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Overview

Robert Meneghini is affiliated with the Goddard Space Flight Center in the United States. Their primary research contributions focus on areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Environmental Engineering. The researcher's work spans subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Aerospace Engineering, and Oceanography.

The main topics addressed in their research cover Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing, Atmospheric aerosols and clouds, Icing and De-icing Technologies, Cryospheric studies and observations, and Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing.

Recent publications authored or co-authored by Robert Meneghini include:

  • The Precipitation Rate Retrieval Algorithms for the GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar, 2020, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • GPM DPR Retrievals: Algorithm, Evaluation, and Validation, 2022, Remote Sensing
  • Path Attenuation Estimates for the GPM Dual-frequency Precipitation Radar (DPR), 2020, Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • Characteristics of DSD Bulk Parameters: Implication for Radar Rain Retrieval, 2020, Atmosphere
  • A Generalized Dual-Frequency Ratio (DFR) Approach for Rain Retrievals, 2022, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Robert Meneghini are:

  • Liang Liao
  • Toshio Iguchi
  • Ali Tokay
  • Shinta Seto
  • Hyo-Kyung Kim

The venues in which Robert Meneghini most often publishes include:

  • Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan Ser II
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • Remote Sensing
  • Atmosphere
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Best Publications

  • Rain profiling algorithm for the TRMM precipitation radar

    T. Iguchi;T. Kozu;R. Meneghini;K. Okamoto

  • The Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission for Science and Society

    Gail Skofronick-Jackson;Walter A Petersen;Wesley Berg;Chris Kidd

  • Uncertainties in the Rain Profiling Algorithm for the TRMM Precipitation Radar

    Toshio Iguchi;Toshiaki Kozu;John Kwiatkowski;Robert Meneghini

  • Intercomparison of Single-Frequency Methods for Retrieving a Vertical Rain Profile from Airborne or Spaceborne Radar Data

    Toshio Iguchi;Robert Meneghini

  • Use of the Surface Reference Technique for Path Attenuation Estimates from the TRMM Precipitation Radar

    Robert Meneghini;Toshio Iguchi;Toshiaki Kozu;Liang Liao

  • The Shape–Slope Relation in Observed Gamma Raindrop Size Distributions: Statistical Error or Useful Information?

    Guifu Zhang;J. Vivekanandan;Edward A. Brandes;Robert Meneghini

  • Spaceborne Weather Radar

    Robert Meneghini;Toshiaki Kozu

  • GPM/DPR Level-2 Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document

    Toshio Iguchi;Shinta Seto;Robert Meneghini;Naofumi Yoshida

  • Retrieval of Latent Heating from TRMM Measurements

    W. K. Tao;E. A. Smith;R. F. Adler;Z. S. Haddad

  • Rain profiling algorithm for TRMM precipitation radar data

    T. Iguchi;R. Meneghini;J. Awaka;T. Kozu

  • Determination of Rain Rate from a Spaceborne Radar Using Measurements of Total Attenuation

    Robert Meneghini;Jerome Eckerman;David Atlas

  • Retrieved Vertical Profiles of Latent Heat Release Using TRMM Rainfall Products for February 1998

    W. K. Tao;S. Lang;W. S. Olson;R. Meneghini

  • A Study of Rain Estimation Methods from Space Using Dual-Wavelength Radar Measurements at Near-Nadir Incidence over Ocean

    R. Meneghini;T. Kozu;H. Kumagai;W. C. Boncyk

  • Comparisons of Rain Rate and Reflectivity Factor Derived from the TRMM Precipitation Radar and the WSR-88D over the Melbourne, Florida, Site

    Liang Liao;Robert Meneghini;Toshio Iguchi

  • The Microwave Radiative Properties of Falling Snow Derived from Nonspherical Ice Particle Models. Part I: An Extensive Database of Simulated Pristine Crystals and Aggregate Particles, and Their Scattering Properties

    Kwo-Sen Kuo;William S. Olson;Benjamin T. Johnson;Mircea Grecu

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

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

  • Simulation of radiation from lightning return strokes - The effects of tortuosity

    D. M. LeVine;R. Meneghini

  • Microphysical retrievals over stratiform rain using measurements from an airborne dual-wavelength radar-radiometer

    R. Meneghini;H. Kumagai;J.R. Wang;T. Iguchi

  • Uncertainties of GPM DPR Rain Estimates Caused by DSD Parameterizations

    Liang Liao;Robert Meneghini;Ali Tokay

  • A Hybrid Surface Reference Technique and Its Application to the TRMM Precipitation Radar

    R. Meneghini;J. A. Jones;T. Iguchi;K. Okamoto

  • Uncertainties in the Rain Profiling Algorithm for the TRMM Precipitation Radar(1. Precipitation Radar (PR), Precipitation Measurements from Space)

    Toshio Iguchi;Toshiaki Kozu;John Kwiatkowski;Robert Meneghini

Frequent Co-Authors

Toshio Iguchi
Toshio Iguchi National Institute of Information and Communications Technology
Ken-ichi Okamoto
Ken-ichi Okamoto Yamaguchi University
Ali Tokay
Ali Tokay University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Gerald M. Heymsfield
Gerald M. Heymsfield Goddard Space Flight Center
William S. Olson
William S. Olson University of Maryland, Baltimore County
James R. Wang
James R. Wang Goddard Space Flight Center
Christian D. Kummerow
Christian D. Kummerow Colorado State University
Joanne Simpson
Joanne Simpson Goddard Space Flight Center
V. Chandrasekar
V. Chandrasekar Colorado State University
Christopher R. Williams
Christopher R. Williams University of Colorado Boulder

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