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Journal Papers (Refereed Publications)
    Refereed Publications

    2006

    Davis, C., B. Brown and R. Bullock, 2006: Object-based verification of precipitation forecasts. Part I: Methodology and application to mesoscal rain areas. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 1772-1784.

    Davis, C., B. Brown and R. Bullock, 2006: Object-based verification of precipitation forecasts. Part II: Application to convective rain systems. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 1785-1795.

    Gilleland, E. and T. Fowler, 2005: Network design for verification of ceiling and visibility forecasts. Environmetrics, 17, (6): 575-589.

    Gilleland, E., D. Nychka and U. Schneider, 2006: Spatial models for the distribution of extremes. In: Hierarchical Modeling for the Environmental Sciences, J.S. Clark and A.E. Gelfand, Editors, Oxford University Press, 170-184. A

    Stephenson, A. and E. Gilleland, 2006: Software for the analysis of extreme events: The current state and future directions. Extremes, 8, 87-109.


    2005

    Gilleland, E. and D. Nychka, 2005: Statistical models for monitoring and regulating ground-level ozone. Environmetrics, 16, 535-546.


    2002

    Tebaldi, C., D. Nychka, B.G. Brown, and R. Sharman, 2002: Flexible Discriminant Techniques for Forecasting Clear-Air Turbulence. Environmetrics, 13, (8): 859-878.


    2000

    Mahoney, J.L., B.G. Brown and J. Hart, 2000: Statistical verification results for the Collaborative Convective Forecast Product. U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Forecast Systems Laboratory, NOAA Technical Report OAR 457-FSL 6, 30.


    1997

    Brown, B.G., G. Thompson, R.T. Bruintjes, R. Bullock and T. Kane, 1997: Intercomparison of in-flight icing algorithms. Part II: Statistical verification results. Weather and Forecasting, 12, 890-914.

    Thompson, G., R.T. Bruintjes, B.G. Brown and F. Hage, 1997: Intercomparison of in-flight icing algorithms. Part I: WISP94 real-time icing prediction and evaluation program. Weather and Forecasting, 12, 878-889.


    1996

    Brown, B.G. and A.H. Murphy, 1996: Improving forecasting performance by combining forecasts: The example of road-surface temperature forecasts. Meteorological Applications, 3, 257-265.


    1995

    Brown, B.G. and R.W. Katz, 1995: Regional analysis of temperature extremes: Spatial analog for climate change? Journal of Climate, 8, 108-119.


    1994

    Katz, R.W., and B.G. Brown, 1994: Sensitivity of extreme events to climate change: The case of autocorrelated time series. Environmetrics, 5, 451-462.


    1992

    Katz, R.W. and B.G. Brown, 1992: Extreme >events in a changing climate: Variability is more important than averages. Climatic Change, 21, 298-302.


    1991

    Brown, B.G. and R.W. Katz, 1991: Use of statistical methods in the search for teleconnectios: Past, present, and future. In Teleconnections Linking Worldwide Climate Anomalies: Scientific Basis and Societal Impact. M.H. Glantz, R.W. Katz and N. Nicholls, Editors, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 371-400.

    Katz, R.W. and B.G. Brown, 1991: The problem of multiplicity in research on teleconnections. International Journal of Climatology, 11, 505-513.


    1989

    Murphy, A.H., B.G. Brown and Y.S. Chen, 1989: Diagnostic verification of temperature forecasts. Weather and Forecasting, 4, 485-501.


    1988

    Brown, B.G., 1988: Climate variability and the Colorado River Compact: Implications for responding to climate change. In Societal Responses to Regional Climate Change. M.H. Glantz, Editor. Boulder, CO. Westview Press, 279-305.

    Brown, B.G. and A.H. Murphy, 1988: The economic values of weather forecasting wildfire suppression mobilization decisions. Canadian Journal of Forecast Research, 18, 1641-1649.


    1987

    Brown, B.G. and A.H. Murphy, 1987: Quantification of uncertainty in fire-weather forecasts: Some results of operational and experimental forecasting programs. Weather and Forecasting, 2, 190-205.

    Katz, R.W., B.G. Brown and A.H. Murphy, 1987: Decision-analytic assessment of the economic value of weather forecasts: The fallowing/planting problem. Journal of Forecasting, 6, 77-89.


    1986

    Brown, B.G., R.W. Katz and A.H. Murphy, 1986: On the economic value of seasonal-precipitation forecasts: The fallowing/planting problem. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 67, 833-841.


    1985

    Murphy, A.H. and B.G. Brown, 1985: A comparative evaluation of objective and subjective weather forecasts in the United States. In Behavioral Decision Making, G. Wright, Editor. Plenum Publishing Corporation, 329-359.


    1984

    Brown, B.G., R.W. Katz and A.H. Murphy, 1984: Time series models to simulate and forecast wind speed and wind power. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorolog 23, 1184-1195.

    Brown, B.G., R.W. Katz and A.H. Murphy, 1984: Exploratory analysis of precipitation with implications for stochastic modeling. Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology, 24, 57-67.

    Murphy, A.H. and B.G. Brown, 1984: A comparative evaluation of objective and subjective weather forecasts in the United States. Journal of Forecasting, 3, 369-393.


    1983

    Murphy, A.H. and B.G. Brown, 1983: Interpretation of some terms and phrases in public weather forecasts. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 64, 1283-1289.

    Murphy, A.H. and B.G. Brown, 1983: Forecast terminology: Composition and interpretation of public weather forecasts. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 64, 13-22.


    1982

    Murphy, A.H. and B.G. Brown, 1982: User requirements for very-short-range weather forecasts In Nowcasting, K.A. Browning, Editor. London, Academic Press, 3-15.


    1981

    Dennis, A.S., B.G. Brown and J.R. Miller, Jr., 1981: Variations in rainfall and insured crop-hail losses associated with operational cloud seeding in South Dakota. Journal of Weather Modification, 13, 150-160.


    1978

    Simpson, J.S. and B.G. Brown, 1978: Potential of summer rain augmentation by cloud seeding in the mid-Atlantic States. Virginia Journal of Science, 29, 146-156.


    Research Lead: Barbara G. Brown
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