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Susan C. van den Heever
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Publications Using RAMS For Scientific Study

JOURNAL ARTICLES

      2016 - Present
    • Avolio, E., Torcasio, R. C., Lo Feudo, T., Calidonna, C. R., Contini, D., and Federico, S.: Improvement of Solar and Wind forecasting in southern Italy through a multi-model approach: preliminary results, Adv. Sci. Res., 13, 69-73, doi:10.5194/asr-13-69-2016, 2016.

    • Federico, S.: Implementation of the WSM5 and WSM6 single moment microphysics scheme into the RAMS model: verification for the HyMeX-SOP1, Advances in Meteorology (2016) Article ID 5094126, 17 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/5094126

    • Federico, S., Petracca, M., Panegrossi, G., and Dietrich, S.: Improvement of RAMS precipitation forecast at the short-range through lightning data assimilation, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 17, 61-76, doi:10.5194/nhess-17-61-2017, 2017.

    • Gómez, I., Caselles, V., Estrela, M.J., 2016. Seasonal Characterization of Solar Radiation Estimates Obtained from a MSG-SEVIRI-Derived Dataset and a RAMS-Based Operational Forecasting System over the Western Mediterranean Coast. Remote Sensing, 8(1), 46, doi:10.3390/rs8010046.

    • Gómez, I., Ronda, R. J., Caselles, V., Estrela, M.J., 2016. Implementation of non-local boundary layer schemes in the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System and its impact on simulated mesoscale circulations. Atmospheric Research, 180, 24-41, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2016.04.020.

    • Gómez, I., Caselles, V., Estrela, M.J., Niclòs, R., 2016. Impact of Initial Soil Temperature Derived from Remote Sensing and Numerical Weather Prediction Datasets on the Simulation of Extreme Heat Events. Remote Sensing, 8(7), 589, doi: 10.3390/rs8070589.

    • Grant, L.D., and S.C. van den Heever, 2016: Cold pool dissipation. J. Geo. Res., 121, 1138-1155.

    • Herbener, S.R., S.M. Saleeby, S.C. van den Heever, and C.H. Twohy, 2016: Tropical storm redistribution of Saharan Dust to the Upper Troposphere and Ocean Surface. Geo. Res. Lett., 43, 10,463-10,471

    • Hutjes, R.W.A., L. Fleskens, A.M.J. Jaspers, J.E.M. Klostermann, H.W. ter Maat, E.P. Querner, 2016. Objective prioritization of intervention areas for the NAGA Foundation in the Kenya Tanzania border area. Wageningen, Alterra Wageningen UR (University & Research centre), Alterra report 2711. 68 pp. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4996.7769 [PDF]

    • Igel, A.L. and S.C. van den Heever, 2017: The importance of the shape of cloud droplet size distributions in shallow cumulus clouds. Part I: Bin microphysics simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 249-258.

    • Igel, A.L. and S.C. van den Heever, 2017: The importance of the shape of cloud droplet size distributions in shallow cumulus clouds. Part II: Bulk microphysics simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 259-273.

    • Marinescu, P.J., S.C. van den Heever, S.M. Saleeby and S.M. Kreidenweis, 2016: The microphysical contributions to and evolution of latent heating profiles in two MC3E MCSs. J. Geo. Res., 121, 7913-7935.

    • Nelson, E.L., T.S. L'Ecuyer, S.M. Saleeby, W. Berg, S.R. Herbener, and S.C. van den Heever, 2016: Toward an algorithm for estimating latent heat release in warm rain systems. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 33, 1309-1329.

    • Saleeby, S.M., S.C. van den Heever, P.J. Marinescu, S.M. Kreidenweis, and P.J. DeMott, 2016: Aerosol indirect effects on the anvil characteristics of mesoscale convective systems. J. Geo. Res., 121, 10,880-10,901.

    • Torcasio, R.C., S. Federico, C.R. Calidonna, E. Avolio, O. Drofa, T.C. Landi, P. Malguzzi, A. Buzzi, and P. Bonasoni: Three-model ensemble wind prediction in southern Italy. Ann. Geophys., 34, 347–356, 2016 . doi:10.5194/angeo-34-347-2016.
    • Vie, B., J.-P. Pinty, S. Berthet, and M. Leriche, 2016. LIMA (v1.0): A quasi two-moment microphysical scheme driven by a multimodal population of cloud condensation and ice freezing nuclei. Geosci. Model Dev., 9, 567-586.

    • 2011 - 2015
    • Beltran-Przekurat, A., R.A. Pielke Sr., J.L. Eastman, and M.B. Coughenour, 2011: Modeling the effects of land-use/land-cover changes on the near-surface atmosphere in southern South America. Int. J. Climatol., DOI: 10.1002/joc.2346.

    • Carrió, G. G.; Cotton, William R.; Loftus, A. M., 2014: On the response of hailstorms to enhanced CCN concentrations. Atmospheric Research, 143, p.342-350.

    • Carrió G.G. and Cotton, W.R., 2011: Effects of the Urban growth of Houston on convection and precipitation. Part II: Their dependence on instability. Atmospheric Research, 102, 167-174.

    • Carrió, G.G. and W.R. Cotton, 2014: On the buffering of CCN impacts on wintertime orographic clouds: An idealized examination. Atmospheric Research, 137, 136-144.

    • Christensen, M.W., Carrió, G.G, Stephens, G.L., and W.R. Cotton, 2013: Radiative Impacts of Free-Tropospheric Clouds on the Properties of Marine Stratocumulus. J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 3102-3118.

    • Cotton, W.R., Krall, W.M., and G.G. Carrió, 2012: Potential indirect effects of aerosol on tropical cyclone intensity: convective fluxes and cold pool. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review. DOI :10.6057/2012TCRR03.05.

    • Degu, A.M., F. Hossain, D. Niyogi, R. Pielke Sr., J. M. Shepherd, N. Voisin, and T. Chronis, 2011: The influence of large dams on surrounding climate and precipitation patterns. Geophys. Res. Lett., 38, L04405, doi:10.1029/2010GL046482.

    • Federico, S.: Verification of surface minimum, mean, and maximum temperature forecasts in Calabria for summer 2008, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 487-500, doi:10.5194/nhess-11-487-2011, 2011.

    • Federico S., L. Pasqualoni, A. M. Sempreviva, L. De Leo, E. Avolio, C. R. Calidonna, C. Bellecci. The seasonal characteristics of the breeze circulation at a coastal site in the Mediterranean Basin. Adv. Sci. Res., 4, 47-56, 2010.

    • Federico S., E. Avolio, F. Fusto, R. Niccoli, L., C. Bellecci. Surface high- resolution temperature forecast in southern Italy. Adv. Sci. Res., 6, 2011, 211-217.

    • Federico, S.: Implementation of a 3D-Var system for atmospheric profiling data assimilation into the RAMS model: initial results, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 6, 3563-3576, doi:10.5194/amt-6-3563-2013, 2013.

    • Federico, S., Avolio, E., Petracca, M., Panegrossi, G., Sanò, P., Casella, D., Dietrich, S., 2014: Simulating lightning into the RAMS model: implementation and preliminary results, Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., i14, 2933-2950. doi:10.5194/nhess-14-2933-2014.

    • Gangoiti, G., Gómez-Domenech, I., Sáez de Cámara, E., Alonso, L., Navazo, M., Iza, J., Garcia, J.A., Ilardia, J.L., Millán, M.M., 2011. Origin of the water vapor responsible for the European extreme rainfalls of August 2002. 2: A new methodology to evaluate evaporative moisture sources, applied to the August 11-13 Central European rainfall episode. J. Geophys. Res., 116, D21103, doi: 10.1029/2010JD015538.

    • Gómez, I., Estrela, M.J., Caselles, V., 2014. Operational Forecasting of daily summer maximum and minimum temperatures in the Valencia Region. Natural Hazards, 70(2), 1055-1076, doi: 10.1007/s11069-013-0861-1.

    • Gómez, I., Caselles, V., Estrela, M.J., 2014. Real-time weather forecasting in the Western Mediterranean Basin: An application of the RAMS model. Atmospheric Research, 139, 71–89, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.01.011.

    • Gómez, I., Caselles, V., Estrela, M.J., 2014. RAMS-forecasts comparison of typical summer atmospheric conditions over the Western Mediterranean coast. Atmospheric Research, 145-146, 130–151, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2014.03.018.

    • Gómez, I., Estrela, M.J., Caselles, V., 2015. Verification of the RAMS-based Operational Weather Forecast System in the Valencia Region: a seasonal comparison. Natural Hazards, 75, 1941-1958, doi: 10.1007/s11069-014-1408-9.

    • Gómez, I., Caselles, V., Estrela, M.J., 2015. Impacts of soil moisture content on simulated mesoscale circulations during the summer over eastern Spain. Atmospheric Research, 164-165, 9–26, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2015.04.015.

    • Gómez, I., Pastor, F., and Estrela, M. J., 2011: Sensitivity of a mesoscale model to different convective parameterization schemes in a heavy rain event. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 11, 343-357, doi:10.5194/nhess-11-343-2011, 2011.

    • Gotzon G., Sáez de Cámara, E., Gómez-Doménech, I., Alonso, L., Navazo, M., Iza, J., García, J.A., Millán, M.M., 2015. Re-evaluation of moisture sources for the August 2002 extreme rainfall episode in central Europe: evaporation from falling precipitation included in a mesoscale modeling system. Journal of Hydrology, 529, 696–710, doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.08.055.

