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- Masters Meteorology Pennsylvania State University
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- A Theory for Strong, Long-Lived Squall Lines (1988) (1252)
- An Air–Sea Interaction Theory for Tropical Cyclones. Part II: Evolutionary Study Using a Nonhydrostatic Axisymmetric Numerical Model (1987) (710)
- Prediction of Landfalling Hurricanes with the Advanced Hurricane WRF Model (2008) (436)
- Low Froude Number Flow Past Three-Dimensional Obstacles. Part I: Baroclinically Generated Lee Vortices (1989) (397)
- The Influence of the Shear-Induced Pressure Gradient on Thunderstorm Motion (1982) (394)
- On the Rotation and Propagation of Simulated Supercell Thunderstorms (1985) (386)
- “A Theory for Strong Long-Lived Squall Lines” Revisited (2004) (378)
- HYMEX , a 10-year Multidisciplinary Program on the mediterranean water cycle. (2014) (320)
- Effects of Moist Convection on Mesoscale Predictability (2003) (302)
- A Study of the Tornadic Region within a Supercell Thunderstorm (1983) (285)
- Structure and Evolution of Numerically Simulated Squall Lines (1988) (284)
- The Maximum Intensity of Tropical Cyclones in Axisymmetric Numerical Model Simulations (2009) (265)
- Dropsonde Observations in Low-Level Jets over the Northeastern Pacific Ocean from CALJET-1998 and PACJET-2001: Mean Vertical-Profile and Atmospheric-River Characteristics (2005) (262)
- Lessons on orographic precipitation from the Mesoscale Alpine Programme (2007) (261)
- On the Linear Theory of the Land and Sea Breeze (1983) (241)
- Mechanisms of Intense Alpine Rainfall (2001) (231)
- Mesoscale Predictability of Moist Baroclinic Waves: Convection-Permitting Experiments and Multistage Error Growth Dynamics (2007) (208)
- An air-sea interaction theory for tropical cyclones [presentation] (1985) (195)
- Self-Stratification of Tropical Cyclone Outflow. Part I: Implications for Storm Structure (2011) (184)
- The Use of Vertical Wind Shear versus Helicity in Interpreting Supercell Dynamics (2000) (183)
- Vertical-Velocity Skewness in the Buoyancy-Driven Boundary Layer (1990) (173)
- Polar lows as arctic hurricanes (1989) (172)
- Mesoscale Predictability of the “Surprise” Snowstorm of 24–25 January 2000 (2002) (167)
- Evaluation of an Analytical Model for the Maximum Intensity of Tropical Cyclones (2009) (148)
- Mechanisms of Up-Valley Winds (2004) (145)
- On the dynamics of gravity currents in a channel (1994) (137)
- Analysis of the 26 July 2005 heavy rain event over Mumbai, India using the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model (2008) (137)
- Large-Eddy Simulation of an Idealized Tropical Cyclone (2009) (133)
- Low Froude Number Flow Past Three-Dimensional Obstacles. Part II: Upwind Flow Reversal Zone (1990) (130)
- Frontal Dynamics near and following Frontal Collapse (1993) (126)
- A Theory for the Maximum Windspeeds in Tornado-like Vortices (1986) (123)
- On the propagation of internal bores (1997) (122)
- A Study in Tornado-Like Vortex Dynamics (1979) (120)
- On the evolution of thunderstorm rotation (1981) (117)
- Convectively Induced Secondary Circulations in Fine-Grid Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction Models (2014) (114)
- Report of the first prospectus development team of the U.S. Weather Research Program to The NOAA and the NSF (1995) (111)
- Relation between voice-onset time and vowel duration. (1979) (110)
- Numerical analysis of a Mediterranean ‘hurricane’ over south-eastern Italy: Sensitivity experiments to sea surface temperature (2011) (104)
- The Fluid Dynamics of Tornadoes (2013) (99)
- Orographic effects on rainfall in MAP cases IOP 2b and IOP 8 (2003) (96)
- An Analysis of Frontogenesis in Numerical Simulations of Baroclinic Waves (1994) (93)
- A Generalization of Lorenz’s Model for the Predictability of Flows with Many Scales of Motion (2008) (92)
- Mesoscale Predictability of Moist Baroclinic Waves: Experiments with Parameterized Convection (2004) (86)
- Numerical Simulation of a Laboratory Vortex (1977) (84)
- Numerical Simulations of Conditionally Unstable Flows over a Mountain Ridge (2009) (83)
- Vorticity and potential vorticity in mountain wakes (1999) (81)
- A Simple Analytical Model of the Nocturnal Low-Level Jet over the Great Plains of the United States (2014) (81)
