ALBERTO MUGNAI Date and place of birth : December 25, 1947 in Firenze, Italy. Title : Atmospheric Physicist, Dr. Position : Direttore (Director) Institution : Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera (IFA: Atmospheric Physics Institute) of Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR: National Research Council) of Italy. Permanent address : Istituto di Fisica dell'Atmosfera Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche Via Galileo Galilei C.P. 27 00044 Frascati Italy Tel. : (+39 6) 94186.215 (242) Telefax : (+39 6) 94186.266 E-mail : mugnai@hp.ifsi.fra.cnr.it Employment Sep. 1994 - Present : IFA-CNR Director Aug. 1991 - Present : CNR Director of Research at IFA, Frascati, Italy. June 1988 - July 1991 : CNR Senior Research Scientist at IFA-CNR. July 1982 - May 1988 : CNR Research Scientist at IFA-CNR. Nov. 1976 - July 1982 : CNR Research Scientist at Laboratorio di Ricerca e Tecnologia per lo Studio del Plasma nello Spazio (Space Plasma Laboratory) of CNR, Frascati, Italy. Research Activity 1990 - 1994 : Lidar measurements of polar stratospheric clouds. 1983 - Present : Passive microwave remote sensing of precipitation from satellite. 1978 - Present : Scattering of radiation by nonspherical atmospheric particles (since 1990, emphasis on microwave/ hydrometeors). 1977 - 1980 : Effects of diffuse solar radiation on the photodissociation of atmospheric species relevant to the ozone chemistry. 1975 - 1978 : Heating rates induced in the ambient gas (emphasis on stratosphere) by atmospheric aerosol particles. Memberships and Honors þ Associate Editor, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. þ Associate Editor, Bollettino Geofisico (Geophysical Bulletin). þ Member, American Meteorological Society. þ Member, Optical Society of America. þ Member, Precipitation Mission Working Group, European Space Agency (ESA). þ Member, Earth Observation Panel, European Space Science Committee, European Science Foundation. þ Member, Science Advisory Group for the Multifrequency Imaging Microwave Radiometer (MIMR), ESA. þ Member, Working Group on Scienze dell'Atmosfera e Climatologia (Atmospheric and Climate Sciences), Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (ASI: Italian Space Agency). þ Member, Scientific Committee, Istituto per lo Studio delle Metodologie Geofisiche Ambientali (Environmental Studies Institute), CNR, Modena, Italy. þ Principal Investigator, WetNet Project, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Relevant Refereed Publications þ G. Boni, M. Conti, S. Dietrich, L. Lanza, F.S. Marzano, A. Mugnai, G. Panegrossi and F. Siccardi: Multisensor observations during the event of November 4-6, 1994 over Northern Italy. Remote Sens. Rev., in press. þ V. Levizzani, F. Porc—, F.S. Marzano, A. Mugnai, E.A. Smith and F. Prodi: Investigating SSM/I microwave algorithm to calibrate METEOSAT infrared instantaneous rainrate estimates. Met. Apps., in press. þ R.C. Savage, E.A. Smith and A. Mugnai: Concepts for Geostationary Microwave Imaging Sounder (GeoMIS). IGARSS'95: International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Firenze, Italy, 10-14 July 1995, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, 652-654, 1995. þ J. Turk, F.S. Marzano, A. Mugnai and E.A. Smith: Measurements and applications of combined radar - passive microwave rainfall profiling during TOGA-COARE. IGARSS'95: International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Firenze, Italy, 10-14 July 1995, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, 655-657, 1995. þ F.S. Marzano, J. Turk, S. Dietrich, A. Mugnai, G. Panegrossi, N. Pierdicca and E.A. Smith: Microwave multisensor rainfall retrieval applied to TOGA-COARE observations. IGARSS'95: International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Firenze, Italy, 10-14 July 1995, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, 1895-1897, 1995. þ F.S. Marzano, A. Mugnai, E.A. Smith, J. Turk and J. Vivekanandan: Precipitation profile retrieval from airborne microwave radiometers: A case study over ocean during CaPE experiment. Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, Roma, Italy, 14-17 February 1994, D. Solimini, Ed., VSP, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 253-263, 1995. þ T. Wilheit, R. Adler, S. Avery, E.C. Barrett, P. Bauer, W. Berg, A. Chang, J. Ferriday, N. Grody, S. Goodman, C. Kidd, D. Kniveton, C. Kummerow, A. Mugnai, W. Olson, G. Petty, A. Shibata, E.A. Smith and R.W. Spencer: Algorithms for the retrieval of rainfall from passive microwave measurements. Remote Sens. Rev., 11, 163-194, 1994. þ E.A. Smith, C. Kummerow and A. Mugnai: The emergence of inversion-type profile algorithms for estimation of precipitation from satellite passive microwave measurements. Remote Sens. Rev., 11, 211-242, 1994. þ E.A. Smith, X. Xiang, A. Mugnai and G.J. Tripoli: Design of an inversion- based precipitation profile retrieval algorithm using an explicit cloud model for initial guess microphysics. