Publications

Refereed

Brandes, E.A., J. Vivekanandan and J.W. Wilson, 1999: A comparison of radar reflectivity estimates of
rainfall from collocated radars. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 16, 1264-1272.
Carbone, R.E., T.D. Keenan, J. Hacker and J.W. Wilson, 1999: Tropical island convection in the
absence of significant topography, Part I: Sea breeze and early convection. Submitted. Mon. Wea. Rev.
Chen, F. and K. Mitchell, 1999: Using GEWEX/ISLSCP forcing data to simulate global soil moisture
fields and hydrological cycle for 1987-1988. Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan, 77, 1-16.
Chen, F., 1999: Simulating the global climatology of the land surface energy balance by an off-line land
surface model. Climate Dynamics . In review.
Chen, F. and J. Dudhia, 1999: Coupling an advanced land-surface/hydrology model with the Penn State/NCAR
MM5 modeling system. Part I: Model implementation and sensitivity. Mon. Wea. Rev.. In review.
Chen, F., R. Pielke, Sr. and K. Mitchell, 1999: Development and application of land-surface models for
mesoscale atmospheric models: Problems and Promises. Observation and Modeling of the Land Surface Hydrological Processes. Editors V. Lakshmi, J. Alberston, and J. Schaake, American Geophysical Union. In review.
Cherington, M.C., D.W. Breed, P.R. Yarnell and W.E. Smith, 1999: Lightning injuries during snowy conditions. British
Jour. of Sports Medicine, 32, 333-335.
Crook, N.A. and J.B. Klemp, 1999: Lifting at convergence lines. Submitted. J. Atmos. Sci.
Keenan, T.D., S.A. Rutledge, R.E. Carbone, J.W. Wilson, M.W. Moncrieff, G. Holland, J.M Hacker, K. Saito and
N.A. Crook, 1999: The maritime continent thunderstorm experiment (MCTEX): Overview and some results. Submitted. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Koren, V., J. Schaake, K. Mitchell, Q-Y. Duan and F. Chen, 1999: Snow-frozen ground parameterization in
the mesoscale Eta model. In Press. J. Geophys. Res.,
Martner, B.E. and M.K. Politovich, 1999: A study of 5-day media forecasts in the Denver area. Submitted. Wea.
and Forecasting.
Politovich, M.K., 1999: Wet and dry ice growth on airfoils. In Press. J. Aircraft.
Rasmussen, R.M., J. Vivekanandan, J. Cole, B. Myers and C. Masters, 1999: The estimation of snowfall rate using
visibility. J. Appl. Meteor., 38(10), 1542-1563.
Russell, R.W. and J.W. Wilson, 1999: Spatial dispersion of aerial plankton over east-central Florida:
aeolian transport and coastline concentrations. Submitted. International Journal of Remote Sensing.
Saxen, T.R. and S.A. Rutledge, 1999: Surface rainfall-cold cloud fractional coverage relationship in TOGA COARE:
A function of vertical wind shear. In Press. Mon. Wea. Rev.
Serafin, R.J. and J.W. Wilson, 1999: Operational weather radar in the U.S.: Progress and Opportunity.
Accepted. Bull Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Serafin, R.J., J.W. Wilson, J. McCarthy and T.T. Fujita, 1999: Progress in understanding windshear and implications
on aviation. Storms. Accepted. Editor R. Pielke Sr. and R. Pielke Jr.
Stensrud, D.J., J.-W. Bao and T.T. Warner, 1999: Using initial condition and model physics perturbations
in short-range ensemble simulations of mesoscale convective systems. Accepted. Mon. Wea. Rev.
Stoelinga, M.T. and T.T. Warner, 1999: Nonhydrostatic, mesobeta-scale model simulations of cloud ceiling and
visibility for an East Coast winter precipitation event. J. Appl. Meteor., 38, 385-404.
Tucker, D.F. and N.A. Crook, 1999: The generation of a mesoscale convective system
from mountain convection. Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 1259-1273.
Vivekanandan, J., B. Martner, M.K. Politovich, and G. Zhang, 1999: Aircraft icing detection using dual-wavelength
radar observations. IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
Vivekanandan, J., B. Martner, M.K. Politovich and G. Zhang, 1999: Retrieval of atmospheric liquid and ice
characteristics using dual-wavelength radar observations. IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 37, 2325-2334.
Warner, T.T. and R.-S. Sheu, 1999: Multiscale local forcing of the Arabian Desert daytime boundary layer,
and implications for the dispersion of surface-released contaminants. Accepted. J. Appl. Meteor.