- Numerical Analysis of a Mediterranean ``Hurricane'' over Southeastern Italy (2008) (78)
- The Effects of Subgrid Model Mixing and Numerical Filtering in Simulations of Mesoscale Cloud Systems (2003) (76)
- The Next-Order Corrections to Quasigeostrophic Theory (1999) (74)
- Numerical simulations of the Piedmont flood of 4–6 November 1994 (2000) (71)
- A comparison of primitive-equation and semigeostrophic simulations of baroclinic waves (1991) (70)
- Effects of Parameterized Diffusion on Simulated Hurricanes (2012) (69)
- The Influence of Near-Surface, High-Entropy Air in Hurricane Eyes on Maximum Hurricane Intensity (2009) (69)
- Overview of the first HyMeX Special Observation Period over Italy: observations and model results (2013) (67)
- Nonlinear Aspects of Symmetric Instability (1989) (67)
- A note on the stability of a cylindrical vortex sheet (1978) (66)
- Coastally Trapped Wind Reversals: Progress toward Understanding (2000) (64)
- A Case Study of Cyclogenesis Using a Model Hierarchy (1996) (64)
- The Triggering of Orographic Rainbands by Small-Scale Topography (2007) (63)
- Large-Eddy Simulation of the Onset of the Sea Breeze (2005) (61)
- Observational analysis of a Mediterranean ‘hurricane’ over south‐eastern Italy (2008) (61)
- Mechanisms of along-valley winds and heat exchange over mountainous terrain (2010) (61)
- An Investigation of a Three-Dimensional Asymmetric Vortex (1984) (60)
- The Dynamics of Orographic Wake Formation in Flows with Upstream Blocking (2005) (60)
- Numerical forecast and analysis of a tropical-like cyclone in the Ionian Sea (2009) (58)
- Development mechanisms for Mediterranean tropical‐like cyclones (medicanes) (2019) (55)
- Simulations of moist nearly neutral flow over a ridge (2005) (53)
- Real-Time Wind Synthesis from Doppler Radar Observations during the Mesoscale Alpine Programme (2000) (53)
- Numerical Simulations of Low-CAPE Flows over a Mountain Ridge (2010) (47)
- Numerical simulation of a laminar end-wall vortex and boundary layer (1986) (46)
- Investigating 2D modeling of atmospheric convection in the PBL (2004) (44)
- Effects of Coastal Orography on Landfalling Cold Fronts. Part I: Dry, Inviscid Dynamics (1999) (39)
- Hypercanes: A possible link in global extinction scenarios (1995) (39)
- Response of a stably stratified flow to cooling (1989) (38)
- The METCRAX II Field Experiment: A study of downslope windstorm-type flows in Arizona's Meteor Crater (2016) (38)
- Dynamic Forcing and Mesoscale Variability of Heavy Precipitation Events over the Sierra Nevada Mountains (2007) (37)
- Diurnal Cycle of Rainfall and Winds near the South Coast of China (2018) (37)
- Models of Coastally Trapped Disturbances (1999) (35)
- Further results on Lee vortices in low-Froude-number flow (1991) (33)
- Atmospheric turbulence and mesoscale meteorology (2004) (33)
- A comparative study of atmospheric and laboratory-analogue numerical tornado-vortex models (2006) (33)
- Petterssen's «type B» cyclogenesis in terms of discrete, neutral Eady modes (1989) (32)
- Tornadoes and Tornadogenesis (1986) (32)
- An EF3 Multivortex Tornado over the Ionian Region: Is It Time for a Dedicated Warning System over Italy? (2016) (31)
- Tornado Vortex Structure, Intensity, and Surface Wind Gusts in Large-Eddy Simulations with Fully Developed Turbulence (2016) (29)
- On the formation of potential-vorticity anomalies in upper-level jet-front systems (1990) (29)
- Numerical Simulations of a Tornadic Supercell over the Mediterranean (2017) (29)
- The Large-Scale Effects of Flow over Periodic Mesoscale Topography (2001) (28)
- Roll Circulations in the Convective Region of a Simulated Squall Line (2007) (28)
- Models of non-Boussinesq lock-exchange flow (2011) (28)
- Contributions of Moist Convection and Internal Gravity Waves to Building the Atmospheric −5/3 Kinetic Energy Spectra (2017) (27)
- The Optimal State for Gravity Currents in Shear (2014) (27)
- Evaluation of a Time-Dependent Model for the Intensification of Tropical Cyclones (2018) (26)
- Characteristics and predictability of a supercell during HyMeX SOP1 (2016) (25)
- The wake south of the Alps: Dynamics and structure of the lee‐side flow and secondary potential vorticity banners (2004) (24)
