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Overview

Ali Tokay is affiliated with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in the United States. Their research broadly addresses topics within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on Atmospheric Science. Additional fields of study include Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The scientist's primary research topics encompass several aspects of atmospheric and environmental phenomena, including:

  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Cryospheric Studies and Observations
  • Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing
  • Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds
  • Arctic and Antarctic Ice Dynamics
  • Climate Variability and Models

Recent publications by Ali Tokay highlight their contributions to precipitation measurement methods, radar rainfall retrieval, and satellite validation studies. Selected papers include:

  • "Evaluation of GPM IMERG Performance Using Gauge Data over Indonesian Maritime Continent at Different Time Scales," 2022, Remote Sensing
  • "The GPM Validation Network and Evaluation of Satellite-Based Retrievals of the Rain Drop Size Distribution," 2020, Atmosphere
  • "Rainfall and DSD Parameters Comparison between Micro Rain Radar, Two-Dimensional Video and Parsivel2 Disdrometers, and S-Band Dual-Polarization Radar," 2020, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • "Snowfall in the Northern Great Lakes: Lessons Learned from a Multisensor Observatory," 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Characteristics of DSD Bulk Parameters: Implication for Radar Rain Retrieval," 2020, Atmosphere

Frequent publication venues for their work include Atmosphere, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, and Remote Sensing.

Ali Tokay collaborates regularly with a set of coauthors, including:

  • David B. Wolff
  • Charles N. Helms
  • Patrick Gatlin
  • Walter A. Petersen
  • S. Joseph Munchak

Best Publications

  • Evidence from Tropical Raindrop Spectra of the Origin of Rain from Stratiform versus Convective Clouds

    Ali Tokay;David A. Short

  • Evaluation of the New Version of the Laser-Optical Disdrometer, OTT Parsivel2

    Ali Tokay;David B. Wolff;Walter A. Petersen

  • PARSIVEL Snow Observations: A Critical Assessment

    Alessandro Battaglia;Elke Rustemeier;Ali Tokay;Ulrich Blahak

  • Comparison of Raindrop Size Distribution Measurements by Collocated Disdrometers

    Ali Tokay;Walter A. Petersen;Patrick Gatlin;Matthew Wingo

  • Comparison of Drop Size Distribution Measurements by Impact and Optical Disdrometers

    Ali Tokay;Anton Kruger;Witold F. Krajewski

  • An Explanation for the Existence of Supercooled Water at the Top of Cold Clouds

    Robert M. Rauber;Ali Tokay

  • X-Band Polarimetric Radar Measurements of Rainfall

    Sergey Y. Matrosov;Kurt A. Clark;Brooks E. Martner;Ali Tokay

  • Ground Validation for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM)

    David B. Wolff;D. A. Marks;D. A. Marks;E. Amitai;E. Amitai;D. S. Silberstein;D. S. Silberstein

  • The Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E)

    M. P. Jensen;W. A. Petersen;Aaron R. Bansemer;N. Bharadwaj

  • Tropical rainfall associated with convective and stratiform clouds : Intercomparison of disdrometer and profiler measurements

    Ali Tokay;David A. Short;Christopher R. Williams;Warner L. Ecklund

  • Raindrop Size Distribution Measurements in Tropical Cyclones

    Ali Tokay;Paul G. Bashor;Emad Habib;Takis Kasparis

  • A Novel Approach to Identify Sources of Errors in IMERG for GPM Ground Validation

    Jackson Tan;Walter A. Petersen;Ali Tokay

  • THE CHUVA PROJECT How Does Convection Vary across Brazil

    Luiz A. T. Machado;Maria A. F. Silva Dias;Carlos Morales;Gilberto Fisch

  • Describing the Shape of Raindrop Size Distributions Using Uncorrelated Raindrop Mass Spectrum Parameters

    Christopher R. Williams;V. N. Bringi;Lawrence D. Carey;V. Chandrasekar

  • Global Precipitation Measurement Cold Season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx): For Measurement Sake Let it Snow

    Gail Skofronick-Jackson;David Hudak;Walter Petersen;Stephen W. Nesbitt

  • Uncertainties of GPM DPR Rain Estimates Caused by DSD Parameterizations

    Liang Liao;Robert Meneghini;Ali Tokay

  • Error Characteristics of Rainfall Measurements by Collocated Joss–Waldvogel Disdrometers

    Ali Tokay;Paul G. Bashor;Katherine R. Wolff

  • Drop size distribution comparisons between Parsivel and 2-D video disdrometers

    M. Thurai;W. A. Petersen;A. Tokay;C. Schultz

  • WRF Simulations of the 20-22 January 2007 Snow Events over Eastern Canada: Comparison with In-Situ and Satellite Observations

    J. J. Shi;J. J. Shi;W.-K. Tao;T. Matsui;T. Matsui;R. Cifelli

  • Evaluation of GPM IMERG Performance Using Gauge Data over Indonesian Maritime Continent at Different Time Scales

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  • Synoptic and mesoscale structure of a severe freezing rain event: the St. Valentine's day ice storm

    Robert M. Rauber;Mohan K. Ramamurthy;Ali Tokay

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Meneghini
Robert Meneghini Goddard Space Flight Center
Christopher R. Williams
Christopher R. Williams University of Colorado Boulder
Lawrence D. Carey
Lawrence D. Carey University of Alabama in Huntsville
V. N. Bringi
V. N. Bringi Colorado State University
Toshihisa Matsui
Toshihisa Matsui Goddard Space Flight Center
Kenneth S. Gage
Kenneth S. Gage University of Colorado Boulder
V. Chandrasekar
V. Chandrasekar Colorado State University
Witold F. Krajewski
Witold F. Krajewski University of Iowa
Pavlos Kollias
Pavlos Kollias Stony Brook University
Robert Cifelli
Robert Cifelli National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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