Publications Resulting From This REU

Updated April 1, 2008

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Publications Resulting From 2007-2010 REU (NSF ATM-0648566)

Peer-Reviewed

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Professional Conference Papers/Presentations

Crauder, D., and D. Zittel, 2008: Evaluation of a faster scanning strategy for the WSR-88D combined range aliasing mitigation techniques. Preprints, 24th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society, CD-ROM ____.

Gensini, V., and H. E. Brooks, 2008: Regional variability of CAPE and deep shear from the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis. Presented, 12th Annual Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference, Des Moines, IA, Central Iowa Chapter of the National Weather Association.

Guillot, E. M., T. M. Smith, V. Lakshmanan, K. L. Elmore, G. J. Stumpf, and D. W. Burgess, 2008: Tornado and severe thunderstorm warning forecast skill and its relationship to storm type. Preprints, 24th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society, CD-ROM ____.

Powell, S. W., and H. D. O'Hair, 2008: Communicating weather information to the public: people's reactions and understandings of weather information and terminology. Preprints, 3rd Symposium on Policy and Socioeconomic Impacts, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society, CD-ROM ____.

Student Conference Presentations

Butterworth, R., and K. Kloesel, 2008: Communicating weather radar research to public audiences: the proposal. 7th Annual AMS Student Conference, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.

Finocchio, P., D. Hogan, and M. Leidner, 2008: Using ensemble prediction systems to estimate medium range temperature forecast error. 7th Annual AMS Student Conference, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.

Gensini, V., and H. E. Brooks, 2008: Regional variability of CAPE and deep shear from the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis. 7th Annual AMS Student Conference, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.

Henry, S., M. Douglas, J. Murillo, and J. Mejia, 2008: A method for mapping cloud forests using high-resolution satellite imagery. 7th Annual AMS Student Conference, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.

Kruep, L., and J. LaDue, 2008: Errors in the WSR-88D ZS (Snow) algorithm. 7th Annual AMS Student Conference, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.

McGuire, L., H. E. Snell, and T. S. Zaccheo, 2008: Development of methodology and tools for determining the impact of cloud-cover on satellite sensors. 7th Annual AMS Student Conference, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.

Ram, J., P. Schlatter, R. Johns, E. Quoetone, 2008: National Weather Service warning performance associated with watches. 7th Annual AMS Student Conference, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.

Tan, B., M. Douglas, J. Murillo, and J. Mejia, 2008: Developing and non-developing African easterly waves and their relationship to tropical cyclone formation. 7th Annual AMS Student Conference, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.

 

Publications Resulting From 2001-2005 REU (NSF ATM-0097651)

Peer-Reviewed

Brooks, H. E., Anderson, A. R., Riemann, K., Ebbers, I., & Flachs, H. (2005). Climatological aspects of convective parameters from the ncar/ncep reanalysis. Atmospheric Research, 83(2-4), 294-305.

Brooks, H. E., Lee, J. W., & Craven, J. P. (2003). The spatial distribution of severe thunderstorm and tornado environments from global reanalysis data. Atmospheric Research, 67-68, 73-94.

[Stephanie Nordin's REU work was on the identification of significant severe thunderstorm environments from proximity soundings, which has been used in operational forecasting by the SPC and was part of the basis for the first efforts to identify the global distribution of severe thunderstorm environments.]

Cohen, A. E., M. C. Coniglio, S. F. Corfidi, and S. J. Corfidi, 2007: Discrimination of mesoscale convective system environments using sounding observations. Weather and Forecasting, 22 (5), 1045-1063.

Dubois, J.A., and P.L. Spencer, 2005: Computing divergence from a surface network: Comparison of the triangle and pentagon methods. Wea. and Forecasting, 20, 596-608.

Horgan, K. L., D. Schultz, R. Johns, S. F. Corfidi, and J. E. Hales, 2007: A five-year climatology of elevated severe convective storms in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Weather and Forecasting, 22 (5), 1031-1044 . [PDF]

Lakshmanan, V., Fritz, A., Smith, T. M., Hondl, K., & Stumpf, G. (2005). An automated technique to quality control radar reflectivity data. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 46(3), 288-305 .

Metz, N. D., D. M. Schultz , and R. H. Johns, 2004: Extratropical cyclones with multiple warm-front-like baroclinic zones and their relationship to severe convective storms. Wea. Forecasting, 19, 907-916. [PDF]

Sears-Collins, A. L., D. M. Schultz, and R. H. Johns, 2005: The spatial and temporal variability of nonfreezing drizzle in the United States and Canada. J. Climate, 19(15), 3629-3639.