- Reply to comment on "Low Froude number flow past three-dimensional obstacles. Part I: Baroclinically generated Lee vortices" (1989) (24)
- Vorticity generation in the shallow-water equations as applied to hydraulic jumps (1995) (23)
- Application of Theory to Simulations of Observed Cases of Orographically Forced Convective Rainfall (2012) (23)
- Vorticity dynamics of a convective swirling boundary layer (1980) (22)
- Analysis of WRF-Simulated Diurnal Boundary Layer Winds in Eastern China Using a Simple 1D Model (2015) (22)
- Influence of the Valley Surroundings on Valley Wind Dynamics (2012) (22)
- Gravity Currents in a Deep Anelastic Atmosphere (2008) (22)
- Further Results on Moist Nearly Neutral Flow over a Ridge (2006) (22)
- The Spacing of Orographic Rainbands Triggered by Small-Scale Topography (2007) (21)
- Comments on “A Numerical Investigation of the Organization and Interaction of the Convective and Stratiform Regions of Tropical Squall Lines” (1990) (20)
- Effects of Surface Drag on Fronts within Numerically Simulated Baroclinic Waves (1998) (20)
- Spectra, Spatial Scales, and Predictability in a Quasigeostrophic Model (2009) (19)
- Effects of Coastal Orography on Landfalling Cold Fronts. Part II: Effects of Surface Friction (1999) (19)
- “Near Ground” Vertical Vorticity in Supercell Thunderstorm Models (2017) (17)
- Catalina Eddies and Coastally Trapped Disturbances (2002) (17)
- Ertel's Potential Vorticity in Unstratified Turbulence (1994) (17)
- Unstable Baroclinic Waves beyond Quasigeostrophic Theory (2000) (17)
- Topographic Generation of Mesoscale Vortices in Mixed-Layer Models (1988) (16)
- Axisymmetric Tornado Simulations at High Reynolds Number (2016) (16)
- Using High-Resolution Simulations to Quantify Underestimates of Tornado Intensity from In Situ Observations (2017) (14)
- Numerical Simulations of Two-Layer Flow past Topography. Part I: The Leeside Hydraulic Jump (2018) (14)
- Gravity Currents in Confined Channels with Environmental Shear (2014) (14)
- Secondary circulations in rotating-flow boundary layers (2014) (14)
- Reply to Comment on "'A theory for strong long-lived squall lines' revisited" (2005) (14)
- Orographic flow response to variations in upstream humidity (2008) (14)
- Application of theory to observed cases of orographically forced convective rainfall (2010) (13)
- Flow Regimes over a Basin Induced by Upstream Katabatic Flows—An Idealized Modeling Study (2016) (12)
- Linear theory of the sea breeze in a thermal wind (2011) (12)
- High-resolution 3D numerical simulations of conditionally unstable flows over a ridge (2008) (12)
- Why Do the Maximum Intensities in Modeled Tropical Cyclones Vary Under the Same Environmental Conditions? (2020) (11)
- An Eddy Injection Method for Large-Eddy Simulations of Tornado-Like Vortices (2016) (11)
- Effects of the Alps and Apennines on forecasts for Po Valley convection in two HyMeX cases (2017) (11)
- An analytical model of maximum potential intensity for tropical cyclones incorporating the effect of ocean mixing (2014) (11)
- Report of the First Prospectus Development Team - U.S. Weather Research Program (1995) (10)
- Thermally Driven Diurnally Periodic Wind Signals off the East Coast of China (2015) (10)
- Two-Layer Stratified Flow past a Valley (2016) (10)
- The Diffraction of Kelvin Waves and Bores at Coastal Bends. (1996) (10)
- Evolution of an Axisymmetric Tropical Cyclone before Reaching Slantwise Moist Neutrality (2019) (9)
- Bayesian Exploration of Multivariate Orographic Precipitation Sensitivity for Moist Stable and Neutral Flows (2015) (9)
- Mesoscale predictability of moist baroclinic waves: Experiments with parameterized convection [corrigendum] (2004) (9)
- The Quasi-Steady State of the Valley Wind System (2015) (8)
- Evaluation of the Assumptions in the Steady-State Tropical Cyclone Self-Stratified Outflow Using Three-Dimensional Convection-Allowing Simulations (2019) (8)
- Role of moist and dry air advection in the development of Mediterranean tropical‐like cyclones (medicanes) (2020) (8)
- Internal gravity waves in a time-varying stratification (1977) (8)
- Numerical Simulation of a Laminar Vortex Flow (1982) (8)
- Supercell Thunderstorm Modeling and Theory (2013) (7)
- Atmospheric turbulence and mesoscale meteorology : scientific research inspired by Doug Lilly (2004) (7)
