1992 - 1995 Publications
Basic Convective and Mesoscale Research
Refereed Publications
Bateman, M.G., W.D. Rust, and T.C. Marshall, 1994: A balloon borne instrument for measuring the charge and size of precipitation particles inside thunderstorms. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 11, 161-169.
Cortinas, J. V., Jr., and D. J. Stensrud, 1995: The importance of understanding mesoscale model parameterization schemes for weather forecasting. Wea. Forecasting, 10, in press.
Holle, R.L., Watson, A.I., Lopez, R.E., MacGorman, D.R., Ortiz, R., and Otto, W.D., 1994: Life cycles of lightning and severe weather in mesoscale convective systems. Mon.Wea. Rev., 122, 1798-1808.
Hunter, S. M., T. J. Schuur, T. C. Marshall, and W. D. Rust, 1992: Electrical and kinematic structure of the Oklahoma mesoscale convective system of 7 June 1989. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 2226-2239.
Kelleher, K.E., S. Lakshmivarahan, and S. Dhall, 1994: On the parallel method for solving separable elliptic equations based on block cyclic reduction. Int. J. Computer Math., 49, 107-122.
Kogan, Y.L., 1993: Drop size separation in numerically simulated convective clouds and its effect on warm rain formation. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 1238-1253.
Marshall, T.C. and W.D. Rust, 1993: Two types of vertical electrical structures in stratiform precipitation regions of mesoscale convective systems. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 74, 2159-2170.
Marshall, T.C., W.D. Rust, and M. Stolzenburg, 1995: Electrical structure and updraft speeds in thunderstorms over the southern Great Plains. J. Geophys. Res., 100, 1001-1015.
Qiu, C. J. and Q. Xu, 1992: A simple adjoint method of wind analysis for single-Doppler data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 588-598.
Qiu, C. J., and Q. Xu, 1994: A spectral simple adjoint method for retrieving low-altitude winds from single-Doppler data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 927-936.
Qiu, C. J., J. W. Bao, and Q. Xu, 1993: Is the mass sink due to precipitation negligible? Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 853-857.
Shapiro, A. and Y.L. Kogan, 1994: On the mechanism of vortex formation due to multicell clould interaction. Atmos. Res., 33, 125-136.
Stensrud, D.J., and J.-W. Bao, 1992: Behaviors of variational and nudging assimilation techniques with a chaotic low-order model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 3016-3028.
Stolzenburg, M., 1994: Observations of high ground flash densities of positive lightning in summertime thunderstorms. Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 1740-1750.
Stolzenburg, M., and T.C. Marshall, 1994: Testing models of thunderstorm charge distributions with Coulomb's law. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 25921-25932.
Stolzenburg, M., T.C. Marshall, W.D. Rust, and B.F. Smull, 1994: Horizontal distribution of electrical and meteorological conditions across the stratiform region of a mesoscale convective system. Mon. Weath. Rev., 122, 1777-1797.
Thompson, R.L., J.M. Lewis, and R.A. Maddox, 1994: Autumnal return of tropical air to the Gulf of Mexico's Coastal Plain. Wea. Forecasting, 9, 348-360.
Xu, Q., 1992: Density currents in shear flows -- A two-fluid model. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 511-524.
Xu, Q., 1992: Formation and evolution of frontal rainbands and geostrophic potential vorticity anomalies. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 629-648.
Xu, Q., 1992: Ageostrophic pseudo-vorticity and geostrophic C-vector forcing -- A new look at the Q-vector in three-dimensions. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 981-990.
Xu, Q., 1994: Semi-balance model -- connection between geostrophic-type and balanced-type intermediate models. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 953-970.
Xu, Q., and R. Davies-Jones, 1993: Boundary conditions for the psi-equations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 1566-1571.
Xu, Q., and S. Gao, 1995: An analytic model of cold air damming and its applications. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 353-366.
Xu, Q., and D. Keyser, 1993: Barotropic and baroclinic ageostrophic winds and completeness of solution for the psi-equations. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 588-596.