    • Grant, L.D., and S.C. van den Heever, 2014: Microphysical and dynamical characteristics of low-precipitation and classic supercells. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 2604-2624.

    • Grant, L.D., and S.C. van den Heever, 2014: Aerosol-cloud-land surface interactions within tropical sea breeze convection. J. Geo. Res., 119, 8340-8361.

    • Grant, L.D., and S.C. van den Heever, 2015: Cold pool and precipitation responses to aerosol loading: modulation by dry layers. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 1398-1408.

    • Herbener, S.R., S.C van den Heever, G.G. Carrio, S.M. Saleeby, and W.R. Cotton, 2014: Aerosol indirect effects on idealized tropical cyclone dynamics. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 2040-2055. doi:10.1175/JAS-D-13-0202.1

    • Hindman, E.E., S.M. Saleeby, and O. Liechti, 2013: Investigating atmospheric numerical models using meteorological and glider flight recorder data. Technical Soaring, 37, 13-18.

    • Hossain, F., A.M. Degu, W. Yigzaw, S.J. Burian, D. Niyogi, J.M. Shepherd and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2012: Climate feedback-based provisions for dam design, operations, and water management in the 21st Century. J. Hydro. Eng., DOI:10.1061/(ASCE)HE.1943-5584.0000541, 17, 837-850.

    • Igel, A., S.C. van den Heever, C.M. Naud, S.M. Saleeby, and D.J. Posselt, 2013: Sensitivity of warm frontal processes to cloud-nucleating aerosol concentrations. J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 1768-1783.

    • Igel, A.L., and S.C. van den Heever, 2014: The role of latent heating in warm frontogenesis. Q.J. Roy. Meteor. Sci., 140, 139-150.

    • Igel, A.L., M.R. Igel, and S.C. van den Heever, 2015: Make it a double? Sobering results from simulations using single-moment microphysics schemes. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 910-925.

    • Igel, M.R., S.C. van den Heever, G.L. Stephens, and D.J. Posselt, 2014: Convective-scale responses of a large-domain, modeled tropical environment to surface warming. Q.J. Roy. Meteor. Sci., 140, 1333-1343.

    • Khain, A.P., K.D. Beheng, A. Heymsfield, A. Korolev, S.O. Krichak, Z. Levin, M. Pinsky, V. Phillips, T. Prabhakaran, A. Teller, S.C. van den Heever and J.-I. Yano, 2015: Representation of microphysical proesses in cloud-resolving models: spectral (bin) microphysics vs bulk-parameterization. Rev. of Geophysics, 53, 247-322.

    • Lerach, D. G., and William R. Cotton, 2012: Comparing Aerosol and Low-Level Moisture Influences on Supercell Tornadogenesis: Three-Dimensional Idealized Simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 969-987. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-11-043.1

    • Lo Feudo, T., Avolio, E., Gullì, D., Federico, S., Calidonna, C. R., Sempreviva, A.: Comparison of hourly solar radiation from a ground–based station, remote sensing and weather forecast models at a coastal site of South Italy (Lamezia Terme), Energy Procedia, 76, 148-155, doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2015.07.884.

    • Loftus, A.M., W.R. Cotton, G.G. Carrió. (2014) A triple-moment hail bulk microphysics scheme. Part I: Description and initial evaluation. Atmospheric Research, 149, 35-57.

    • McGee, C.J. and S.C. van den Heever, 2014: Latent heating and mixing due to entrainment in tropical deep convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 816-832.

    • Nair, U.S., Y. Wu, J. Kala, T. J. Lyons, R.A. Pielke Sr., and J.M. Hacker, 2011: The role of land use change on the development and evolution of the West Coast trough, convective clouds, and precipitation in Southwest Australia. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 116, D07103, doi:10.1029/2010JD014950.

    • Nicholls, M.E., 2015: An investigation of how radiation may cause accelerated rates of tropical cyclogenesis and diurnal cycles of convective activity. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 15, 9003-9029.

    • Nicholls, M.E., and M.T. Montgomery, 2013: An examination of two pathways to tropical cyclogenesis occurring in idealized simulations with a cloud-resolving numerical model. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 5999-6022.

    • Pastor, F., Valiente, J. A., and Estrela, M. J.: Sea surface temperature and torrential rains in the Valencia region: modelling the role of recharge areas. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 15, 1677-1693, doi:10.5194/nhess-15-1677-2015, 2015.

    • Pielke Sr., R.A., A. Pitman, D. Niyogi, R. Mahmood, C. McAlpine, F. Hossain, K. Goldewijk, U. Nair, R. Betts, S. Fall, M. Reichstein, P. Kabat, and N. de Noblet-Ducoudré, 2011: Land use/land cover changes and climate: Modeling analysis and observational evidence. WIREs Clim Change 2011, 2:828-850. doi: 10.1002/wcc.144.

    • Posselt, D.J., S.C. van den Heever, G.L. Stephens, and M.R. Igel, 2012: Changes in the interaction between tropical convection, radiation and the large scale circulation in a warming environment. J. Clim., 25, 557-571.

    • Rafkin, S.C. Randell, A. Rothchild, T. I. Michaels, and R.A. Pielke, Sr., 2011: Wind-Enhanced Interaction of Radiation and Dust (WEIRD) and the growth and maintenance of local dust storms on Mars. The Int. Journal of Mars Science and Exploration, arXiv:1102.5137 [astro-ph.EP].

    • Riemer, M., M.T. Montgomery, and M.E. Nicholls, 2012: Further examination of the thermodynamic modification of the inflow layer of tropical cyclones by vertical wind shear. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 12, 6989-7038.

    • Saleeby, S.M., W.R. Cotton, and J.Fuller, 2011: The cumulative impact of cloud droplet nucleating aerosols on orographic snowfall in Colorado. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 50, 604-625.

    • Saleeby, S.M., W.R. Cotton, D. Lowenthal, and J. Messina, 2013: Aerosol impacts on the microphysical growth processes of orographic snowfall. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52, 834-852.

    • Saleeby, S.M., and S.C. van den Heever, 2013: Developments in the CSU-RAMS aerosol model: Emissions, nucleation, regeneration, deposition, and radiation. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52, 2601-2622.

    • Saleeby, S.M., S.R. Herbener, S.C. van den Heever, and T. L’Ecuyer, 2015: Impacts of cloud droplet nucleating aerosols on shallow tropical convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 1369-1385.

    • Seigel, R.B., and S.C. van den Heever, 2012: Dust lofting and ingestion by supercell storms. J. Atmos. Sci.,69,1453-1473.

    • Seigel, R.B., S.C. van den Heever, and S.M. Saleeby, 2013: Mineral dust indirect effects and cloud-radiation feedbacks of a simulated idealized nocturnal squall line. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 4467-4485.

    • Seigel, R.B., and S.C. van den Heever, 2013: Squall-line intensification via hydrometeor recirculation. J. Atmos. Sci., 70, 2012-2031.

    • Sheffield, A.M., S.M. Saleeby, and S.C. van den Heever, 2015: Aerosol-induced mechanisms for cumulus congestus growth. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, doi:10.1002/2015JD023743.

    • Storer, R.L., and S.C. van den Heever, 2013: Microphyiscal processes evident in aerosol forcing of tropical deep convective clouds. J. Atmos. Sci.,70,430-446.

    • Suarez, A., R. Mahmood, A.I. Quintanar, A.B. Beltran-Przekurat, and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2014: A comparison of the MM5 and the RAMS simulations for land-atmosphere interactions under varying soil moisture. Tellus A, 66, 21486.

    • Suzuki, K., G.L. Stephens, S.C. van den Heever, S.C., and T.Y. Nakajima, 2011: Diagnosis of the warm rain process in cloud-resolving models using joint CloudSat and MODIS observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 2655-2670.

    • Ter Maat, H.W., E.J. Moors, R.W.A. Hutjes, A.J. Dolman, A.A.M. Holtslag (2013) Exploring the impact of land cover and topography on rainfall maxima in The Netherlands. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 14, 524-542.

    • Ter Maat, H.W, 2014: Regional atmospheric feedbacks over land and coastal areas. Ph.D. Thesis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, NL. 172pp.

    • Tiriolo, L., Torcasio, C., R., Montesanti, S., Federico, S.: Verification of a real time weather forecasting system in southern Italy, Advances in Meteorology, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/758250

    • Tiriolo, L., Torcasio, R. C., Montesanti, S., Sempreviva, A. M., Calidonna, C. R., Transerici, C., and Federico, S.: Forecasting wind power production from a wind farm using the RAMS model, Adv. Sci. Res., 12, 37-44, doi:10.5194/asr-12-37-2015, 2015.

    • van den Heever, S.C., G.L. Stephens, and N.B. Wood, 2011: Aerosol indirect effects on tropical convection characteristics under conditions of radiative- convective equilibrium. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 699-718.

    • van Hove, B., G-J. Steeneveld, C. Jacobs, H. ter Maat, B. Heusinkveld, J.Elbers, E. Moors, and B. Holtslag, 2011: Modeling and observing urban climate in the Netherlands. Wageningen, Alterra Wageningen UR (University & Research centre), National Research Programme Climate changes Spatial Planning. 49pp.

    • Ward, D., and W. Cotton, 2011: A Method for Forecasting Cloud Condensation Nuclei Using Predictions of Aerosol Physical and Chemical Properties from WRF/Chem. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 50, 1601-1615.

