Steve Durden

Organization

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

First Author Publications

Durden, S.L. (2024), Evaluation of IMERG data over open ocean using observations of tropical cyclones, Remote Sens., 16, 2028.
Durden, S.L., et al. (2023), DPCA-based Doppler radar measurements from space: Effect of system errors on velocity estimation performance, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 40, 855-864.
Durden, S.L. (2021), Estimating Mean Surface Backscatter from GPM Surface Backscatter Observations, Eng, 2, 492-500, doi:10.3390/eng2040031.
Durden, S.L., et al. (2020), Comparison of GPM DPR and airborne radar observations in OLYMPEX, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 17, 1707-1711.
Durden, S.L., et al. (2020), Comparison of GPM DPR and airborne radar observations in OLYMPEX, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 17, 1707-1711.
Durden, S.L. (2019), Spatial variability of airborne radar measurements of tropical oceanic precipitation with application to spaceborne radar, AIMS Electronic Electrical Eng, 3, 111-143.
Durden, S.L. (2018), Relating GPM Radar Reflectivity Profile Characteristics to Path Integrated Attenuation, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 56, 4065-4074.
Durden, S.L., and D. Perkovic-Martin (2017), Radar system engineering for the RapidScat ocean winds scatterometer, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Mag., 5, 36-43.
Durden, S.L., et al. (2016), System design and subsystem technology for a future spaceborne cloud radar,&quot, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 13, 560-564.
Durden, S.L. (2013), Observed tropical cyclone eye thermal anomaly profiles extending above 300 hPa, Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 4256-4268.
Durden, S.L., et al. (2012), Using surface classification to improve surface reference technique performance over land, Indian Journal of Radio &amp, Indian J. Radio Space Physics, 41, 403-410.
Durden, S.L. (2012), Trends in intense typhoon minimum sea level pressure, Atmosphere, 3, 124-131, doi:10.3390/atmos3010124.
Durden, S.L., et al. (2011), CloudSat W-band radar measurements of surface backscatter, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 7, 401-405, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2010.2079314.
Durden, S.L. (2010), Remote sensing and modeling of Cyclone Monica near peak intensity, Atmosphere, 1, 15-33, doi:10.3390/atmos1010015.
Durden, S.L., et al. (2009), CloudSat and A-Train observations of tropical cyclones, The Open Atmospheric Science Journal, 3, 80-92.
Durden, S.L., et al. (2003), A Surface Reference Technique for Airborne Doppler Radar Measurements in Hurricanes, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 20, 269-275.
Durden, S.L. (2003), Airborne polarimetric radar measurements of rainfall profiles, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 41, 2125-2127.
Durden, S.L., et al. (2003), Comparison of TRMM Precipitation Radar and Airborne Radar Data, J. Appl. Meteor., 42, 769-774.
Durden, S.L., et al. (2001), Surface Clutter Due to Antenna Sidelobes for Spaceborne Atmospheric Radar, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 39, 1916-1921.
Durden, S.L., et al. (1996), Classification of radar imagery over boreal regions for methane exchange studies, Int. J. Rem. Sensing, 17, 1267-1273.
Durden, S.L., et al. (1995), Microwave Backscatter and Attenuation Dependence on Leaf Area Index for a Flooded Rice Field, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 1995, 807-810.
Durden, S.L., et al. (1994), Armar: an airborne rain-mapping radar, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 11, 727-737.

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Co-Authored Publications

Jackson, G.S., et al. (2015), Global Precipitation Measurement Cold Season Precipitation Experiment (Gcpex): For Measurement’s Sake, Let It Snow, Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 1719, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00262.1.
Stephens, G., et al. (2008), CloudSat mission: Performance and early science after the first year of operation, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D00A18, doi:10.1029/2008JD009982.
Tanelli, S., et al. (2008), Reducing Surface Clutter in Cloud Profiling Radar Data, NASA.Tech Briefs, 32, 27.
Tanelli, S., et al. (2008), CloudSat’s Cloud Profiling Radar After Two Years in Orbit: Performance, Calibration, and Processing, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 46, 3560-3573, doi:10.1109/TGRS.2008.2002030.
Haddad, Z.S., et al. (2006), Drop Size Ambiguities in the Retrieval of Precipitation Profiles from Dual-Frequency Radar Measurements, J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 204-217.
Tanelli, S., et al. (2006), Simultaneous Measurements of Ku- and Ka-Band Sea Surface Cross Sections by an Airborne Radar, IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 3, 359-363, doi:10.1109/LGRS.2006.872929.
Im, E., et al. (2005), Cloud Profiling Radar for the CloudSat Mission, IEEE Aerospace and Electronics Systems Magazine, 15-18.
Rahmat-Samii, Y., et al. (2005), Advanced Precipitation Radar Antenna: Array-Fed Offset Membrane Cylindrical Reflector Antenna, IEEE Transactions On Antennas And Propagation, 53, 2503-2515, doi:10.1109/TAP.2005.852599.
Haddad, Z.S., et al. (2004), Global variability of precipitation according to the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, J. Geophys. Res., 109, D17103, doi:10.1029/2004JD004607.
Tanelli, S., et al. (2004), Rainfall Doppler Velocity Measurements from Spaceborne Radar: Overcoming Nonuniform Beam-Filling Effects, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 21, 27-44.
Sadowy, G.A., et al. (2003), Development of an advanced airborne precipitation radar, Microwave J., 46, 84-98.
Im, E., et al. (2002), Rainfall observations by the airborne dual-frequency precipitation radar during CAMEX-4, Proc. 2002 IGARSS, Toronto, ON, Canada, IEEE, 281-283.
Li, L., et al. (2002), A Surface Wind Model–Based Method to Estimate Rain-Induced Radar Path Attenuation over Ocean, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 19, 658-672.
Tanelli, S., et al. (2002), The Effects of Nonuniform Beam Filling on Vertical Rainfall Velocity Measurements with a Spaceborne Doppler Radar, J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 19, 1019-1034.
Morrissey, L.A., et al. (1996), Differentiating methane source areas in Arctic environments with multitemporal ERS-1 SAR Data, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 34, 667-673.
Morrissey, L.A., et al. (1994), Use of SAR in Regional Methane Exchange Studies, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 15.6, 1337-1342.
Morrissey, L.A., et al. (1993), Use of SAR for Trace Gas Studies, International Journal of Remote Sensing.

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Steve Durden

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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