Xu, Q., and M. W. Moncrieff, 1994: Density current circulations in shear flows -- A two-fluid model. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 434-446.
Xu, Q., F. S. Zhang, and G. P. Lou, 1992: Finite element solutions of free-interface density currents. Mon. Wea. Rev., 230-231.
Xu, Q., and C. J. Qiu, 1994: Simple adjoint methods for single-Doppler wind analysis with a strong constraint of mass conservation. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 11, 289-298.
Xu, Q., C. J. Qiu, H. D. Gu, J. X. Yu, 1995: Simple adjoint retrievals of microburst winds from single-Doppler radar data. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, in press.
Xu, Q., C. J. Qiu, and J. X. Yu, 1994: Adjoint-method retrievals of low-altitude wind fields from single-Doppler wind data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 11, 579-585.
Xu, Q., C. J. Qiu, and J. X. Yu, 1994: Adjoint-method retrievals of low-altitude wind fields from single-Doppler reflectivity measured during Phoenix II. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 11, 275-288
Zheng, Y., Q. Xu, and D.J. Stensrud, 1995: A numerical study of the 7 May 1985 mesoscale convective system. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, in press.
Unrefereed Publications
Bateman, M.G., W.D. Rust, T.C. Marshall, B.F. Smull, 1992: Precipitation charge and size measureements inside MCSs in Oklahoma. (Abstract) Eos, Trans. AGU, 73, 111.
Brooks, H.E., D.J. Stensrud, and J.V. Cortinas, Jr., 1993: The use of mesoscale models to initialize cloud-scale models for convective forecasting. Preprints, Thirteenth Conf. Wea. Anal. and Forecasting, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 4 pp.
Cortinas Jr., J.V., 1995: Unlocking the secrets of mother nature: Studies in the field of meteorology. Preprints, 1995 Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists National Symposium and Career Fair, Los Angeles, CA, in press.
Cortinas Jr., J.V., and C. A. Crisp, 1995: Preparing a freezing precipitation forecast using a mesoscale model. Preprints, 14th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 171-175.
Cortinas, J.V., Jr., D.J. Stensrud, and H.E. Brooks, 1993: A simulation of a severe weather event in the southeastern United States. Preprints, Seventeenth Conf. Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 623-627.
Cortinas, J.V., Jr., D.J. Stensrud, and H.E. Brooks, 1993: A simulation of a convective event using the MM4 and a cloud-scale model. Abstracts, The Third PSU/NCAR Model Users' Workshop, NCAR, 42.
Cortinas, J.V., Jr., and D.J. Stensrud, 1994: The mesoscale features associated with severe convective weather. Preprints, Tenth Conf. on Numerical Wea. Prediction, American Meteorological Society, Boston,606-608.
Dempsey, C., R. Maddox, and K. Howard, 1993: An investigation of summer time nocturnal rainfall at Omaha, Nebraska. Preprints, 17th Conference on Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 642-646.
Hao J., M. Xue, Q. Xu, K. K. Droegemeier, 1994: Numerical simulation of cold air damming. Preprints, 6th Conference On Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 542-543.
Kelleher, K.E., S. Lakshmivarahan, and S.K. Dhall, 1993: On the performance of a direct parallel method for solving separable elliptic equations based on block cyclic reduction. Proceedings of the 1993 ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, 517-524.
Kogan, Y.L., 1992: Drop size separation as a mechanism of warm rain formation. Preprints, 11th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, Canada, 276-279.
Kogan, Y.L., and S.S. Yum, 1992: Parameterization of Water-Soluble Component of Aerosol Particles in Numerical Cloud Models. Proceedings, 13th International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols, Salt Lake City, Utah, 177-180.
McCollum, D., and R.A. Maddox, 1993: Case study of a severe thunderstorm event over central Arizona. Preprints, 17th Conference on Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 201-205.
Rust, W.D., T.C. Marshall, and M. Stolzenburg, 1993: Electric field soundings through large or tornadic thunderstorms. Preprints, 17th Conference on Atmospheric Electricity, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 832-838.
Shapiro, A., and Y.L. Kogan, 1992: On vortex formation in a numerical simulation of multicell cloud interaction. Preprints, 11th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, Canada, 668-671.