Warner, T.T. and H.M. Hsu, 1999: Nested-model simulation of moist convection: The impact of coarse-grid
parameterized convection on fine-grid resolved convection through lateral-boundary-condition effects. Accepted. Mon. Wea. Rev.
Warner, T.T., E.E. Brandes, J. Sun, D.N. Yates and C.K. Mueller, 1999: Prediction of a flash flood in complex
terrain: Part 1 - A comparison of rainfall estimates from radar, and very-short-range rainfall simulations from a dynamic model and an automated-algorithmic system. Accepted. J. Appl. Meteor.
Warner, T.T. and D.N. Yates, 1999: A Community Hydrometeorology Laboratory for fostering interdisciplinary
research by the atmospheric and hydrologic sciences. Submitted. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Warner, T.T., D.N. Yates, E.E. Brandes, J. Sun, C.K. Mueller and G.H. Leavesley, 1999: Prediction of a flash
flood in complex terrain: A comparison of flood discharge simulations using rainfall input from radar, a dynamic model, and an automated-algorithmic system. Submitted. J. Hydrologic Engineering.
Weckwerth, T.M., T.W. Horst and J.W. Wilson, 1999: An observational study of the evolution of horizontal
convective rolls. Mon. Wea Rev. 127, 2160-2179.
Weckwerth, T.M., V. Wulfmeyer, R.M. Wakimoto, R.M. Hardesty, J.W. Wilson and R.M. Banta, 1999:
NCAR/NOAA lower-tropospheric water vapor workshop. Accepted. Bull Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Wilson, J.W., N.A. Crook, C.K. Mueller, J. Sun and M. Dixon, 1999: Nowcasting Thunderstorms:
A Status Report. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79, 2079-2099.
Wilson, J.W., T.D. Keenan and R.E. Carbone,1999: Tropical island convection in the absence of
significant topography, Part II: evolution of mesoscale convective systems. Submitted. Mon. Wea. Rev.
Wu, B., J. Verlinde and J. Sun, 1999: Dynamical and microphysical retrievals from Doppler radar
observations of a deep convective cloud. Submitted. J. Atmos. Sci.
Wurtele, M.G, A. Datta and R.D. Sharman, 1999: Unsteadiness and periodicty in gravity waves and lee waves
forced by a fixed rigid boundary. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 2269-2276.
Wurtele, M.G, A. Datta and R.D. Sharman, The propagation of a gravity-inertia wave in a positively sheared
flow. Accepted. J. Atmos. Sci.
Yates, D.N., T.T. Warner and G.H. Leavesley, 1999: Prediction of a flash flood in complex terrain: Part 2
- A comparison of flood discharge simulations using rainfall input from radar, a dynamic model, and an automated algorithmic system. Accepted. J. Appl. Meteor.
Xu, M., D.J. Stensrud, J.-W. Bao and T.T. Warner, 1999: Application of the adjoint technique to short range
ensemble forecasting of mesoscale convective systems. Submitted. Mon. Wea. Rev.
Zhang, G., J. Vivekanandan and E. Brandes, 1999: A method for estimating rain fall rate and drop size
distribution from polarimetric radar measurements. To be published.

Non-refereed

Bernstein, B.C., T.P. Ratvasky, D.R. Miller and F. McDonough, 1999: Freezing rain as an in-flight icing
hazard. Preprints, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 38-42.
Brandes, E. and M.K. Politovich, 1999: The potential for aircraft icing detection with radar. Report prepared for the
Federal Aviation Administration, AUA-400, 14 pp.
Breed, D.W., R.T. Bruintjes, V. Salazar and H. Ramirez Rodriguez, 1999: Microphysical characteristics of
convective clouds in northern Mexico. Proc. Seventh WMO Scientific Conf. on Weather Modification, Chiang Mai, Thailand, WMO/TD No. 936, 57-59.
Brown, B.G., B.C. Bernstein, F. McDonough and T.A.O. Bernstein, 1999: Probability forecasts of in-flight
icing conditions. Preprints, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 433-437.
Brown, B.G., T.L. Kane, R. Bullock and M.K. Politovich, 1999: Evidence of improvements in the quality of
in-flight icing algorithms. Preprints, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 48-52.
Bruintjes, R.T., D.W. Breed, G.B. Foote, M.J. Dixon, B.G. Brown, V. Salazar and H. Ramirez Rodriguez,
1999: Program for the Augmentation of Rainfall in Coahuila (PARC): Overview and design. Proc. Seventh WMO Scientific Conf. on Weather Modification, Chiang Mai, Thailand, WMO/TD No. 936, 53-56.
Bruintjes, R.T., G.L. Kok, D.W. Breed and V. Salazar, 1999: Hygroscopic seeding: Theory
and practice. Proc. Seventh WMO Scientific Conf. on Weather Modification, Chiang Mai, Thailand, WMO/TD No. 936, 65-68.
