CAPS Publications

Complete List

Recent Papers

Hu, M. and M. Xue, 2007: Impact of configurations of rapid intermittent assimilation of WSR-88D radar data for the 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City tornadic thunderstorm case. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 507–525.

Kong, F., K.K. Droegemeier and N.L. Hickmon, 2007:  Multiresolution ensemble forecasts of an observed tornadic thunderstorm system, Part II.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 759-782.

Liu, S., M. Xue, and Q. Xu, 2007: Using wavelet analysis to detect tornadoes from Doppler radar radial-velocity observations. J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 24, 344-359.

Xue, M., S. Liu, and T. Yu, 2007: Variational analysis of over-sampled dual-Doppler radial velocity data and application to the analysis of tornado circulations. J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 24, 403–414.

Liu, H., M. Xue, R. J. Purser, and D. F. Parrish, 2007: Retrieval of moisture from GPS slant-path water vapor observations using 3DVAR with isotropic and anisotropic recursive filters. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 1506–1521.

Chu, K., Z.-M. Tan, and M. Xue, 2007: Impact of four-dimensional variational assimilation of rainfall data on precpitation forecast of mesoscale convective systems in a meiyu heavy rainfall event. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 24, 281-300.

Hu, M. and M. Xue, 2007: Initializing convection using cloud analysis and radar data in grid-point statistical interpolation (GSI) system and impact on the forecast of advanced research WRF. Geophy. Res. Letters. 34, L07808, doi:10.1029/2006GL028847.

Xue, M., Y. Jung, and G. Zhang, 2007: Error modeling of simulated reflectivity observations for ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation of convective storms. Geophys. Res. Letters, 34, L10802, doi:10.1029/2007GL029945.

Limpasuvan, V., D. L. Wu, M. J. Alexander, M. Xue, M. Hu, S. Pawson, and J. R. Perkins, 2007: The ARPS stratospheric gravity wave simulation over Greenland during 24 January 2005. J. Geo. Res., 112, D10115, doi:10.1029/2006JD007823.

Xue, M., K. K. Droegemeier, and D. Weber, 2007: Numerical prediction of high-impact local weather: A driver for petascale computing. In Petascale Computing: Algorithms and Applications, D. Bader, Ed., Taylor & Francis.

May, R. M., M. I. Biggerstaff, and M. Xue, 2007: A Doppler radar emulator with an application to the detectability of tornadic signatures. J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 1973-1996.

Richardson, Y.P., K.K. Droegemeier and R.P. Davies-Jones, 2007:  The influence of horizontal environmental variability on numerically-simulated convective storms, Part I:  Variations in vertical shear.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3429-3455.

Kelleher, K., K.K. Droegemeier and co-authors, 2007:  Project CRAFT:  Technical Aspects of a Real Time Delivery System for NEXRAD Level II Data via the Internet.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 1045-1057.

Keith, R. and S. M. Leyton, 2007: An experiment to measure the value of statistical probability forecasts for airports.  Wea. Forecasting. 22, 928-935.

Cheong, B. L., R. D. Palmer, and M. Xue, 2008: A time-series weather radar simulator based on high-resolution atmospheric models. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 25, 230-243.

Gao, J. and M. Xue, 2008: An efficient dual-resolution approach for ensemble data assimilation and tests with assimilated Doppler radar data. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 945-963.

Tong, M. and M. Xue, 2008: Simultaneous estimation of microphysical parameters and atmospheric state with radar data and ensemble Kalman filter. Part I: Sensitivity analysis and parameter identifiability. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1630-1648.

Tong, M. and M. Xue, 2008: Simultaneous estimation of microphysical parameters and atmospheric state with radar data and ensemble Kalman filter. Part II: Parameter estimation experiments. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1649-1668.

Gao, S., S. Yang, M. Xue, and C. Cui, 2008: The total deformation and its role in heavy precipitation events associated with deformation-dominant flow patterns. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 25, 11-23.

Jung, Y., G. Zhang, and M. Xue, 2008: Assimilation of simulated polarimetric radar data for a convective storm using ensemble Kalman filter. Part I: Observation operators for reflectivity and polarimetric variables. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2228–2245.

Jung, Y., M. Xue, G. Zhang, and J. Straka, 2008: Assimilation of simulated polarimetric radar data for a convective storm using ensemble Kalman filter. Part II: Impact of polarimetric data on storm analysis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2246–2260.

Liu, H. and M. Xue, 2008: Prediction of convective initiation and storm evolution on 12 June 2002 during IHOP. Part I: Control simulation and sensitivity experiments. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2261-2283.

Xu, Q., H. Lu, S. Gao, M. Xue, and M. Tong, 2008: Time-expanded sampling for ensemble Kalman filter: Assimilation experiments with simulated radar observations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2651-2667.

Loftus, A., D. Weber, and C. D. III, 2008: Parameterized mesoscale forcing mechanisms for initiating numerically-simulated isolated multicellular convection. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136.

Zhang, G., M. Xue, Q. Cao, and D. Dawson, 2008: Diagnosing the intercept parameter for exponential raindrop size distribution based on video disdrometer observations. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1876.1.

Tanamachi, R. L., W. Feltz, and M. Xue, 2008: Observations and numerical simulation of a water vapor oscillation event during the International H2O Project (IHOP_2002). Mon. Wea. Rev., DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2204.1.

Gao, J., K. Brewster, and M. Xue, 2008: Sensitivity of radio reflectivity to moisture and temperature and its influnce on radar ray path. Adv. Atmos. Sci., In press.

Kain, J. S., S. J. Weiss, D. R. Bright, M. E. Baldwin, J. J. Levit, G. W. Carbin, C. S. Schwartz, M. Weisman, K. K. Droegemeier, D. Weber, and K. W. Thomas, 2008: Some practical considerations for the first generation of operational convection-allowing NWP: How much resolution is enough? Wea. Forecasting, In press.

Some of the additional papers and manuscripts submitted can be found here.