Shouwen, Y., and Q. Xu, 1994: The impact of data error and model resolution on the results of variational data assimilation. Proceedings of Fourth ARM Science Team Meeting, U.S. Department of Energy, in press.
Stensrud, D.J., and J.-W. Bao, 1991: A comparison of adjoint and nudging assimilation techniques using a low-order model. Preprints, Ninth Conf. Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 173-176.
Stolzenburg, M., T. C. Marshall, W. D. Rust, and B. F. Smull, 1993: Charge structure in relation to kinematic and precipitation structures in the stratiform cloud of a mesoscale convective system. Preprints, 17th Conf. on Atmospheric Electricity, American Meteorological Society, Boston.
Stolzenburg, M., W.D. Rust, and T.C. Marshall, 1994: Electric field soundings through strong updrafts of severe, supercellular thunderstorms (Abstract) Eos, Trans. AGU, 74, 100.
Xu, Q., 1992: The C-vector forcing for semigeostrophic diagnostic equations. Preprints, 5th Conference On Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 152-153.
Xu, Q., 1992: Intermediate models and their applications. 4th LASG International Summer Colloquium on Climate, environment study and geophysical fluid dynamics, Beijing, China.
Xu, Q., 1994: Semi-balance model with diabatic forcings. Preprints, 6th Conference On Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 322-323.
Xu, Q. and S. T. Gao, 1992: Experimental studies of mesoscale cold-air damming. Preprints, 6th Conference On Mountain Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 17-18.
Xu, Q., and Min Dong, 1994: CCM1 single column model for the ARM sites -- Model development and sensitiviy test. Proceedings of Fourth ARM Science Team Meeting, U.S. Department of Energy, in press.
Xu, Q., C. J. Qiu, and J. X. Yu, 1992: An adjoint method for sea-surface currents from infrared images. Preprints, 6th Conference On Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 379-380.
Xu, Q., C. J. Qiu, J. X. Yu, H. D. Gu, and M. Wolfson, 1993: Adjoint-method retrievals of microburst winds from TDWR data. Preprints, 26th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 433-434.
Xu, Q., J. Zong, and Chao-Yong Lo, 1994: C-vector diagnosis of ageostrophic circulation. Preprints, International Symposium on the Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones, Bergen, Norway, Vol. II, 564-567.
Zheng, Y., Q. Xu, and D.J. Stensrud, 1993: A numerical study of the 7 May 1985 mesoscale convective system. Abstracts, The Third PSU/NCAR Model Users' Workshop, NCAR, 16.
Zheng, Y., Q. Xu, D.J. Stensrud, and S. Chen, 1993: Numerical simulations of the 6-7 May 1985 mesoscale convective system. Preprints, Seventeenth Conf. Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 516-519.
M.S. Theses/Research Papers Completed
Dempsey, C., 1993: An Investigation of Large-Scale Conditions that Lead to Nocturnal Rain Events in Eastern Nebraska.
Hao Jin, 1994: Numerical Studies of Cold Air Damming.
Kelleher, K.E., 1992: A direct parallel method for solving separable elliptic equations based on block cyclic reduction.
Lo, C-Y Sunny, 1993: C-Vector Diagnosis of Ageostrophic Circulation.
McCollum D.M., 1993: Synoptic Scale Patterns Associated with Severe Thunderstorms in Central Arizona during the Summer Monsoon.
Stolzenburg, M., 1993: Electrical and Meteorological Conditions in the Stratiform Cloud Region of a Mesoscale Convective System.
Yum, S.S., 1992: Parameterization of Water-Soluble Component of Aerosol Particles in Numerical Cloud Models.
Zhang, F.S., 1992: Spectral Diffusion of the Solution of the Condensational Growth Equation in an Eulerian Dropsize Framework.
Zheng, Y., 1993: Observational Study and Numerical Simulations of the 7 May 1985 Mesoscale Convective System.
MS. Thesis in Progress:
Pfeifer, S.: Modeling the Summertime Low-Level Jet over the Southern Great Plains, University of Oklahoma.