Carbone, R.E., T.D. Keenan, J. Hacker and J. Wilson, 1999: Tropical island convection in the absence of
significant topography. Preprints, 23rd Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc. Boston, 530-533.
Chen, F. and J. Dudhia, 1999: Land-surface model development for the MM5 V.3 system.
Proc. Workshop on land-surface modeling and applications to mesoscale models. Boulder, CO, 24-25 June. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston.
Chen, F., T. Warner and K. Manning, 1999: Simulation of the 1996 Buffalo Creek
flash-flood event and its sensitivity to land-surface variability. Proc. Workshop on land-surface modeling and applications to mesoscale models. Boulder, CO, 24-25 June. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston.
Chen, F., T. Warner, K. Manning and D. Yates, 1999: Using A high-resolution mesoscale
coupled model to simulate the 1996 Buffalo Creek flash-flood event. Proc. 15th Conference on Hydrology. Long Beach, CA, January.
Chen, F., D. Yates, M. LeMone, H. Nagai, S. Onkley and R. Grossman, 1999: A multi-scale data set based on
CASES-97 for studying land-surface heterogeneity and for validating land-surface models. Proc. 15th Conference on Hydrology. Long Beach, CA, January.
Davis, C., T. Warner, J. Bowers and E. Astling, 1999: Development and application
of an operational, relocatable, mesogamma-scale weather analysis and forecasting system. Accepted. Tellus on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, Dallas,10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 433-437.
Dixon, M.J. and R. Rasmussen, 1999: Real-time short-term snowfall prediction for aviation using storm tracking
and gauge-calibrated radar data. Preprints, 29th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Monteal, 12-16 July. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston.
Dudhia, J. and F. Chen, 1999: Using a mesoscale model coupled to a land-surface model
to simulate surface fluxes at high resolution. DOE ARM Science Team Meeting, San Antario, TX, 22-26 March.
Holland, L.D and M.K. Politovich, 1999: An inferred winter cloud climatology. Proc. 8th Conference
on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 429-432.
Kane, T.L., B.G. Brown and R. Sharman, 1999: A preliminary climatology of upper level
turbulence reports. Preprints, 8th Conf. on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 363-365.
Keeler, R.J., C. Kessinger, S. Ellis and J. VanAndel, 1999: Implementation of Nexrad AP
clutter mitigation scheme, Preprints, 29th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, 12-16 July. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 580-581.
Keeler, R.J., C. Kessinger, J. VanAndel and S. Ellis, 1999: Implementation of NEXRAD AP
clutter processing. Preprints, 15th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, Dallas, 11-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 304-305.
Kessinger, C., S. Ellis and J. VanAndel, 1999: An algorithm to detect anomalously-propagated ground
clutter for the WSR-88D. Preprints, 15th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, Dallas, 11-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 310-313.
Kessinger, C., S. Ellis and J. VanAndel, 1999: Detection of anomalously-propagated ground clutter
using fuzzy logic. Presented. The URSI Conference, Boulder, CO, 4-8 January.
Kessinger, C., S. Ellis and J. VanAndel, 1999: A fuzzy logic AP clutter detection algorithm for the
WSR-88D, Preprints, 29th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, 12-16 July. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 576-579.
Kessinger, C., C. Frush and S. Ellis, 1999: Preliminary experiments with AP clutter recognition
using WSR-88D data collected with the A1DA time-series recorder. Preprints, 15th Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, Dallas,
11-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 314-317.
Lindholm, T.A., 1999: Advances in providing weather information to the cockpit. Submitted.
SAE Aerospace Safety Conference.
Lindholm, T.A., 1999: Collaborative decision making and WEATHER. Air Traffic Technology
International Journal, pp. 18-21.
Mahoney, J.L., J.K. Henderson, B.G. Brown and C.S. Hartsough, 1999: Benefits of using FSL's
Real-Time Verification System (RTVS) at the NWS/NCEP Aviation Weather Center. Preprints, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 95-99.
McDonough, F. and B.C. Bernstein, 1999: Combining satellite, radar, and surface
observations with model data to create a better aircraft icing diagnosis. Preprints, 8th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 467-471.
Miller, R.J., B.C. Bernstein and L. Koch, 1999: A climatology of freezing rain in the
Columbia Basin. Preprints, 17th Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Denver, 13-17 September. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston.
Mueller, C.K. and J.W. Wilson, 1999: Preliminary efforts toward 1-2 hr national
thunderstrorm initiation forecasts. Preprints, 29th International Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, 12-6 July. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 13-20.
