Cliff Mass

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Cliff Mass is affiliated with the following schools: University of Maryland, College Park, Cornell University, University of Washington

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#768

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#174

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Meteorology

#85

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#134

Historical Rank

#43

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Cliff Mass's Degrees

PhD Meteorology University of Washington
Masters Meteorology University of Washington
Bachelors Physics Cornell University

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According to Wikipedia, Clifford F. Mass is an American professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Washington. His research focuses on numerical weather modeling and prediction, the role of topography in the evolution of weather systems, regional climate modeling, and the weather of the Pacific Northwest. He is a fellow of the American Meteorological Society, past-president of the Puget Sound American Meteorological Society chapter, and past chair of the College of the Environment College Council.

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Does Increasing Horizontal Resolution Produce More Skillful Forecasts (2002) (751)
Stratospheric Vacillation Cycles (1976) (290)
Aspects of Effective Mesoscale, Short-Range Ensemble Forecasting (2005) (234)
Initial Results of a Mesoscale Short-Range Ensemble Forecasting System over the Pacific Northwest (2002) (198)
Volcanic Dust, Sunspots, and Temperature Trends (1975) (189)
Improvement of Microphysical Parameterization through Observational Verification Experiment (2003) (188)
A Preliminary Synthesis of Modeled Climate Change Impacts on U.S. Regional Ozone Concentrations (2009) (182)
Evaluation of MM5 and Eta-10 Precipitation Forecasts over the Pacific Northwest during the Cool Season (1999) (178)
Changes in Winter Atmospheric Rivers along the North American West Coast in CMIP5 Climate Models (2015) (171)
Major Volcanic Eruptions and Climate: A Critical Evaluation (1989) (171)
MM5 precipitation verification over the pacific northwest during the 1997-99 cool seasons (2000) (155)
A High-Resolution Climate Model for the U.S. Pacific Northwest: Mesoscale Feedbacks and Local Responses to Climate Change* (2008) (154)
The 5–9 February 1996 Flooding Event over the Pacific Northwest: Sensitivity Studies and Evaluation of the MM5 Precipitation Forecasts (2000) (151)
The Limitations of the WSR-88D Radar Network for Quantitative Precipitation Measurement over the Coastal Western United States (1999) (139)
The Structure and Evolution of Cold Surges East of the Rocky Mountains (1995) (130)
Regional Environmental Prediction Over the Pacific Northwest (2003) (121)
Regional Real-Time Numerical Weather Prediction: Current Status and Future Potential (1998) (115)
Wintertime Extreme Precipitation Events along the Pacific Northwest Coast: Climatology and Synoptic Evolution (2012) (115)
THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS EXPERIMENT (OLYMPEX). (2017) (113)
Statistical Evidence on the Influence of Sunspots and Volcanic Dust on Long-Term Temperature Records (1977) (99)
Coastal southerlies and alongshore surges of the west coast of North America: evidence of mesoscale topographically trapped response to synoptic forcing (1987) (96)
The 13–14 December 2001 IMPROVE-2 Event. Part III: Simulated Microphysical Budgets and Sensitivity Studies (2005) (94)
Estimates of Twenty-First-Century Flood Risk in the Pacific Northwest Based on Regional Climate Model Simulations (2014) (90)
Multiscale Mountain Waves Influencing a Major Orographic Precipitation Event (2007) (90)
Hydrological Aspects of Weather Prediction and Flood Warnings: Report of the Ninth Prospectus Development Team of the U.S. Weather Research Program. (2000) (82)