Ph.D. Dissertation Completed:
Bateman, M.G., 1992: The Charge and Size of Precipitation Particles inside Thunderstorms and Mesoscale Convective Systems on the Great Plains.
Ph.D. Dissertation in Progress:
Stolzenburg, M., Electric field, charge density, and structure of mesoscale convective systems.
Forecast Improvements
Refereed Publications
Liu, Q., J.M. Lewis, and J.M. Schneider, 1992. A study of cold air modifications over the Gulf of Mexico using in situ data and mixed layer modeling. J. Appl. Meteor, 31, 909-924.
Conway, J.W., and D.S. Zrnic, 1993. A study of embryo production and hailgrowth using dual-Doppler and multiparameter radars. Mon.Wea. Rev., 121, 2511-2528.
Hermes, L.G., A. Witt, S.D. Smith, D. Klingle-Wilson, D. Morris, G. Stumpf, and M.D. Eilts, 1993. The gust front detection and wind shift algorithms of the terminal Doppler weather radar system. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 10, 693-709.
Hermes, L.G., A. Witt, S.D., Smith, D. Klingle-Wilson, D. Morris, G.J. Stumpf, and M.D. Eilts, 1993. The gust front detection and wind shift algorithms of the terminal Doppler weather radar systems. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 10, 693-709.
Rasmussen, EN, J.M. Straka, R. Davies-Jones, C.A. Doswell III, G.H. Carr, M.D. Eilts, and D.R. MacGorman, 1994. Verification of the origins of rotation in tornadoes experiment: VORTEX. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc, 75, 995-1006.
Unrefereed Publications
Brooks, H.E., C.A. Doswell III, EN Rasmussen, and S. Lasher-Trapp, 1995. Detailed observations of complex dryline structure in Oklahoma on 14 April 1994. Preprints, 14th Conf. Weather Analysis and Forecating, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 62-67.
Conway, J.W., and D.S. Zrnic, 1993. Hydrometeors within a differential reflectivity column. Preprints, 26th Conf. on Radar Meteorol., American Meteorologial Society, Boston, 537-539.
Doswell, C.A., III, H.E. Brooks, and EN Rasmussen, 1995. Forecasting issues and implications from the VORTEX-94 Project. Preprints, 14th Conf. Weather Analysis and Forecating, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 23-28.
Eilts, M.D., J.T. Johnson, E. D. Mitchell, S.S. Sanger, G. Stumpf, A. Witt, K. Hondl, and K.W. Thomas, 1995. Warning Decision Support System. Preprints, 11th Conf. Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorol. Ocean. And Hydrol., American Meteorological Society, Boston, 62-67.
Hondl, K.D., and M.D. Eilts, 1992. Short-term forecasting of thunderstorms using Doppler radar in the vicinity of Kennedy Space Center. Preprints, 30th Aerospace Sci. Mtg.,AIAA-92-0289.
Hondl, K.D., and M.D. Eilts, 1993. Evaluation of Doppler velocity dealiasing techniques for low-nyquist velocity data. Preprints, 26th Conf. on Radar Meteorol., American Meteorological Society, Boston, 59-61.
Hondl, K.D., and M.D. Eilts, 1993. Low-nyquist velocity dealiasing studies. Final Report, FY92, NSSL/OSF MOU, Section 3.0, 15 pp.
Jain, M.H., M.D. Eilts, and K. Hondl, 1993. Observed differences of the horizontal wind derived from Doppler radar and a balloon-borne atmospheric sounding system. Preprints, 8th Symp. On Meteorol. Observ. And Instrum., American Meteorological Society, Boston, 189-194.
Jain, M.H., K. Hondl, D. Keller, J. Johnson, P. Spencer, G. Stumpf, S. Vasiloff, A. Witt, and V. Wood, 1993. Algorithm testing and development database. Final Report, FY92, NSSL/OSF MOU, Section 5.0, 8 pp.
