Publications - Grant W. Petty

Journal Papers

Katsaros, K.B., I. Bhatti, L.A. McMurdie, and G.W. Petty, 1989: Identification of atmospheric fronts over the ocean with microwave measurements of water vapor and rain. Weather and Forecasting, 4, 449-460

Petty, G.W., and K.B. Katsaros, 1990: Precipitation observed over the South China Sea by the Nimbus-7 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Imager during WMONEX. J. Appl. Meteor., 29, 273-287

Petty, G.W., 1991: Equilibrium profiles of atomic 7Be and 10Be in the atmosphere above 100~km. Geophysical Research Letters , 18, 1687-1690

Petty, G.W., and K.B. Katsaros, 1992: Nimbus 7 SMMR precipitation observations calibrated against surface radar during TAMEX. J. Appl. Meteor., 31, 489-505

Claud, C., K.B. Katsaros, G.W. Petty, A. Chedin, and N.A. Scott, 1992: A cold air outbreak over the Norwegian sea observed with the TIROS-N Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) and the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I). Tellus, 44A, 100-118

Petty, G.W., and K.B. Katsaros, 1992: The response of the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager to the marine environment. Part I: An analytic model for the atmospheric component of observed brightness temperatures. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 9, 746-761

Petty, G.W., and K.B. Katsaros, 1994: The response of the SSM/I to the marine environment. Part II: A parameterization of the effect of the sea surface slope distribution on emission and reflection. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech. , 11, 617-628

Knies, D.L., D. Elmore, P. Sharma, S. Vogt, R. Li, M.E. Lipschutz, G. Petty, J. Farrel, M.C. Monaghan, S. Fritz, E. Agee, 1994: 7Be,10 Be, and 36Cl in precipitation. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 92, 340-344

Petty, G.W., 1994: Physical retrievals of over-ocean rain rate from multichannel microwave imagery. Part I: Theoretical characteristics of normalized polarization and scattering indices. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 54, 79-100 PDF version

Petty, G.W., 1994: Physical retrievals of over-ocean rain rate from multichannel microwave imagery. Part II: Algorithm implementation. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 54, 101-122  scanned PDF version

Wilheit, T., R. Adler, S. Avery, E. Barrett, P. Bauer, W. Berg, A. Chang, J. Ferriday, N. Grody, S. Goodman, C. Kidd, D. Kniveton, C. Kummerow, A. Mugnai, W. Olson, G. Petty, A. Shibata, E. Smith, R. Spencer, 1994: Algorithms for the retrieval of rainfall from passive microwave measurements. Remote Sens. Rev., 11, 163-194

Barrett, E.C., R.F. Adler, K. Arpe, P. Bauer, W. Berg, A. Chang, R. Ferraro, J. Ferriday, S. Goodman, Y. Hong, J. Janowiak, C. Kidd, D. Kniveton, M. Morrissey, W. Olson, G. Petty, B. Rudolf, A. Shibata, E. Smith, R. Spencer, 1994: The first WetNet Precipitation Intercomparison Project: Interpretation of results. Remote Sens. Rev., 11, 303-373

Petty, G.W., 1995: The status of satellite-based rainfall estimation over land. Remote Sens. Environ. 51, 125-137

Petty, G.W., and D.K. Miller, 1995: Satellite microwave observations of precipitation correlated with intensification rate in extratropical oceanic cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 1904-1911

Petty, G.W., 1995: Frequencies and characteristics of global oceanic precipitation from shipboard present-weather reports. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 76, 1593-1616

Petty, G.W., and W. Krajewski, 1996: Satellite rainfall estimation over land. Hydrolog. Sci. Journ., 41, 433-451

Petty, G.W., 1997: An intercomparison of oceanic precipitation frequencies from 10 SSM/I rain rate algorithms and shipboard present-weather reports. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 1757-1777

Miller, D.K., and G.W. Petty, 1998: Moisture patterns in deepening maritime extratropical cyclones. Part I: Correlation between precipitation and intensification. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2352-2368

Smith, E.A., J.E. Lamm, R. Adler, J. Alishouse, K. Aonashi, E. Barrett, P. Bauer, W. Berg, A. Chang, R. Ferraro, J. Ferriday, S. Goodman, N. Grody, C. Kidd, D. Kniveton, C. Kummerow, G. Liu, F. Marzano, A. Mugnai, W. Olson, G. Petty, A. Shibata, R. Spencer, F. Wentz, T. Wilheit, E. Zipser, 1998: Results of WetNet PIP-2 Project. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 1483-1536

Conner, M.D., and G.W. Petty, 1998: Validation and intercomparison of SSM/I rain rate retrieval methods over the continental United States. J. Appl. Meteor., 37, 679-700.