    • Woldemichael, A., F. Hossain, R.A. Pielke Sr., and A. Beltrán-Przekurat, 2012: Understanding the impact of dam-triggered land use/land cover change on the modification of extreme precipitation, Water Resour. Res., doi:10.1029/2011WR011684.

    • Woldemichael, A., F. Hossain, and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2014: Evaluation of surface properties and atmospheric disturbances caused by post-dam alterations of land-use/land-cover. Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 3711-3732, doi:10.5194/hess-18-3711-2014.

    • Woldemichael, A.T., F. Hossain, and R. A. Pielke Sr., 2014: Impacts of post-dam land-use/land-cover changes on modification of extreme precipitation in contrasting hydro-climate and terrain features. J. Hydrometeor., 15, 777-800, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-13-085.1

    • 2006 - 2010
    • Adegoke, J.O., R.A. Pielke Sr., and A.M. Carleton, 2007: Observational and modeling studies of the impacts of agriculture-related land use change on climate in the central U.S. Agric. Forest Meteor., Special Issue, 132, 203-215.

    • Avramov, A., and J. Y. Harrington (2010), Influence of parameterized ice habit on simulated mixed phase Arctic clouds, J. Geophys. Res., 115, D03205, doi:10.1029/2009JD012108.

    • Beltrán-Przekurat, A., R.A. Pielke Sr., D.P.C. Peters, K.A. Snyder, and A. Rango, 2008: Modelling the effects of historical vegetation change on near surface atmosphere in the northern Chihuahuan Desert. J. Arid Environments, 72, 1897-1910, doi:10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.05.012.

    • Beltran-Przekurat, A., C.A. Marshall, and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2008: Ensemble re- forecasts of recent warm-season weather: Impacts of a dynamic vegetation parameterization. J. Geophys. Res. - Atmos., 113, D24116, doi:10.1029/2007JD009480.

    • Berg, W., T. L’Ecuyer, and S. van den Heever (2008), Evidence for the impact of aerosols on the onset and microphysical properties of rainfall from a combination of satellite observations and cloud-resolving model simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D14S23, doi:10.1029/2007JD009649.

    • Carrió, G. G., S. C. van den Heever, and W. R. Cotton (2007), Impacts of nucleating aerosol on anvil-cirrus clouds: A modeling study, Atmos. Res., 84, 111-131, doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2006.06.002.

    • Carrió, G. G., H. Jiang, W. R. Cotton. (2010) Impact of Aerosol Intrusions on Arctic Boundary Layer Clouds. Part I: 4 May 1998 Case. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 3082-3093.

    • Carrió, G. G., H. Jiang, W. R. Cotton. (2010) Impact of Aerosol Intrusions on Arctic Boundary Layer Clouds. Part II: Sea Ice Melting Rates. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 62:9, 3094-3105.

    • Carrió, Cotton, W. R., Cheng, 2010: Effects of the Urban growth of Houston on convection and precipitation. Part I: the August 2000 case. Atmospheric Research, 96, 560-574.

    • Carrió, G.G, W.R. Cotton, and Zupanski, D, 2008: Development of an Aerosol Retrieval Method Part I: Description and Preliminary Tests. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climate, 47, 2760-2776.

    • Castro, C.L., R.A. Pielke Sr., and J. Adegoke, 2007: Investigation of the summer climate of the contiguous U.S. and Mexico using the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS). Part I: Model climatology (1950-2002). J. Climate, 20, 3844-3865

    • Castro, C.L., R.A. Pielke Sr., J. Adegoke, S.D. Schubert, and P.J. Pegion, 2007: Investigation of the summer climate of the contiguous U.S. and Mexico using the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS). Part II: Model climate variability. J. Climate, 20, 3866-3887.

    • Cheng, W.Y.Y, G.G. Carrio, W.R. Cotton, and S.M. Saleeby, 2009: Influence of atmospheric aerosols on the development of precipitating trade wind cumuli in a large eddy simulation. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D08201, doi:10.1029/2008JD011011.

    • Cotton, W.R., H. Zhang, G.M. McFarquhar, and S.M. Saleeby, 2007: Should we consider polluting hurricanes to reduce their intensity. J. Wea. Mod., 39, 70-73.

    • Cotton, W.R., R. McAnelly, G. Carrió, P. Mielke, and C. Hartzell, 2006: Simulations of snowpack augmentation in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. J. Weather Mod., 38, 58-65.

    • De Leo L., Federico S., Sempreviva A.M., Pasqualoni L., Avolio E., Bellecci C. Study of the development of the sea breeze and its micro-scale structure at a coastal site using a Multi-Tone Sodar system. Earth Environmental Science, 1, 2008. doi:10.1088/1755-1307/1/1/012054.

    • Douglas, E., A. Beltrán-Przekurat, D. Niyogi, R.A. Pielke, Sr., and C. J. Vörösmarty, 2009: The impact of agricultural intensification and irrigation on land-atmosphere interactions and Indian monsoon precipitation - A mesoscale modeling perspective. Global Planetary Change, 67, 117-128, doi:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2008.12.007.

    • Fay, B., Neunhäuserer, L., Baklanov, A., Bonafé, G., Jongen, S., Kukkonen, J., Odegaard, V., Palau, J. L., Pérez-Landa, G., Rantamäki, M., Rasmussen, A., Sokhi, R. S., and Yu, Y., 2007. Final results of the model inter-comparison of very high-resolution simulations with numerical weather prediction models for eight urban air pollution episodes in four European cities. Developments in Environmental Science, 6: 383-394.

    • Federico S., C. Bellecci, T. Lo Feudo, F. Arena (2006). Impact of wind field horizontal resolution on sea waves hindcast around Calabrian coasts. Il Nuovo Cimento C , 29 C, 147-165.

    • Federico, S., E. Avolio, C. Bellecci, M. Colacino and R. L. Walko. Application of LEPS technique for Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) in Southern Italy: preliminary results, Nonlin. Processes Geophys., 13, 53-66, (2006).

    • Federico, S., E. Avolio, C. Bellecci, M. Colacino. The application of LEPS technique for technique for Quantitative Precipitation Forecast (QPF) in Southern Italy, Adv. in Geosciences, 7, 1–8, (2006).

    • Federico S., C. Bellecci, A. Lavagnini. The upper tropospheric forcing during the 10th-12th December 2003 storm over Calabria. Il Nuovo Cimento C , 30 C, 1-19, 2007.

    • Federico, S., Avolio, E., Bellecci, C., Lavagnini, A., Colacino, M., and Walko, R. L.: Numerical analysis of an intense rainstorm occurred in southern Italy. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 8, 19-35, doi:10.5194/nhess-8-19-2008, 2008.

    • Federico S. and C. Bellecci. The 11-12 December 2003 storm in Southern Italy. Adv. in Geosciences, 7, 37-44, (2006).

    • Federico S., E. Avolio, C. Bellecci, A. Lavagnini and R. L. Walko. Predictability of intense rain storms in the Central Mediterranean basin: sensitivity to upper- level forcing. Adv. in Geosciences, 12, 5-18, (2007).

    • Federico S., C. Bellecci and R. L. Walko. A LEPS approach to the predictability of intense rain storms in the Central Mediterranean Basin. Adv. in Geosciences, 16, 85-95, (2008).

    • Freitas, E.D., C.M. Rozoff, W.R. Cotton, and P.L. Silva Dias, 2006: Interactions of urban heat island and sea breeze circulations during winter over the Metropolitan Area of SãPaulo . Brazil. Boundary-Layer Met., DOI 10.1007/s10546-006-9091-3.

    • Gaudet, B. J., W. R. Cotton, and M. T. Montgomery, 2006: Low-Level Mesocyclonic Concentration by Nonaxisymmetric Transport. Part II: Vorticity Dynamics. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 1134-1150. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAS3579.1

    • Gaudet, B. J., and W. R. Cotton, 2006: Low-Level Mesocyclonic Concentration by Nonaxisymmetric Transport. Part I: Supercell and Mesocyclone Evolution. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 1113-1133. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAS3685.1

    • Gero, A.F., A.J. Pitman, G.T. Narisma, C. Jacobson, and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2006: The impact of land cover change on storms in the Sydney Basin. Global and Planetary Change, 54, 57-78.

    • Gómez, I., Estrela, M.J., 2010. Design and development of a Java-based graphical user interface to monitor/control a meteorological real-time forecasting system. Computers & Geosciences, 36, 1345-1354, doi:10.1016/j.cageo.2010.05.005.

    • Gómez, I., Pastor, F., and Estrela, M. J., 2010. Sensitivity of precipitation forecast to convective parameterization in the October 2007 Flash Flood in the Valencia Region (Eastern Spain). Advances in Geosciences, 26, 7-11. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-26-7-2010

    • Goncalves, F.L.T, J.A. Martins, and M.A. Silva Dias, 2008: Shape parameter analysis using cloud spectra and gamma functions in the numerical modeling RAMS during LBA Project at Amazonian region, Brazil. Atmos. Res., 89, 1-11.

    • Hindman, E.E., S.M. Saleeby, and O. Liechti, 2007: A meteorological system for planning and analyzing soaring flights in Colorado USA. Technical Soaring, 31, 68-78.

