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Student names are denoted
with an asterisk*.
See also publications about this REU.
NSF acknowledgment statements are at the bottom of this page.
Publications Resulting From 2011-2015
REU (NSF AGS-1062932)
Peer-Reviewed
Professional Conference Papers/Presentations
Beamesderfer*, E. R., K. L. Ortega, T. M. Smith, and J. Cintineo,
2012: Comparison of estimated and observed storm motions to environmental
parameters. 28th Conference on Interactive Information Processing
Systems, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society, 351.
Brouillette*, D. J., Y. Hong, and L. Liu, 2012: Quantifying Changes
in Extreme Precipitation At Houston and Oklahoma City by 2041-2065
Using the Canadian Regional Climate Model (CRCM). 24th Conference
on Climate Variability and Change, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological
Society, 97.
Cannon*, A., K. E. Klockow, R. A. Peppler, and H. E. Brooks, 2012:
Deriving Population Exposure Fatality Rate Estimates for Tornado
Outbreaks Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS). Seventh Symposium
on Policy and Socio-Economic Research, New Orleans, LA, American
Meteorological Society, 4.4.
Huelsing*, H. K., S. Khan, Y. Hong, H. Vergara, 2013: Evaluation
of Precipitation Diurnal Variability by TRMM: Case of Pakistan's
2010 Intense Monsoon. 25th Conference on Climate Variability
and Change, Austin, TX, American Meteorological Society, 132.
Labriola*, J., K. L. Ortega, D. M. Kingfield and M. L. Miller, 2013:
Investigating the relationship of multi-radar, multi-sensor parameters
to tornado intensity. 12th Annual Student Conference, Austin,
TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc. S118.
Mustered*, S. K., K. L. Ortega, 2012: Investigation of Radar Variables
and near Surface Environments for Developing a Surface Hail Fall
Product. 28th Conference on Interactive Information Processing
Systems, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society,
14.
Ware*, P. J., K. M. Calhoun, K. L. Ortega and G. J. Stumpf, 2013:
Evaluation of a lightning jump algorithm with high resolution storm
reports. 12th Annual Student Conference, Austin, TX, Amer.
Meteor. Soc., S116.
Student Conference Presentations
Diaz*, D.F., S.M. Cavallo, and B.H. Fiedler, 2013: Accuracy of GFS
Forecasts: An Examination of High-Impact 2011–2012 Cold Season
Weather Events. 12th Annual AMS Student Conference, Austin,
TX, American Meteorological Society, S7.
Dorian*, T., and M. Douglas, 2012: Choosing the Most Accurate Thresholds
for a
Cloud Detection Algorithm Using MODIS Imagery. 11th Annual
AMS Student
Conference, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society,
S23.
Elless*, T., X. Wang, T. Lei, and G. K. Mohan Kumar, 2012: Impact
of Aqua Satellite Data on Hurricane Forecast: Danielle 2010. 11th
Annual AMS Student Conference, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological
Society, S13.
Fall*, V., Q. Cao, and Y. Hong, 2013: Intercomparison of Vertical
Structure of Storms Revealed by Ground-based (NMQ) and Spaceborne
Radars (CloudSat-CPR and TRMM-PR). 12th Annual AMS Student Conference,
Austin, TX, American Meteorological Society, S134.
Korfe*, N., H. D. Reeves, and A. Clark, 2013: Sensitivity of planetary
boundary layer parameterization schemes on forecasting blizzard conditions
for the 11-12 December 2010 snowstorm. 12th Annual AMS Student
Conference,
Austin, TX, American Meteorological Society, S128.
Labriola*, J., K. Ortega, D. Kingfield, M. Miller 2013: Investigating
the Relationship of Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor Parameters to Tornado
Intensity. 12th Annual AMS Student Conference, Austin, TX,
American Meteorological Society, S118.
Lillo*, S., and E. Mansell, 2012: Sensitivity of Microphysical Parameters
on the Evolution of a Supercell. 11th Annual AMS Student Conference,
New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society, S14.
Recker*, B., S. M. Leidner, and D. Gombos, 2013: Evaluating Likely
Hail Impacts from SPC Day 1 Outlooks. 12th Annual AMS Student
Conference,
Austin, TX, American Meteorological Society, S152.
Steeves*, R.B., D.M. Wheatley, and M.C. Coniglio, 2013: A Comparison
of Mesoscale Analysis Systems Used for Severe Weather Forecasting. 12th
Annual AMS Student Conference, Austin, TX, American Meteorological
Society, S18.
Taylor*, A., J. Brotzge and F. H. Carr, 2011: A Comparison of Wind
Estimates from CASA and NEXRAD Radars During Severe Wind Events.