Petty, G.W., 1999: The prevalence of precipitation from warm-topped clouds over Eastern Asia and the Western Pacific. J. Climate , 12,  220-229.

Bennartz, R., and G.W. Petty, 2001:  The sensitivity of passive microwave radiances in precipitating clouds to ice particle size distributions. J. Appl. Meteor. ,  40,  345-364

Adler, R.F., C. Kidd, G. Petty, M. Morrissey, H.M. Goodman 2001:  Intercomparison of global precipitation products:  The Third Precipitation Intercomparison Project (PIP-3).  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. , 82,  1377-1396.

Petty, G.W. 2001:  Automated computation and consistency checking of physical dimensions and units in scientific programs.  Software - Practice and Experience,  31, 1067-176 - PDF version

Petty, G.W. 2001:  Physical and microwave radiative properties of precipitating clouds.  Part 1. Principal component analysis of observed multichannel microwave radiances in tropical stratiform rainfall.  J. Appl Meteor., 40, 2105-2114.  - PDF preprint

Petty, G.W. 2001:  Physical and microwave radiative properties of precipitating clouds.  Part 2.  A parametric 1-D rain cloud model for use in microwave radiative transfer simulations.  J. Appl Meteor., 40, 2115-2129 - PDF preprint

Kummerow, C., Y. Hong, W.S. Olson, S. Yang, R.F. Adler, J. McCollum, R. Ferraro, G. Petty, D.-B. Shin, and T. T Wilheit, 2001:  The evolution of the Goddard Profiling Algorithm (GPROF) for rainfall estimation from passive microwave sensors.   J. Appl. Meteor., 40, 1801-1820

Petty, G.W. 2002: Area-average solar radiative transfer in three-dimensionally inhomogeneous clouds: The Independently Scattering Cloudlet model.  J. Atmos. Sci.,  59, 2910-2929  - PDF preprint

Chen, S.-H., F. Vandenberghe, G.W. Petty, and J.F. Bresh, 2004:  Application of SSM/I satellite data to a hurricane simulation.   Q. J. Royal Met. Soc.,  130 (598): 801-825

Olson, W.S., C.D. Kummerow, S. Yang, G.W. Petty, W.-K. Tao, T.L. Bell, S.A. Braun, Y. Wang, S.E. Lang, D.E. Johnson, and J.-Y. Chiu  2005: Precipitation and latent heating distributions from satellite passive microwave radiometry. Part I:  Improved method and uncertainties.  J. Appl. Meteor. Climat.,  45 (5): 702-720

Chiu, J.-Y., and G.W. Petty, 2006: Bayesian retrieval of complete posterior PDFs of oceanic rain rate from microwave observations. J. Appl. Meteor. Climat.,  45 (8): 1073-1095

Johnson, B., and G.W. Petty, 2006:  Methods and uncertainties in the modeling of microwave properties of mixed phase and frozen hydrometeors. Radio Sci. (to be submitted)

Conference Papers, Presentations, and other Publications

Katsaros, K.B., G.W. Petty, and U. Hammarstrand 1988: Liquid water and water vapor in mid-latitude cyclones observed by microwave radiometry and compared to model calculations. Palmen Memorial Symposium, Aug. 29-Sept. 2, Helsinki, Finland

Katsaros, K.B., G.W. Petty, and D.K. Miller 1989: Microwave sensing of midlatitude cyclones from space. Presented at the Fifth Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 31 July - 12 Aug., University of Reading, UK

Petty, G.W., and K.B. Katsaros 1989: A model for atmospheric brightness temperatures observed by the Special Sensor Microwave. Fourth Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, May 16-19, San Diego, California.

Petty, G.W., and K.B. Katsaros 1989: Empirical studies of the microwave radiometric response to rainfall in the tropics and midlatitudes. Fourth Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, May 16-19, San Diego, California.