Politovich, M.K., 1999: How can we use and depict variability of clouds in icing forecasts. Proc. 8th
Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 443-446.
Politovich, M.K., 1999: MWISP Science Plan. Available from FAA Aviation Weather Research Program,
AUA-430., 52 pp.
Roberts, R.D., D.W. Breed and P.C. Kennedy, 1999: Multi-parameter radar, aircraft, and satellite signatures
associated with precipitation formation in Colorado convective clouds. Preprints, 29th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, 12-16 July. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston.
Roberts, R., T. Saxon, C.K. Mueller, C. Wilson, N.A. Crook, J. Sun and S. Henry, 1999:
Operational application and use of NCAR's published thunderstorm nowcasting system. Preprints, 15th Conf. on Interactive Information Processing Systems. Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc, Boston, 158-161.
Saxen, T.R., C.K. Mueller, T.C. Jameson and E. Hatfield, 1999: Determining key parameters for
forecasting thunderstorms at White Sands Missile Range. Preprints, 29th Intl. Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, 12-16 July. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 9-12.
Serafin, R.J. and J.W. Wilson, 1999: Operational weather radar in the U.S.: Progress and Opportunity, COST-75
Advanced Weather Radar Systems, International Seminar, Locarno, Switzerland, 35-61, ISBN 92-828-4907-4.
Sharman, R., C. Tebaldi and B. Brown, 1999: An integrated approach to clear-air turbulence forecasting.
Preprints, 8th Conf. on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 68-71.
Sims, D., C. Fidalgo, C. Turner, M. Politovich and D. Johnson, 1999: Integrated icing diagnostic algorithm assessment
at the Aivaiton Weather Center. Proc. 8th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 53-57.
Steiner, M., J.A. Smith, C. Kessinger and B.S. Ferrier, 1999: Comparison and assessment of radar data quality
control algorithms, Preprints, 29th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, 12-16 July. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 582-585.
Sun, J. and N.A. Crook 1999: Real-time boundary layer wind and temperature analysis using WSR-88D
observations. Preprints, 29th International Conf. on Radar Meteorology. Montreal, 12-16 July. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 44-47.
Tilley, J.S., D. Wilkinson and M.K. Politovich, 1999: Application of mesoscale model data to algorithms for inflight
icing over the Alaska region. Proc. 8th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 452-456.
VanAndel, J., C. Kessinger and D. Ecoff, 1999: APCAT: An AP clutter analysis tool, Preprints, 29th Conference
on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, 12-16 July. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 267-269.
Vivekanandan, J., B. Martner, M.K. Politovich and G. Zhang, 1999: Aircraft icing detection using dual-wavelength
radar observations, IEEE Trans. on Geoscience and Remote Sensing.
Vivekanandan, J., G. Zhang and M.K. Politovich, 1999: Estimate of droplet size and liquid water content
using dual-frequency radar measurements for aircraft icing detection. Proc. of 29th ICRM, , Montreal, 12-16 July. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 872-875.
Vivekanandan, J., G. Zhang and A.V. Ryzhkov, 1999: Estimation of canting angle distribution of raindrop spectra
using radar measurement. International Radar Symposium, India, Dec.
Warner, T.T., 1999: Land-surface physics and boundary-layer processes associated with desert
microclimates: A review of observational and modeling studies. To be submitted. Meteorological Monograph, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston.
Wilson, J.W., T.D. Keenan and R.E. Carbone, 1999: Tropical island convection in the absence of
significant topography Part II: evolution of mesoscale convective systems. Preprints, 23rd Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc. Boston, 534-537.
Wilson, J.W., T.D. Keenan and R.E. Carbone, 1999: Tropical island convection in the absence of
significant topography Part II: Evolution of mesoscale convective systems. Preprints, Eigth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Boulder CO, 24-25 June. Amer. Meteor. Soc. Boston.
Wilson, J.W. and R.D. Roberts, 1999: Evaluation of radar and other variables for the 0-2
hr. forecast of thunderstorms. Preprints, 29th International Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Montreal, 12-16 July. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 5-8.
Xu, M., J. Sun and N.A. Crook, 1999: Retrieval and forecasting of the boundary layer flow in the
absence of the upper-level radar data. Preprints, 29th International Conf. on Radar Meteorology. Montreal, 12-16 July. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 40-42.
Zhang, G. and J. Vivekanandan, 1999: Microwave radiation from mixed phase cloud for ground-based
radiometer remote sensing. Proc. of IGARSS'99, Hamburg, Germany, June 28-July 2.
Zhang, G., J. Vivekanandan and M.K. Politovich, 1999: Scattering effects on microwave passive remote sensing of cloud
parameters. Proc. 8th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, Dallas, 10-15 January. Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, 497-501.