11th Anual AMS Student Conference, New Orleans, LA, American
Meteorological Society, S44
Ware*, P. J., K. M. Calhoun, K. L. Ortega and G. J. Stumpf, 2013:
Evaluation of a lightning jump algorithm with high resolution storm
reports. 12th Annual Student Conference, Austin, TX, Amer.
Meteor. Soc., S116.
Publications Resulting From 2007-2010
REU (NSF AGS-0648566)
Peer-Reviewed
Hoekstra*, S., K. Klockow, R. Riley, J. Brotzge, H. Brooks, and
S.
Erickson, 2011: A preliminary look at the social perspective of warn-on-forecast:
preferred tornado warning lead time and the general public's perceptions
of weather risks. Weather,
Climate, and Society, 3(2), 128-140.
LaDue, D. S., Heinselman, P. L., and J. F. Newman*,
2010: Strengths and Limitations of Current Radar Systems for Two
Stakeholder Groups in the Southern Plains. Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society, 91 (7), 899-910.
Liu. L., Y. Hong, E. J. Hocker, M. A. Shafer, L. M. Carter, J. J.
Gourley, C. N. Bednarczyk*, B. Yong, P. Adhikari, 2012: Analyzing
Projected Changes and Trends of Temperature and Precipitation in
the Southern U.S. from 16 Downscaled global climate models. Theor.
Appl. Climatol., 109, 345-360. doi: 10.1007/s00704-011-0567-9.
Liu L., Y. Hong, C. Bednarczyk*, B. Yong, M. Shafer, R. Riley, J.
Hocker, 2012. Hydro-climatological Drought Analyses and Projections
using Meteorological and Hydrological Drought Indices: A Case Study
in Blue River Basin, Oklahoma, Water Resources Management,
26, 2761-2779. doi: 10.1007/s11269-012-0044-y.
Smith, B. T., T. E. Castellanos, A. C. Winters*, C. M. Mead, A.
R. Dean, and R. L. Thompson, 2013: Measured severe convective wind
climatology and associated convective modes of thunderstorms in the
contiguous United States, 2003-09. Wea. Forecasting, 28,
229-236.
Suarez*, A., H. Reeves, D. Wheatley, and M. C. Coniglio, 2012: Comparison
of ensemble kalman filter-based forecasts to traditional ensemble
and deterministic forecasts for a case study of banded snow. Weather
and Forecasting, 27, 85-105.
Professional Conference Papers/Presentations
Allen*, B. J. and E. R. Mansell, 2009: Microphysics
complexity effects on storm evolution and electrification. Fourth
Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data,
Phoenix, AZ, American Meteorological Society, Poster 2.6.
Barnes*, H., J. Brotzge, and S. Erickson, 2010:
Tornado false alarms on days with no reported tornadoes: A climatological
and radar survey. Preprints, Fifth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic
Research and Second AMS Conference on International Cooperation in
the Earth System Sciences and Services. Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor.
Soc., Paper J13.5.
Belobraydich*, R., and M. Biddle, 2009: The Response
of University Students to Severe Weather Watches. Presented, 13th
Annual Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference, Des Moines,
IA, Central Iowa Chapter of the National Weather Association.
Bonin*, T. and D. S. Arndt, 2009: Changes in freezing
rain patterns in the South Central United States. 21st Conference
on Climate Variability and Change, Phoenix, AZ, American Meteorological
Society, Poster 5.8.
Burnett*, M., G. Carbin, and J. Schaefer, 2008:
An analysis of the 2007-2008 tornado cool season. 24th Conference
on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, American Meteorological
Society, Poster 8.7. [Available from: http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/142028.pdf]
Connor, T., H.E. Snell, T.S. Zaccheo and L. McGuire*,
2008: Simulations of space-based
CO2 measurements: measurement impacts on mesoscale transport modeling. 12th
Conference on IOAS-AOLS, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological
Society, P1.5.
Crauder*, D., and D. Zittel, 2008: Evaluation of
a faster scanning strategy for the WSR-88D combined range aliasing
mitigation techniques. Preprints, 24th Conference on Interactive
Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and
Hydrology, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society,
Poster 2.10. [Available from: http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/132867.pdf]
Ferebee*, T.R., K. Ortega, K. Scharfenberg, 2011.
Evaluation of NWS Storm-Based Warnings Using Gridded Products. 27th
Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS),
Seattle, WA, American Meteorological Society, P11. [Abstract Online
at: http://ams.confex.com/ams/91Annual/webprogram/Paper180618.html]
Gensini*, V., and H. E. Brooks, 2008: Regional
variability of CAPE and deep shear from the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis.
Presented, 12th Annual Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference,
Des Moines, IA, Central Iowa Chapter of the National Weather Association.