Van Den Broeke, M. S., D. M. Schultz, R. H. Johns, J. S. Evans, and J. E. Hales, 2005: Cloud-to-ground lightning production in strongly forced, low-instability convective lines associated with damaging wind. Wea. Forecasting, 20(4), 517–530.

Professional Conference Papers/Presentations

Blahyj, D.M., and D. A. Imy, 2002: Severe weather evolution associated with a bow echo and a series of mesolows. Preprints, 21st Conference on Severe Local Storms, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 34-37.

Bruening, S.L., M.P. Kay, and H.E. Brooks, 2002: A new perspective on the climatology of tornadoes in the United States. Preprints, 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics, Orlando, Florida, American Meteorological Society.

Carbin, G., Smith, B. J., Thompson, R. and Hart, J., 2005: Climatology of the supercell composite parameter (1979-2004). 30th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association, Saint Louis, MO, National Weather Association.

Cohen, A. E., M. C. Coniglio, S. F. Corfidi, and S. J. Corfidi, 2006: Discriminating among non-severe, severe, and derecho-producing mesoscale convective system environments. Symposium on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms, Atlanta, GA, American Meteorological Society, CD-ROM P1.15.

Fritz, A., V. Lakshmanan, T. M. Smith, E. Forren, and B. Clarke, 2006: A validation of radar reflectivity quality control methods. 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, Atlanta, GA, American Meteorological Society, CD-ROM 9.10.

Hamm, Andrew J., and K.E. Elmore, 2004: A validation of the NCEP SREF. 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, American Meteorological Society, Seattle, WA, paper 7.6.

Heinselman, P. L., & Rowe, A. 2005: Estimating hail size using polarimetric radar. Paper presented at the 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Albuquerque, NM, P9R.16.

Horgan, K. L., D. M. Schultz, R. H. Johns, S. F. Corfidi, and J. E. Hales, 2006: A five-year climatology of elevated severe convective storms in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Severe Local Storms Special Symposium. Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P1.22. [Available from http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~schultz/papers/horganetal2006.pdf]

A five-year climatology of elevated severe convective storms was constructed for the calendar years 1983 – 1987 from east of the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast. Of the 1689 surface boundaries examined, 129 (8%) were associated with elevated severe storm events. Of the 1066 severe reports associated with the 129 elevated severe storm events, 624 (58%) were hail reports, 396 (37%) were wind reports, and 46 (4%) were tornado reports. A maximum of elevated severe storm events occurred in May with a secondary maximum in September. Elevated severe storm events vary geographically throughout the year with a maximum along the Gulf coast in winter to a High Plains maximum in spring and summer. The diurnal maximum of elevated severe storm events occurred at 2100 UTC, which coincided with the diurnal maximum of hail reports. The wind reports had no pronounced diurnal maximum. Elevated severe storm wind-only events occur roughly five times a year and are difficult to forecast. To examine the conditions associated with events that produced severe winds only, five cases were examined in more detail. These cases consisted of three environments (Type A, B, and C). Type A events were characterized by strongly forced elevated squall lines. Type B events were elevated isolated cellular events, whereas Type C events were elevated northwest flow events. Several questions remain unanswered about elevated severe storm wind-only events such as: Does the strength or depth of the inversion matter? What factors affect the transfer of momentum down to the surface?

Johnson, E. V. and E. R. Mansell, 2006: Three dimensional lightning mapping of the central Oklahoma supercell on 26 May 2004. 2nd Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning, Atlanta, GA, American Meteorological Society, CD-ROM, 6.5.

Kalb, Christina P., A. R. Dean, R. A. Peppler, and K.L. Sonntag, 2004: Intercomparison of cloud base height at the ARM Southern Great Plains site. Presented, 14th Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, U.S. Dept. of Energy.

Lake, N.R., and D. R. MacGorman, 2002: A relationship between a surface theta-e ridge and dominant lightning polarity. Preprints, 21st Conference on Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, 431-434.

Mazur, R., Stumpf G., Lakshmanan V, 2004: Quality Control of Radar Data to Improve Mesocyclone Detection. 20th Intl Conf on Information Processing, Amer Met Soc, Seattle WA, P 1.2a.