    • Lee, S.S., J.E. Penner, and S.M. Saleeby, 2009: Aerosol effects on liquid-water path of thin stratocumulus clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 114, D07204, doi:10.1029/2008JD010513.

    • Lei, M., D. Niyogi, C. Kishtawal, R. Pielke Sr., A. Beltrán-Przekurat, T. Nobis, and S. Vaidya, 2008: Effect of explicit urban land surface representation on the simulation of the 26 July 2005 heavy rain event over Mumbai, India. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discussions, 8, 8773-8816.

    • Lerach, D. G., B. J. Gaudet, and W. R. Cotton, 2008: Idealized simulations of aerosol influences on tornadogenesis, Geophys. Res. Ltrs, VOL. 35, L23806, 6 PP., 2008 doi:10.1029/2008GL035617

    • Montgomery, M.T., M.E. Nicholls, T.A. Cram, and A.B. Saunders, 2006: A vortical hot tower route to tropical cyclogenesis. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 355-386.

    • Pastor, F., Gómez, I., and Estrela, M. J.: Numerical study of the October 2007 flash flood in the Valencia region (Eastern Spain): the role of orography. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 10, 1331-1345. doi:10.5194/nhess-10-1331-2010, 2010.

    • Pérez-Landa, G., Ciais, P., Sanz, M. J., Gioli, B., Miglietta, F., Palau, J. L., Gangoiti, G., and Millán, M. M., 2007. Mesoscale circulations over complex terrain in the Valencia coastal region, Spain - Part 1: Simulation of diurnal circulation regimes. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7: 1835-1849.

    • Pérez-Landa, G., Ciais, P., Gangoiti, G., Palau, J.L., Carrara, A., Gioli, B., Miglietta, F., Schumacher, M., Millán, M.M., and Sanz, M.J., 2007. Mesoscale circulations over complex terrain in the Valencia coastal region, Spain - Part 2: Modeling CO2 transport using idealized surface fluxes. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 7, 1851-1868.

    • Pielke Sr., R.A., J. Adegoke, A. Beltran-Przekurat, C.A. Hiemstra, J. Lin, U.S. Nair, D. Niyogi, and T.E. Nobis, 2006: Impacts of regional land use and land cover on rainfall: An overview. Hydrol. Sci. J., Climate Variability and Change— Hydrological Impacts (Proceedings of the Fifth FRIEND World Conference held at Havana, Cuba, November 2006), IAHS Publ. 308.

    • Pielke Sr., R.A., J.O. Adegoke, T.N. Chase, C.H. Marshall, T. Matsui, and D. Niyogi, 2007: A new paradigm for assessing the role of agriculture in the climate system and in climate change. Agric. Forest Meteor., Special Issue, 132, 234-254.

    • Pielke, R.A. Sr., J. Adegoke, A. Beltran-Przekurat, C.A. Hiemstra, J. Lin, U.S. Nair, D. Niyogi, and T.E. Nobis, 2007: An overview of regional land use and land cover impacts on rainfall. Tellus B, 59, 587-601.

    • Posselt, D.J., S.C. van den Heever, and G.L. Stephens, 2008: Trimode cloudiness and tropical stable layers at radiative convective equilibrium. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L08802, doi:10.1029/2007GL033029.

    • Ray, D.K., U.S. Nair, R.O. Lawton, R.M. Welch, and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2006: Impact of land use on Costa Rican tropical montane cloud forests. Sensitivity of orographic cloud formation to deforestation in the plains. J. Geophys. Res., 111, D02108, doi:10.1029/2005JD006096.

    • Ray, D.K., R.A. Pielke Sr., U.S. Nair, R.M. Welch, and R.O. Lawton, 2009: Importance of land use versus atmospheric information verified from cloud simulations from a frontier region in Costa Rica. J. Geophys. Res., 114, doi:10.1029/2007JD009565.

    • Riemer, M., M.T. Montgomery, and M.E. Nicholls, 2010: A new paradigm for intensity modification of tropical cyclones: thermodynamic impact of vertical wind shear on the inflow layer. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 3163-3188.

    • Rockel, B., C.L. Castro, R.A. Pielke Sr., H. von Storch, and G. Leoncini, 2008: Dynamical downscaling: Assessment of model system dependent retained and added variability for two different regional climate models. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D21107, doi:10.1029/2007JD009461.

    • Rowe, A.K., S.A. Rutledge, T.J. Lang, P.E. Ciesielski, and S.M. Saleeby, 2008: Elevation-dependent trends in precipitating features observed by the NAME radar network. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 4962-4979.

    • Roy, S.S., R. Mahmood, D. Niyogi, M. Lei, S.A. Foster, K.G. Hubbard, E. Douglas, and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2007: Impacts of the agricultural Green Revolution - induced land use changes on air temperatures in India. J. Geophys. Res. - Special Issue, 112, D21108, doi:10.1029/2007JD008834

    • Saleeby, S.M., W.Y.Y. Cheng, and W.R. Cotton, 2007: New developments in the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System suitable for simulations of snowpack augmentation over complex terrain. J. Wea. Mod., 39, 37-49.

    • Saleeby, S.M., and W.R. Cotton, 2008: A binned approach to cloud droplet riming implemented in a bulk microphysics model. J. Appl. Meteor. & Clim., 47, 694-703.

    • Saleeby, S.M., W.R. Cotton, D. Lowenthal, R.D. Borys, and M.A. Wetzel, 2009: Influence of cloud condensation nuclei on orographic snowfall. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 48, 903-922.

    • Saleeby, S.M., W. Berg, T. L’Ecuyer, and S.C. van den Heever, 2010: Impact of cloud-nucleating aersosols in cloud-resolving model simulations of warm-rain precipitation in the East China Sea. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3916-3930.

    • Sarrat, C., J. Noilhan, A. J. Dolman, C. Gerbig, R. Ahmadov, L. F. Tolk, A. Meesters, R. W. A. Hutjes, H. W. Ter Maat, G. Perez-Landa and S. Donier (2007). Atmospheric CO2 modeling at the regional scale: an intercomparison of 5 meso- scale atmospheric models. Biogeosciences, 4, pp. 1115-1126.

    • Schecter, D.A., and M.E. Nicholls, 2010: Generation of infrasound by evaporating hydrometeors in a cloud model. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 49, 664-675. doi:10.1175/2009JAMC2226.1

    • Schecter, D.A., M.E. Nicholls, J. Persing, A.J. Bedard Jr., and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2008: Infrasound emitted by tornado-like vortices: Basic theory and a numerical comparison to the acoustic radiation of a single-cell thunderstorm. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 685-713.

    • Stephens, G.L., S.C. van den Heever, and L. Pakula, 2008: Radiative-convective feedbacks in idealized states of radiative convective equilibrium. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 3899-3916.

    • Storer, R.L., S.C. van den Heever and G.L. Stephens, 2010: Modeling aerosol impacts on convection under differing storm environments. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 3904-3915.

    • Strack, J., R.A. Pielke Sr., and G. Liston, 2007: Arctic tundra shrub invasion and soot deposition: Consequences for spring snowmelt and near-surface air temperatures. J. Geophys. Res., 112, G04S44, doi:10.1029/2006JG000297.

    • Strack, J.E., R.A. Pielke Sr, L.T. Steyaert, and R.G. Knox, 2008: Sensitivity of June near-surface temperatures and precipitation in the eastern United States to historical land cover changes since European settlement. Water Resources Research, 44, W11401, doi:10.1029/2007WR00654.

    • Tartaglione N., S. Mariani, M. Casaioli, C.Accadia, S. Federico, S. C. Michaelides. Searching for systematic displacement errors of quantitative precipitation forecasts over the Calabria region. Meteorol. Appl. , 15, 85-95 (2008).

    • Ter Maat, H.W., Hutjes, R.W.A., Ohba, R., Ueda, H., Bisselink, B., Bauer, T. (2006) Meteorological impact assessment of possible large scale irrigation in Southwest Saudi Arabia. Global And Planetary Change. 54, pp. 183-201.

    • Ter Maat, H.W., R.W.A. Hutjes, F. Miglietta, B. Gioli, F.C. Bosveld, A.T. Vermeulen, H. Fritsch (2010) Simulating carbon exchange using a regional atmospheric model coupled to an advanced land-surface model. Biogeosciences, 7, pp. 2397-2417.

    • Truong, N.M., T.T. Tien, R.A. Pielke Sr., C.L. Castro, and G. Leoncini, 2009: A modified Kain-Fritsch scheme and its application for simulation of an extreme precipitation event in Vietnam. Mon. Wea. Rev, 137, 766-789, DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2434.

    • van den Heever, S. C., and W. R. Cotton (2007), Urban aerosol impacts on downwind convective storms, J. Appl. Meteorol., 46, 828-850, doi:10.1175/JAM2492.1.

    • van den Heever, S. C., G. G. Carrio, W. R. Cotton, P. J. DeMott, and A. J. Prenni (2006), Impacts of nucleating aerosol on Florida storms. Part I: Mesoscale simulations, J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 1752-1775, doi:10.1175/JAS3713.1.

    • Ward, D. S., Eidhammer, T., Cotton, W. R., and Kreidenweis, S. M., 2010: The role of the particle size distribution in assessing aerosol composition effects on simulated droplet activation, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 5435-5447, doi:10.5194/acp-10-5435-2010

    • Wang, J., S.C. van den Heever and J.S. Reid, 2009: A conceptual model for the link between Central American biomass burning aerosols and severe weather over south central United States. Environ. Res. Lett., 4, 015003, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/4/1/015003

    • Wu., Y., U.S. Nair, R.A. Pielke Sr., R.T. McNider, S.A. Christopher, and V. Anantharaj, 2009: Impact of land surface heterogeneity on mesoscale atmospheric dispersion. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 133, No 3, DOI:0.1007/s10546-009-9415-1, 367-389.

