Basic Convective and Mesoscale Research

Publications

(1992 - 1995)

Refereed Publications

Bateman, M.G., W.D. Rust, and T.C. Marshall, 1994: A balloon borne instrument for measuring the charge and size of precipitation particles inside thunderstorms. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 11, 161-169.

Cortinas, J. V., Jr., and D. J. Stensrud, 1995: The importance of understanding mesoscale model parameterization schemes for weather forecasting. Wea. Forecasting, 10, in press.

Holle, R.L., Watson, A.I., Lopez, R.E., MacGorman, D.R., Ortiz, R., and Otto, W.D., 1994: Life cycles of lightning and severe weather in mesoscale convective systems. Mon.Wea. Rev., 122, 1798-1808.

Hunter, S. M., T. J. Schuur, T. C. Marshall, and W. D. Rust, 1992: Electrical and kinematic structure of the Oklahoma mesoscale convective system of 7 June 1989. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 2226-2239.

Kelleher, K.E., S. Lakshmivarahan, and S. Dhall, 1994: On the parallel method for solving separable elliptic equations based on block cyclic reduction. Int. J. Computer Math., 49, 107-122.

Kogan, Y.L., 1993: Drop size separation in numerically simulated convective clouds and its effect on warm rain formation. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 1238-1253.

Marshall, T.C. and W.D. Rust, 1993: Two types of vertical electrical structures in stratiform precipitation regions of mesoscale convective systems. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 74, 2159-2170.

Marshall, T.C., W.D. Rust, and M. Stolzenburg, 1995: Electrical structure and updraft speeds in thunderstorms over the southern Great Plains. J. Geophys. Res., 100, 1001-1015.

Qiu, C. J. and Q. Xu, 1992: A simple adjoint method of wind analysis for single-Doppler data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 588-598.

Qiu, C. J., and Q. Xu, 1994: A spectral simple adjoint method for retrieving low-altitude winds from single-Doppler data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 927-936.

Qiu, C. J., J. W. Bao, and Q. Xu, 1993: Is the mass sink due to precipitation negligible? Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 853-857.

Shapiro, A. and Y.L. Kogan, 1994: On the mechanism of vortex formation due to multicell clould interaction. Atmos. Res., 33, 125-136.

Stensrud, D.J., and J.-W. Bao, 1992: Behaviors of variational and nudging assimilation techniques with a chaotic low-order model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 3016-3028.

Stolzenburg, M., 1994: Observations of high ground flash densities of positive lightning in summertime thunderstorms. Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 1740-1750.

Stolzenburg, M., and T.C. Marshall, 1994: Testing models of thunderstorm charge distributions with Coulomb's law. J. Geophys. Res., 99, 25921-25932.

Stolzenburg, M., T.C. Marshall, W.D. Rust, and B.F. Smull, 1994: Horizontal distribution of electrical and meteorological conditions across the stratiform region of a mesoscale convective system. Mon. Weath. Rev., 122, 1777-1797.

Thompson, R.L., J.M. Lewis, and R.A. Maddox, 1994: Autumnal return of tropical air to the Gulf of Mexico's Coastal Plain. Wea. Forecasting, 9, 348-360.

Xu, Q., 1992: Density currents in shear flows -- A two-fluid model. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 511-524.

Xu, Q., 1992: Formation and evolution of frontal rainbands and geostrophic potential vorticity anomalies. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 629-648.

Xu, Q., 1992: Ageostrophic pseudo-vorticity and geostrophic C-vector forcing -- A new look at the Q-vector in three-dimensions. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 981-990.

Xu, Q., 1994: Semi-balance model -- connection between geostrophic-type and balanced-type intermediate models. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 953-970.

Xu, Q., and R. Davies-Jones, 1993: Boundary conditions for the psi-equations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 1566-1571.

Xu, Q., and S. Gao, 1995: An analytic model of cold air damming and its applications. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 353-366.

Xu, Q., and D. Keyser, 1993: Barotropic and baroclinic ageostrophic winds and completeness of solution for the psi-equations. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 588-596.

Xu, Q., and M. W. Moncrieff, 1994: Density current circulations in shear flows -- A two-fluid model. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 434-446.