Gensini*, V., and H. E. Brooks, 2008: Regional
variability of CAPE and deep shear from reanalysis. Presented, 24th
Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, American Meteorological
Society, Poster 12.2. [Abstract available from: http://ams.confex.com/ams/24SLS/techprogram/paper_141433.htm]
Guillot*, E. M., T. M. Smith, V. Lakshmanan,
K. L. Elmore, G. J. Stumpf, and D. W. Burgess, 2008: Tornado and
severe thunderstorm warning forecast skill and its relationship to
storm type. Preprints, 24th Conference on Interactive Information
Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology,
New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society, 4A.3. [Available
from: http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/132244.pdf]
Hitchcock*, S. M., P. T. Marsh, and H. Brooks,
2010: Impacts of varying the integration depth on performance of
updraft helicity as numerical guidance for severe thunderstorms forecasting.
25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, American
Meteorological Society, P7.7.
Hoekstra*, S., R. Butterworth, K. Klockow, S. Erickson,
H. Brooks, and J. Brotzge, 2010: A social perspective of warn on
forecast: Ideal tornado warning lead time and the general public’s
perceptions of weather risks. Preprints, Fifth Symp. Policy and
Socio-economic research. Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Poster
123.
Hoffman, R. N., J. Poterjoy*, S. V. Vinogradov,
and S. M. Leidner, 2009: Ensemble data assimilation simulation experiments
for the coastal ocean: Towards automatic localization. Eighth
Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes Phoenix,
AZ, American Meteorology Society. Paper 4.6.
Hout*, E., M. Yuan, J. MacIntosh, and C. Weaver,
2010: Spatial analysis of tornado vulnerability trends in Oklahoma
and Northern Texas. Extended Abstracts, 25th Conference on Severe
Local Storms,
Denver, CO, American Meteorological Society, P2.17. [Available
online at http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/176134.pdf]
Keene*, K. , P. Schlatter, J. Hales, and H. Brooks,
2008: Evaluation of NWS watch and warning performance related to
tornadic events. 24th Conference on Severe Local Storms,
Savannah, GA, American Meteorological Society, P3.19. [Available
from: http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/142183.pdf]
Kovacik*, C., J. Hocker, and M. Shafer, 2011: An
Analysis of Southern U.S. Ice Storm Frequency from 2000-2009. Sixth
Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research, Seattle, WA, American
Meteorological Society, Poster 673.
Kowaleski*, A. and H. Brooks, 2010: Verification
of European Storm Forecast Experiement forecasts. 20th Conference
on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, American
Meteorological Society, Atlanta, GA, Poster 530.
Newman*, J., D. LaDue, and P. L. Heinselman,
2008: Identifying critical strengths and limitations of current radar
systems. 24th
Conference on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, American Meteorological
Society, 7B.5. [Available from: http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/142180.pdf]
Newman*, J., D. LaDue, and P. L. Heinselman,
2009: Identifying critical strengths and limitations of current radar
systems. 25th
Conference on International Interactive Information and Processing
Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Phoenix, AZ, American Meteorological
Society, 11B.4.
Potter*, L., J. Brotzge, and S. Erickson, 2010:
Warning the public about hail: Determining the potential for short-term
damage mitigation. Preprints, Fifth Symp. Policy and Socio-economic
Research. Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Poster 122.
Powell*, S. W., and H. D. O'Hair, 2008: Communicating
weather information to the public: people's reactions and understandings
of weather information and terminology. Preprints, Third Symposium
on Policy and Socioeconomic Impacts, New Orleans, LA, American
Meteorological Society, Poster 1.3. [Available from: http://ams.confex.com/ams/pdfpapers/132939.pdf]
Stalker*, S. L., H. Lazrus, K. Kuhlman, R. Peppler,
and K. Klockow, 2011: Public perceptions of the 10 May 2010 Oklahoma
and the 17 June 2010 Minnesota tornado outbreaks. Sixth Symposium
on Policy and Socio-economic Research, Seattle, WA, American
Meteorological Society, J15.2.
Smith, B. T., A. C. Winters*, C. M. Mead, A. R. Dean, and T. E.
Castellanos, 2010: Measured severe convective wind gust climatology
of thunderstorms for the contiguous United States, 2003-2009.
25th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Denver, CO, American
Meteorological Society, 16B.3.
Suarez*, A., H. Reeves, D. Wheatley M. C. Coniglio,
2011: The utility of ensemble Kalmen Filter-based modeling for short-term
forecasts of banded snow. 24th
Conference on Weather and Forecasting / 20th Conference
on Numerical Weather Prediction, Seattle, WA, American Meteorological
Society, 10B.4.