An Observational and Modeling Study of the Interaction of Low-Level Southwesterly Flow with the Olympic Mountains during COAST IOP 4 (1996) (80)
The 13–14 December 2001 IMPROVE-2 Event. Part I: Synoptic and Mesoscale Evolution and Comparison with a Mesoscale Model Simulation (2005) (79)
Attribution of projected changes in summertime US ozone and PM 2.5 concentrations to global changes (2009) (78)
Columbia Gorge Gap Winds: Their Climatological Influence and Synoptic Evolution (2004) (75)
Windstorms along the Western Side of the Washington Cascade Mountains. Part I: A High-Resolution Observational and Modeling Study of the 12 February 1995 Event (1998) (75)
The 13–14 December 2001 IMPROVE-2 Event. Part II: Comparisons of MM5 Model Simulations of Clouds and Precipitation with Observations (2005) (73)
An Evaluation of a High-Resolution Hydrometeorological Modeling System for Prediction of a Cool-Season Flood Event in a Coastal Mountainous Watershed (2001) (73)
Measuring the Ensemble Spread–Error Relationship with a Probabilistic Approach: Stochastic Ensemble Results (2007) (73)
Extreme Precipitation over the West Coast of North America: Is There a Trend? (2011) (69)
High-Resolution Observations and Numerical Simulations of Easterly Gap Flow through the Strait of Juan de Fuca on 9–10 December 1995* (2000) (68)
The Coastal Observation and Simulation with Topography (COAST) Experiment (1997) (66)
Description and evaluation of a hydrometeorological forecast system for mountainous watersheds (2002) (65)
Local and remote effects of mountains on weather: Research needs and opportunities (1997) (63)
The effects of global changes upon regional ozone pollution in the United States (2008) (63)
Surface Pressure Observations from Smartphones: A Potential Revolution for High-Resolution Weather Prediction? (2014) (62)
Performance of national weather service forecasts compared to operational, consensus, and weighted model output statistics (2005) (61)
Topographically Forced Convergence in Western Washington State (1981) (61)
Coastally Trapped Wind Reversals along the United States West Coast during the Warm Season. Part II: Synoptic Evolution (1996) (60)
The Structure and Evolution of a Simulated Midlatitude Cyclone over Land (1993) (60)
Coastally Trapped Wind Reversals along the United States West Coast during the Warm Season. Part I: Climatology and Temporal Evolution (1996) (59)
Numerical Investigation of Mesoscale Circulations over the Los Angeles Basin. Part I. A Verification Study (1990) (59)
Locally Calibrated Probabilistic Temperature Forecasting Using Geostatistical Model Averaging and Local Bayesian Model Averaging (2011) (53)
Origin of the Catalina Eddy (1989) (51)
A Windstorm in the Lee of a Gap in a Coastal Mountain Barrier (1995) (51)
The occlusion process in a midlatitude cyclone over land (1993) (50)
A Numerical Daily Air Quality Forecast System for The Pacific Northwest (2004) (50)
The Northern California Wildfires of 8–9 October 2017: The Role of a Major Downslope Wind Event (2019) (48)
COLUMBIA GORGE GAP FLOW (2002) (47)
A Linear Primitive Equation Model of African Wave Disturbances (1979) (46)
Major Extratropical Cyclones of the Northwest United States: Historical Review, Climatology, and Synoptic Environment (2010) (46)
Major Numerical Forecast Failures over the Northeast Pacific (2004) (45)
Synoptic Frontal Analysis: Time for a Reassessment? (1991) (45)
IFPS and the Future of the National Weather Service (2003) (45)
Structure, Growth Rates, and Tangent Linear Accuracy of Adjoint Sensitivities with Respect to Horizontal and Vertical Resolution (2006) (41)
The Use of Compact Discs for the Storage of Large Meteorological and Oceanographic Data Sets (1987) (41)
Windstorms along the Western Side of the Washington Cascade Mountains. Part II: Characteristics of Past Events and Three-Dimensional Idealized Simulations (1998) (40)
A New Look at Snowpack Trends in the Cascade Mountains (2010) (39)
