Special Edition

Special Edition on Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM): 5th Anniversary

Chief Editor: Shoichi Shige

Information page for the JMSJ special edition on GPM.

JMSJ, 2021, Vol. 99, No.5 (October)

Article

• Awaka, J., M. Le, S. Brodzik, T. Kubota, T. Masaki, V. Chandrasekar, and T. Iguchi, 2021: Development of precipitation type classification algorithms for a full scan mode of GPM Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99,
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• Hirose, M., S. Shige, T. Kubota, F. A. Furuzawa, H. Minda, and H. Masunaga, 2021: Refinement of surface precipitation estimates for the Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar on the GPM Core Observatory using near-nadir measurements. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99,
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-060.
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Article

• Aonashi K., T. Tashima, T. Kubota, and K. Okamoto, 2021: Introduction of a mixed lognormal probability distribution function and a new displacement correction method for precipitation to the ensemble-based variational assimilation of the all-sky microwave imager brightness temperatures. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99,
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-059.
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JMSJ, 2021, Vol. 99, No.4 (August)

Article

• Nakamura, K., Y. Kaneko, K. Nakagawa, and H. Hanado, 2021: Radiowave scattering characteristics of melting layer measured by a dual Ka-band radar system. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99,
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-053.
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Article

• Barreyat, M., P. Chambon, J.-F. Mahfouf, G. Faure, and Y. Ikuta, 2021: A 1D Bayesian inversion applied to GPM Microwave Imager observations: Sensitivity studies. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99,
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-050.
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Article

• Komatsu, K. K., Y. Iijima, Y. Kaneko, and D. Oyunbaatar, 2021: Validation of GSMaP products for a heavy rainfall event over complex terrain in Mongolia captured by the GPM core observatory. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99,
  https://doi.org/10.2151/jmsj.2021-048.
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JMSJ, 2021, Vol. 99, No.3 (June)

Article

• Kumar, P., R. M. Gairola, T. Kubota, and C. M. Kishtawal, 2021: Hybrid assimilation of satellite rainfall product with high density gauge network to improve daily estimation: a case of Karnataka, India. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 741-763.
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Review Article

• Nakamura, K., 2021: Progress from TRMM to GPM. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 697-729.
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Notes and Correspondence

• Yamaji, M., T. Kubota, and M. K. Yamamoto, 2021: An approach to reliability characterization of GSMaP near-real-time precipitation product. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 673-684.
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Article

• Kobayashi, T., M. Nomura, A. Adachi, S. Sugimoto, N. Takahashi, and H. Hirakuchi, 2021: Retrieval of attenuation profiles from the GPM dual-frequency radar observations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 603-620.
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JMSJ, 2021, Vol. 99, No.2 (April)

Article

• Sawada, M., and K. Ueno, 2021: Heavy winter precipitation events with extratropical cyclone diagnosed by GPM products and trajectory analysis. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 473-496.
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Article

• De Meyer, V., and R. Roca, 2021: Thermodynamic scaling of extreme daily precipitation over the tropical ocean from satellite observations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 423-436.
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Article

• Seiki, T., 2021: Near-global three-dimensional hail signals detected by using GPM-DPR observations. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 379-402.
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Article

• Jian, H.-W., W.-T. Chen, P.-J. Chen, C.-M. Wu, and K. I. Rasmussen, 2021: The synoptically-influenced extreme preipitation systems over Asian-Australian monsoon region observed by TRMM Precipitation Radar. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 269-285.
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Article

• Seto, S., T. Iguchi, R. Meneghini, J. Awaka, T. Kubota, T. Masaki, and N. Takahashi, 2021: The Precipitation rate retrieval algorithms for the GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 205-237.
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JMSJ, 2021, Vol. 99, No.1 (February)

Article

• Meneghini, R., H. Kim, L. Liao, J. Kwiatkowski, and T. Iguchi, 2021: Path attenuation estimates for the GPM Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR). J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 181-200.
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Article

• Yu, T., V. Chandrasekar, H. Xiao, and S. S. Joshil, 2021: Snowfall estimation using dual-wavelength radar during the PyeongChang 2018 Olympics and Paralympic winter games. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 67-77.
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Article

• Le, M. and V. Chandrasekar, 2021: Graupel and hail identification algorithm for the Dual-Frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR) on the GPM core satellite. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 49-65.
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Article

• Aoki, S., and S. Shige, 2021: Large precipitation gradients along the south coast of Alaska revealed by spaceborne radars. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 99, 5-25.
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JMSJ, 2020, Vol. 98, No.6 (December)

Article

• Liao, L., R. Meneghini, A. Tokay, and H. Kim, 2020: Assessment of Ku- and Ka-band Dual-frequency radar for snow retrieval. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1129-1146.
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JMSJ, 2020, Vol. 98, No.5 (October)

Article

• Wang, K., G. Chen, X. Bi, D. Shi, and K. Chen, 2020: Comparison of convective and stratiform precipitation properties in developing and nondeveloping tropical disturbances observed by the Global Precipitation Measurement over the western North Pacific. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 1051-1067.
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Article

• Song, H.-J., S. Kim, S. Roh, and H. Lee, 2020: Difference between cloud top height and storm height for heavy rainfall using TRMM measurements. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 901-914.
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JMSJ, 2020, Vol. 98, No.4 (August)

Article

• Yamaji, M., H. G. Takahashi, T. Kubota, R. Oki, A. Hamada, and Y. N. Takayabu, 2020: 4-year climatology of global drop size distribution and its seasonal variability observed by spaceborne Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 755-773.
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JMSJ, 2020, Vol. 98, No.3 (June)

Article

• Radhakrishna, B., K. Saikranthi, and T. N. Rao, 2020: Regional differences in raindrop size distribution within Indian subcontinent and adjoining seas as inferred from global precipitation measurement dual-frequency precipitation radar. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 573-584.
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Article

• Ma, Y., V. Chandrasekar, and S. K. Biswas, 2020: A Bayesian correction approach for improving Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar rainfall rate estimates. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 98, 511-525.
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JMSJ, 2019, Vol. 97, No.6 (December)

Article

• Otsuka, S., S. Kotsuki, M. Ohhigashi, and T. Miyoshi, 2019: GSMaP RIKEN Nowcast: Global precipitation nowcasting with data assimilation. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 97, 1099-1117.
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Article

• Wang, J., R. A. Houze, Jr., J. Fan, S. R. Brodzik, Z. Feng, and J. C. Hardin, 2019: The detection of mesoscale convective systems by the GPM Ku-band spaceborne radar. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 97, 1059-1073.
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