Visco*, T., V. Lakshmanan, T. M. Smith, and K.
L. Ortega, 2010: Diagnosis of azimuthal shear associated with tornadoes. 26th
Conference on Interactive Information and Processing Systems (IIPS)
for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, American Meteorological
Society, Poster 393.
Wilson*, C. J., K. L. Ortega, and V. Lakshmanan,
2009: Evaluating multi-radar, multi-sensor hail diagnosis with high
resolution hail reports. 25th Conference on International Interactive
Information and Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Phoenix,
AZ, American Meteorological Society, Poster 2.9.
Zuczek*, J. S., and M. A. Shafer, 2009: Applying
mesonet wind climatology to Oklahoma prescribed burns. Fourth
Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research, Phoenix, AZ,
American Meteorological Society, Poster 1.17.
Student Conference Presentations
Bednarczyk*, C. N., Y. Hong, L. Liu, and J. J.
Gourley, 2011: Assessing climate change impacts on the Blue River
Basin of Oklahoma. Tenth
Annual Student Conf., Seattle, WA, American Meteorological Society,
S51. [Abstract online at http://ams.confex.com/ams/91Annual/webprogram/Paper187890.html]
Belobraydich*, R., and M. Biddle, 2009: The response
of university students to Severe Weather Watches. Eighth Annual
AMS Student Conference, Phoenix, AZ, American Meteorological
Society, P1.4.
Bradford*, K., R. Carpenter, and B. Shaw, 2010:
Forecasting Southern Plains wind ramp events using the WRF model
at 3 km. Ninth Annual AMS Student Conf., Atlanta, American
Meteorological Society.
Burnett*, M., G. Carbin, and J. Schaefer, 2009:
An analysis of the 2007-2008 tornado cool season. Eighth Annual
AMS Student Conference, Phoenix, AZ, American Meteorological
Society.
Butterworth*, R., and K. Kloesel, 2008: Communicating
weather radar research to public audiences: the proposal. Seventh
Annual AMS Student Conference, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological
Society.
Deppa*, J., R. Carpenter, and B. Shaw, 2011: Evaluating
High-Resolution NWP Forecasts of the Nocturnal Low Level Jet for
Improving Wind Power Forecasts. Tenth Annual Student
Conf., Seattle, WA, American Meteorological Society, S7.
Finocchio*, P., D. Hogan, and M. Leidner, 2008:
Using ensemble prediction systems to estimate medium range temperature
forecast error. Seventh Annual AMS Student Conference, New
Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.
Gensini*, V., and H. E. Brooks, 2008: Regional
variability of CAPE and deep shear from the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis. Seventh
Annual AMS Student Conference, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological
Society.
Hegyi*, B. M., and K. Kloesel, 2009: Determining
useful forecasting parameters for lake-effect snow events on the
west side of Lake Michigan. Eighth Annual AMS Student Conference,
Phoenix, AZ, American Meteorological Society.
Holt*, C., and K. Kloesel, 2008: Radar Characteristics
of Tornado Producing Mini-Supercell in Tropical Storm Erin (2007). Eighth
Annual Student Conference, Phoenix, AZ, American Meteorological
Society, P1.63.
Keene*, K., P. Schlatter, J. Hales, and H. Brooks,
2009: Evaluation of NWS Watch and Warning Performance Related to
Tornadic Events. Eighth Annual AMS Student Conference, Phoenix,
AZ, American Meteorological Society.
Kerr*, C., G. Zhang, and P. Bukovcic, 2011: Radar-disdrometer
comparison to reveal attenuation effects on CASA radar data. Tenth
Annual AMS Student Conference, Seattle, WA, American Meteorological
Society, S8.
Kruep*, L., and J. LaDue, 2008: Errors in the
WSR-88D ZS (Snow) algorithm. Seventh Annual AMS Student Conference,
New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.
Leatham IV*, W. E., P. Burke, and A. A. Taylor,
2011: Verifying model forecasts of arctic fronts in advance of winter
storms in the southern plains. Tenth Annual Student Conference,
Seattle, WA, American Meteorological Society, S17. [Abstract online
at http://ams.confex.com/ams/91Annual/webprogram/Paper187741.html]
McGuire*, L., H. E. Snell, and T. S. Zaccheo,
2008: Development of methodology and tools for determining the impact
of cloud-cover on satellite sensors. Seventh Annual AMS Student
Conference,
New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological Society.
Ram*, J., P. Schlatter, R. Johns, E. Quoetone,
2008: National Weather Service warning performance associated with
watches. Seventh Annual AMS Student Conference, New Orleans,
LA, American Meteorological Society.
