Roger Wakimoto
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American meteorologist specialized in mesoscale convection
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Roger M. Wakimoto is an atmospheric scientist specializing in research on mesoscale meteorology, particularly severe convective storms and radar meteorology. A former director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research , Wakimoto in November 2012 was appointed as assistant director of the Directorate for Geosciences of the National Science Foundation .
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- The life cycle of thunderstorm gust fronts as viewed with Doppler radar and rawinsonde data (1982) (327)
- Non-supercell Tornadoes (1989) (240)
- Boundary Layer Clear-Air Radar Echoes: Origin of Echoes and Accuracy of Derived Winds (1994) (220)
- Thermodynamic Variability within the Convective Boundary Layer Due to Horizontal Convective Rolls (1996) (194)
- Horizontal Convective Rolls: Determining the Environmental Conditions Supporting their Existence and Characteristics (1997) (194)
- The Bow Echo and MCV Experiment: Observations and Opportunities (2004) (190)
- The Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track Experiment (FASTEX) : Scientific objectives and experimental design (1997) (173)
- Forecasting Dry Microburst Activity over the High Plains (1985) (169)
- Observations of the Sea-Breeze Front during CaPE. Part II: Dual-Doppler and Aircraft Analysis (1995) (151)
- Wet Microburst Activity over the Southeastern United States: Implications for Forecasting (1991) (140)
- Radar and Atmospheric Science: A Collection of Essays in Honor of David Atlas (2003) (140)
- Dual-Polarization observations of Microbursts Associated with Intense Convection: The 20 July Storm during the MIST Project (1988) (139)
- Five Scales of Airflow Associated with a Series of Downbursts on 16 July 1980 (1981) (132)
- Observations of the Sea-Breeze Front during CaPE. Part I: Single-Doppler, Satellite, and Cloud Photogrammetry Analysis (1994) (131)
- Influence of the Synoptic-Scale Flow on Sea Breezes Observed during CaPE (1997) (121)
- Overview of the field phase of the fronts and Atlantic Storm‐Track EXperiment (FASTEX) project (1999) (117)
- Damage Survey of Hurricane Andrew and Its Relationship to the Eyewall (1994) (112)
- A Concentrated Outbreak of Tornadoes, Downbursts and Microbursts, and Implications Regarding Vortex Classification (1983) (110)
- Lidar Observation of Elevated Pollution Layers over Los Angeles (1986) (105)
- Convectively Driven High Wind Events (2001) (99)
- Observations of the Finescale Structure of a Dryline during VORTEX 95 (1998) (97)
- ELDORA observations during VORTEX 95 (1996) (96)
- High Winds Generated by Bow Echoes. Part II: The Relationship between the Mesovortices and Damaging Straight-Line Winds (2006) (95)
- The Garden City, Kansas, Storm during VORTEX 95. Part I: Overview of the Storm’s Life Cycle and Mesocyclogenesis (1998) (90)
- The Initiation and Organization of Convective Cells atop a Cold-Air Outflow Boundary (1992) (89)
- High Winds Generated by Bow Echoes. Part I: Overview of the Omaha Bow Echo 5 July 2003 Storm during BAMEX (2006) (81)
- Analysis of a Nontornadic Storm during VORTEX 95 (2000) (80)
- NCAR–NOAA Lower-Tropospheric Water Vapor Workshop (1999) (73)
- Kinematic, Dynamic, and Thermodynamic Analysis of a Weakly Sheared Severe Thunderstorm over Northern Alabama (1991) (69)
- The Discovery of the Downburst: T. T. Fujita's Contribution (2001) (68)
- The LaGrange Tornado during VORTEX2. Part I: Photogrammetric Analysis of the Tornado Combined with Single-Doppler Radar Data (2011) (65)
- The Garden City, Kansas, Storm during VORTEX 95. Part II: The Wall Cloud and Tornado (1998) (62)
- Airborne Radar Observations of a Cold Front during FASTEX1 (2000) (61)
- Dryline on 19 June 2002 during IHOP. Part I: Airborne Doppler and LEANDRE II Analyses of the Thin Line Structure and Convection Initiation (2006) (61)
