in an Evaporating 'Stalactite' Cloud Base Zone. (1972) (1)
- Inference of precipitation through thermal infrared measurements of soil moisture (1981) (1)
- A MULTI-LEVEL RADAR STORM CONTOUR MAPPER, (1965) (1)
- Wind Measurement by Conventional Radar with a Dual Beam pattern (1965) (1)
- Weather and climate needs for Lidar observations from space and concepts for their realization. [wind, temperature, moisture, and pressure data needs (1980) (1)
- PHYSICAL ORIGIN OF A MICROBURST SEEN BY RADAR PROFILER (2003) (1)
- Radar Measurement of Precipitation Growth. (1955) (1)
- Severe Local Storms: In Retrospect (1963) (1)
- Reply [to “Comment on ‘Internal waves in the atmosphere from high resolution radar measurements’ by E. E. Gossard, J. H. Richter, and D. Atlas”] (1972) (1)
- Precipitation Measurements From Space: Workshop report. An element of the climate observing system study (1981) (1)
- Lidar Sensing of Air-Sea Exchange (1985) (0)
- Radar Measurement of Atmospheric Turbulence. (1971) (0)
- Radar meteorology: highlights of recent advances (1994) (0)
- Furthur remarks on atmospheric probing by ultrasensitive radar (1969) (0)
- Radar Detection of Low-Level Wind Shear (2001) (0)
- Proceedings of the Conference on Water Resources: October 1-3, 1951 (1952) (0)
- Probability matched Z-R relations for hurricanes from aircraft observations (1991) (0)
- Comments on the review article by E. C. Barrett on the NASA workshop ‘precipitation measurements from space’ (1983) (0)
- Potential of using spaceborne millimeter wavelength radar for ice cloud studies (1994) (0)
- Recent Advances and Future Prospects for Weather, Climate, and Ocean Space Observations, (1984) (0)
- A case study on the application of geosynchronous satellite infrared data to estimate soil moisture (1984) (0)
- Climatology tuned reflectivity-rain rate relations (1989) (0)
- Recent Developments in Observation, Modeling, and Understanding Atmospheric Turbulence and Waves (0)
- A Method forRadar Turbulence Detection (1971) (0)
- Some Thoughts on Science Management (2001) (0)
- Atmospheric science and public policy : papers and panel disscussion [sic] presented at a symposium at the 56th annual meeting of the American Meteorological Society, Philadelphia, Pa., January 19-22, 1976 (1976) (0)
- Weather and climate. [review of satellite observations] (1981) (0)
- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) project. III - Japan-U.S. collaborative rain observation experiment using an airborne rain radar (1990) (0)
- Observations of "war" Showers in Ohio. (1954) (0)
- The promise of remote sensing in the atmospheric sciences (1981) (0)
- President's page: A forward look back (1976) (0)
- Remote sensing of air-sea interactions (1984) (0)
- New approach to radar rainfall measurement (1991) (0)
- The Estimation Of Convective Rain From Space By Area Integrals And Associated Ground Truth (1990) (0)
- Evolution: Bats, Radar, and Science (1991) (0)
- presidential address: The atmospheric sciences in changing times (1976) (0)
- The Battan Memorial and 40th Anniversary Conference on Radar Meteorology and the Conference Book Radar in Meteorology (2001) (0)
- Determination ofRainRatefroma Spaceborne RadarUsingMeasurementsofTotal Attenuation (1983) (0)
- Reply and Further Remarks on the Balance Level in Convective Storms (1968) (0)
- Budgetary Foul Weather (1997) (0)
- NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Goddard Laboratory for Atmospheric Sciences, 1977–1984 (2001) (0)
- ARE ILLEGIBLE , IT IS BEING RELEASED IN (2009) (0)
- All Weather Flying Division, 1945–1948 (2001) (0)
- Coast-ocean-atmosphere-ocean mesoscale interaction (1982) (0)
- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) project. VII - Techniques for radar data processing (1990) (0)
- Selling atmospheric science (1975) (0)
- Not Dead Yet: Low-Level Star Formation and Active Nuclei in the Continued Evolution of Nearby Early-Type Galaxies (2015) (0)
- The University of Chicago—1966–1972 (2001) (0)
- A Memoir—Why? (2001) (0)
- Evolution: bats, radar, and science (The Remote Sensing Award Lecture) (1991) (0)
- Weather and climate (1981) (0)
- Louis J. Battan 1923”1986 (1987) (0)
- Prospects for the future. [satellite sounding data] (1982) (0)
- Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) project. VI - Spacecraft, scientific instruments, and launching rocket. Part 4 - TRMM rain radar (1990) (0)
- Reply [to “Comment on ‘Radar reflectivity of storms containing spongy hail’ by David Atlas, Kenneth R. Hardy, and Jürg Joss”] (1964) (0)
- URSI Symposium workshop report: Multiple‐parameter radar measurements of precipitation (1984) (0)
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