Nowcasting: The Promise of New Technologies of Communication, Modeling, and Observation (2012) (39)
The Limitations of the WSR-88 D Radar Network for Quantitative Precipitation Measurement over the Coastal Western United States (1999) (39)
Evaluation of the Timing and Strength of MM5 and Eta Surface Trough Passages over the Eastern Pacific (2001) (38)
Removal of Systematic Model Bias on a Model Grid (2008) (38)
The Structure and Evolution of a Simulated Rocky Mountain Lee Trough (1994) (37)
Surface Pressure Perturbations Produced by an Isolated Mesoscale Topographic Barrier. Part I: General Characteristics and Dynamics (1990) (35)
An Observational and Numerical Study of a Cold Front Interacting with the Olympic Mountains during COAST IOP5 (1999) (35)
The Influence of Terrain-Induced Circulations on Wintertime Temperature and Snow Level in the Washington Cascades (1997) (35)
Numerical Investigation of Mesoscale Circulations over the Los Angeles Basin. Part II: Synoptic Influences and Pollutant Transport (1990) (34)
The Mount St. Helens Volcanic Eruption of 18 May 1980: Large Short-Term Surface Temperature Effects (1982) (34)
Diurnal Surface-Pressure Variations over the Continental United States and the Influence of Sea Level Reduction (1991) (32)
The Onshore Surge of Marine Air into the Pacific Northwest: A Coastal Region of Complex Terrain (1986) (31)
The West Coast Thermal Trough: Climatology and Synoptic Evolution (2012) (30)
A One-Level, Mesoscale Model for Diagnosing Surface Winds in Mountainous and Coastal Regions (1985) (29)
Interaction of an Intense Extratropical Cyclone with Coastal Orography (1996) (29)
Utility of Dense Pressure Observations for Improving Mesoscale Analyses and Forecasts (2014) (29)
The Topographically Forced Diurnal Circulations of Western Washington State and Their Influence on Precipitation (1982) (29)
Comparison of MM5 and Meteorological Buoy Winds from British Columbia to Northern California (2006) (29)
Surface Pressure Perturbations Produced by an Isolated Mesoscale Topographic Barrier. Part II: Influence on Regional Circulations (1990) (28)
A Severe Windstorm in the Lee of the Cascade Mountains of Washington State (1985) (27)
Machine Learning-Based Integration of High-Resolution Wildfire Smoke Simulations and Observations for Regional Health Impact Assessment (2019) (26)
Evaluation of Surface Analyses and Forecasts with a Multiscale Ensemble Kalman Filter in Regions of Complex Terrain (2011) (26)
Snowstorms over the Puget Sound Lowlands (1993) (25)
The Short-Term Influence of the Mount St. Helens Volcanic Eruption on Surface Temperature in the Northwest United States (1982) (25)
The Impact of Lightning Data Assimilation on Deterministic and Ensemble Forecasts of Convective Events (2016) (23)
A numerical circulation model with topography for the Martian Southern Hemisphere (1975) (22)
Dynamics of a Catalina Eddy Revealed by Numerical Simulation (2000) (22)
Smartphone Pressure Collection and Bias Correction Using Machine Learning (2018) (21)
Evaluating Smartphone Pressure Observations for Mesoscale Analyses and Forecasts (2017) (21)
Subseasonal Weather Prediction in a Global Convection-Permitting Model (2019) (20)
Hydroclimatic Conditions Preceding the March 2014 Oso Landslide (2015) (20)
The Impact of Positive-Definite Moisture Advection and Low-Level Moisture Flux Bias over Orography (2009) (19)
Comparison of Model Forecast Skill of Sea Level Pressure along the East and West Coasts of the United States (2009) (19)
The Sensitivity of Orographic Precipitation to Flow Direction (2015) (19)
PROBCAST: A Web-Based Portal to Mesoscale Probabilistic Forecasts (2009) (18)
IMPROVEMENT OF MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERIZATIONS THROUGH OBSERVATIONAL VERIFICATION EXPERIMENTS ( IMPROVE ) (2003) (18)
Improving simulations of precipitation phase and snowpack at a site subject to cold air intrusions: Snoqualmie Pass, WA (2016) (18)
Changes in the climatology, structure, and seasonality of northeast Pacific atmospheric rivers in CMIP5 climate simulations (2017) (18)