    • Zhang H., G.M. McFarquhar, S.M. Saleeby, W.R. Cotton, 2007: Impacts of Saharan dust as CCN on the evolution of an idealized tropical cyclone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L14812, doi:10.1029/2007GL029876.

    • 2001 - 2005
    • Adegoke, J.O., R.A. Pielke Sr., J. Eastman, R. Mahmood, and K.G. Hubbard, 2003: Impact of irrigation on midsummer surface fluxes and temperature under dry synoptic conditions: A regional atmospheric model study of the U.S. High Plains. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 556-564.

    • Altaratz, O., T. Reisin, and Z. Levin (2005), Simulation of the electrification of winter thunderclouds using the three dimensional Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) model: Single cloud simulations, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D20205, doi:10.1029/2004JD005616.

    • Carrió, G.G, Jiang, H. and Cotton, W. M., 2005: Impact of aerosol intrusions on Arctic boundary layer clouds. Part I: May 4 1998 case. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62, 3082-3093.

    • Carrió, G.G, Jiang, H. and Cotton, W. M., 2005. Impact of aerosol intrusions on Arctic boundary layer clouds. Part II: Sea-ice melting rates. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62, 3094-3105.

    • Castro, C.L., R.A. Pielke Sr., and G. Leoncini, 2005: Dynamical downscaling: Assessment of value retained and added using the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS). J. Geophys. Res. - Atmospheres, 110, No. D5, D05108, doi:10.1029/2004JD004721.

    • Cheng , W.Y.Y., T. Wu, and W.R. Cotton, and, 2001: Large-eddy simulations of the 26 November 1991 FIRE II cirrus case. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 1017-1034.

    • Cheng, W.Y.Y., and W.R. Cotton, 2004: Sensitivity of a cloud-resolving simulation of the genesis of a mesoscale convective system to horizontal heterogeneities in soil moisture initialization. J. Hydromet., 5, 934-958.

    • Costa, A.A., W.R. Cotton, R.L. Walko, and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2001: Coupled ocean- cloud-resolving simulations of the air-sea interaction over the equatorial western Pacific. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 3357-3375.

    • Costa, A.A., R.L. Walko, W.R. Cotton, R.A. Pielke Sr., and H. Jiang, 2001: SST sensitivities in multi-day TOGA-COARE cloud-resolving simulations. J. Atmos. Sci, 58, 253-268.

    • Cotton, W. R., R. A. Pielke, Sr., R.L. Walko , G.E. Liston, C.J.Tremback, H. Jiang, R. L. McAnelly, J. Y. Harrington, M.E. Nicholls, G.G. Carrió and J. P. Mc Fadden 2003: RAMS 2001: Current Status and future directions. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 82, 5-29.

    • Darby, L.S., R. M. Banta, R.A. Pielke Sr., 2002: Comparisons between mesoscale model terrain sensitivity studies and doppler lidar measurements of the sea breeze at Monterey Bay. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 2813-2838.

    • Denning, A.S., M.E. Nicholls, L. Prihodko, P.-L. Luigi, I. Baker, K. Davis, and P. Bakwin, 2003: Simulated and observed variations in atmospheric carbon dioxide over a Wisconsin forest. Global Change Biology, 9, 1241-1250.

    • Eastman, J.L., M.B. Coughenour, and R.A. Pielke, 2001: The effects of CO2 and landscape change using a coupled plant and meteorological model. Global Change Biology, 7, 797-815.

    • Eastman, J.L., M.B. Coughenour, and R.A. Pielke, 2001: Does grazing affect regional climate? J. Hydrometeorology, 2, 243-253.

    • Federico, S., C. Bellecci, M. Colacino (2003). Quantitative precipitation of the Soverato flood: the role of orography and surface fluxes. Il Nuovo Cimento C , 26 C, 7-22.

    • Federico S., C. Bellecci, M. Colacino (2003). Numerical simulation of Crotone flood: storm evolution. Il Nuovo Cimento C, 26 C, 357-371.

    • Federico S., E. Avolio, C. Bellecci, M. Colacino (2003). On the performance of a limited area model for quantitative precipitation forecast over Calabria. Il Nuovo Cimento C , 26 C, 663-676.

    • Federico S., C. Bellecci (2004). Sea storms hindcast around Calabrian coasts: seven cases study. Il Nuovo Cimento C , 27 C, 179-203.

    • Federico S., E. Avolio, C. Bellecci, M. Colacino, A. Lavagnini, C. Accadia, S. Mariani, M. Casaioli (2004). Three model intercomparison for quantitative precipitation forecast over Calabria. Il Nuovo Cimento C , 27 C, 627-647.

    • Finley, C.A., W.R. Cotton, and R.A. Pielke, 2001: Numerical simulation of tornadogenesis in a high-precipitation supercell: Part I: Storm evolution and transition into a bow echo. J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 1597-1629.

    • Golaz, J.-C., H. Jiang, and W.R. Cotton, 2001: A large-eddy simulation study of cumulus clouds over land and sensitivity to soil moisture. Atmos. Res., 59-60, 373-392.

    • Jiang, H., G. Feingold, and W. R. Cotton (2002), Simulations of aerosol-cloud- dynamical feedbacks resulting from entrainment of aerosol into the marine boundary layer during the Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment, J. Geophys. Res., 107(D24), 4813, doi:10.1029/2001JD001502.

    • Jiang, H., G. Feingold, W. R. Cotton, and P. G. Duynkerke (2001), Large-eddy simulations of entrainment of cloud condensation nuclei into the Arctic boundary layer: May 18, 1998, FIRE/SHEBA case study, J. Geophys. Res., 106(D14), 15113- 15122, doi:10.1029/2000JD900303.

    • Jiang, H., and W.R. Cotton, 2005: A diagnostic study of subgrid-scale activation. J. Geophys Res., 110, D16107, doi:1029/2004JD005722..

    • Rozoff, C.M., Cotton, W.R.,., 2003. Simulation of St. Louis Missouri, land use impacts on thunderstorms. J. Appl. Meteorol. 42, 716-738.

    • Larson, V.E., J.-C. Golaz, and W.R. Cotton, 2002: Small-scale and mesoscale variability in cloudy boundary layers: Joint probability density functions. J. Atmos. Sci., 59, 3519-3539.

    • Larson, V.E., J-C. Golaz, H. Jiang, and W.R. Cotton: 2005: Supplying local microphysics parameterizations with information about subgrid variability: Latin hypercube sampling. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 4010-4026.

    • Lawton, R.O., U.S. Nair, R.A. Pielke Sr., and R.M. Welch, 2001: Climatic impact of tropical lowland deforestation on nearby montane cloud forests. Science, 294, 584-587.

    • Liston, G and R.A. Pielke, 2001: A climate version of the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System. Theor. Appl. Climatology, 68, 155-173.

    • Liston, G.E., J.P. McFadden, M. Sturm, and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2002: Modelled changes in arctic tundra snow, energy and moisture fluxes due to increased shrubs. Global Change Biology, 8, 17-32.

    • Lu, L., R.A. Pielke, G.E. Liston, W.J. Parton, D. Ojima, and M. Hartman, 2001: Implementation of a two-way interactive atmospheric and ecological model and its application to the central United States. J. Climate, 14, 900-919.

    • Marshall, C.H. Jr., R.A. Pielke Sr., L.T. Steyaert, and D.A. Willard, 2004: The impact of anthropogenic land-cover change on the Florida peninsula sea breezes and warm season sensible weather. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 28-52.

    • Marshall, C.H. Jr., R.A. Pielke Sr., and L.T. Steyaert, 2003: Crop freezes and land-use change in Florida. Nature, 426, 29-30.

    • Marshall, C.H., R.A. Pielke Sr., and L.T. Steyaert, 2004: Has the conversion of natural wetlands to agricultural land increased the incidence and severity of damaging freezes in south Florida? Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 2243-2258.

    • Mukhopadhyay, P., J. Sanjay, W. R. Cotton and S. S. Singh, 2004: Impact of surface meteorological observations on RAMS forecast of monsoon weather systems over Indian region. Met. Atmos. Phys., 90, 77-108 (DOI 10.1007/s00703-004-0090-y).

    • Nair, U.S., R.O. Lawton, R.M. Welch, and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2003: Impact of land use on Costa Rican tropical montane cloud forests: 1. Sensitivity of cumulus cloud field characteristics to lowland deforestation. J. Geophys. Res., 108, 10.1029/2001JD001135.

    • Narisma, G.T., A.J. Pitman, J. Eastman, I.G. Watterson, R. Pielke Sr., and A. Beltran-Przekurat, 2003: The role of biospheric feedbacks in the simulation of the impact of historical land cover change on the Australian January climate. Geophys. Res. Letts., 30(22), 2168, doi:10.1029/2003GL018261.

    • Nicholls, M.E., A.S. Denning, L. Prihodko, P.-L., Luigi, I. Baker, K. Davis, and P. Bakwin, 2004: A multiple-scale simulation of variations in atmospheric carbon dioxide using a coupled biosphere-atmospheric model. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D18117.