Jarboe, J.M., R.M. Steadham, A. Sellakannu, R.E. Schlegal, and S.S. Sanger, 1995. Preliminary results from the human factors evaluation of the radar analysis and display system during the summer 1994 operational test in Phoenix. Preprints, 11th Conf. Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorol. Ocean. And Hydrol., American Meteorological Society, Boston, 7-12.
Johnson, J.T., 1992. Weather impacted airspace (WIA) Project Report FY92, 27 pp.
Johnson, J.T., and M.D. Eilts, 1993. Use of WSR-88D data in the FAA's weather impacted airspace product. Preprints, 5th Conf. On Aviation Weather Systems, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 108-111.
Johnson, J. T., M.D. Eilts, and K. Droegemeier, 1993. An investigation of outflow strength variability in Florida downburst-producing storms. Preprints, 5th Conf. On Aviation Weather Systems, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 140-145.
Lee, J.T. and K.W. Thomas, 1993. Turbulence spectral width-view angle and wave length as observed by Doppler radar. Preprints, 26th Conf. on Radar Meteorol., American Meteorological Society, Boston, 38-40.
Ludwid, R.L., R.L. Steet, and J.M. Schneider, 1992. Subkilometer spatial variability for winds in a sheared, convective atmospheric boundary layer. 10th Symp. On Turbulence and Diffusion, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 200-203
Rasmussen, E.N., J.M. Straka, R. Davies-Jones, C.A. Doswell III, G.H. Carr, M.D. Eilts, and D.R. MacGorman, 1994. VORTEX: 94 Operations Plan. Available from the National Severe Storms Laboratory, 219 pp.
Rust, W.D., T.C. Marshall, D.P. Jorgensen, D.R. MacGorman, B.F. Smull, M.G. Bateman, S.M. Hunter, T.J. Schuur, T.R. Shepherd, and M. Stolzenburg, 1992. Electrical structure of mesoscale convective systems. Proceedings, 9th International Conf. On Atmos. Elect., 160-165.
Sanger, S.S., R.M. Steadham, J.M. Jarboe, R.E. Schlegal, and A. Sellakannu, 1995. Human factor contributions to the evolution of an interactive Doppler radar and weather detection algorithm display system. Preprints, 11th Conf. Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorol. Ocean. And Hydrol., American Meteorological Society, Boston, 1-6.
Spencer, P.L., J.T. Johnson, K.D. Hondl, and W.G. McPherson, Jr., 1993. Real-time storm-relative helicity calculations using integrated data sets. Preprints, 17th Conf. Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 93-97.
Stumpf, G. and D.W. Burgess, 1993. Observations of lower-tropospheric mesocyclones along the leading edge of a bow echo thunderstorm. Preprints, 26th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 215-217.
Stumpf, G.J., and K.D. Hondl, 1993. The use of radar wind profiles to remove TDWR gust front algorithm false alarms caused by vertical wind shear. Preprints, 5th Conf. On Aviation Wea. Sys., American Meteorological Society, Boston, 192-195.
Vasiloff, S.V., M.H. Jain, D. Keller, P. Spencer, G. Stumpf, A. Witt, and V.T. Wood, 1992. Comparison of several mesocyclone and tornado detection algorithms. NSSL/OSF MOU Final Report FY92: 2.1, 51 pp.
Vasiloff, S.V., M.H. Jain, D. Keller, A. Witt, V.T. Wood, P.L. Spencer, G.J. Stumpf, and M.D. Eilts, 1993. An evaluation of two Doppler radar mesocyclone detection algorithms. Preprints, 26th Conf. On Radar Meteorol., American Meteorological Society, Boston, 657-659.
Vasiloff, S.V., G.J. Stumpf, A. Witt, P.L. Spencer, D.L. Keller, and M.D. Eilts, 1993. An evaluation of several mesocyclone and tornado detection algorithms versus ground verification. Preprints, 17th Conf. Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 395-398.
Watson, A.I., E.N. Rasmussen, and C.L. Ziegler, 1994. Use of the NOAA WP-3D to document life cycles of tornadic storms in VORTEX-94. Proceedings, 6th Conf. Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 168-171.