Smith, B. T., A. Winters*, C. Mead, A. Dean, and
T. Castellanos, 2010: Measured severe convective wind gust climatology
of thunderstorms for the contiguous United States, 2003-2009. Tenth
Annual Student Conference, Seattle, WA, American Meteorological
Society, S26.
Tan*, B., M. Douglas, J. Murillo, and J. Mejia,
2008: Developing and non-developing African easterly waves and their
relationship to tropical cyclone formation. Seventh Annual AMS
Student Conference, New Orleans, LA, American Meteorological
Society.
Turner*, J., and B. Vant-Hull, 2011: Toward an analysis of the influence
of the urban heat island effect on single-cell convective trajectories. Tenth
Annual Student Conference, Seattle, WA, American Meteorological
Society, S3.
Van Leer*, K. W., and J. F. Galantowicz, 2011:
Comparisons of flood affected area derived from MODIS and Landsat
imagery. Tenth Annual
AMS Student Conference, Seattle, WA, American Meteorological
Society, S29. [Abstract online at http://ams.confex.com/ams/91Annual/webprogram/Paper187824.html]
Viel*, J. P. and T. Connor, 2010: A stochastic
daily mean temperature model for weather derivatives. Ninth Annual
Student Conference, American
Meteorological Society, Poster S28.
Vogel*, J. M., C. D. Payne, C. A. Van Den Broeke,
and L. R. Lemon, 2010: Impacts of super-resolution data on National
Weather Service warning decision making. Ninth Annual Student
Conference,
American Meteorological Society, Poster S19.
Wittrock*, J., K. Droegemeier, and S. Erickson,
2010: Viability of weather dissemination via social network technologies. Ninth
Annual Student Conference, American Meteorological Society,
Poster S47.
Publications Resulting From 2001-2005
REU (NSF ATM-0097651)
Peer-Reviewed
Brooks, H. E., Anderson, A. R., Riemann, K., Ebbers, I., & Flachs*,
H. (2005). Climatological aspects of convective parameters
from the ncar/ncep reanalysis. Atmospheric Research, 83(2-4),
294-305.
Brooks, H. E., Lee, J. W., & Craven, J. P. (2003). The spatial
distribution of severe thunderstorm and tornado environments from global
reanalysis data. Atmospheric Research, 67-68, 73-94.
[Stephanie Nordin*'s REU work was on the identification
of significant severe thunderstorm environments from proximity soundings,
which has been used in operational forecasting by the SPC and was
part of the basis for the first efforts to identify the global distribution
of severe thunderstorm environments.]
Cohen*, A. E., M. C. Coniglio, S. F. Corfidi, and
S. J. Corfidi, 2007: Discrimination of mesoscale convective system
environments using sounding observations. Weather and Forecasting, 22 (5),
1045-1063.
Dubois*, J.A., and P.L. Spencer, 2005: Computing
divergence from a surface network: Comparison of the triangle and pentagon
methods. Wea. and Forecasting, 20, 596-608.
Horgan*, K. L., D. Schultz, R. Johns, S. F. Corfidi,
and J. E. Hales, 2007: A five-year climatology of elevated severe
convective storms in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.
Weather and Forecasting, 22 (5), 1031-1044 . [PDF]
Lakshmanan, V., Fritz*, A., Smith, T. M., Hondl,
K., & Stumpf, G. (2005). An automated technique to quality control
radar reflectivity data. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 46(3),
288-305 .
Metz*, N. D., D. M. Schultz, and R. H. Johns, 2004:
Extratropical cyclones with multiple warm-front-like baroclinic zones
and their relationship to severe convective storms. Wea. Forecasting, 19,
907-916. [PDF]
Potvin*, C. K., K. L. Elmore, and S. J. Weiss, 2010:
Assessing the impact of proximity sounding criteria on the climatology
of significant tornado environments. Wea. Forecasting., in review.
Sears-Collins*, A. L., D. M. Schultz, and R. H.
Johns, 2005: The spatial and temporal variability of nonfreezing drizzle
in the United States and Canada. J. Climate, 19(15),
3629-3639.
Van Den Broeke*, M. S., D. M. Schultz, R. H. Johns,
J. S. Evans, and J. E. Hales, 2005: Cloud-to-ground lightning production
in strongly forced, low-instability convective lines associated with
damaging wind. Wea. Forecasting, 20(4), 517–530.
Professional Conference Papers/Presentations
Blahyj*, D.M., and D. A. Imy, 2002: Severe weather
evolution associated with a bow echo and a series of mesolows. Preprints, 21st
Conference on Severe Local Storms, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 34-37.
Bruening*, S.L., M.P. Kay, and H.E. Brooks, 2002:
A new perspective on the climatology of tornadoes in the United States.