    • Palau, J. L., Pérez-Landa, G., Dieguez, J. J., Monter, C., and Millán, M. M., 2005. The importance of meteorological scales to forecast air pollution scenarios on coastal complex terrain. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 5: 2771-2785. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/acp-5-2771-2005

    • Pastor, F., Estrela, M. J., Peñarrocha, D., and Millán, M. M., 2001. Torrential rains on the Spanish Mediterranean Coast: Modeling the effects of the sea surface temperature. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 40: 1180-1195.

    • Peel, D., A.J. Pitman, L. Hughes, G. Narisma, and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2005: The impact of realistic biophysical parameters for eucalyptus on the simulation on the January climate of Australia. Env. Modelling and Software, 20, 5, 595-612, doi:10.1016/j.envsoft.2004.03.004.

    • Pielke Sr., R.A., 2001: Influence of the spatial distribution of vegetation and soils on the prediction of cumulus convective rainfall. Rev. Geophys., 39, 151-177.

    • Pielke Sr., R.A., G. Marland, R.A. Betts, T.N. Chase, J.L. Eastman, J.O. Niles, D. Niyogi, and S. Running, 2002: The influence of land-use change and landscape dynamics on the climate system- relevance to climate change policy beyond the radiative effect of greenhouse gases. Phil. Trans. A. Special Theme Issue, 360, 1705-1719.

    • Pielke Sr., R.A., 2005: Land use and climate change. Science, 310, 1625-1626. View related paper by Feddema et al. 2005: The importance of land-cover change in simulating future climates., 310, 1674-1678.

    • Pitman, A.J., G.T. Narisma, R.A. Pielke Sr., and N.J. Holbrook, 2004: The impact of land cover change on the climate of southwest western Australia. J. Geophys. Res., 109, D18109, doi:10.1029/2003JD004347.

    • Rozoff, C.M., W.R. Cotton, and J.O. Adegoke, 2003: Simulation of St. Louis, Missouri land use impacts on thunderstorms. J. Appl. Met., 42, 716-738.

    • Saleeby, S.M., and W.R. Cotton, 2004: A large-droplet mode and prognostic number concentration of cloud droplets in the Colorado State University Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS). Part I: Module descriptions and supercell test simulations. J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 182-195.

    • Saleeby, S.M., and W.R. Cotton, 2005: A large-droplet mode and prognostic number concentration of cloud droplets in the Colorado State University Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS). Part II: Sensitivity to a Colorado winter snowfall event. J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 1912-1929.

    • Saleeby, S.M., and W.R. Cotton, 2004: Simulations of the North American monsoon system Part I: Model analysis of the 1993 monsoon season. J. Climate, 17, 1997-2018.

    • Strack, J.E., R.A. Pielke Sr., and J. Adegoke, 2003: Sensitivity of model-generated daytime surface heat fluxes over snow to land-cover changes. J. Hydrometeor., 4, 24-42.

    • Strack, J.E., G.E. Liston, and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2004: Modeling snow depth for improved simulation of snow-vegetation-atmosphere interactions. J. Hydrometeor., 5, 723-734.

    • van den Heever, S.C., and W.R. Cotton, 2004: The impact of hail size on simulated supercell storms. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 1596-1609.

    • Wetzel, Melanie, Michael Meyers, Randolph Borys, Ray McAnelly, William Cotton, Andrew Rossi, Paul Frisbie, Davic Nadler, Douglas Lowenthal, Stephen Cohn, and William Brown, 2004: Mesoscale snowfall prediction and verification in mountainous terrain. Weather and Forecasting, 19, 806-828.

    • 1996 - 2000
    • Alexander, G. David, and William R. Cotton, 1998: The use of cloud-resolving simulations of mesoscale convective systems to build a convective parameterization scheme. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 2137-2161.

    • Bernardet, L.R., and W.R. Cotton, 1998: Multi-scale evolution of a derecho-producing MCS. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 2991-3015.

    • Bernardet, L.R., L.D. Grasso, J.E. Nachamkin, C.A. Finley, and W.R. Cotton, 2000: Simulating convective events using a high-resolution mesoscale model. J. Geophys. Res., 105, D11, 14,963-14,982.

    • Blanchard, D.O., W.R. Cotton, and J.M. Brown, 1998: Mesoscale circulation growth under conditions of weak inertial instability. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 118-140.

    • Bretherton, C.S., M.K. MacVean, P. Bechtold, A. Chlond, W.R. Cotton, J. Cuxart, H. Cuijpers, M. Khairoutdinov, B. Kosovic, D. Lewellen, C.-H. Moeng, P. Siebesma, B. Stevens, D.E. Stevens, I. Sykes, and M.C. Wyant, 1999: An intercomparison of radiatively driven entrainment and turbulence in a smoke cloud, as simulated by different numerical models. Quart. J. R. Met. Soc., 125, 391-423.

    • Chase, T.N., R.A. Pielke, Sr., T.G.F. Kittel, J.S. Baron, and T.J. Stohlgren, 1999: Potential impacts on Colorado Rocky Mountain weather due to land use changes on the adjacent Great Plains. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 16673-16690.

    • Copeland, J.H., R.A. Pielke, and T.G.F. Kittel, 1996: Potential climatic impacts of vegetation change: A regional modeling study. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 7409-7418.

    • Eastman, J.L., R.A. Pielke, and D.J. McDonald, 1998: Calibration of soil moisture for large eddy simulations over the FIFE area. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 1131-1140.

    • Duda, D.P., G.L. Stephens, B.B. Stevens, and W.R. Cotton, 1996: Effects of aerosol and horizontal inhomogeneity on the broadband albedo of marine stratus: Numerical simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 3757-3769.

    • Feingold, G., B. Stevens, W.R. Cotton, and A.S. Frisch, 1996: The relationship between drop in-cloud residence time and drizzle production in numerically simulated stratocumulus clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 1108-1122.

    • Feingold, G., S.M. Kreidenweis, B. Stevens, and W.R. Cotton, 1996: Numerical simulations of stratocumulus processing of cloud condensation nuclei through collision-coalescence. J. Geophys. Res., 101, D16, 21391-21402.

    • Feingold, G., R. Boers, B. Stevens, and W.R. Cotton, 1997: A modeling study of the effect of drizzle on cloud optical depth and susceptibility. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 13,527-13,534.

    • Feingold, G., R.L. Walko, B. Stevens, and W.R. Cotton, 1998: Simulations of marine stratocumulus using a new microphysical parameterization scheme. Atmos. Res., 47-48, 505-528.

    • Gaudet, B. and W. R. Cotton, 1998: Statistical Characteristics of a Real-Time Precipitation Forecasting Model. Wea. Forecasting, 13, 966-982. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0434(1998)013<0966:SCOART>2.0.CO;2

    • Harrington, J.Y., T. Reisin, W.R. Cotton, and S.M. Kreidenweis, 1999: Cloud resolving simulations of Arctic stratus. Part II: Transition-season clouds. Atmos. Res., 55, 45-75.

    • Jiang, H., W. R. Cotton, J. O. Pinto, J. A. Curry, and M. J. Weissbluth, 2000: Cloud Resolving Simulations of Mixed-Phase Arctic Stratus Observed during BASE: Sensitivity to Concentration of Ice Crystals and Large-Scale Heat and Moisture Advection. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 2105-2117. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<2105:CRSOMP>2.0.CO;2

    • Jiang, H., and W.R. Cotton, 2000: Large-eddy simulation of shallow cumulus convection during BOMEX: Sensitivity to microphysics and radiation. J. Atmos. Sci, 57, 582-594.

    • Meyers, M. P., R. L. Walko, J. Y. Harrington, and W. R. Cotton (1997), New RAMS cloud microphysics parameterization: Part 2. The two moment scheme, Atmos. Res., 45, 3-39.

    • Mukabana, J.R., and R.A. Pielke, 1996: Investigating the influence of synoptic- scale monsoonal winds and mesoscale circulations on diurnal weather patterns over Kenya using a mesoscale numerical model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 224-243.

    • Nachamkin, J. E. and W. R. Cotton, 2000: Interactions between a Developing Mesoscale Convective System and Its Environment. Part II: Numerical Simulation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 1225-1244. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<1225:IBADMC>2.0.CO;2

    • Nair, U.S., M.R. Hjelmfelt, and R.A. Pielke, 1997: Numerical simulation of the June 9-10 1972 Black Hills storm using CSU RAMS. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 1753-1766.

    • Nicholls, M.E. and R.A. Pielke Sr., 2000: Thermally-induced compression waves and gravity waves generated by convective storms. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 3251-3271.

    • Pastor, F., Estrela, M. J., Peñarrocha, D., and Millán, M. M., 2000. Evaluation of the role of thesea-surface temperature on torrential rains on the Spanish Mediterranean coast (Valencian region) with a mesoscale numerical model (RAMS). In: Claps, P. and Siccardi, F., (eds.). Mediterranean Storms. 87-95. Editoriale BIOS

    • Pielke, R., M.E. Nicholls, R.L. Walko, T.A. Nygaard, and X. Zeng, 1997: Several unresolved issues in numerical modeling of geophysical flows. In: Numerical Methods in Atmospheric and Oceanic Modelling, The Andre J. Robert Memorial Volume, C.A. Lin, R. Laprise, and H. Ritchie, Eds., 557-581.

