Atmospheric Radar Research Center

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Year 2006

• Yeary, M., T.-Y. Yu, R. D. Palmer, M. Biggerstaff, D. Fink, J. Dubois, and C. Ahern, 2006: A hands-on interdisciplinary laboratory program and education model to strengthen a radar curriculum for broad distribution, ASEE J. of Engineering Education, submitted.
• Yeary, M., Y. Zhai, T.-Y. Yu, S. Nematifar, and A. Shapiro, 2006: Spectral signature calculations and target tracking for remote sensing, IEEE transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement, 55, 1430-1442.
• Seo, E.-K. and M. I. Biggerstaff 2006: Impact of cloud model microphysical on passive microwave retrievals of cloud properties. Part II: Uncertainty in rain, hydrometeor structure and latent heating retrievals. J. Appl. Meteor. and Climat., 45, 955-972.
• Biggerstaff, M. I., E.-K. Seo, S. Hristova-Veleva, and K.Y. Kim,, 2006: Impact of cloud model microphysical on passive microwave retrievals of cloud properties. Part I: Model comparison using EOF analyses. J. Appl. Meteor. and Climat., 45, 930-954.
• Zhang, G., J. Sun, and E. A. Brandes, 2006: Improving parameterization of rain microphysics with disdrometer and radar observations, J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 1273-1290.
• Cheong, B. L., M. W. Hoffman, R. D. Palmer, S. J. Frasier, and F. L. Dekker, 2006: Phased Array Design for Biological Clutter Rejection: Simulation and Experimental Validation, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 23, 585-598.
• Yu, T.-Y., G. Zhang, A. Chalamalasetti, R. J. Doviak, and D. Zrnic, 2006: Resolution Enhancement Technique Using Range Oversampling, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol, 23, 228-240.
• Knupp, K. R., J. Walters, and M. Biggerstaff, 2006: Doppler profiler and radar observations of boundary layer variability during the landfall of Tropical Storm Gabrielle. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 234-251.

Year 2005

• Le, K. D., M. W. Hoffman, and R. D. Palmer, 2005: Comparison of antenna array systems using OFDM for software radio via the SIBIC model, EURASIP Journal of Applied Signal Processing, 16, 2730-2738.
• Teshiba, M., H. Fujita, H. Hashiguchi, Y. Shibagaki, M. D. Yamanaka, and S.Fukao, 2005: Detailed structure within a tropical cyclone "Eye" , Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L24805, doi:101029/2005GL023242.
• Biggerstaff, M. I., L. J. Wicker, J. Guynes, C. Ziegler, J. M. Straka, E.N. Rasmussen, A. Dogget IV, L. D. Carey, J. L. Schroeder, and C. Weiss, 2005: The Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching (SMART) Radar: A collaboration to enhance research and teaching. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86, 1263-1274.
• Palmer, R. D., B. L. Cheong, M. W. Hoffman, S. J. Frasier, and F. L. Dekker, 2005: Observations of the Small-Scale Variability of Precipitation Using an Imaging Radar, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 22, 1122-1137.
• Fernandez, J. R., R. D. Palmer, P. B. Chilson, I. Hggstrm, and M. Rietveld, 2005: Range imaging observations of PMSE using the EISCAT VHF radar: Phase calibration issues and first results, Annales Geophysicae, 23, 207-220.
• Zhang, G., T. Yu, and R. J. Doviak, 2005: Angular and range interferometry to refine weather radar resolution, Radio Science, 40, RS3013, doi:10.1029/2004RS003125.

Year 2004

• Chilson, P. B., 2004: The retrieval and validation of Doppler velocity estimates from range imaging , J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 21, 1033-1043.
• Brandes, E., G. Zhang, and J. Vivekanandan, 2004: Comparison of polarimetric radar drop size distribution retrieval algorithm, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 21, 576-590.
• Brandes, E., G. Zhang, and J. Vivekanandan, 2004: Drop size distribution retrieval with polarimetric radar: model and application, J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 461-675.
• Vivekanandan, J., G. Zhang, and E. Brandes, 2004: Polarimetric Radar Rain Estimators Based on Constrained Gamma Drop Size Distribution Model, J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 217-230.
• Zhang, G., R. Doviak, J. Vivekanandan, W. Brown, and S. A. Cohn, 2004: Performance of correlation estimators for spaced antenna wind measurement in the presence of noise, Radio Science, 39, RS3017, doi:10.29/2003RS003022.
• Doviak, R. J., G. Zhang, S. A. Cohn, and W. Brown, 2004: Comparison of spaced-antenna wind estimators: Theoretical and simulation results, Radio Science, 39, Art. No. 1006.
• Yu, T.-Y., and W. O. J. Brown, 2004: High-Resolution Atmospheric Profiling Using Combined Spaced Antenna and Range Imaging Techniques, Radio Science, 39, RS1101, doi:10.1029/2003RS002907.
• Cheong, B. L., M. W. Hoffman, R. D. Palmer, S. J. Frasier, and F. L. Dekker, 2004: Pulse Pair Beamforming and the Effects of Reflectivity Field Variations on Imaging Radars, Radio Science, 39, RS3014, doi:10.1029/2002RS002843.