Zrnic, D.S., N. Balakrishnan, and B. Gordon, 1993. Co-polar correlation coefficient at vertical incidence. Preprints, 26th Conf. On Radar Meteorol., American Meteorological Society, Boston, 742-744.
M.S. Thesis Completed
Johnson, J.T., 1992. Investigation of Outflow Strength Variability in Florida Downburst-Producing Storms.
M.S. Thesis in Progress
Mitchell, E.D. Convection initiation along the Florida seabreeze: A numerical and observational study.
Climatic Effects of / Controls on Mesoscale Processes
Refereed Publications
Gong, X.-F., and M.B. Richman, 1992: A study of statistical experiment for the application of principal component analysis to regional climate patterns. Scientia Atmospherica Sinica, 16, 649-658.
Gong, X.-F., and M.B. Richman, 1995: An examination of cluster analysis methodology in geophysical research. Part I: Precipitation data. J. Climate, 8, in press.
Kogan Y. L., 1993: Drop size separation in numerically simulated convective clouds and its effect on warm rain formation. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 1238-1253
Kogan, Y.L., M.P. Khairoutdinov, D.K. Lilly, Z.N. Kogan, and Q. Liu, 1995: Modeling of stratocumulus cloud layers in a large eddy simulation model with explicit microphysics. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, in press.
Kogan, Z.N., D.K. Lilly, Y.L. Kogan, and V. V. Filyushkin, 1995: Study of the effects of cloud microphysics on solar radiative properties of stratocumulus cloud layers. Atmos. Res., 35, 157-172.
Kogan Y. L. , D. K. Lilly, Z. N. Kogan, and V. V. Filyushkin, 1994: The effect of CCN regeneration on the evolution of stratocumulus cloud layers. Atmos. Res., 33, 137-150.
Kogan Y.L., and W. J. Martin, 1994: On parameterization of bulk condensation in numerical cloud models. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 1728-1739.
Lamb, P.J., and R.A. Peppler, 1992: Further case studies of tropical Atlantic surface atmospheric and oceanic patterns associated with Subsaharan drought. J. Climate, 5, 476-488.
Petersen, M.S., P.J. Lamb, and K.E. Kunkel, 1995: Implementation of a semi-physical model for examining solar radiation in the Midwest. J. Appl. Meteor., 34, in press.
Pryor, S.C., T.E. Hoffer, T.D. Davies, and M.B. Richman, 1995: Synoptic scale controls on the occurrence of regional haze at two remote monitoring sites in the southwestern U.S.A. Atmos. Env., 29A, in press.
Richman, M.B., 1993: Comments on: "The effect of domain shape on principal component analyses". Int. J. Climatol., 13, 203-218.
Richman, M.B., and S.J. Vermette, 1993: The use of Procrustes Target Analysis to discriminate dominant source regions of fine sulfur in the western United States. Atmos. Env., 27A, 475-481.
Ropelewski, C.F., P.J. Lamb, and D.H. Portis, 1993: The global climate for June to August 1990: Drought returns to Subsaharan West Africa and warm Southern Oscillation episode conditions develop in the central Pacific. J. Climate, 6, 2188-2212.
Shapiro A., and Y. L. Kogan, 1994: On the mechanism of vortex formation due to multicell cloud interaction. Atmos. Res., 33,125-136.
Smith, K., and M.B. Richman, 1993: Recent hydrologic fluctuations and their effects on water resources in Illinois. Climatic Change, 15, 249-269.
Zangvil, A., D.H. Portis, and P.J. Lamb, 1993: Diurnal variations in the water vapor budget components over central North America in summer 1979. Interactions Between Global Climate Subsystems: The Legacy of Hann, Geophysical Monograph Volume 75 (G.A. McBean and M. Hantel, edits.), IUGG Volume 15, 53-63.
Unrefereed Publications
Bell, M.A., and P.J. Lamb, 1994: Temporal variations in the rainfall characteristics of the disturbance lines over Subsaharan West Africa: 1951-90. Proceedings of International Conference on Monsoon Variability and Prediction, Volume 1, World Meteorological Organization, Geneva, 35-41.