Preprints, 16th Conference on Probability and Statistics,
Orlando, Florida, American Meteorological Society.
Carbin, G., Smith*, B. J., Thompson, R. and Hart,
J., 2005: Climatology of the supercell composite parameter (1979-2004). 30th
Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association, Saint Louis,
MO, National Weather Association.
Cohen*, A. E., M. C. Coniglio, S. F. Corfidi, and
S. J. Corfidi, 2006: Discriminating among non-severe, severe, and
derecho-producing mesoscale convective system environments. Symposium
on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms, Atlanta, GA, American
Meteorological Society, CD-ROM P1.15.
Fritz*, A., V. Lakshmanan, T. M. Smith, E. Forren,
and B. Clarke, 2006: A validation of radar reflectivity quality control
methods. 22nd International Conference on Interactive Information
Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology,
Atlanta, GA, American Meteorological Society, CD-ROM 9.10.
Hamm*, A. J., and K.E. Elmore, 2004: A validation
of the NCEP SREF. 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting,
American Meteorological Society, Seattle, WA, paper 7.6.
Heinselman, P. L., & Rowe*, A. 2005: Estimating
hail size using polarimetric radar. Paper presented at the 32nd Conference
on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Albuquerque,
NM, P9R.16.
Horgan*, K. L., D. M. Schultz, R. H. Johns, S. F.
Corfidi, and J. E. Hales, 2006: A five-year climatology of elevated
severe convective storms in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.
Severe Local Storms Special Symposium. Atlanta, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
P1.22. [Available from http://www.cimms.ou.edu/~schultz/papers/horganetal2006.pdf]
A five-year climatology of elevated severe convective
storms was constructed for the calendar years 1983 – 1987
from east of the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic coast. Of the
1689 surface boundaries examined, 129 (8%) were associated with
elevated severe storm events. Of the 1066 severe reports associated
with the 129 elevated severe storm events, 624 (58%) were hail
reports, 396 (37%) were wind reports, and 46 (4%) were tornado
reports. A maximum of elevated severe storm events occurred in
May with a secondary maximum in September. Elevated severe storm
events vary geographically throughout the year with a maximum along
the Gulf coast in winter to a High Plains maximum in spring and
summer. The diurnal maximum of elevated severe storm events occurred
at 2100 UTC, which coincided with the diurnal maximum of hail reports.
The wind reports had no pronounced diurnal maximum. Elevated severe
storm wind-only events occur roughly five times a year and are
difficult to forecast. To examine the conditions associated with
events that produced severe winds only, five cases were examined
in more detail. These cases consisted of three environments (Type
A, B, and C). Type A events were characterized by strongly forced
elevated squall lines. Type B events were elevated isolated cellular
events, whereas Type C events were elevated northwest flow events.
Several questions remain unanswered about elevated severe storm
wind-only events such as: Does the strength or depth of the inversion
matter? What factors affect the transfer of momentum down to the
surface?
Johnson*, E. V. and E. R. Mansell, 2006: Three dimensional
lightning mapping of the central Oklahoma supercell on 26 May 2004. Second
Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning, Atlanta,
GA, American Meteorological Society, CD-ROM, 6.5.
Kalb*, C. P., A. R. Dean, R. A. Peppler,
and K.L. Sonntag, 2004: Intercomparison of cloud base height at the
ARM Southern Great Plains site. Presented, 14th Atmospheric Radiation
Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, U.S.
Dept. of Energy.
Lake*, N.R., and D. R. MacGorman, 2002: A relationship
between a surface theta-e ridge and dominant lightning polarity. Preprints, 21st
Conference on Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society,
431-434.
Mazur*, R., Stumpf, G., and V. Lakshmanan, 2004:
Quality Control of Radar Data to Improve Mesocyclone Detection. 20th
Intl Conf on Information Processing, Amer Met Soc, Seattle WA,
P 1.2a.
Metz*, N. D., D. M. Schultz, and R. H. Johns, 2004:
Extratropical cyclones with warm-sector baroclinic zones and their
relationship to severe weather. 20th Conf. Weather Analysis and
Forecasting, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Meyer*, C.L., H.E. Brooks, and M.P. Kay, 2002: A
hazard model for tornado occurrence in the United States. Preprints, 16th
Conference on Probability and Statistics, Orlando, Florida, American
Meteorological Society.
Miller*, B. A., B. N. Grant, and W. Gonzalez-Espada,
2006: Evaluating learning and performance in the Warning Decision Training
Branch's Distance Learning Operations Course. 15th Symposium on
Education, Atlanta, GA, American Meteorological Society, CD-ROM
3.1.