An Observational and Numerical Study of an Orographically Trapped Wind Reversal along the West Coast of the United States (2000) (18)
Interaction of a Warm-Season Frontal System with the Coastal Mountains of the Western United States. Part I: Prefrontal Onshore Push, Coastal Ridging, and Alongshore Southerlies (1997) (17)
Evaluating CFSv2 Subseasonal Forecast Skill with an Emphasis on Tropical Convection (2017) (17)
Projected Changes in Western U.S. Large-Scale Summer Synoptic Circulations and Variability in CMIP5 Models (2016) (17)
Flooding Event over the Pacific Northwest : Sensitivity Studies and Evaluation of the MM 5 Precipitation Forecasts (2000) (16)
Orographically trapped coastal wind events in the Pacific Northwest and their oceanic response (1990) (15)
Synoptic Control of Cross-Barrier Precipitation Ratios for the Cascade Mountains (2015) (14)
An Observational and Numerical Study of an Intense Landfalling Cold Front along the Northwest Coast of the United States during COAST IOP 2 (2001) (14)
Interaction of a Warm-Season Frontal System with the Coastal Mountains of the Western United States. Part II: Evolution of a Puget Sound Convergence Zone (1997) (14)
Using Radar Data to Partition Precipitation into Rain and Snow in a Hydrologic Model (2006) (13)
The Variability of Adjoint Sensitivity with Respect to Model Physics and Basic-State Trajectory (2008) (12)
The Uncoordinated Giant: Why U.S. Weather Research and Prediction Are Not Achieving Their Potential (2006) (12)
Are We Graduating Too Many Atmospheric Scientists (1996) (12)
Strong Westerly Wind Events in the Strait of Juan de Fuca (2014) (12)
Simulated Kelvin–Helmholtz Waves over Terrain and Their Microphysical Implications (2018) (11)
Projected Changes in Heat Extremes and Associated Synoptic- and Mesoscale Conditions over the Northwest United States (2016) (10)
The West Coast Thermal Trough: Mesoscale Evolution and Sensitivity to Terrain and Surface Fluxes (2013) (9)
An Evaluation of Simulated Precipitation Characteristics during OLYMPEX (2019) (9)
Impacts of Assimilating Smartphone Pressure Observations on Forecast Skill during Two Case Studies in the Pacific Northwest (2018) (9)
A topographically forced convergence line in the lee of the Olympic mountains (1985) (9)
Development of Skill by Students Enrolled in a Weather Forecasting Laboratory (2009) (9)
The application of compact discs (CD-ROM) in the atmospheric sciences and related fields: an update (1993) (8)
Comparison of Surface Wind and Temperature Analyses from an Ensemble Kalman Filter and the NWS Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis System (2014) (8)
Evaluating Simulated Microphysics during OLYMPEX Using GPM Satellite Observations (2019) (7)
Establishing Closer Collaboration to Improve Model Physics for Short-Range Forecasts (2012) (6)
Comments on “The Dynamics of Coastally Trapped Mesoscale Ridges in the Lower Atmosphere" (1995) (5)
Simulation of Summer Diurnal Circulations over the Northwest United States (2014) (5)
The Strong, Dry Winds of Central and Northern California: Climatology and Synoptic Evolution (2020) (5)
The September 2020 Wildfires over the Pacific Northwest (2021) (4)
The Synoptic and Mesoscale Evolution Accompanying the 2018 Camp Fire of Northern California (2020) (4)
The “Banana Belt” of the Coastal Regions of Southern Oregon and Northern California (1987) (3)
DIAGNOSIS AND PREDICTION OF PRECIPITATION IN REGIONS OF COMPLEX TERRAIN. FINAL REPORT (1986) (3)
Dual-Polarization Radar Retrievals of Coastal Pacific Northwest Raindrop Size Distribution Parameters Using Random Forest Regression (2020) (3)
The Impacts of Horizontal Grid Spacing and Cumulus Parameterization on Subseasonal Prediction in a Global Convection-Permitting Model (2020) (2)
The Influence of Wildfire Smoke on Cloud Microphysics during the September 2020 Pacific Northwest Wildfires (2021) (2)