Metz, N. D., D. M. Schultz, and R. H. Johns, 2004: Extratropical cyclones with warm-sector baroclinic zones and their relationship to severe weather. 20th Conf. Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Meyer, C.L., H.E. Brooks and M.P. Kay, 2002: A hazard model for tornado occurrence in the United States. Preprints, 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics, Orlando, Florida, American Meteorological Society.

Miller, B. A., B. N. Grant, and W. Gonzales-Espada, 2006: Evaluating learning and performance in the Warning Decision Training Branch's Distance Learning Operations Course. 15th Symposium on Education, Atlanta, GA, American Meteorological Society, CD-ROM 3.1.

Sears-Collins, A.L., D.M. Schultz, and R.H. Johns, 2003: The temporal and spatial variability of drizzle in North America. Preprints, Symposium on Observing and Understanding the Variability of Water in Weather and Climate, Long Beach, CA, American Meteorological Society. [PDF]

Student Conference Presentations

Bolen, D.M., 2002: The Relationship Of Large-Scale Surface Boundaries To Convective Initiation And Strong And Violent Tornado Occurrence. Presented, 1st Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Orlando, Florida, P1.25

Botnick, A., Kogan, Y., Mecham, D., 2006: Variability of radar reflectivity in continental boundary layer stratocumulus. Presented, 5th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.

Byko, Z. M., J. L. Guyer, J. J. Levit, and S. J. Taylor, 2005: Tornado probabilities derived from Rapid Update Cycle forecast soundings. Presented, 4th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.3.

Carroll, K.D., J. G. LaDue, A. C. Wood, and J. T. Ferree, 2003: Nonmeteorological factors in warning verification. Presented, 2nd Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Long Beach, California, P2.3.

Charles, Michael E., D. L. Andra, D. J. Miller, and M. Foster, 2004: Multiple Radar Comparison and Analysis of the 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City Tornadic Supercell. Presented, 3rd Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P 1.12

Dubois, J. A., P. L. Spencer, 2005: Estimating divergence from irregularly spaced observations: A comparison of three techniques. Presented, 4th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.29.

Esker, J., H. Brooks, and M. Baldwin, 2004: Analyzing statistical models of hourly precipitation events. Presented, 3rd Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P 1.18

French, A. J., J. S. Kain and S. J. Weiss, 2005: The effects of high resolution model output on severe weather forecasts as evaluated in the SPC/NSSL spring program 2004. Presented, 4th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.8.

Green, J. S., V. Lakshmanan and T. M. Smith, 2005: Quantitative analysis of different methods for merging radar reflectivity data. Presented, 4th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.13.

Hahnenberger, M., J. Galvez, and M. Douglas, 2004: Summertime precipitation variability and atmospheric circulation over the South American antiplano. Presented, 3rd Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P 1.21

Hamm, A. J. and K. L. Elmore, 2004: A Validation of the NCEP SREF. 2nd Great Lakes Meteorology Conference, Northwest Indiana Chapter / National Weather Association, Chesterton, IN.

Harrold, M., Stumpf, G., Schlatter, P., LaDue, J., 2006: Hail warning decision guidance. Presented, 5th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.

Hribal, S., Leyton, S. 2006: More accurate MOS temperature forecasts using bias correction and consensus. Presented, 5th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.

Kalb, C. P., A. R. Dean, R. A. Peppler, and K.L. Sonntag, 2004: Intercomparison of cloud base height at the ARM Southern Great Plains site.  Presented, 3rd Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P. 1.7

Klockow, K., D. Sutter, H.E. Brooks, 2005: The economic impacts of tornadoes: A broad analysis of post-event consumption. Presented, 4th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, 6.1.

Lake, Nettie, 27th Annual Northeastern Storms Conference, Saratoga Springs, New York, March 2002

LaBar, R., Douglas, M., Murillo, J., Mejia, J., 2006: The Llanos low-level jet and its association with Venezuelan convective precipitation. Presented, 5th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.

Muhammad, A., Andra, D., Smith, R., 2006: Weather awareness among Hispanics in Oklahoma City, OK. Presented, 5th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.

Nestlerode, Christina M., M.B. Richman, 2004: Analysis of the Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm Attributes to Increase Tornado Detection. Presented, 3rd Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P 1.15.

Nordin, S.M., H. E. Brooks and J. P. Craven, 2003: Significant Severe Thunderstorm Proximity Soundings. Presented, 2nd Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Long Beach, California, P2.4.

Pendergrass, A.G., K. L. Elmore, 2005: Ensemble forecast bias correction. Presented, 4th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.30.

