RAMMB CIRA 1st Quarter Report FY08
October November December

Publications

To Accepted and Submitted and Presentations

Published

Knaff, J.A., T.A. Cram, A.B. Schumacher, J.P. Kossin, and M. DeMaria, 2008: Objective Identification of Annular Hurricanes. Weather and Forecasting, 17-28.

Mainelli, M., M. DeMaria, L.K. Shay, and G. Goni, 2008: Application of Oceanic Heat Content Estimation to Operational Forecasting of Recent Atlantic Category 5 Hurricanes. Weather and Forecasting, 3-16.

 

Accepted:

Doesken, N.J., J.F. Weaver, and M. Osecky, 2007:  Microscale aspects of rainfall patterns as measured by a local volunteer network. National Weather Digest.

Fromm, M., O. Torres, D. Diner, D.T. Lindsey, B. Vant Hull, R. Servranckx, E. P. Shettle, and Z. Li, 2008: The stratospheric impact of the Chisholm pyrocumulonimbus eruption: Part I, earth-viewing satellite perspective. Journal of Geophysical Research

Grasso, L.D., M. Sengupta, J.F., Dostalek, R. Brummer, and M. DeMaria, 2008: Synthetic Satellite Imagery for Current and Future Environmental Satellites. International Journal of Remote Sensing.

Hillger, D.W., 2008:  GOES-R advanced baseline imager color product development. J. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology-A.

Knaff, J.A., T.A. Cram, A.B. Schumacher, J.P. Kossin, M. DeMaria, 2008:  Objective Identification of Annular Hurricanes.  Weather and Forecasting.

Knaff, J.A., R.M. Zehr, 2008:  Reply to Comments on “Reexamination of Tropical Cyclone Wind-Pressure Relationships. Weather and Forecasting.

Lindsey, D.T., and L.D. Grasso, 2008:  An effective radius retrieval for thick ice clouds using GOES. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology.

Sampson, C.R., J.F. Franklin, J.A. Knaff, and M. DeMaria, 2007:  Experiments with a simple tropical cyclone intensity consensus. Weather and Forecasting.

Rosenfeld, D., W. Woodley, A. Lerner, G. Kelman, and D.T. Lindsey, 2008:  Satellite Detection of Severe Convective Storms by their Retrieved Vertical Profiles of Cloud Particle Effective Radius and Thermodynamic Phase. Journal of Geophysical Research.

Setvak, M., D.T. Lindsey, R.M. Rabin, P.K. Wang, and A. Demeterova, 2008:  Indication of water vapor transport into the lower stratosphere above midlatitude convective storms: Meteosat Second Generation satellite observations and radiative transfer model simulations. Atmospheric Research

Setvak, M., D.T. Lindsey, R.M. Rabin, P.K. Wang, and A. Demeterova, 2008:  Possible moisture plume above a deep convective storm on 28 June 2005 in MSG-1 imagery. Weather Review .

Nonrefereed

Brummer, R.L., M. DeMaria, J.A. Knaff, B.H. Connell, J.F. Dostalek, D. Zupanski, 2008: GOES-R mesoscale product development. 5th AMS GOES Users’ Conference, 21-25 January, New Orleans, LA.

DeMaria, M., R. DeMaria, D.W. Hillger, R.Mazur, 2008: Tropical cyclone applications of NPOESS soundings. 4th AMS Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems – (NPOESS), 21-25 January, New Orleans, LA.

Grasso, L.D., M. Sengupta, D.T. Lindsey, 2008: Improved calculations of legendre coefficients for use in generating synthetic 3.9 µm GOES-R ABI imagery. 5th AMS GOES Users’ Conference, 21-25 January, New Orleans, LA.

Hillger, D.W., and R.L. Brummer, 2008: Real-time display of experimental GOES-R products. 5th AMS GOES Users’ Conference, 21-25 January, New Orleans, LA.

Knabb, R., M. Mainelli, M. DeMaria, 2008:  Operational tropical cyclone wind speed probability products from the National Hurricane Center, Special Symposium on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 21-25 January, New Orleans, LA.

Lindsey, D.T., 2008: Examining a possible relationship between positive dominated storms and cloud-top ice crystal size. 3rd AMS Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, 21-25 January, New Orleans, LA.

Lindsey, D.T., D.W. Hillger, L.D. Grasso, 2008:  Development of severe weather products for the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager.  5th AMS GOES Users’ Conference, 21-25 January, New Orleans, LA.

Mostek, A., M. DeMaria, J. Gurka, 2008:  Preparing for GOES-R+ user training and education, 5th AMS GOES Users’ Conference, 21-25 January, New Orleans, LA.

Sengupta, M., L.D. Grasso, D.W. Hillger, R.L. Brummer, M. DeMaria, 2008:  Quantifying uncertainties in fire size and temperature measured by GOES-R ABI, 5th AMS GOES Users’ Conference, 21-25 January, New Orleans, LA.

Zhu, T., M. Kim, F. Weng, M. Goldberg, A. Huang, M. Sengupta, D.K. Zhou, and B. Ruston, 2008:  GOES-R Proxy Data Management System, 5th AMS GOES Users’ Conference, 21-25 January, New Orleans, LA.

Submitted:

DeMaria, M., 2008:  A Simplified Dynamical System for Tropical Cyclone Intensity Prediction. Monthly Weather Review.

Hillger, D.W., and T.J. Schmit, 2008:  The GOES-13 Science Test: A Synopsis. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society.

Schumacher, A., M. DeMaria, J.A., Knaff, 2008: Objective Estimation of the 24-Hour Probability of Tropical Cyclone Formation. Weather and Forecasting.

DeMaria, M., 2008: A simplified dynamical system for tropical cyclone intensity evolution.  28th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 28 April-2 May, Orlando, FL.

DeMaria, M., J. Hawkins, J. Dunion, and D. Smith, 2008:  Tropical cyclone itensity forecasting using a satellite-based total precipitable water product.  28th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 28 April-2 May, Orlando, FL.

Knaff, J.A., 2008:  Rapid tropical cyclone transitions to major hurricane intensity: Structural evolution of infrared imagery.  28th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 28 April-2 May, Orlando, FL.

Maclay, K., 2008:  Case study of hurricane Wilma's wind structure evolution using HWRF. 28th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 28 April-2 May, Orlando, FL.

Schumacher, A., M. DeMaria, I. Ginis, and B. Thomas, 2008:  A simple parameterization of sea surface cooling beneath a hurricane inner core.  28th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 28 April-2 May, Orlando, FL.

Zehr, R.M., J.A. Knaff, and M. DeMaria, 2008:  Tropical cyclone environmental vertical wind shear analysis using a microwave sounder.  28th AMS Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 28 April-2 May, Orlando, FL.

Presentations:

DeMaria, M., S. Kidder, P. Harr, J. Knaff, Chris Lauer, 2008:  An improved wind probability program: A Joint Testbed Project update. 62nd Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, 3-7 March, Charleston, SC.

Knaff, J.A., A. Krautkramer, M. DeMaria, A.B. Schumacher, 2008:  New and updated operational tropical cyclone wind products. 62nd Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, 3-7 March, Charleston, SC.

Schumacher, A.B., M. DeMaria, J.A. Knaff, D.P. Brown, 2008: The NESDIS tropical cyclone formation probability product: An overview of past performance and future plans. 62nd Interdepartmental Hurricane Conference, 3-7 March, Charleston, SC.

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