Cloud Systems, Hurricanes, and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)

1. Front Matter

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2. Joanne Simpson’s Career

   1. The Research of Dr. Joanne Simpson: Fifty Years Investigating Hurricanes, Tropical Clouds, and Cloud Systems

      • W.-K. Tao, J. Halverson, M. LeMons, R. Adler, M. Garstang, R. Houze Jr. et al.

      Pages 1-16

   2. Joanne Simpson: An Ideal Model of Mentorship

      • Roger A. Pielke Jr.

      Pages 17-24

3. Cloud Systems—Observations

   1. What We Have Learned about Field Programs

      • Margaret A. Lemone

      Pages 25-35

   2. From Hot Towers to TRMM: Joanne Simpson and Advances in Tropical Convection Research

      • Robert A. Houze Jr.

      Pages 37-47

   3. Some Views On “Hot Towers” after 50 Years of Tropical Field Programs and Two Years of TRMM Data

      • Edward J. Zipser

      Pages 49-58

   4. Spaceborne Inferences of Cloud Microstructure and Precipitation Processes: Synthesis, Insights, and Implications

      • Daniel Rosenfeld, William L. Woodley

      Pages 59-80

   5. Isotopic Variations and Internal Storm Dynamics in the Amazon Basin

      • Isabella Angelini, Michael Garstang, Stephen Macko, Robert Swap, Derek Stewart, Hillândia B. Cunha

      Pages 81-93

4. Cloud Systems—Modeling

   1. Cloud Models: Their Evolution and Future Challenges

      • William R. Cotton

      Pages 95-105

   2. Goddard Cumulus Ensemble (GCE) Model: Application for Understanding Precipitation Processes

      • Wei-Kuo Tao

      Pages 107-138

5. Hurricanes

   1. Hot Towers and Hurricanes: Early Observations, Theories, and Models

      • Richard A. Anthes

      Pages 139-148

   2. On the Transverse Circulation of the Hurricane

      • William M. Gray

      Pages 149-164

   3. Some Aspects of Midlevel Vortex Interaction in Tropical Cyclogenesis

      • Elizabeth A. Ritchie

      Pages 165-174

6. TRMM—History and Management

   1. My View of the Early History of TRMM and Dr. Joanne Simpson’s Key Role in Winning Mission Approval

      • John S. Theon

      Pages 175-179

   2. Dr. Joanne Simpson and the Beginning of the TRMM Project

      • Tom Keating

      Pages 181-182

   3. Working with Dr. Joanne Simpson while Managing the TRMM Project

      • Thomas A. Lavigna

      Pages 183-186

7. TRMM—Science Aspects

   1. A Short History of the TRMM Precipitation Radar

      • Ken’ichi Okamoto

      Pages 187-195

   2. The TRMM Measurement Concept

      • Thomas Wilheit

      Pages 197-200

   3. GATE and TRMM

      • Gerald R. North

      Pages 201-206

   4. Performance Evaluation of Level-2 TRMM Rain Profile Algorithms by Intercomparison and Hypothesis Testing

      • Eric A. Smith, Throy D. Hollis

      Pages 207-222

This book is a tribute to a pioneer in tropical meteorology research, Dr. Joanne Simpson. It is a recollection of some of the high points of her career, from her fifty years of investigating hurricanes and clouds to her management of the crutial and highly successful TRMM project (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission), a joint mission between the NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).

• Cloud Models
• Dr. Joanne Simpson
• Hot Towers
• Hurricanes
• Precipitation Processes
• Precipitation Radar
• Storm Dynamic
• TRMM Project
• Tropical Clouds
• Tropical Meteorology
• meteorology

• Laboratory for Atmospheres, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

  Wei-Kuo Tao

• NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

  Robert Adler

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