Katsaros, K.B., and G.W. Petty 1990: The atmosphere and the sea surface observed with the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager. European Geophysical Society, XV General Assembly, Copenhagen, April 23-27

Petty, G.W., and K.B. Katsaros 1990: New geophysical algorithms for the Special Sensor Microwave Imager. Fifth International Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Sept. 3-7, London

Petty, G.W., and K.B. Katsaros 1990: Nimbus 7 SMMR precipitation observations calibrated against surface radar during TAMEX. Fifth International Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Sept. 3-7, London

Claud, C., N.A. Scott, A. Chedin, K.B. Katsaros, G.W. Petty 1990: Use of satellite observations for the study of mesoscale systems in polar regions. Proceedings, XXVII COSPAR, The Hague, Netherlands

Claud, C., N.A. Scott, A. Chedin, K.B. Katsaros, G.W. Petty 1990: Mesoscale meteorology in polar regions from a coupling of NOAA (TOVS) and DMSP (SSM/I) data. Fifth International Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Sept. 3-7, London

Claud, C., A. Chedin, N.A. Scott, K.B. Katsaros, G.W. Petty 1990: Application of TOVS and SSM/I data for analysis of high latitude mesoscale systems. European Geophysical Society, XV General Assembly, Copenhagen, April 23-27

Sand, A., C. Klapisz, G.W. Petty, K.B. Katsaros, and N.M. Mognard, 1990: Life cycle of a North Atlantic Cyclone as seen with remote sensing data and conventional data sources. European Geophysical Society, XV General Assembly, Copenhagen, April 23-27

Petty, G.W., and K.B. Katsaros 1992: Morning-evening differences in global and regional oceanic precipitation as observed by the SSM/I. 6th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Atlanta, January 6-10, 1992

Petty, G.W. 1993: SSM/I algorithms for the estimation of column cloud water and water vapor. Proceedings, Shared Processing Network DMSP SSM/I Algorithm Symposium, Monterey, CA, June 8-10

Petty, G.W. 1993: A comparison of SSM/I algorithms for the estimation of surface winds. Proceedings, Shared Processing Network DMSP SSM/I Algorithm Symposium, Monterey, CA, June 8-10

Knies, D., D. Elmore, S. Vogt, R. Li, G. Petty, E. Agee, J. Farrell, S. Fritz, and M. Monaghan, 1993: The cosmogenic radionuclides 7Be,10Be, and 36Cl in precipitation. Proceedings, 6th International Conference on Accelerator Mass Spectrometry, Canberra-Sydney, Australia, Sept. 27 - Oct. 1, 1993

Knies, D., D. Elmore, S. Vogt, R. Li, G. Petty, E. Agee, 1993: The cosmogenic radionuclides 7Be, 10Be, and 36Cl in precipitation. Proceedings: Topical Meeting on Environmental TransportDosimetry, ANS No. 700196, 14-16

Petty, G.W., and D.R. Stettner, 1994: A new inversion-based algorithm for retrieval of over-water rain rate from SSM/I multichannel imagery. 7th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Monterey, California, 6-10 June.

Petty, G.W., A. Mugnai, and E.A. Smith, 1994: Reverse Monte Carlo simulations of microwave radiative transfer in realistic 3-D rain clouds. 7th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Monterey, California, 6-10 June.

Petty, G.W., 1994: Some regional characteristics of oceanic rainfall and their implications for satellite rainfall retrievals. 7th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Monterey, California, 6-10 June.

Petty, G.W., and M.D. Conner, 1994: Identification and classification of transient signatures in over-land SSM/I imagery. 7th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Monterey, California, 6-10 June.

Petty, G.W., and D.K. Miller, 1994: SSM/I rainfall indices correlated with deepening rate in extratropical cyclones. 7th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Monterey, California, 6-10 June.

Conner, M.D., and G.W. Petty, 1996: SSM/I brightness temperature deviations from gridded monthly means as a basis for over-land precipitation estimation. 8th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Atlanta, Georgia, 28 January - 2 February.

Petty, G.W., and F.J. Turk, 1996: Observed multichannel microwave signatures of spatially extensive precipitation in tropical cyclones. 8th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Atlanta, Georgia, 28 January - 2 February.

Petty, G.W., 1996: An intercomparison of oceanic precipitation frequencies from 10 SSM/I rain rate algorithms and shipboard present-weather reports. 8th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Atlanta, Georgia, 28 January - 2 February.

Adler, R.F., C. Kidd, M. Goodman, A. Ritchie, R. Schudalla, G. Petty, M. Morrissey, S. Greene, 1996: PIP-3 Intercomparison Results. Report prepared for the PIP-3 Workshop, 18-20 November 1996, College Park, MD

Petty, G.W., 1998: A simple method for parameterizing the effects of inhomogeneity on solar radiative transfer in clouds, with applicability to the global remote sensing of cloud properties. 9th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Paris, 25-29 May.

Petty, G.W., 1998: The random blobs model: A new way to look at solar radiative transfer in inhomogeneous clouds? Poster presentation at the Gordon Research Conference on Solar Radiation and Climate, Plymouth, NH, 14-19 June.

