EOS 757:

Past Class Projects:

• Comparison of existing crop yield assessment models utilizing NDVI for Iowa crop region
• Case study of the resampling methods using TRMM data
• Image registration of rain data from TRMM precipitation and ground radar using genetic algorithms
• Rainfall estimation technique based on visible, infrared, and radar TRMM data
• Diurnal cycle of precipitation from TRMM data
• Diurnal cycle of oceanic precipitation: study based on SSM/I data from 1991-1998
• Validating PR and GV data from the TRMM coincident subset using image registration technique

Suggested Topics:

• Review of remote sensing technique for particular or suite of geophysical parameters
• Validating MODIS snow products for specific regions
• Examine rain rate statistics (ENSO and non-ENSO years, CV variations)
• Validating TRMM rain profile using ISCCP cloud data
• Comparison of gage and TRMM over NM EDAC network
• Merged rainfall data sets
• Physical retrieval algorithm for sea ice
• Interaction of forest fire/biomass burning, lightning, and precipitation
• Long term trends and cycles of urban precipitation
• Diurnal cycle of convective and stratiform rain
• Variability of sea ice and interaction with atmosphere
• Any topics that are mutually agreeable