RAMM/CIRA Quarterly Report
April May June 2002



   
Publications (Fryer)
   
 
Published:

Bikos, D.E., J.F. Weaver, B.C. Motta, 2002: A satellite perspective of the 3 May 1999 Great Plains Tornado Outbreak within Oklahoma. Weather and Forecasting, 17, 635-646.

Connell, B.H., C. Combs, M. DeMaria, 2002: Regional Satellite Cloud Composites for Forecast Offices. CIRA 2002 (CIRA Newsletter), 17, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins CO, 18-19.

DeMaria, M., R.M. Zehr, J.P. Kossin, J.A. Knaff, 2002: The Use of GOES Imagery in Statistical Hurricane Intensity Prediction, 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 29 April-3 May 2002, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 120-121.

Demuth, J., K. Brueske, J.A. Knaff, C. Velden, M. DeMaria, 2002: An Evaluation of CIMSS and CIRA AMSU Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimation Algorithms. 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 29 April-3 May 2002, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 27-28.

Hillger, D.W., 2002: Changes in the GOES-12 Imager. CIRA 2002 (CIRA Newsletter), 17, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins CO, 13-14.

Hillger, D.W., 2002: Images of smoke and fires from MODIS and GOES, CIRA Magazine, 18, 3-4.

Kaplan, J., M. DeMaria, 2002: Estimating the Probability of Rapid Intensification Using the SHIPS Model Output: Some Preliminary Results. 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 29 April-3 May 2002, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 124-125.

Knaff, J.A., J.P. Kossin, M. DeMaria, 2002: What are Annular Hurricanes? 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 29 April-3 May 2002, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 609-610.

Knaff, J.A., C.S. Velden, 2002: Examining the Eight-Day Evolution of Upper Level Winds in Hurricane Floyd. 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 29 April-3 May 2002, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 37-38.

Landsea, C.W., J.A. Knaff, 2002: How much "skill" was there in forecasting the strong 1997-98 El Nino and 1998-2001 La Nina events? 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 29 April-3 May 2002, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Mainelli, M., M. DeMaria, L.K. Shay, 2002: The Impact of Oceanic Heat Content on Hurricane Intensity Forecasts Using the SHIPS Model. 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 29 April-3 May 2002, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 627-628.

Marks, Jr., F., G. Kappler, M. DeMaria, 2002: Development of a Tropical Cyclone Rainfall Climatology and Persistence (R-CLIPER) Model. 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 29 April-3 May 2002, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 327-328.

Schubert, W.H., B.D. McNoldy, J. Vigh, S.R. Fulton, R.M. Zehr, 2002: A Case Study of Tropical Cyclone Merger. 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 29 April-3 May 2002, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 293-294.

Zehr, R.M., 2002: Vertical Wind Shear Characteristics with Atlantic Hurricanes During 2001. 25th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 29 April-3 May 2002, San Diego, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 170-171.

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Accepted:

Bikos, D.E., J.F. Weaver, B.C. Motta, 2001: A satellite perspective of the 3 May 1999 Great Plains Tornado Outbreak within Oklahoma. Weather and Forecasting.

Campbell, G.G. and J.F.W. Purdom, 2001: Asynchronous stereo height and motion retrieval from satellite observations. J. of Atmos. and Oceanic Technology.

Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke Sr., J.A. Knaff, and E. Kalnay, 2002: Changes in global monsoon circulations: evidence for a diminishing hydrological cycle? Natural Hazards.

Ellrod, G., B.H. Connell, D.W. Hillger, 2001: Improved detection of airborne volcanic ash using 
multi-spectral infrared satellite data. J. Geophys. Res.

Hillger, D.W., J. Clark, 2002: Principal Component Image Analysis of MODIS for Volcanic Ash - Parts I and II. Journal of Applied Meteorology.

Kidder, S.Q., D.W. Hillger, A.J. Mostek, K.J. Schrab, 2001: Two simple GOES imager products for improved weather analysis and forecasting. National Weather Digest.

Weaver, J.F., J.A. Knaff, D.E. Bikos, G.S. Wade, J.M. Daniels, 2002: Reply to Comments on: Satellite Observations of a Severe Supercell Thunderstorm on 24 July 2000 made during the GOES-11 Science Test. Weather and Forecasting.

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Grasso, L.D., 2001: The dependence of thunderstorm evolution on the initial convective trigger. 
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society.

Grasso, L.D., 2001: Simulation of a left moving cell following storm splitting. Mon. Wea. Rev.

Hillger, D.W., G.P. Ellrod, 2002: Detection of Important Atmospheric and Surface Features by 
Employing Principal Component Image Transformation of GOES Imagery. Journal of Applied 
Meteorology.

Knaff, J.A., M. DeMaria, C.R. Sampson, J.M. Gross, 2002: Statistical, Five-Day Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasts Derived from Climatology and Persistence. Weather and Forecasting.

Knaff, J.A., J.P. Kossin, M. DeMaria: Annular Hurricanes. Weather and Forecasting.

Zehr, R.M., 2002: Three approaches to quantitative observations of environmental vertical wind shear with Hurricane Bertha. Weather and Forecasting.


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