Infrequent lightning flashes occurring outside of surface precipitation pose challenges to Impact-Based Decision Support Services (IDSS) for outdoor a...
An African easterly wave (AEW) and associated mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) dataset has been created and used to evaluate the propagation of MCS...
Cirrate octopods (Cephalopoda: Cirrata) are among the largest invertebrates of the deep sea. These organisms have long been known to lay single, large...
2019 | Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 58(5), 971-987
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A monetized tornado benefit model is developed for arbitrary weather radar network configurations. Geospatial regression analyses indicate that improv...
2022 | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 79(4), 1005-1020
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Ground-based thermodynamic and kinematic profilers were placed adjacent to the western shore of Lake Michigan at two sites as part of the 2017 Lake Mi...
2022 | Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 79(10), 2721-2737
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Through a series of global convection-permitting simulations and geostationary satellite observations, this study investigates the role of deep moist ...
The observation error covariance partially controls the weight assigned to an observation during data assimilation (DA). True observation error statis...
2019 | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 36(7), 1297-1312
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Global observations from the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) onboard the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership satellite are affected...
Most El Niño events decay after a peak in boreal winter, but some persist and strengthen again in the following year. Several mechanisms for regulati...
2023 | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 40(11), 1355-1379
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The core Argo array has operated with the design goal of uniform spatial distribution of 3° in latitude and longitude. Recent studies have acknowledg...
Typhoon Lan (2017) was one of the largest tropical cyclones (TC) in the western North Pacific Ocean (WNP), and it was developed in a low-frequency (10...
A new software framework using a well-established high-order spectral element discretization is presented for solving the compressible Navier–Stokes...
2020 | Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 59(4), 589-604
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A monetized flash flood casualty reduction benefit model is constructed for application to meteorological radar networks. Geospatial regression analys...
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...
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