2020 | Weather, Climate, and Society, 12(4), 789-804
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An econometric geospatial benefit model for nontornadic thunderstorm wind casualty reduction is developed for meteorological radar network planning. R...
The unusual movement of Typhoon Lionrock (2016) that posed great challenges for operational numerical predictions was investigated. Analysis of the st...
We demonstrate that machine learning (ML) can skillfully classify thunderstorms into three categories: supercell, part of a quasi-linear convective sy...
This paper describes the development of convolutional neural networks (CNN), a type of deep-learning method, to predict next-hour tornado occurrence. ...
Light–moderate precipitation is projected to decrease whereas heavy precipitation may increase under greenhouse gas (GHG)-induced global warming, wh...
2021 | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 78(4), 1189-1205
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Although tornadoes produced by quasi-linear convective systems (QLCSs) generally are weak and short lived, they have high societal impact due to their...
2020 | Weather, Climate, and Society, 12(2), 323-330
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Malaria and dengue fever are among the most important vectorborne diseases in the tropics and subtropics. Average weekly meteorological parameters—s...
Shortwave radiative feedbacks from Southern Ocean clouds are a major source of uncertainty in climate projections. Much of this uncertainty arises fro...
Mesoscale convective systems (MCS) are known to develop under ideal conditions of temperature and humidity profiles and large-scale dynamic forcing. R...
2020 | Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59(3), 551-565
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Time-dependent changes in extreme precipitation occurrence across the northeastern United States are evaluated in terms of areal extent. Using gridded...
2023 | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 40(2), 191-218
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We assess the performance of three different algorithms for estimating surface ocean currents from two linear array HF radar systems. The delay-and-su...
A proof-of-concept systematic evaluation of convective hazards is applied to short-term (1–6 h) forecasts using the Morrison, National Severe Storms...
Hurricane Florence (2018) devastated the coastal communities of the Carolinas through heavy rainfall that resulted in massive flooding. Florence was c...
Multiscale valid time shifting (VTS) was explored for a real-time convection-allowing ensemble (CAE) data assimilation (DA) system featuring hourly as...
2023 | Weather, Climate, and Society, 15(4), 1049-1067
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Common disaster-phase models provide a useful heuristic for understanding how disasters evolve, but they do not adequately characterize the transition...
2020 | Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21(5), 971-987
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Subseasonal to seasonal (S2S) climate forecasting has become a central component of climate services aimed at improving water management. In some case...
A variety of satellite and ground-based observations are used to study how diurnal variations of cloud radiative heating affect the life cycle of anvi...
2021 | Cell Chemical Biology, 28(11), 1628-1637.e4
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Teredinibacter turnerae is an intracellular bacterial symbiont in the gills of wood-eating shipworms, where it is proposed to use antibiotics to defen...
2022 | Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 61(2), 143-157
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Increases in the frequency of extreme rainfall occurrence have emerged as one of the more consistent climate trends in recent decades, particularly in...
In situ observation networks and reanalyses products of the state of the atmosphere and upper ocean show well-defined, large-scale patterns of coupled...
2019 | Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20(7), 1261-1274
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Streamflow was exceptionally low in the spring and summer of 2015 across much of the western United States because of a regional drought that exploite...
This study introduces the development of the Tracking Algorithm for Mesoscale Convective Systems (TAMS), an algorithm that allows for the identifying,...
A substantial role for atmospheric noise in simulations of decadal internal variability of SST is demonstrated by a comparison of a multicentury clima...
The Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) is a component of tropical variability that influences high-impact events such as hurricane activity and Asian m...
The assimilation of satellite all-sky infrared (IR) brightness temperatures (BTs) has been shown in previous studies to improve intensity forecasts of...
A consensus-based algorithm for estimating the current intensity of global tropical cyclones (TCs) from meteorological satellites is described. The me...
The ability of the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) model to forecast the location of convective storms is of interest for a variety of applicatio...
This study examined the contribution of the Pacific decadal oscillation (PDO) to the record-breaking 2013–17 drought in the Korean Peninsula. The me...
2020 | Journal of Physical Oceanography, 50(5), 1341-1364
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Measurements of collocated fields of atmospheric forcing, surface waves, and mean and turbulent velocities associated with passage of Tropical Storm (...
Under the Atmospheric River Reconnaissance (AR Recon) Program, ocean drifting buoys (drifters) that provide surface pressure observations were deploye...
The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) is an instrument designed to continuously monitor lightning. It is on the GOES-16 and GOES-17 satellites, vie...
2022 | Weather, Climate, and Society, 14(1), 39-50
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Tornadoes are nature’s most violent storm and annually cause billions of dollars in damage along with the threat of fatalities and injuries. To impr...
North Atlantic atmosphere–ocean variability is assessed in climate model simulations from HighResMIP that have low resolution (LR) or high resolutio...
2023 | Journal of Hydrometeorology, 24(12), 2177-2189
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Despite the intensifying interest in flash drought both within the United States and globally, moist tropical landscapes have largely escaped the atte...
This article examines to what extent the NCEP Climate Forecast System (CFS) weeks 3–4 reforecasts reproduce the CFS Reanalysis (CFSR) storm-track pr...
Interannual variability of tropospheric moisture and temperature are key aspects of Earth’s climate. In this study, monthly mean specific humidity (...
2023 | Journal of Hydrometeorology, 24(11), 1939-1954
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Reliable quantitative precipitation estimation with a rich spatiotemporal resolution is vital for understanding the Earth’s hydrological cycle. Prec...
Coral reefs are on a steep trajectory of decline, with natural recovery in many areas unlikely.1, 2, 3 Eutrophication, overfishing, climate change, an...
A series of numerical experiments where both physical and numerical model parameters are varied with respect to a reference setup is used to investiga...
In early 2018, due in part to a severe and extended meteorological drought, Cape Town was at risk of being one of the first major metropolitan areas i...
A competitive neural network known as the self-organizing map (SOM) is used to objectively identify synoptic patterns in the North American Regional R...
2023 | Journal of Hydrometeorology, 24(8), 1365-1376
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Changes in surface water and energy balance can influence weather through interactions between the land and lower atmosphere. In convecting atmosphere...
The benefits of assimilating Next Generation Weather Radar (NEXRAD) radial velocity data for convective systems have been demonstrated in previous stu...
Severe losses in aquacultured and wild hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria) stocks have been previously reported in the northeastern United States due to...
2023 | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 80(11), 2701-2710
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In the absence of scattering, thermal contrast in the atmosphere is the key to infrared remote sensing. Without the thermal contrast, the amount of ab...
Time of emergence of anthropogenic climate change is a crucial metric in risk assessments surrounding future climate predictions. However, internal cl...
Characteristic patterns of precipitation-associated tropical intraseasonal oscillations, including the Madden–Julian oscillation (MJO) and boreal su...
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