- The Relationship between Radar Reflectivities and Clouds Associated with Horizontal Roll Convection on 8 August 1982 (1989) (58)
- Observations of a Colorado Tornado. Part II: Combined Photogrammetric and Doppler Radar Analysis (1992) (57)
- Observations on the Origins of Rotation: The Newcastle Tornado during VORTEX 94 (1996) (56)
- An Integrated Damage, Visual, and Radar Analysis of the 2013 Moore, Oklahoma EF5 Tornado (2014) (52)
- Finescale Structure of the LaGrange, Wyoming, Tornado during VORTEX2: GBVTD and Photogrammetric Analyses (2012) (51)
- The Kellerville Tornado during VORTEX: Damage Survey and Doppler Radar Analyses (2003) (45)
- The “Triple Point” on 24 May 2002 during IHOP. Part I: Airborne Doppler and LASE Analyses of the Frontal Boundaries and Convection Initiation (2006) (44)
- The Evolution and Structure of a “Bow–Echo-Microburst” Event. Part II: The Bow Echo (1992) (42)
- Procedures to Improve the Accuracy of Airborne Doppler Radar Data (2002) (42)
- The Catalina Eddy and its Effect on Pollution over Southern California (1987) (39)
- Observations of a Florida Waterspout during CaPE (1993) (39)
- Analysis of a Dryline during IHOP: Implications for Convection Initiation (2009) (36)
- The Frontal Structure of an Explosive Oceanic Cyclone: Airbone Radar Observations of ERICA IOP 4 (1992) (35)
- Structure of an Atmospheric Undular Bore Generated from Colliding Boundaries during CaPE (1995) (34)
- Aerial Damage Survey of the 2013 El Reno Tornado Combined with Mobile Radar Data (2016) (34)
- Photogrammetric Analysis of the 2013 El Reno Tornado Combined with Mobile X-Band Polarimetric Radar Data (2015) (33)
- The West Bend, Wisconsin Storm of 4 April 1981:A Problem in Operational Meteorology (1983) (32)
- The Superior, Nebraska, Supercell During BAMEX (2004) (30)
- Microbursts in JAWS depicted by Doppler radars, PAM, and aerial photographs (1983) (28)
- Kinematic, Thermodynamic, and Visual Structure of Low-Reflectivity Microbursts (1994) (27)
- The Interaction of a Pacific Cold Front with Shallow Air Masses East of the Rocky Mountains (1999) (27)
- Flash flood forecasting over complex terrain: With an assessment of the Sulphur Mountain NEXRAD in southern California (2005) (26)
- Near-Surface Vortex Structure in a Tornado and in a Sub-Tornado-Strength Convective-Storm Vortex Observed by a Mobile, W-Band Radar during VORTEX2 (2013) (24)
- Analysis of Convergence Boundaries Observed during IHOP_2002 (2010) (22)
- Mantle Echoes Associated with Deep Convection: Observations and Numerical Simulations (2004) (22)
- Effects of miso- and mesoscale obstructions on PAM winds obtained during project NIMROD. [Portable Automated Mesonet] (1982) (19)
- The Evolution and Structure of a ``Bow-Echo Microburst'' Event. Part I: The Microburst (1992) (19)
- Kinematic and Moisture Characteristics of a Nonprecipitating Cold Front Observed during IHOP. Part I: Across-Front Structures (2008) (18)
- Retrieved pressure field and its influence on the propagation of a supercell thunderstorm (2001) (18)
- Mobile Radar Observations of Severe Convective Storms (2003) (17)
- Mesoscale vortices in the stratiform region of a decaying midlatitude squall line (1989) (15)
- Observations of the Early Evolution of an Explosive Oceanic Cyclone during ERICA IOP 5. Part II: Airborne Doppler Analysis of the Mesoscale Circulation and Frontal Structure (1995) (13)
- Observations of Mesoscale Circulations within Extratropical Cyclones over the North Atlantic Ocean during ERICA (1997) (12)
- The Dodge City Tornadoes on 24 May 2016: Damage Survey, Photogrammetric Analysis Combined with Mobile Polarimetric Radar Data (2018) (12)
- Observations of the Early Evolution of an Explosive Oceanic Cyclone during ERICA IOP 5. Part I: Synoptic Overview and Mesoscale Frontal Structure (1995) (11)
- Airborne Radar Observations of a Warm Front during FASTEX (11)
- Airborne Doppler Radar and Sounding Analysis of an Oceanic Cold Front (2008) (11)
- Frontal and Radar Refractivity Analyses of the Dryline on 11 June 2002 during IHOP (2010) (11)
- The San Angelo, Texas, Supercell of 31 May 1995: Visual Observations and Tornadogenesis (2004) (10)