Potvin*, C. K., S. J. Weiss, and K. L. Elmore, 2008:
Assessing the impact of proximity sounding criteria on climatologies
of significant severe weather events. Preprints, 24th Conference
on Severe Local Storms. Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. [PDF]
Sears-Collins*, A.L., D.M. Schultz, and R.H. Johns,
2003: The temporal and spatial variability of drizzle in North America.
Preprints, Symposium on Observing and Understanding the Variability
of Water in Weather and Climate, Long Beach, CA, American Meteorological
Society. [PDF]
Student Conference Presentations
Bolen*, D.M., 2002: The Relationship Of Large-Scale
Surface Boundaries To Convective Initiation And Strong And Violent
Tornado Occurrence. Presented, First Annual Student Conference,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., Orlando, Florida, P1.25
Botnick*, A., Kogan, Y., Mecham, D., 2006: Variability
of radar reflectivity in continental boundary layer stratocumulus.
Presented, Fifth Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor.
Soc., Atlanta, GA.
Byko*, Z. M., J. L. Guyer, J. J. Levit, and S. J.
Taylor, 2005: Tornado probabilities derived from Rapid Update Cycle
forecast soundings. Presented, Fourth Annual Student Conference,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.3.
Carroll*, K.D., J. G. LaDue, A. C. Wood, and J. T.
Ferree, 2003: Nonmeteorological factors in warning verification. Presented, Second
Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Long Beach, California,
P2.3.
Charles*, M. E., D. L. Andra, D. J. Miller,
and M. Foster, 2004: Multiple Radar Comparison and Analysis of the
8 May 2003 Oklahoma City Tornadic Supercell. Presented, Third Annual
Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P 1.12
Dubois*, J. A., P. L. Spencer, 2005: Estimating divergence
from irregularly spaced observations: A comparison of three techniques.
Presented, Fourth Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor.
Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.29.
Esker*, J., H. Brooks, and M. Baldwin, 2004: Analyzing
statistical models of hourly precipitation events. Presented, Third
Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P
1.18
French*, A. J., J. S. Kain and S. J. Weiss, 2005:
The effects of high resolution model output on severe weather forecasts
as evaluated in the SPC/NSSL spring program 2004. Presented, Fourth
Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA,
P1.8.
Green*, J. S., V. Lakshmanan and T. M. Smith, 2005:
Quantitative analysis of different methods for merging radar reflectivity
data. Presented, Fourth Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor.
Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.13.
Hahnenberger*, M., J. Galvez, and M. Douglas, 2004:
Summertime precipitation variability and atmospheric circulation over
the South American antiplano. Presented, Third Annual Student Conference,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P 1.21
Hamm*, A. J. and K. L. Elmore, 2004: A Validation
of the NCEP SREF. Second Great Lakes Meteorology Conference,
Northwest Indiana Chapter / National Weather Association, Chesterton,
IN.
Harrold*, M., Stumpf, G., Schlatter, P., LaDue, J.,
2006: Hail warning decision guidance. Presented, Fifth Annual Student
Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.
Hribal*, S., Leyton, S. 2006: More accurate MOS temperature
forecasts using bias correction and consensus. Presented, Fifth
Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.
Kalb*, C. P., A. R. Dean, R. A. Peppler, and K.L.
Sonntag, 2004: Intercomparison of cloud base height at the ARM Southern
Great Plains site. Presented, Third Annual Student Conference,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P. 1.7
Klockow*, K., D. Sutter, H.E. Brooks, 2005: The economic
impacts of tornadoes: A broad analysis of post-event consumption. Presented, Fourth
Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA,
6.1.
Lake*, N., 27th Annual Northeastern Storms
Conference, Saratoga Springs, New York, March 2002
LaBar*, R., Douglas, M., Murillo, J., Mejia, J.,
2006: The Llanos low-level jet and its association with Venezuelan
convective precipitation. Presented, Fifth Annual Student Conference, Amer.
Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.
Muhammad*, A., Andra, D., Smith, R., 2006: Weather
awareness among Hispanics in Oklahoma City, OK. Presented, Fifth
Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.
Nestlerode*, C. M., M.B. Richman, 2004: Analysis
of the Mesocyclone Detection Algorithm Attributes to Increase Tornado
Detection. Presented, Third Annual Student Conference, Amer.
Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P 1.15.
Nordin*, S.M., H. E. Brooks and J. P. Craven, 2003:
Significant Severe Thunderstorm Proximity Soundings. Presented, Second
Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Long Beach, California,
P2.4.
Pendergrass*, A.G., K. L. Elmore, 2005: Ensemble
forecast bias correction. Presented, Fourth Annual Student Conference,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.30.
Phillipson*, J., Chilson, P., 2006: Establishment
and instrumentation of the Kessler Farm Field Laboratory Piconet. Presented, Fifth
Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.