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 54, 53-78, 1994. þ F.S. Marzano, A. Mugnai, E.A. Smith, X. Xiang, J. Turk and J. Vivekanandan: Active and passive remote sensing of precipitating storms during CaPE. Part II: Intercomparison of precipitation retrievals over land from AMPR radiometer and CP-2 radar. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 54, 29-51, 1994. þ E.A. Smith, X. Xiang, A. Mugnai, R.E. Hood and R.W. Spencer: Behavior of an inversion-based precipitation retrieval algorithm with high resolution AMPR measurements including a low frequency 10.7 GHz channel. J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., 11, 858-873, 1994. þ R.C. Savage, E.A. Smith and A. Mugnai: Concepts for a Geostationary Microwave Imaging Sounder (GeoMIS). Seventh Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 June 1994, American Meteorological Society, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 516-519, 1994. þ G.W. Petty, A. Mugnai and E.A. Smith: Reverse Monte Carlo simulations of microwave radiative transfer in realistic 3-D rain clouds. Seventh Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Monterey, California, USA, 6-10 June 1994, American Meteorological Society, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, 185- 188, 1994. þ A. Mugnai, F.S. Marzano and N. Pierdicca: Precipitation retrieval from spaceborne microwave radiometers: Description and application of a maximum likelihood profile algorithm. CLIMPARA '94: Climatic Parameters in Radiowave Propagation Prediction, Moscow, Russia, 31 May - 3 June 1994, International Union of Radio Science, 2.2.1-2.2.4., 1994. þ E.A. Smith, A. Mugnai and G.J. Tripoli: Theoretical foundations and verification of a multispectral inversion-type microwave precipitation profile retrieval algorithm. ESA/NASA International Workshop on Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Cloud-Atmosphere Interactions, St. Lary, France, 11-15 January 1993, B.J. Choudhury, Y.H. Kerr, E.G. Njoku and P. Pampaloni, Eds., VSP, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 599-621, 1994. þ A. Mugnai, E.A. Smith and G.J. Tripoli: Foundations for statistical-physical precipitation retrieval from passive microwave satellite measurements. Part II: Emission source and generalized weighting function properties of a time-dependent cloud-radiation model. J. Appl. Meteor., 32, 17-39, 1993. þ V. Levizzani, A. Mugnai, F. Porc—, F. Prodi, E.A. Smith and X. Xiang: Comparison of rainfall estimation using SSM/I and METEOSAT measurements. IRS '92: Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation, Tallinn, Estonia, 3-8 August 1992, S. Keevallik and O. K„rner, Eds., A. Deepak Publ., Hampton, Virginia, USA, 65-68, 1993. þ E.A. Smith, A. Mugnai, H.J. Cooper, G.J. Tripoli and X. Xiang: Foundations for statistical-physical precipitation retrieval from passive microwave satellite measurements. Part I: Brightness-temperature properties of a time- dependent cloud-radiation model. J. Appl. Meteor., 31, 506-531, 1992. þ A. Mugnai, E.A. Smith and X. Xiang: Passive microwave precipitation retrieval from space: A hybrid statistical-physical algorithm. Specialist Meeting on Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications, Boulder, Colorado, USA, 14-16 January 1992, E.R. Westwater, Ed., National Technical Information Service, Springfield, Virginia, USA, 237-244, 1992. þ A. Mugnai, H.J. Cooper, E.A. Smith and G.J. Tripoli: Simulation of microwave brightness temperatures of an evolving hail storm at SSM/I frequencies. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 71, 2-13, 1990. þ E.A. Smith and A. Mugnai: Radiative transfer to space through a precipitating cloud at multiple microwave frequencies. Part III: Influence of large ice particles. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 67, 739-755, 1989. þ E.A. Smith and A. Mugnai: The influence of ice microphysics on microwave radiation transfer through an evolving rain cloud. IRS '88: Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation, Lille, France, 18-24 August 1988, J. Lenoble and J.-F. Geleyn, Eds., A. Deepak Publ., Hampton, Virginia, USA, 627-630, 1989. þ A. Mugnai and E.A. Smith: Passive microwave remote sensing of precipitation from space: Impact of cloud microphysics. Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing Applications, Firenze, Italy, 9-11 March 1988, P. Pampaloni, Ed., VSP, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 169-178, 1989. þ E.A. Smith and A. Mugnai: Radiative transfer to space through a precipitating cloud at multiple microwave frequencies. Part II: Results and analysis. J. Appl. Meteor., 27, 1074-1091, 1988. þ A. Mugnai and E.A. Smith: Radiative transfer to space through a precipitating cloud at multiple microwave frequencies. Part I: Model Description. J. Appl. Meteor., 27, 1055-1073, 1988. þ A. Mugnai and E.A. Smith: Passive microwave radiation transfer in an evolving cloud medium. IRS '84: Current Problems in Atmospheric Radiation, Perugia, Italy, 21-28 August 1984, G. Fiocco, Ed., A. Deepak Publ., Hampton, Virginia, USA, 297-300, 1984.