- Ground-based mobile instrument Workshop Summary, 23-24 February 2000, Boulder, Colorado (2001) (9)
- The Vertical Vorticity Structure within a Squall Line Observed during BAMEX: Banded Vorticity Features and the Evolution of a Bowing Segment (2015) (9)
- Study on observational systems: A review of meteorological and oceanographic education in observational techniques and the relationship to national facilities and needs (1991) (8)
- meeting summary: Ground–Based Mobile Instrument Workshop Summary, 23–24 February 2000, Boulder, Colorado (2001) (8)
- Airborne Observations of a Front near a Col during FASTEX (2002) (8)
- Mobile Radar Observations of the Evolving Debris Field Compared with a Damage Survey of the Shawnee, Oklahoma, Tornado of 19 May 2013 (2020) (3)
- Analysis of Debris Signature Characteristics and Evolution in the 24 May 2016 Dodge City, Kansas, Tornadoes (2020) (2)
- "JAWS Microbursts Revealed by Triple-Doppler Radar, Aircraft, and PAM Data," by Fujita, T. Theodore and Wakimoto, Roger , preprints, 13th Conference on Severe Local Storms, Tulsa, American Meteorological Society, Boston, p. 97-100, 1983. (1983) (2)
- Clear-Air Mesocyclone during the JAWS Project (1986) (2)
- A New Frontal Instability: Theory and ERICA Observations. (1994) (2)
- THE LAGRANGE TORANDO DURING VORTEX 2 . PART II : PHOTOGRAMMETRY ANALYSIS OF THE TORNADO COMBINED WITH DUAL-DOPPLER RADAR DATA (2010) (2)
- Project basin. Final report to the California Air Resources Board (1987) (2)
- The El Reno Tornado: Mobile Polarimetric Radar Data and Photogrammetric Analysis (2014) (1)
- "Microbursts in JAWS [Joint Appoint Weather Studies] Depicted by Doppler Radars, PAM, and Aerial Photographs," by Fujita, T. Theodore and Wakimoto, Roger, preprints, 21st Conference on Radar Meteorology, Edmonton, American Meteorological Society, Boston, p. 638-645, 1983. (1983) (1)
- Mesoscale damage patterns of Hurricane Frederic in relation to enhanced SMS imagery (1980) (1)
- P 7 . 9 IMPROVED PROCEDURE TO CORRECT AIRBONE DOPPLER RADAR DATA (2001) (0)
- 2022 AAAS Fellows approved by the AAAS Council (2019) (0)
- What’s New in the NSF Geosciences (2014) (0)
- Invited Speaker—Future of severe storm research (2010) (0)
- Mesoscale Studies of Explosive Cyclogenesis. (1997) (0)
- Integrating Photogrammetry and Damage Surveys into Severe Local Storm Analyses (Invited Presentation) (2017) (0)
- The Vorticity Structure of Bowing Segments Embedded withing a Squall Line (2013) (0)
- Welcome from AMS Acting President (2018) (0)
- Mesoscale Analysis Techniques (2002) (0)
- The Intersections between Lance Bosart's Career and Mine: Personal Recollections (2017) (0)
- Title Photogrammetric Analysis of the 2013 El Reno Tornado Combined with Mobile X-Band Polarimetric Radar Data Permalink (2015) (0)
- On the Future of Research-Intensive Universities and Their Associated Atmospheric Science Programs (1995) (0)
- Understanding the generation of high winds associated with bow echoes: The Omaha bow echo during BAMEX (2005) (0)
- A Case of Two Mesoscale Eddies: An oceanic versus a Continental Comma Cloud (1987) (0)
- MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY | Microbursts (2015) (0)
- The field campaign, involving multiple aircraft and ground-based instruments, documented numerous long-lived mesoscale convective systems, many producing strong surface winds and exhibiting mesoscale rotation. (2004) (0)
- P 1 B . 6 Bow Echo Embedded within a Squall Line (2003) (0)
- What is new in NSF Geosciences (2015) (0)
- The Dodge City Tornadoes on 24 May 2016: Understanding Cycloidal Marks in Surface Damage Tracks and Further Analysis of the Debris Cloud (2022) (0)
- NSF Perspective on Engaging the NRC and the Community in Developing Priorities (2015) (0)
- AA Fest General Circulation Model Development: Past, Present and Future. A Symposium in Honor of Professor Akio Arakawa (1998) (0)
- Airborne Radar and Dropsonde Analysis of an Oceanic Cold Front (2007) (0)
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