- Impact of Vertical Wind Shear on Gravity Wave Propagation in the Land–Sea-Breeze Circulation at the Equator (2019) (6)
- Coastal meteorology and oceanography: Report of the third prospectus development team of the U. S. Weather Research Program to NOAA and NSF (1996) (6)
- Comment on “Linear and Nonlinear Propagation of Supercell Storms” (2003) (6)
- Advanced research WRF developments for hurricane prediction [presentation] (2006) (5)
- The role of surface fluxes in the development of a tropical-like cyclone in southern Italy (2008) (5)
- Effects of resolved turbulence in a large eddy simulation of a hurricane (2014) (5)
- A large-eddy simulation study of deep-convection initiation through the collision of two sea-breeze fronts (2021) (4)
- Expansion of a Holepunch Cloud by a Gravity Wave Front (2016) (4)
- A Thermodynamic Perspective on Steady-State Tropical Cyclones (2020) (4)
- A Numerical Simulation of Multiple Vortices (1982) (4)
- Upstream-Propagating Wave Modes in Moist and Dry Flow over Topography (2012) (4)
- On the Anomalous Counterclockwise Turning of the Surface Wind with Time in the Plains of the United States (2017) (4)
- Numerical Simulations of Two-Layer Flow past Topography. Part II: Lee Vortices (2020) (4)
- A Conceptual Framework for the Resolution Dependence of Updraft Properties in Cloud System Resolving Models (2008) (4)
- High Resolution Numerical Simulations of the Tornadic Region Within a Mature Thunderstorm (1982) (3)
- Internal Gravity Waves in a Saturated Moist Neutral Atmosphere (2013) (3)
- Lilly’s Model for Steady-State Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Structure (2020) (3)
- Consistent Impacts of Surface Enthalpy and Drag Coefficient Uncertainty between an Analytical Model and Simulated Tropical Cyclone Maximum Intensity and Storm Structure (2020) (3)
- Lessons on orographic precipitation from MAP (invited) (2006) (3)
- THE EFFECTS OF SMALL-SCALE TURBULENCE ON MAXIMUM HURRICANE INTENSITY (2009) (2)
- Cellular structures in simulated squall lines with moist absolutely unstable layers [presentation] (2004) (1)
- A Simple Model for the Anomalous Counterclockwise Turning of the Surface Wind with Time over the Great Plains of the United States (2018) (1)
- Trapeze Instability Modified by a Mean Shear Flow (1976) (1)
- Supergradient Winds in Simulated Tropical Cyclones (2022) (1)
- On the relation between the thunderstorm updraft and tornado formation (1982) (1)
- Shallow-water model simulations of coastally trapped disturbances [presentation] (1995) (1)
- Frictionally Induced Feedback in a Reduced Dynamical Model of Tropical Cyclone Intensification (2020) (1)
- Moist convection and mesoscale predictability (2007) (1)
- Response of Orographic Precipitation to Subsaturated Low-Level Layers (2019) (1)
- MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY | Gust Fronts (2015) (1)
- MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODELING AT KILOMETER SCALE GRID MESHES FOR AIR QUALITY SIMULATIONS (2013) (1)
- Introducing the Bulletin of Atmospheric Science and Technology (2020) (1)
- A theory for squall lines [presentation] (1987) (1)
- Atmospheric Turbulence and Mesoscale Meteorology: Frontmatter (2004) (1)
- 4 B . 6 WHAT IS RKW THEORY ? (2012) (0)
- Predictability of the 24-25 January 2000 snow storm with respect to model grid resolution and initial state [presentation] (2001) (0)
- Dynamical models of coastally trapped disturbances and Catalina eddies [presentation] (1999) (0)
- 8C.7 THE EFFECTS OF TURBULENCE ON HURRICANE INTENSITY (2010) (0)
- The hurricane as a finite-amplitude air-sea interaction [presentation] (1987) (0)
- A Comparison of Surface Observations and Visual Tornado Characteristics for the June 15, 1988, Denver Tornado Outbreak (2013) (0)
- Cloud-Edge Dynamics and Mysterious Holes in the Sky (2018) (0)
- Low Froude number flow reversal upwind of a three-dimensional obstacle [presentation] (1990) (0)
- Flow and regime dependent mesoscale predictability [poster] (2004) (0)
- Influence of the Alps on two troughs affecting WRF forecasts of convection in the Po Valley during HyMeX (2014) (0)
- Bayesian Estimates of the Sensitivity of Orographic Precipitation to Upwind Sounding and Terrain (2013) (0)
- Convective updrafts near sea-breeze fronts (2022) (0)