Year 2003

• Chilson, P. B., T.-Y. Yu, R. G. Strauch, A. Muschinski, and R. D. Palmer, 2003: Implementation of Range Imaging on the Platteville 915-MHz Tropospheric Profiler, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol, 20, 987-996.
• Zhang, G., J. Vivekanandan, E.A. Brandes, R. Meneghini, and T. Kozu, 2003: The shape-slope relation in Gamma raindrop size distribution: statistical error or useful information?, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 20, 1106-1119.
• Zhang, G., R. Doviak, J. Vivekanandan, W. Brown, and S. A. Cohn, 2003: Cross-correlation ratio method to estimate cross beam wind and comparison with the full correlation analysis, Radio Science, 38(3), Art. No. 8052, doi:10.1029/2002RS002682
• Vivekanandan, J., G. Zhang, and S.M. Ellis, 2003: Radar reflectivity calibration using differential propagation phase measurement. Radio Science, 38(3), 8050, doi:10.1029/2002RS002673.
• Brandes, E., G. Zhang, and J. Vivekanandan, 2003: An evaluation of a drop distribution-based rainfall estimator, J. Appl. Meteor., 42, 652-660.
• Zhang, G., R. Doviak, J. Vivekanandan, and T. Yu, 2003: Angular and range interferometry to measure wind, Radio Science, 38 (6), Art. No. 1106.

Year 2002

• Zhang, G., J. Vivekanandan, and E. Brandes, 2002: Effects of random inhomogeneity on radar measurements and rain rate estimation, IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 40, 223-227.
• Brandes, E., G. Zhang, and J. Vivekanandan, 2002: Experiments in rainfall estimation with a polarimetric radar in a subtropical environment, J. Atmos. Meteor., 41, 674-685.
• Chilson, P. B., T.-Y. Yu, R. D. Palmer, and S. Kirkwood, 2002: Aspect Sensitivity Measurements of Polar Mesosphere Summer Echoes Using Coherent Radar Imaging, Annales Geophysicae, 20, 213 - 223.

Year 2001

• Zhang, G., J. Vivekanandan, and E. Brandes, 2001: A method for estimating rain rate and drop size Distribution form polarimetric radar measurements, IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 39, 831-841.
• Vivekanandan, J., G. Zhang, M. K. Politovich, 2001: An assessment of droplet size and liquid water content using dual-frequency radar measurements for aircraft icing detection. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 18, 1787-1798.
• Yu, T.-Y. and R. D. Palmer, 2001: Atmospheric Radar Imaging Using Spatial and Frequency Diversity, Radio Science, 36(6), 1493-1503.
• Yu, T.-Y., R. D. Palmer, and P. B. Chilson, 2001: An Investigation of Scattering Mechanisms and Dynamics in PMSE Using Coherent Radar Imaging, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 63, 1797-1810.
• Palmer, R. D., P. B. Chilson, A. Muschinski, G. Schmidt, T.-Y. Yu, and H. Steinhagen, 2001: SOMARE-99: Observations of tropospheric scattering layers using range imaging, Radio Science, 36(4), 681.
• Muschinski, A., P. B. Chilson, R. D. Palmer, D. Hooper, G. Schmidt, and H. Steinhagen, 2001: SOMARE-99: Boundary-layer convection and diurnal variation of vertical-velocity characteristics in the free troposphere, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 127, 423-444.

Year 2000

• Yu, T.-Y., R. D. Palmer, and D. L. Hysell, 2000: A Simulation Study of Coherent Radar Imaging, Radio Science, 35(5), 1129-1141.

Year 1999

• Vivekanandan, J., B. Martner, M.K. Politovich, and G. Zhang, 1999: Aircraft icing detection using dual-wavelength radar observations. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 37, 2325-2334.
• Palmer, R. D., T.-Y. Yu, and P. B. Chilson, 1999: Range Imaging Using Frequency Diversity, Radio Science, 34(6), 1485-1496.
• Worthington, R. M., R. D. Palmer, and S. Fukao, 1999: Complete Maps of the Aspect Sensitivity of VHF Atmospheric Radar Echoes, Annales Geophysicae, 17(8), 1116-1119.

Year 1998

• Palmer, R. D., S. Gopalam, T. Yu, and S. Fukao, 1998: Coherent Radar Imaging Using Capon's Method, Radio Science, 33(6), 1585-1598.