دانلود کتاب Cloud Systems, Hurricanes, and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM): A Tribute to Dr. Joanne Simpson

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Front Matter....Pages N1-vii
The Research of Dr. Joanne Simpson: Fifty Years Investigating Hurricanes, Tropical Clouds, and Cloud Systems....Pages 1-16
Joanne Simpson: An Ideal Model of Mentorship....Pages 17-24
What We Have Learned about Field Programs....Pages 25-35
From Hot Towers to TRMM: Joanne Simpson and Advances in Tropical Convection Research....Pages 37-47
Some Views On “Hot Towers” after 50 Years of Tropical Field Programs and Two Years of TRMM Data....Pages 49-58
Spaceborne Inferences of Cloud Microstructure and Precipitation Processes: Synthesis, Insights, and Implications....Pages 59-80
Isotopic Variations and Internal Storm Dynamics in the Amazon Basin....Pages 81-93
Cloud Models: Their Evolution and Future Challenges....Pages 95-105
Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) Model: Application for Understanding Precipitation Processes....Pages 107-138
Hot Towers and Hurricanes: Early Observations, Theories, and Models....Pages 139-148
On the Transverse Circulation of the Hurricane....Pages 149-164
Some Aspects of Midlevel Vortex Interaction in Tropical Cyclogenesis....Pages 165-174
My View of the Early History of TRMM and Dr. Joanne Simpson’s Key Role in Winning Mission Approval....Pages 175-179
Dr. Joanne Simpson and the Beginning of the TRMM Project....Pages 181-182
Working with Dr. Joanne Simpson while Managing the TRMM Project....Pages 183-186
A Short History of the TRMM Precipitation Radar....Pages 187-195
The TRMM Measurement Concept....Pages 197-200
GATE and TRMM....Pages 201-206
Performance Evaluation of Level-2 TRMM Rain Profile Algorithms by Intercomparison and Hypothesis Testing....Pages 207-222
Status of TRMM Monthly Estimates of Tropical Precipitation....Pages 223-234
Back Matter....Pages 237-237