- A study of the dynamics of squall lines using a nonhydrostatic cloud model [presentation] (1988) (0)
- Propagation of trapped waves around coastal bends [presentation] (1995) (0)
- On the Possible Role of Gently Sloping Topography in Influencing the Nature of Convective Storms: A Case Study on the High Plains of the U. S. (2016) (0)
- Atmospheric Turbulence and Mesoscale Meteorology: Preface (2004) (0)
- Unstable baroclinic waves beyond quasigeostrophic theory [presentation] (1999) (0)
- Mesoscale predictability estimated through explicit simulation of moist baroclinic waves [poster] (2002) (0)
- Impacts of Turbulence on Hurricane Intensity (2010) (0)
- Effects of ambient shear on lifting produced by cold pools [presentation] (2001) (0)
- Dave Raymond and the "elementary particles" of atmospheric convection (2018) (0)
- A model-aided case study of rapid cyclogenesis [presentation] (1995) (0)
- Katabatically Driven Downslope Windstorm-Type Flows on the Inner Sidewall of Arizona's Barringer Meteorite Crater (2015) (0)
- Further results on moist nearly neutral flow past a ridge [presentation] (2005) (0)
- Pettersen's Type 'B' cyclogenesis in terms of discrete, neutral Eady modes [presentation] (1989) (0)
- High resolution numerical simulations of the tornadic region within a mature thunderstorm [presentation] (1982) (0)
- Atmospheric Turbulence and Mesoscale Meteorology: Plate section (2004) (0)
- Numerical simulations of squall lines in two and three dimensions [presentation] (1985) (0)
- Stratified flows past 3D ridges at intermediate Rossby number [presentation] (2001) (0)
- The Circulation Response of a Two-Dimensional Frontogenetic Model to Optimized Moisture Perturbations (2020) (0)
- Vertical-velocity skewness in the marine stratus-topped boundary layer (1990) (0)
- Mesoscale modeling at high (but short of turbulence-resolving) resolution (2013) (0)
- Idealized baroclinic wave simulation with MM5 and its applications [presentation] (2001) (0)
- Evolution of lee vortices in an inviscid stratified flow [presentation] (1992) (0)
- Insights into Tornadoes and Hurricanes from High-Resolution Numerical Simulations (2016) (0)
- Upper level frontogenesis and cutoff cyclone formation in a simulated baroclinic wave (1999) (0)
- High-resolution simulations of idealized baroclinic waves with and without surface drag [presentation] (1996) (0)
- Numerical Studies Pertaining to Airflow on the West Coast of the U.S. FY97 Annual Report (1997) (0)
- A synopsis of coastal meteorology: A review of the state of the science (1992) (0)
- Upscale versus ‘up-amplitude’ growth of forecast-error spectra (2022) (0)
- Review of Orographic Precipitation (2017) (0)
- Analysis of WRF-simulated thermally driven diurnally periodic boundary-layer wind signals in Eastern China (2015) (0)
- Characteristics of Tropical-Cyclone Turbulence and Intensity Predictability (2021) (0)
- Dynamics of Resolved Turbulence in Large Eddy Simulations of Hurricanes (2014) (0)
- Propagation of atmospheric gravity currents along a coastal barrier [presentation] (1994) (0)
- The response of statically unstable orographic clouds to small-scale topographic features [presentation] (2005) (0)
- Frontal dynamics near and following frontal collapse [presentation] (1992) (0)
- The second Meteor Crater Experiment (METCRAX II). An overview of the October 2013 field study (2014) (0)
- A high‐impact meso‐beta vortex in the Adriatic Sea (2023) (0)
- Vertical velocity skewness in the stratus topped boundary layer [presentation] (1989) (0)
- Vorticity generation in mixed-layer models [presentation] (1987) (0)
- Models of coastally trapped disturbances [presentation] (1998) (0)
- Numerical simulations of the heavy precipitation event of 14-16 Oct. 2000 over the Piedmont Region [presentation] (2001) (0)
- Characteristics of Tropical‐Cyclone Turbulence and Intensity Predictability (2022) (0)
- The structure and evolution of numerically simulated squall lines [presentation] (1985) (0)
- Interactions of a mesoscale katabatic flow with a small crater basin to produce cold and warm air intrusions, flow bifurcations and a hydraulic jump (2017) (0)
- Form drag in flow over periodic topography: An analytic formula [presentation] (1999) (0)
- Anatomy of the lee-side hydraulic jump (2018) (0)
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