Potvin*, C. K., S. J. Weiss, and S. J. Taylor, 2004:
A Study of Proximity Sounding Derived Parameters Associated with Significant
Severe Weather. Presented, Third Annual Student Conference,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P. 1.10
Rapp*, D. L., J. B. Basara, and P. K. Hall, 2004:
The impact of high wind events on the Central Business District of
Oklahoma City. Presented, Third Annual Student Conference,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., Seattle, WA, P 1.5
Rowe*, A.K., P. L. Heinselman and T. J. Schuur, 2005:
Estimating hail size using polarimetric radar. Presented, Fourth
Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA,
P1.45.
Sampson*, S.J., and K. L. Elmore, 2003: The Influence
of Initial Conditions on the SPC 2001 Ensemble Cloud Model Forecasts.
Presented, Second Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor.
Soc., Long Beach, California, P3.7
Smith*, B. J., Carbin, G., Thompson, R. and Hart,
J., 2005: Climatology of the supercell composite parameter (1979-2004). Fifth
Annual Student Conference, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Atlanta, GA.
Van Den Broeke*, M.S., D. M. Schultz, R. H. Johns,
J. S. Evans, and J. E. Hales, 2005: Cloud-to-ground lightning production
in strongly forced, low-instability convective lines associated with
damaging wind. Presented, Fourth Annual Student Conference,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.34.
Whittier*, C. A., K. Scharfenberg, D. Burgess, P.
Schlatter, 2005: Observations of the Zdr column during two severe weather
events. Presented, Fourth Annual Student Conference, Amer.
Meteor. Soc., San Diego, CA, P1.15.
Publications from REU Grants Awarded Prior to 2001:
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Brooks, H. E., C. A. Doswell III, and J. Cooper* (1994)
On the environments of tornadic and non-tornadic mesocyclones. Wea.
Forecasting, 10, 606-618.
Fuller*, R. D., & Stensrud, D. J. (2000). The
relationship between easterly waves and surges over the gulf of california
during the north american monsoon. Monthly Weather Review, 128,
2983-2989.
Markowski*, P. M., & Stensrud, D. J. (1998).
Mean monthly diurnal cycles observed with pre-storm surface data. Journal
of Climate, 11(11), 2995-3009.
Professional Conference Papers/Presentations
Brooks, H. E., C. A. Doswell III, M. T. Carr*,
and J.
E. Ruthford* (1996) Preliminary analysis of VORTEX-95 soundings.
Preprints, 18th Conference on Severe Local Storms, San Francisco,
California, American Meteorological Society, 133-136.
Caruso*, S. J., R. Rabin, D. S. Zaras, and J. LaDue,
2000: A new look at the McCann study of the enhanced-V signature.
Preprints, Tenth
Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Long
Beach, Calif., American Meteorological Society, JP 4.14.
Concannon*, P. R., H. E. Brooks, and C. A. Doswell
III, 2000: Climatological risk of strong and violent tornadoes in
the United States. Preprints, Second Symposium on Environmental
Applications,
Long Beach, California, American Meteorological Society, 212-219.
Connors*, J., and D. Schultz, 2000: Damaging wind
gusts during the 10 November 1998 squall line over the central US. Symposium
on The Mystery of Severe Storms: A Tribute to the Work of T. Theodore
Fujita. Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. [HTML]
Decker*, S. G., Schultz, D. M., and C. A. Doswell
III, 1998: Synoptic-scale signals associated with flash floods. 19th
Conference on Severe Local Storms, 16-17 June 1998 Minneapolis,
MN, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Douglas, M. W., M. Pena, N. Ordinola, L. Flores, J. Boustead*,
and J. L. Santos, 2000: Synoptic and spatial variability of the rainfall
along the northeastern Peruvian coast during the 1997-8 El Nino event.
Preprints, Sixth International Conference on Southern Hemisphere
Meteorology and Oceanography, Santiago, Chile, American Meteorological
Society, 104-105.
House*, R., S. Greene, E. Cook, and E. Maxwell,
2000: Using long range seasonal forecasts to improve prediction of
Oklahoma wheat yield. Preprints, Second Symposium on Environmental
Applications,
Long Beach, Calif., American Meteorological Society, 160-162.
Schumacher*, R. S., and D. M. Schultz, 2001: Upper-tropospheric
inertial instability: Climatology and possible relationship to severe
weather predictability. Preprints, Ninth Conference on Mesoscale
Processes, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 372-375.
Splitt, M. E., R. A. Peppler, and K. M. Kuhlman*,
2000: Sensitivity of convective indices to humidity adjustments.
Proceedings, Tenth
Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Science Team Meeting,
San Antonio, TX, U.S. Dept. of Energy. [PDF]
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