CAPS Publications

Complete List

Recent Papers

Hu, M. and M. Xue, 2007: Impact of configurations of rapid intermittent assimilation of WSR-88D radar data for the 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City tornadic thunderstorm case. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 507–525.

Kong, F., K.K. Droegemeier and N.L. Hickmon, 2007:  Multiresolution ensemble forecasts of an observed tornadic thunderstorm system, Part II.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 759-782.

Liu, S., M. Xue, and Q. Xu, 2007: Using wavelet analysis to detect tornadoes from Doppler radar radial-velocity observations. J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 24, 344-359.

Xue, M., S. Liu, and T. Yu, 2007: Variational analysis of over-sampled dual-Doppler radial velocity data and application to the analysis of tornado circulations. J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 24, 403–414.

Liu, H., M. Xue, R. J. Purser, and D. F. Parrish, 2007: Retrieval of moisture from GPS slant-path water vapor observations using 3DVAR with isotropic and anisotropic recursive filters. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 1506–1521.

Chu, K., Z.-M. Tan, and M. Xue, 2007: Impact of four-dimensional variational assimilation of rainfall data on precpitation forecast of mesoscale convective systems in a meiyu heavy rainfall event. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 24, 281-300.

Hu, M. and M. Xue, 2007: Initializing convection using cloud analysis and radar data in grid-point statistical interpolation (GSI) system and impact on the forecast of advanced research WRF. Geophy. Res. Letters. 34, L07808, doi:10.1029/2006GL028847.

Xue, M., Y. Jung, and G. Zhang, 2007: Error modeling of simulated reflectivity observations for ensemble Kalman filter data assimilation of convective storms. Geophys. Res. Letters, 34, L10802, doi:10.1029/2007GL029945.

Limpasuvan, V., D. L. Wu, M. J. Alexander, M. Xue, M. Hu, S. Pawson, and J. R. Perkins, 2007: The ARPS stratospheric gravity wave simulation over Greenland during 24 January 2005. J. Geo. Res., 112, D10115, doi:10.1029/2006JD007823.

Xue, M., K. K. Droegemeier, and D. Weber, 2007: Numerical prediction of high-impact local weather: A driver for petascale computing. In Petascale Computing: Algorithms and Applications, D. Bader, Ed., Taylor & Francis.

May, R. M., M. I. Biggerstaff, and M. Xue, 2007: A Doppler radar emulator with an application to the detectability of tornadic signatures. J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 1973-1996.

Richardson, Y.P., K.K. Droegemeier and R.P. Davies-Jones, 2007:  The influence of horizontal environmental variability on numerically-simulated convective storms, Part I:  Variations in vertical shear.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3429-3455.

Kelleher, K., K.K. Droegemeier and co-authors, 2007:  Project CRAFT:  Technical Aspects of a Real Time Delivery System for NEXRAD Level II Data via the Internet.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 1045-1057.

Keith, R. and S. M. Leyton, 2007: An experiment to measure the value of statistical probability forecasts for airports.  Wea. Forecasting. 22, 928-935.

Cheong, B. L., R. D. Palmer, and M. Xue, 2008: A time-series weather radar simulator based on high-resolution atmospheric models. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 25, 230-243.

Gao, S., S. Yang, and M. Xue, 2008: The total deformation and its role in heavy precipitation events associated with deformation-dominant flow patterns. Adv. Atmos. Sci., In press.

Jung, Y., G. Zhang, and M. Xue, 2008: Assimilation of simulated polarimetric radar data for a convective storm using ensemble Kalman filter. Part I: Observation operators for reflectivity and polarimetric variables. Mon. Wea. Rev., In press.

Jung, Y., M. Xue, G. Zhang, and J. Straka, 2008: Assimilation of simulated polarimetric radar data for a convective storm using ensemble Kalman filter. Part II: Impact of polarimetric data on storm analysis. Mon. Wea. Rev., In press.

Tong, M. and M. Xue, 2008: Simultaneous estimation of microphysical parameters and atmospheric state with radar data and ensemble Kalman filter. Part I: Sensitivity analysis and parameter identifiability. Mon. Wea. Rev. In press.

Tong, M. and M. Xue, 2008: Simultaneous estimation of microphysical parameters and atmospheric state with radar data and ensemble Kalman filter. Part II: Parameter estimation experiments. Mon. Wea. Rev. In press.

Gao, J. and M. Xue, 2008: An efficient dual-resolution approach for ensemble data assimilation and tests with assimilated Doppler radar data. Mon. Wea. Rev., In press.

Liu, H. and M. Xue, 2008: Prediction of convective initiation and storm evolution on 12 June 2002 during IHOP. Part I: Control simulation and sensitivity experiments. Mon. Wea. Rev., In press.

Xu, Q., H. Lu, S. Gao, M. Xue, and M. Tong, 2008: Time-expanded sampling for ensemble Kalman filter: Assimilation experiments with simulated radar observations. Mon. Wea. Rev., In press.

Gao, J., K. Brewster, and M. Xue, 2008: Sensitivity of radio reflectivity to moisture and temperature and its influnce on radar ray path. Adv. Atmos. Sci., Accepted.

Tanamachi, R. L., W. Feltz, and M. Xue, 2008: Observations and numerical simulation of a water vapor oscillation event during the International H2O Project (IHOP_2002). Mon. Wea. Rev., Accepted.

Kain, J. S., S. J. Weiss, D. R. Bright, M. E. Baldwin, J. J. Levit, G. W. Carbin, C. S. Schwartz, M. Weisman, K. K. Droegemeier, D. Weber, and K. W. Thomas, 2008: Some practical considerations for the first generation of operational convection-allowing NWP: How much resolution is enough? Wea. Forecasting, Under view.

Some of the additional papers and manuscripts submitted can be found here.