    • Olsson, P.Q., J.Y. Harrington, G. Feingold, W.R. Cotton, and S. Kreidenweis, 1998: Exploratory cloud-resolving simulations of boundary layer Arctic stratus clouds. Part I: Warm season clouds. Atmos. Res., 47-48, 573-597.

    • Pielke, R.A., T.J. Lee, J.H. Copeland, J.L. Eastman, C.L. Ziegler, and C.A. Finley, 1997: Use of USGS-provided data to improve weather and climate simulations. Ecological Applications, 7, 3-21.

    • Pielke, R.A., and M.E. Nicholls, 1997: Use of meteorological models in computational wind engineering. J. Wind Eng. Indus. Aerodyn., 67 & 68, 363-372.

    • Pielke, R.A. and M. Uliasz, 1998: Use of meteorological models as input to regional and mesoscale air quality models - Limitations and strengths. Atmos. Environ., 32, 1455-1466.

    • Pielke, R.A., R.L. Walko, L. Steyaert, P.L. Vidale, G.E. Liston, and W.A. Lyons, 1999: The influence of anthropogenic landscape changes on weather in south Florida. Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 1663-1673.

    • Pielke Sr., R.A., G.E. Liston, J.L. Eastman, L. Lu, and M. Coughenour, 1999: Seasonal weather prediction as an initial value problem. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 19463-19479.

    • Shaw, B.L., R.A. Pielke, and C.L. Ziegler, 1997: A three-dimensional numerical simulation of a Great Plains dryline. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 1489-1506.

    • Stevens, B., W.R. Cotton, G. Feingold, and C.-H. Moeng, 1998: Large-eddy simulations of strongly precipitating, shallow, stratocumulus-topped boundary layers. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 3616-3638.

    • Takle, E.S., W.J. Gutowski, Jr., R.W. Arritt, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, R. Ramos da Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, F. Giorgi, J.H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. Juang, J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, G.E. Liston, P. Lopez, J. McGregor, R.A. Pielke, Sr., and J.O. Roads, 1999: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS): Description and initial results. J. Geophys. Res., 104, 19443-19461.

    • van den Heever, S.C., P.C. D'Abreton and P.D. Tyson, 1997: Numerical simulation of tropical-temperate troughs over southern Africa using the CSU RAMS model. South African Journal of Science, 93, 359-365.

    • Vidale, P.L., R.A. Pielke, A. Barr, L.T. Steyaert, 1997: Case study modeling of turbulent and mesoscale fluxes over the BOREAS region. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 29167-29188

    • Walko, R. L., W. R. Cotton, G. Feingold, and B. Stevens (2000), Efficient computation of vapor and heat diffusion between hydrometeors in a numerical model. Atmos. Res., 53, 171-183.

    • Walko, R.L., L.E. Band, J. Baron, T.G.F. Kittel, R. Lammers, T.J. Lee, D.S. Ojima, R.A. Pielke, C. Taylor, C. Tague, C.J. Tremback, and P.L. Vidale, 2000: Coupled atmosphere-biophysics-hydrology models for environmental modeling. J. Appl. Meteor., 39, 931-944.

    • Wu, T., W.R. Cotton, and W.Y.Y. Cheng, 2000: Radiative effects on the diffusional growth of ice particles in cirrus clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 2892-2904.

    • Ziegler, C.L., T.J. Lee, and R.A. Pielke, 1997: Convective initiation at the dryline: A modeling study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 1001-1026.

    • 1991- 1995

    • Bossert, James E. and William R. Cotton, 1994a: Regional-scale flows in mountainous terrain. Part I: A numerical and observational comparison. Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 1449-1471.

    • Bossert, James E. and William R. Cotton, 1994b: Regional-scale flows in mountainous terrain. Part II: Simplified numerical experiments. Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 1472-1489.

    • Cram, J.M., R.A. Pielke, and W.R. Cotton, 1992: Numerical simulation and analysis of a prefrontal squall line. Part I: Observations and basic simulation results. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 189-208.

    • Cram, J.M., R.A. Pielke, and W.R. Cotton, 1992: Numerical simulation and analysis of a prefrontal squall line. Part II: Propagation of the squall line as an internal gravity wave. J. Atmos. Sci., 49, 209-225.

    • Cotton, W.R., G. Thompson, and P.W. Mielke, Jr., 1994: Real-time mesoscale prediction on workstations. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 75, 349-362.

    • DeMott, P.J., Meyers, M.P., Cotton, R.W., 1994. Parameterization and impact of ice initiation processes relevant to numerical model simulations of cirrus clouds. J. Atmos. Sci. 51, 77-90.

    • Eastman, J.L. R.A. Pielke, and W.A. Lyons, 1995: Comparison of lake-breeze model simulations with tracer data. J. Appl. Meteor., 34, 1398-1418.

    • Feingold, G., B. Stevens, W.R. Cotton, and R.L. Walko, 1994: An explicit cloud microphysics/LES model designed to simulate the Twomey effect. J. Atmos. Res., 33, 207-233.

    • Grasso, Lewis D., and William R. Cotton, 1995: Numerical simulation of a tornado vortex. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 1192-1203

    • Hadfield, M.G., W.R. Cotton, and R.A. Pielke, 1991: Large-eddy simulations of thermally-forced circulations in the convective boundary layer. Part I: A small-scale circulation with zero wind. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 57, 79-114.

    • Hadfield, M.G., W.R. Cotton, and R.A. Pielke, 1992: Large-eddy simulations of thermally forced circulations in the convective boundary layer. Part II: The effect of changes in wavelength and wind speed. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 58, 307-328.

    • Harrington, Jerry Y., Michael P. Meyers, Robert L. Walko, and William R. Cotton, 1995: Parameterization of ice crystal conversion processes due to vapor deposition for mesoscale models using double-moment basis functions. Part I: Basic formulation and parcel model results. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 4344-4366.

    • Heckman, S.T., and W.R. Cotton, 1993: Mesoscale numerical simulation of cirrus clouds---FIRE case study and sensitivity analysis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 2264-2284.

    • Lyons, W.A., R.A. Pielke, C.J. Tremback, R.L. Walko, D.A. Moon, and C.S. Keen, 1995: Modeling the impacts of mesoscale vertical motions upon coastal zone air pollution dispersion. Atmos. Environ., 29, 283-301.

    • Lyons, W.A., C.J. Tremback, and R.A. Pielke, 1995: Applications of the Regional Atmospheric Modeling System (RAMS) to provide input to photochemical grid models for the Lake Michigan Ozone Study (LMOS). J. Appl. Meteor., 34, 1762-1786.

    • Meyers, M.P., and W.R. Cotton, 1992: Evaluation of the potential for wintertime quantitative precipitation forecasting over mountainous terrain with an explicit cloud model. Part I: Two-dimensional sensitivity experiments. J. Appl. Meteor., 31, 26-50.

    • Meyers, M.P., P.J. DeMott, and W.R. Cotton, 1992: New primary ice nucleation parameterizations in an explicit cloud model. J. Appl. Met., 31, 708-721.

    • Meyers, Michael P., Paul J. DeMott and William R. Cotton, 1995: Comparison of seeded and non-seeded orographic cloud simulations with an explicit cloud model. J. Appl. Meteorol., 34, 834-846.

    • Mocko, David M., and William R. Cotton, 1995: Evaluation of fractional cloudiness parameterizations for use in a mesoscale model. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 2884-2901.

    • Nicholls, M.E., R.A. Pielke, and W.R. Cotton, 1991: A two-dimensional numerical investigation of the interaction between sea-breezes and deep convection over the Florida peninsula. Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 298-323.

    • Nicholls, M.E., R.A. Pielke, and W.R. Cotton, 1991: Thermally forced gravity waves in an atmosphere at rest. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 1869-1884.

    • Nicholls, M.E., R.A. Pielke, and W.R. Cotton, 1993: Reply to comments on 'Thermally forced gravity waves in an atmosphere at rest'. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 4102.

    • Nicholls, M., R. Pielke, and R. Meroney, 1993: Large eddy simulation of microburst winds flowing around a building. J. Wind Eng. and Indus. Aerodyn., 46 & 47, 229-237.

    • Papineau, J., R.A. Pielke, and D.A. Wesley, 1994: A performance evaluation of the NGM and RAMS models for the 29-30 March 1991 Colorado Front Range Storm. Nat. Wea. Digest, 19, 2-11.

    • Peterson, T.C., L.O. Grant, W.R. Cotton, and D.C. Rogers, 1991: The effect of decoupled low-level flow on winter orographic clouds and precipitation in the Yampa River Valley. J. Appl. Meteor., 30, 368-386.

    • Pielke, R.A., W.R. Cotton, R.L. Walko, C.J. Tremback, W.A. Lyons, L.D. Grasso, M.E. Nicholls, M.D. Moran, D.A. Wesley, T.J. Lee, and J.H. Copeland, 1992: A comprehensive meteorological modeling system -- RAMS. Meteor. Atmos. Phys., 49, 69-91.

    • Pielke, R.A. and M. Uliasz, 1993: Influence of landscape variability on atmospheric dispersion. J. Air Waste Mgt., 43, 989-994.

    • Pielke, R.A., T.J. Lee, E.P. Glenn, and R. Avissar, 1993: Influence of halophyte plantings in arid regions on local atmosphere structure. Int. J. Biometeorology, 37, 96-100.