Petty, G.W., 1998: Review of Retrieval and Analysis Methods for Passive Microwave Imagers. In Microwave Radiometry for Atmospheric Research and Monitoring, COST 712 Workshop Proceedings, 9-11 February, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands.  P.J.  van Oevelen, L. Eymard, and S. English, (Eds.), pp. 3-30 (invited chapter)

Bennartz, R., D.B. Michelson, G.W. Petty, 1999: Comparison of observed and simulated brightness temperatures and precipitation retrievals from combined radar and SSM/I data obtained over the Baltic Sea.  6th Specialists Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment , Florence, Italy, 16-18 March. (presentation by R. Bennartz)

Petty, G.W., 1999: Effective precipitation hydrometeor sizes inferred from passive microwave observations of stratiform precipitation in tropical cyclones.  Presentation at the 17th meeting of the Midwest Association for Cloud and Aerosol Physics (MACAP), Urbana-Champaign, IL, 24-25 May.

Petty, G.W., and N. Gautam 1999: Multichannel microwave signatures and inferred microphysical properties of extensive tropical rainfall over the ocean.  International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS) , Hamburg, Germany, 28 June - 2 July.

Petty, G.W., 2000: Cloud physical and microwave radiative properties of tropical stratiform precipitation inferred from multichannel microwave radiances.  10th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Long Beach, CA, 9-14 January

Petty, G.W., 2000: EOF analysis of zonally averaged MSU radiances (1979-1998).  10th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Long Beach, CA, 9-14 January

Chen, S.-H., F.  Vandenberghe, G. Petty, W. Huang, and J. Bresch, 2001: Comparison of the SSM/I Satellite Observations with MM5 Simulations of Typhoon Omar.  Ninth Conf. on Mesoscale Meteorology, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 30 July - 2 August.

Johnson, B.T., and G. Petty, 2001:  The sensitivity of computed microwave brightness temperatures from precipitating clouds to models of spherical mixed-phase hydrometeors.

Chiu, J.-Y. , and G. W. Petty, 2001:  Comparisons of observed and simulated microwave images of extratropical cyclones. Eleventh Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Madison, WI, 15-18 October

Petty, G.W.,  2003.  Physical retrieval of ocean precipitation from TMI and AMSR: models, algorithms, and observations. Twelfth Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Long Beach, California, February 11-14.

Chiu, J.-Y., and G.W. Petty, 2003:  Bayesian Retrieval of Complete Posterior PDFs of Rain Rate From TMI
Observations.  IUGG General Assembly, Sapporo Japan,  June 30 - July 11

Chiu, J.-Y., and G.W. Petty, 2004: Bayesian retrieval of complete posterior PDFs of oceanic rain rate from microwave observations.  13th AMS Conf. on Sat. Meteor. and Ocean., Norfolk, VA, September 19.

Johnson, B.T., and G.W. Petty, 2004: Improving mid to high latitude passive microwave retrievals and simulations of precipitation using aircraft based doppler radar data.  13th AMS Conf. on Sat. Meteor. and Ocean., Norfolk, VA, September 19.

Aschbrenner, R.B., G.W. Petty, and H.-L. Huang, 2004: Development and intercomparison of AMSU rain rate algorithms.  13th AMS Conf. on Sat. Meteor. and Ocean., Norfolk, VA, September 19.

Petty, G.W., and L. Wu, 2007:  Satellite passive microwave retrieval and validation of snowfall over high-latitude oceans. CMOS-CGU-AMS Joint Congress, May 28 - June 1, St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada.

Petty, G.W., and W. Huang, 2007:  Microwave extinction and scattering by complex snow aggregates. IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 23-27 July 2007, Barcelona, Spain

Petty, G.W., and L. Wu, 2007:  Validation of high latitude ocean precipitation retrievals from AMSR-E.  IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), 23-27 July 2007, Barcelona, Spain

Petty, G.W., and L. Wu, 2007:  Validation of high latitude ocean precipitation retrievals for AMSR-E and GPM. 15th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sept. 24-28

Petty, G.W., and W. Huang, 2007:  Modeling of microwave extinction and scattering by complex snow aggregates for GPM. 15th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sept. 24-28

Johnson, B., G.W. Petty, and G. Skonfronick-Jackson, 2007:  Multisensor simulation and retrieval of ice-phase precipitation observed during the 2003 Wakasa Bay Field Experiment.  15th American Meteorological Society (AMS) Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Amsterdam, Netherlands, Sept. 24-28