Birmingham, D.L. and P.J. Lamb, 1994: Diagnostics of growing season rainfall fluctuations in central North America. Proceedings of Eighteenth Annual Climate Diagnostics Workshop, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., 283-286.
Gong, X.-F. and M.B. Richman, 1992: An examination of methodological issues in clustering North American precipitation. Preprints, 5th International Meeting on Statistical Climatology, Environment Canada, Atmospheric Environment Service, Toronto, J103-J108. [Also appeared in Preprints, Twelfth Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences.]
Kogan Y. L., 1992: Drop size separation as a mechanism of warm rain formation. Preprints of the 11th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, Canada, 276-279.
Kogan, Y.L., Z. N. Kogan, D.K. Lilly, and M. F. Khayroutdinov: 1994: On parameterization of optical depth in GCM and global climate models. Proceedings of Fourth ARM Science Team Meeting, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., in press.
Kogan, Y. L., Z. N. Kogan, D. K. Lilly, and M. F. Khayroutdinov: 1994: Evaluation of two radiative parameterizations using a 3-D LES microphysical model. Preprints of Eighth Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, American Meteorological Society, Boston.
Kogan Y. L., D. K. Lilly, Z. N. Kogan, and V. V. Filyushkin, 1992: A 3-D large-eddy simulation model of a stratocumulus cloud layer with explicit formulation of microphysical and radiative processes. Preprints of the 11th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, Canada, 340-343.
Kogan Z. N., D. K. Lilly, and Y. L. Kogan, 1992: The sensitivity of solar radiative properties to cloud microphysics in low cloud layer simulations. Preprints of the 11th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, Canada, 793-796.
Kogan Z. N., D. K. Lilly, and Y. L. Kogan, and V. V. Filyushkin, 1993: The sensitivity of optical and radiative properties to cloud microphysics in simulations of stratocumulus clouds. Preprints of The International Symposium on High Optics and Atmospheric Radiation, Tromso, Norway.
Kogan Y. L., and S. S. Yum, 1992: Parameterization of water-soluble component of aerosol particles in numerical cloud models.Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols, 177-180.
Lamb, P.J. (Ed.), 1992: The 1988-89 Drought in Illinois: Causes, Dimensions, and Impacts. Illinois State Water Survey Research Report 121, Champaign, 154 pp.
Lamb, P.J., K.C. Crawford, F.V. Brock, R.M. Rabin, 1992: Vision statement for research and educational outreach for the ARM CART Southern Great Plains Locale. Proceedings of the Second Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting, U.S. Department of Energy, CONF-9110336, UC-402, Washington, D.C., 141-143.
Lilly, D. K., Y. L. Kogan, Z. N. Kogan, and V. V. Filyushkin: 1993: Simulations of stratocumulus clouds with emphasis on particle physics and aerosol distributions. Preprints of Fourth Conference on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 203-207.
Richman, M.B., 1995: Comparison of low frequency modes of variability in NMC analyses to those generated from the ECHAM GCM. Proceedings of Nineteenth Annual Climate Diagnostics Workshop, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., in press.
Richman, M.B., J.R. Angel, and X.-F. Gong, 1992: Determination of dimensionality in eigenanalysis. Preprints, Fifth International Meeting on Statistical Climatology, Environment Canada, Atmospheric Environment Service, Toronto, 229-235.
Richman, M.B. and X.-F. Gong, 1992: Cluster analysis of growing season precipitation in central and eastern North America. Proceedings of the Sixteenth Annual Climate Diagnostics Workshop, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C. 286-297.
Richman, M.B. and X.-F. Gong, 1993: Relationships between the definition of the hyperplane width and the fidelity of the resulting PC loading patterns. Proceedings of the Seventeenth Annual Climate Diagnostics Workshop, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., 372-379.
Richman, M.B., P.J. Lamb, A. Zangvil, and J.R. Angel, 1992: Multivariate statistical analysis of precipitation associated with North American storm tracks. Preprints, 12th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 277-283.