Xu, Q., F. S. Zhang, and G. P. Lou, 1992: Finite element solutions of free-interface density currents. Mon. Wea. Rev., 230-231.

Xu, Q., and C. J. Qiu, 1994: Simple adjoint methods for single-Doppler wind analysis with a strong constraint of mass conservation. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 11, 289-298.

Xu, Q., C. J. Qiu, H. D. Gu, J. X. Yu, 1995: Simple adjoint retrievals of microburst winds from single-Doppler radar data. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, in press.

Xu, Q., C. J. Qiu, and J. X. Yu, 1994: Adjoint-method retrievals of low-altitude wind fields from single-Doppler wind data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 11, 579-585.

Xu, Q., C. J. Qiu, and J. X. Yu, 1994: Adjoint-method retrievals of low-altitude wind fields from single-Doppler reflectivity measured during Phoenix II. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 11, 275-288

Zheng, Y., Q. Xu, and D.J. Stensrud, 1995: A numerical study of the 7 May 1985 mesoscale convective system. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, in press.

Unrefereed Publications

Bateman, M.G., W.D. Rust, T.C. Marshall, B.F. Smull, 1992: Precipitation charge and size measureements inside MCSs in Oklahoma. (Abstract) Eos, Trans. AGU, 73, 111.

Brooks, H.E., D.J. Stensrud, and J.V. Cortinas, Jr., 1993: The use of mesoscale models to initialize cloud-scale models for convective forecasting. Preprints, Thirteenth Conf. Wea. Anal. and Forecasting, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 4 pp.

Cortinas Jr., J.V., 1995: Unlocking the secrets of mother nature: Studies in the field of meteorology. Preprints, 1995 Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists National Symposium and Career Fair, Los Angeles, CA, in press.

Cortinas Jr., J.V., and C. A. Crisp, 1995: Preparing a freezing precipitation forecast using a mesoscale model. Preprints, 14th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 171-175.

Cortinas, J.V., Jr., D.J. Stensrud, and H.E. Brooks, 1993: A simulation of a severe weather event in the southeastern United States. Preprints, Seventeenth Conf. Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 623-627.

Cortinas, J.V., Jr., D.J. Stensrud, and H.E. Brooks, 1993: A simulation of a convective event using the MM4 and a cloud-scale model. Abstracts, The Third PSU/NCAR Model Users' Workshop, NCAR, 42.

Cortinas, J.V., Jr., and D.J. Stensrud, 1994: The mesoscale features associated with severe convective weather. Preprints, Tenth Conf. on Numerical Wea. Prediction, American Meteorological Society, Boston,606-608.

Dempsey, C., R. Maddox, and K. Howard, 1993: An investigation of summer time nocturnal rainfall at Omaha, Nebraska. Preprints, 17th Conference on Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 642-646.

Hao J., M. Xue, Q. Xu, K. K. Droegemeier, 1994: Numerical simulation of cold air damming. Preprints, 6th Conference On Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 542-543.

Kelleher, K.E., S. Lakshmivarahan, and S.K. Dhall, 1993: On the performance of a direct parallel method for solving separable elliptic equations based on block cyclic reduction. Proceedings of the 1993 ACM/SIGAPP Symposium on Applied Computing, 517-524.

Kogan, Y.L., 1992: Drop size separation as a mechanism of warm rain formation. Preprints, 11th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, Canada, 276-279.

Kogan, Y.L., and S.S. Yum, 1992: Parameterization of Water-Soluble Component of Aerosol Particles in Numerical Cloud Models. Proceedings, 13th International Conference on Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols, Salt Lake City, Utah, 177-180.

McCollum, D., and R.A. Maddox, 1993: Case study of a severe thunderstorm event over central Arizona. Preprints, 17th Conference on Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 201-205.

Rust, W.D., T.C. Marshall, and M. Stolzenburg, 1993: Electric field soundings through large or tornadic thunderstorms. Preprints, 17th Conference on Atmospheric Electricity, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 832-838.

Shapiro, A., and Y.L. Kogan, 1992: On vortex formation in a numerical simulation of multicell cloud interaction. Preprints, 11th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, Canada, 668-671.

Shouwen, Y., and Q. Xu, 1994: The impact of data error and model resolution on the results of variational data assimilation. Proceedings of Fourth ARM Science Team Meeting, U.S. Department of Energy, in press.