A One-Level Mesoscale Model for the Diagnosing or Short-Term Forecasting of Surface Winds in Complex Terrain (1986) (2)
An Evaluation and Verification of the Simulated Microphysical Sensitivities during 13-14 December 2001 of IMPROVE 2 (2002) (1)
Collective global change impacts on US ozone pollution (2008) (1)
OLYMPEX: A Global Precipitation Mission (GPM) Ground Validation Campaign on the Olympic Peninsula in the Pacific Northwest (2014) (1)
A high-resolution climate model for the United States Pacific Northwest (2007) (1)
FORECASTING MESOSCALE UNCERTAINTY : SHORT-RANGE ENSEMBLE FORECAST ERROR PREDICTABILITY (2003) (0)
Development of Weather Forecasting Skill for Students in the Atmospheric Sciences Program at the University of Washington (2008) (0)
Grid-Based Removal of Systematic Model Bias (2005) (0)
Extreme Weather Events over the Western U.S (2017) (0)
U.S. Numerical Weather Prediction: A Report Card (2017) (0)
Convection–Kelvin Wave Coupling in a Global Convection-Permitting Model (2021) (0)
The Influence of Regional Meteorology on Carbon Emissions from California Wildfires (2022) (0)
The influence of soil moisture on the historic 2021 Pacific Northwest heatwave (2023) (0)
The Puget Sound Convergence Zone: A Headache for Forecasters (1980) (0)
An Evaluation of the NOAA Climate Forecast System Subseasonal Forecasts (2016) (0)
Implications of global climate change over mountain areas of western North America (2010) (0)
Simple Mesoscale Models for Operational Use in Regions of Topographic and Thermal Forcing: Development and Evaluation (1984) (0)
The MAP Listserv: Lance Bosart's Greatest Accomplishment? (2017) (0)
The Uncoordinated Giant II: Why U.S. Operational Numerical Weather Prediction is Still Lagging and How to Fix It (2023) (0)
Impact of climate change on U.S. air quality using multi-scale modeling with the MM5/SMOKE/CMAQ system (2004) (0)
A Comparison of Mesoscale Pressure Features Observed with Smartphones and Conventional Observations (2022) (0)
The Quinault Blowdown: A Microscale Wind Event Driven by a Mountain-Wave Rotor (2019) (0)
Smartphone Pressure Observations: A Revolutionary Advance for Mesoscale Meteorology? (2013) (0)
End-of-century projections of North American atmospheric river events in CMIP5 climate models (2013) (0)
Research to Operations: Why Is the U.S. Not Realizing Its Potential? (2018) (0)
Bias Correction, Anonymization, and Analysis of Smartphone Pressure Observations Using Machine Learning and Multi-Resolution Kriging (2021) (0)
Predicting Precipitation over the Northwest: from Weather Forecasts to Climate Change (2009) (0)
Progress and Problems with Forecasting Orographic Precipitation over the Pacific Northwest and Southwest Canada (Invited) (2008) (0)
A NEXT-GENERATION LAND SURFACE MODEL FOR THE PREDICTION OF PAVEMENT TEMPERATURE (2003) (0)
Improvement of Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction for Coastal Regions of Complex Terrain FY2002 (2001) (0)
Are Numerical Weather Prediction Models Getting Better (2015) (0)
Influence of Global Change and Asian Emissions on Regional Air Quality in the Pacific Northwest (2004) (0)
The Relationship Between Northeast Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures, Synoptic Evolution, and Surface Air Temperatures over the Pacific Northwest (2022) (0)
West Coast atmospheric river climatology in CMIP5 climate models (2015) (0)
The Assimilation of Smartphone Pressures for Mesoscale Prediction (2015) (0)
Changes in Pacific Northwest Heat Waves and Associated Synoptic/Mesoscale Drivers Under Anthropogenic Global Warming (2014) (0)
U.S. Numerical Weather Prediction: Time for a Restructuring? (2013) (0)
Mesoscale Surges Through Coastal Gaps (2007) (0)
Utilizing the Mesoscale Model Evaluation Testbed (MMET) to transition promising new techniques from research to operations [presentation] (2013) (0)
The Structure, Evolution, and Dynamics of Coastally Trapped Phenomena of Western North America (1997) (0)

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