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Bell, T. L., J.-M. Yoo, and M.-I. Lee, 2009: Note on the weekly cycle of storm heights over the southeast United States. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D15201, doi:10.1029/2009JD012041. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Bell, T. L., D. Rosenfeld, and K.-M. Kim, 2009: The Weekly Cycle of Lightning: Evidence of Storm Invigoration by Pollution. Geophys. Res. Lett. (In press) [Abstract]
Prabhakara, C., R. Iacovazzi, J.-M. Yoo, K.-M. Kim, and T. L. Bell, 2008: A method to estimate rain rate over tropical oceans with TRMM Microwave Imager radiometer. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 86(1), 203-212.
Bell, T. L., D. Rosenfeld, K.-M. Kim, J.-M. Yoo, M.-I. Lee, and M. Hahnenberger, 2008: Midweek increase in U.S. summer rain and storm heights suggests air pollution invigorates rainstorms. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D02209, doi:10.1029/2007JD008623. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Koster, R. D., T. L. Bell, R. Reichle, M. J. Suarez, and S. D. Schubert, 2008: Using observed spatial correlation structures to increase the skill of subseasonal forecasts. Mon. Weather Rev., 136(6), 1923-1939. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Bell, T. L., and D. Rosenfeld, 2008: Comment on “Weekly precipitation cycles? Lack of evidence from United States surface stations” by D. M. Schultz et al.. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L09803, doi:10.1029/2007GL033046. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Lee, M.-I., S. D. Schubert, M. J. Suarez, I. M. Held, A. Kumar, T. L. Bell, J.-K. E. Schemm, N.-C. Lau, J. J. Ploshay, H.-K. Kim, and S.-H. Yoo, 2007: Sensitivity to horizontal resolution in the AGCM simulations of warm season diurnal cycle of precipitation over the United States and northern Mexico. J. Climate, 20, No. 9, 1862-1881. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Lee, M.-I., S. D. Schubert, M. J. Suarez, T. L. Bell, and K.-M. Kim, 2007: Diurnal cycle of precipitation in the NASA Seasonal to Interannual Prediction Project atmospheric general circulation model. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D16111, doi:10.1029/2006JD008346. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
Kundu, P. K., and T. L. Bell, 2006: Space-time scaling behavior of rain statistics in a stochastic fractional diffusion model. J. Hydrology, 322, 49-58, doi:10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.02.031. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
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 C. Chiu, 2006: Precipitation and latent heating distributions from satellite passive microwave radiometry. Part I: Improved method and uncertainties. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., 45 (5), 702-720. [Abstract] [Full Text (PDF)]
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