Stensrud, D.J., and J.-W. Bao, 1991: A comparison of adjoint and nudging assimilation techniques using a low-order model. Preprints, Ninth Conf. Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 173-176.

Stolzenburg, M., T. C. Marshall, W. D. Rust, and B. F. Smull, 1993: Charge structure in relation to kinematic and precipitation structures in the stratiform cloud of a mesoscale convective system. Preprints, 17th Conf. on Atmospheric Electricity, American Meteorological Society, Boston.

Stolzenburg, M., W.D. Rust, and T.C. Marshall, 1994: Electric field soundings through strong updrafts of severe, supercellular thunderstorms (Abstract) Eos, Trans. AGU, 74, 100.

Xu, Q., 1992: The C-vector forcing for semigeostrophic diagnostic equations. Preprints, 5th Conference On Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 152-153.

Xu, Q., 1992: Intermediate models and their applications. 4th LASG International Summer Colloquium on Climate, environment study and geophysical fluid dynamics, Beijing, China.

Xu, Q., 1994: Semi-balance model with diabatic forcings. Preprints, 6th Conference On Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 322-323.

Xu, Q. and S. T. Gao, 1992: Experimental studies of mesoscale cold-air damming. Preprints, 6th Conference On Mountain Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 17-18.

Xu, Q., and Min Dong, 1994: CCM1 single column model for the ARM sites -- Model development and sensitiviy test. Proceedings of Fourth ARM Science Team Meeting, U.S. Department of Energy, in press.

Xu, Q., C. J. Qiu, and J. X. Yu, 1992: An adjoint method for sea-surface currents from infrared images. Preprints, 6th Conference On Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 379-380.

Xu, Q., C. J. Qiu, J. X. Yu, H. D. Gu, and M. Wolfson, 1993: Adjoint-method retrievals of microburst winds from TDWR data. Preprints, 26th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 433-434.

Xu, Q., J. Zong, and Chao-Yong Lo, 1994: C-vector diagnosis of ageostrophic circulation. Preprints, International Symposium on the Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones, Bergen, Norway, Vol. II, 564-567.

Zheng, Y., Q. Xu, and D.J. Stensrud, 1993: A numerical study of the 7 May 1985 mesoscale convective system. Abstracts, The Third PSU/NCAR Model Users' Workshop, NCAR, 16.

Zheng, Y., Q. Xu, D.J. Stensrud, and S. Chen, 1993: Numerical simulations of the 6-7 May 1985 mesoscale convective system. Preprints, Seventeenth Conf. Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, Boston, 516-519.

M.S. Theses/Research Papers Completed

Dempsey, C., 1993: An Investigation of Large-Scale Conditions that Lead to Nocturnal Rain Events in Eastern Nebraska.

Hao Jin, 1994: Numerical Studies of Cold Air Damming.

Kelleher, K.E., 1992: A direct parallel method for solving separable elliptic equations based on block cyclic reduction.

Lo, C-Y Sunny, 1993: C-Vector Diagnosis of Ageostrophic Circulation.

McCollum D.M., 1993: Synoptic Scale Patterns Associated with Severe Thunderstorms in Central Arizona during the Summer Monsoon.

Stolzenburg, M., 1993: Electrical and Meteorological Conditions in the Stratiform Cloud Region of a Mesoscale Convective System.

Yum, S.S., 1992: Parameterization of Water-Soluble Component of Aerosol Particles in Numerical Cloud Models.

Zhang, F.S., 1992: Spectral Diffusion of the Solution of the Condensational Growth Equation in an Eulerian Dropsize Framework.

Zheng, Y., 1993: Observational Study and Numerical Simulations of the 7 May 1985 Mesoscale Convective System.

MS. Thesis in Progress:

Pfeifer, S.: Modeling the Summertime Low-Level Jet over the Southern Great Plains, University of Oklahoma.

Ph.D. Dissertation Completed:

Bateman, M.G., 1992: The Charge and Size of Precipitation Particles inside Thunderstorms and Mesoscale Convective Systems on the Great Plains.

Ph.D. Dissertation in Progress:

Stolzenburg, M., Electric field, charge density, and structure of mesoscale convective systems.