Daran L. Rife: Publications
Publications
- Rife, D. L., T. T. Warner, F. Chen, and E. G. Astling,
2002: Mechanisms for diurnal boundary layer circulations in
the Great Basin Desert. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
130, 921-938. [
Link to abstract]
- Rife, D. L., C. A. Davis, Y. Liu, and T. T. Warner,
2004: Predictability of low-level winds by mesoscale
meteorological models. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
132, 2553-2569. [
Link to abstract]
- Rife, D. L., and C. A. Davis, 2005: Verification of
temporal variations in mesoscale numerical wind forecasts.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 3368-3381. [
Link to abstract]
- Hacker, J. P., and D. L. Rife, 2007: A pratical
approach to sequential estimation of systematic error on
near-surface mesoscale grids. Wea. Forecasting,
22, 1257-1273. [
Link to abstract].
- Liu, Y., T. T. Warner, J. F. Bowers, L. P. Carson, F.
Chen, C. A. Clough, C. A. Davis, C. H. Egeland, S. F.
Halvorson, T. W. Huck, L. Lachapelle, R. E. Malone, D. L.
Rife, R.-S. Sheu, S. P. Swerdlin, and D. S. Weingarten,
2008: The operational mesogamma-scale analysis and forecast
system of the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command. Part
I: Overview of the modeling system, the forecast products
and how the products are used. Journ. Appl. Meteor.
Climatol.. 47, 1077-1092. [
Link to abstract]
- Liu, Y., T. T. Warner, E. G. Astling, J. F. Bowers, C.
A. Davis, S. F. Halvorson, D. L. Rife, R.-S. Sheu, S. P.
Swerdlin, and M. Xu, 2008: The operational mesogamma-scale
analysis and forecast system of the U.S. Army Test and
Evaluation Command. Part II: Inter-range comparison of the
accuracy of model analyses and forecasts. Journ.
Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47 ,
1093-1104. [
Link to abstract]
- Sharman, R. D., Y. Liu, R.-S. Sheu, D. L. Rife, T. T.
Warner, J. F. Bowers, C. A. Clough, and E. E. Ellison,
2008: The operational mesogamma-scale analysis and forecast
system of the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command. Part
III: Coupling of special applications models with the
meteorological model. Journ. Appl. Meteor.
Climatol., 47, 1105-1122. [
Link to abstract]
- Rife, D. L., C. A. Davis, and J. C. Knievel, 2009:
Temporal changes in wind as objects for evaluating
mesoscale numerical weather prediction. Wea.
Forecasting, 24, 1374-1389. [
Link to abstract]
- Knievel, J. C., D. L. Rife, J. A. Grim, A. N. Hahmann,
J. P. Hacker, and H. H. Fisher, 2009: A simple technique
for creating composite lake- and sea-surface temperatures
from MODIS for operational NWP. Submitted to Journ.
Appl. Meteor. Clim. [
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- Rife, D. L., J. O. Pinto, A. J. Monaghan, C. A. Davis,
and J. R. Hannan, 2009: Global distribution and
characteristics of diurnally varying low-level jets.
Submitted to J. Climate. [
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- Monaghan, A. J., D. L. Rife, J. O. Pinto, C. A. Davis,
and J. R. Hannan, 2009: Global precipitation extremes
associated with diurnally-varying LLJs. Submitted to J.
Climate. [
PDF]