Phillipson, J., Chilson, P., 2006: Establishment and instrumentation of the Kessler Farm Field Laboratory Piconet. Presented, 5th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.

Potvin, C. K., S. J. Weiss, and S. J. Taylor, 2004: A Study of Proximity Sounding Derived Parameters Associated with Significant Severe Weather. Presented, 3rd Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P. 1.10

Rapp, D. L., J. B. Basara, and P. K. Hall, 2004: The impact of high wind events on the Central Business District of Oklahoma City. Presented, 3rd Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P 1.5

Rowe, A.K., P. L. Heinselman and T. J. Schuur, 2005: Estimating hail size using polarimetric radar. Presented, 4th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.45.

Sampson, S.J., and K. L. Elmore, 2003: The Influence of Initial Conditions on the SPC 2001 Ensemble Cloud Model Forecasts. Presented, 2nd Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Long Beach, California, P3.7

Smith, B. J., Carbin, G., Thompson, R. and Hart, J., 2005: Climatology of the supercell composite parameter (1979-2004). 5th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.

Van Den Broeke, M.S., D. M. Schultz, R. H. Johns, J. S. Evans, and J. E. Hales, 2005: Cloud-to-ground lightning production in strongly forced, low-instability convective lines associated with damaging wind. Presented, 4th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.34.

Whittier, C. A., K. Scharfenberg, D. Burgess, P. Schlatter, 2005: Observations of the Zdr column during two severe weather events. Presented, 4th Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.15.

Publications from Previous REU Grants:

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Brooks, H. E., C. A. Doswell III, and J. Cooper (1994) On the environments of tornadic and non-tornadic mesocyclones. Wea. Forecasting, 10, 606-618.

Fuller, R. D., & Stensrud, D. J. (2000). The relationship between easterly waves and surges over the gulf of california during the north american monsoon. Monthly Weather Review, 128, 2983-2989.

Markowski, P. M., & Stensrud, D. J. (1998). Mean monthly diurnal cycles observed with pre-storm surface data. Journal of Climate, 11(11), 2995-3009.

Professional Conference Papers/Presentations

Brooks, H. E., C. A. Doswell III, M. T. Carr, and J. E. Ruthford (1996) Preliminary analysis of VORTEX-95 soundings. Preprints, 18th Conference on Severe Local Storms, San Francisco, California, American Meteorological Society, 133-136.

Caruso, S. J., R. Rabin, D. S. Zaras, and J. LaDue, 2000: A new look at the McCann study of the enhanced-V signature. Preprints, 10th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Long Beach, Calif., American Meteorological Society, JP 4.14.

Concannon, P. R., H. E. Brooks, and C. A. Doswell III, 2000: Climatological risk of strong and violent tornadoes in the United States. Preprints, 2nd Symposium on Environmental Applications, Long Beach, California, American Meteorological Society, 212-219.

Connors, J., and D. Schultz, 2000: Damaging wind gusts during the 10 November 1998 squall line over the central US. Symposium on The Mystery of Severe Storms: A Tribute to the Work of T. Theodore Fujita. Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. [HTML]

Decker, S. G., Schultz, D. M., and C. A. Doswell III, 1998: Synoptic-scale signals associated with flash floods. 19th Conference on Severe Local Storms, 16-17 June 1998 Minneapolis, MN, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Douglas, M. W., M. Pena, N. Ordinola, L. Flores, J. Boustead, and J. L. Santos, 2000: Synoptic and spatial variability of the rainfall along the northeastern Peruvian coast during the 1997-8 El Nino event. Preprints, Sixth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Santiago, Chile, American Meteorological Society, 104-105.

House, R., S. Greene, E. Cook, and E. Maxwell, 2000: Using long range seasonal forecasts to improve prediction of Oklahoma wheat yield. Preprints, Second Symposium on Environmental Applications, Long Beach, Calif., American Meteorological Society, 160-162.

Schumacher, R. S., and D. M. Schultz, 2001: Upper-tropospheric inertial instability: Climatology and possible relationship to severe weather predictability. Preprints, Ninth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 372-375.

Splitt, M. E., R. A. Peppler, and K. M. Kuhlman, 2000: Sensitivity of convective indices to humidity adjustments. Proceedings, Tenth Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting, San Antonio, TX, U.S. Dept. of Energy. [PDF]

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For the 2001-2005 REU:
"This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ATM-0097651."

For the 2007-2010 REU:
"This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. ATM-0648566."

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