Richman, M.B. and D.L. Montroy, 1994: An intercomparison of North American precipitation anomalies revealed by tropical Pacific SSTs and the SOI for warm and cold events. Proceedings of the Eighteenth Annual Climate Diagnostics Workshop, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., 41-45.
Shapiro A. and Y. L. Kogan, 1992: On vortex formation in a numerical simulation of multicell cloud interaction. Preprints of the 11th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, Canada, 668-671.
Zangvil, A., D.H. Portis, and P.J. Lamb, 1992: Relationships between water vapor budget components over central North America in summer 1979. Proceedings of Sixteenth Annual Climate Diagnostics Workshop, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., 298-304.
Zangvil, A., D.H. Portis, and P.J. Lamb, 1994: Investigation of 1988 drought in the midwestern U.S. using water vapor budget analysis. Proceedings of Eighteenth Annual Climate Diagnostics Workshop, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, D.C., 236-239.
Zangvil, A., A. Sasson, V. Isackson, D.H. Portis, and P.J. Lamb, 1993: Behavior of the large-scale moisture field and its relation to precipitation. Proceedings of International Workshop on Regional Implications of Future Climate Change, Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities and Israel Ministry of the Environment, Jerusalem, 108-120.
B.S. (Honors) Theses Completed
Bell, M.A., 1994: Temporal Variation in the Characteristics of Rainfall Disturbances of the West African Sahel.
Montroy, D.L., 1993: On the Relation of North American Precipitation to the El Nino-Southern Oscillation.
M.S. Theses/Research Papers Completed
Birmingham, D.L., 1995: Diagnostic Analysis of Afternoon Half-Day (1800-0600 UTC) Rainfall for May-August in the Central United States. (Awaiting Final Examination)
Gong, X.-F., 1994: On the Application of Cluster Analysis to Growing Season Precipitation Data in North American East of the Rockies.
Yum, S.S., 1992: Parameterization of Water-Soluble Component of Aerosol Particles in Numerical Cloud Models.
Zheng, F.-S., 1992: Spectral Diffusion of the Solution of the Condensational Growth Equation in an Eulerian Dropsize Framework.
M.S. Theses in Progress
Finch, J.D: Relations Between Subsaharan Tropospheric Structure and Rainfall.
McManus, G.L.: A Solar Radiation and Cloud Climatology for the U.S. Great Plains.
Montroy, D.L.: Meso-to-Synoptic Scale Weather System Characteristics Associated with ENSO-Related Precipitation Variability in North America East of the Rockes.
Ph.D. Dissertations in Progress
Khayroutdinov, M.F.: Drizzle process in stratocumulus cloud layers and its parameterization for large scale models.
Liu, Q: Cloud processing of aerosols and its climatic effect.
Ovtchinnikov, M. V: Study of ice-phase clouds in a cloud model with explicit formulation of ice and liquid phase processes.
Socioeconomic Impacts of Mesoscale Weather Systems and Regional Climate Variations
Refereed Publications
Mazzocco, M.A., J.W. Mjelde, S.T. Sonka, P.J. Lamb, and S.E. Hollinger, 1992: Using hierarchical systems aggregation to model the value of information in agricultural systems: An application for climate information. Agric. Systems, 40, 393-412.
Mjelde, J.W., D.S. Peel, S.T. Sonka, and P.J. Lamb, 1993: Characteristics of climate forecast quality: Implications for economic value to midwestern corn producers. J. Climate, 6, 2175-2187.
Unrefereed Publications
Lamb, P.J. (Ed.), 1992: The 1988-89 Drought in Illinois: Causes, Dimensions, and Impacts. Illinois State Water Survey Research Report 121, Champaign, 164 pp.
Mazzocco, M.A., B.J. Sherrick, S.T. Sonka, and P.J. Lamb, 1992: Role of decision maker expectations in valuing climate information. Proceedings of Fifth International Meeting on Statistical Climatology, Atmospheric Environment Service, Toronto, J115-J119.
M.S. Thesis in Progress
Hill, H.: The Influence of the Southern Oscillation on Sorghum Yields in Selected Regions of the World. Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University.
Doppler Weather Radar Research and Development
None during this period as a part of this research theme.