    • Pielke, R.A., J.H. Rodriguez, J.L. Eastman, R.L. Walko, and R.A. Stocker, 1993: Influence of albedo variability in complex terrain on mesoscale systems. J. Climate, 6, 1798-1806.

    • Pielke, R.A., R.L. Walko, J.L. Eastman, W.A. Lyons, R.A. Stocker, M. Uliasz, and C.J. Tremback, 1992: Recent achievements in the meteorological modeling of local weather and air quality. Trends in Atmospheric Science, Invited manuscript, 1, 287-307.

    • Poulos, G.S., and R.A. Pielke, 1994: A numerical analysis of Los Angeles basin pollution transport to the Grand Canyon under stably stratified, southwest flow conditions. Atmos. Environ., 28, 3329-3357.

    • Segal, M., J.R. Garratt, R.A. Pielke, and Z. Ye., 1991: Scaling and numerical model evaluation of snow-cover effects on the generation and modification of daytime mesoscale circulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 1024-1042.

    • Shi, Y. and R.A. Pielke, 1992: Three-dimensional mesoscale modeling of meteorological fields over Zhujiang (Pearl) River Delta. Acta Meteorologica Sinica, 6, 133-147.

    • Snook, J.S. and R.A. Pielke, 1995: Diagnosing a Colorado heavy snow event with a nonhydrostatic mesoscale numerical model structured for operational use. Wea. Forecasting, 10, 261-285.

    • Stevens, B., G. Feingold, W.R. Cotton, and R.L. Walko, 1996: Elements of the microphysical structure of numerically simulated stratocumulus. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 980-1006

    • Walko, R.L., W.R. Cotton, and R.A. Pielke, 1992: Large-eddy simulations of the effects of hilly terrain on the convective boundary layer. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 58, 133-150.

    • Walko, R. L., W. R. Cotton, M. P. Meyers, and J. Y. Harrington (1995), New RAMS cloud microphysics parameterization: Part 1. The single moment scheme. Atmos. Res., 38, 29-62.

    • Walko, R.L., C.J. Tremback, R.A. Pielke, and W.R. Cotton, 1995: An interactive nesting algorithm for stretched grids and variable nesting ratios. J. Appl. Meteor., 34, 994-999.

    • Weissbluth, M.J., and W.R. Cotton, 1993: The representation of convection in mesoscale models. Part I: Scheme fabrication and calibration. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3852-3872.

    • Xian, Z. and R.A. Pielke, 1991: The effects of width of land masses on the development of sea breezes. J. Appl. Meteor., 30, 1280-1304.

    • Ziegler, C.L., W.J. Martin, R.A. Pielke, and R.L. Walko, 1995: A modeling study of the dryline. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 263-285.

    • 1986 - 1990
    • Abbs, D.J. and R.A. Pielke, 1986: Thermally forced surface flow and convergence patterns over northeast Colorado. Mon. Wea. Rev., 114, 2281-2296.

    • Abbs, D.J. and R.A. Pielke, 1987: Numerical simulations of orographic effects on NE Colorado snowstorms. Meteor. and Atmos. Phys., 37, 1-10.

    • Arritt, R.W. and R.A. Pielke, 1986: Interactions of nocturnal slope flows with ambient winds. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 37, 183-195.

    • Arritt, R.W., R.T. McNider, and R.A. Pielke, 1987: Numerical model evaluation of the extension of the critical dividing streamline hypothesis to mesoscale two-dimensional terrain. Atmos. Environ., 21, 1905-1913.

    • Arritt, R.W., R.A. Pielke, and M. Segal, 1988: Variations of sulfur dioxide deposition velocity resulting from terrain-forced mesoscale circulations. Atmos. Environ., 22, 715-723.

    • Avissar, R. and R.A. Pielke, 1989: A parameterization of heterogeneous land surfaces for atmospheric numerical models and its impact on regional meteorology. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 2113-2136.

    • Avissar, R., M.D. Moran, R.A. Pielke, G. Wu, and R.N. Meroney, 1990: Operating ranges of mesoscale numerical models and meteorological wind tunnels for the simulation of sea and land breezes. Bound.-Layer Meteor., Special Anniversary Issue, Golden Jubilee, 50, 227-275.

    • Cotton, W. R., G. J. Tripoli, R. M. Rauber, and E. A. Mulvihill (1986), Numerical simulation of the effects of varying ice crystal nucleation rates and aggregation processes on orographic snowfall, J. Appl. Meteorol., 25(11), 1658-1680.

    • Chen, C. and W.R. Cotton, 1987: The physics of the marine stratocumulus-capped mixed layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 2951-2977.

    • Chen, S., and W.R. Cotton, 1988: The sensitivity of a simulated extratropical mesoscale convective system to longwave radiation and ice-phase microphysics. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 3897-3910.

    • Fan, B.-F, Yeh, J.-D., W.R. Cotton and G.J. Tripoli, 1990: Numerical simulation of microphysics in meso-.-scale convective cloud system associated with a mesoscale convective complex. Adv. Atmos. Sci., 7, 154-170.

    • Moran, M.D., R.W. Arritt, M. Segal, and R.A. Pielke, 1986: Modification of regional- scale pollutant dispersion by terrain- forced mesoscale circulations. Transactions of the APCA Second International Specialty Conference on the Meteorology of Acidic Deposition, Albany, New York, March 17-20, 1986, Air Pollution Control Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 136-157.

    • Nicholls, M.E., R.H. Johnson, and W.R. Cotton, 1988: The sensitivity of two- dimensional simulations of tropical squall lines to environmental profiles. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 3625-3649.

    • Garratt, J.R. and R.A. Pielke, 1989: On the sensitivity of mesoscale models to surface-layer parameterization constants. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 48, 377-387.

    • Garratt, J.R., R.A. Pielke, W. Miller, and T.J. Lee, 1990: Mesoscale model response to random, surface-based perturbations -- A sea-breeze experiment. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 52, 313-334.

    • Lee, T.J., R.A. Pielke, R.C. Kessler, and J. Weaver, 1989: Influence of cold pools downstream of mountain barriers on downslope winds and flushing. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 2041-2058.

    • McNider, R.T., M.D. Moran, and R.A. Pielke, 1988: Influence of diurnal and inertial boundary layer oscillations on long-range dispersion. Atmos. Environ., 22, 2445-2462.

    • Nicholls, M.E., 1987: A comparison of the results of two-dimensional numerical simulation of a tropical squall line with observations. Mon. Wea. Rev. 115, 3055-3077.

    • Nicholls, M.E., and M. Weissbluth, 1988: A comparison of two-dimensional and quasi-three-dimensional simulations of a tropical squall line. Mon. Wea. Rev., 116, 2437-2452.

    • Nicholls, M.E., R.H. Johnson, and W.R. Cotton, 1988: The sensitivity of two- dimensional simulations of tropical squall lines to environmental profiles. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 3625-3649.

    • Pielke, R.A., R.W. Arritt, M. Segal, M.D. Moran, and R.T. McNider, 1987: Mesoscale numerical modeling of pollutant transport in complex terrain. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 41, 59-74.

    • Pielke, R.A., G. Kallos, and M. Segal, 1989: Horizontal resolution needs for adequate lower tropospheric profiling involved with atmospheric systems forced by horizontal gradients in surface heating. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 6, 741-758.

    • Pielke, R.A. and X. Zeng, 1989: Influence on severe storm development of irrigated land. Natl. Wea. Dig., 14, 16-17.

    • Pielke, R.A. and R. Avissar, 1990: Influence of landscape structure on local and regional climate. Landscape Ecology, 4, 133-155

    • Ryan, B.F., G.J. Tripoli, and W.R. Cotton, 1990: Convection in high based stratiform cloud bands: Some numerical experiments. Q.J.R. Meteorol. Soc., 116, 943-964.

    • Tripoli, G.J. and W.R. Cotton, 1986: An intense, quasi-steady thunderstorm over mountainous terrain Part IV: Three-dimensional numerical simulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 894-913.

    • Tripoli, G., and W.R. Cotton, 1989a: A numerical study of an observed orogenic mesoscale convective system. Part 1. Simulated genesis and comparison with observations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 273-304.

    • Tripoli, G., and W.R. Cotton, 1989b: A numerical study of an observed orogenic mesoscale convective system. Part 2. Analysis of governing dynamics. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 305-328.

    • Schmidt, J.M. and W.R. Cotton, 1990: Interactions between upper and lower tropospheric gravity waves on squall line structure and maintenance. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 1205-1222.

    • Segal, M., Y. Ookouchi, and R.A. Pielke, 1987: On the effect of steep slope orientation on the intensity of daytime upslope flow. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 3587-3592.

    • Segal, M., J.F.W. Purdom, J.L. Song, R.A. Pielke, and Y. Mahrer, 1986: Evaluation of cloud shading effects on the generation and modification of mesoscale circulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 114, 1201-1212.

    • Segal, M., C-H. Yu, and R.A. Pielke, 1988: Model evaluation of the impact of thermally induced valley circulations in the Lake Powell area on long-range pollutant transport. J. Air Pollut. Control Assoc., 38, 163-170.

    • Segal, M., C-H. Yu, R.W. Arritt, and R.A. Pielke, 1988: On the impact of valley/ridge thermally induced circulations on regional pollutant transport. Atmos. Environ., 22, 471-486.

    • Segal, M., R.A. Pielke, R.W. Arritt, M.D. Moran, C-H. Yu, and D. Henderson, 1988: Application of a mesoscale atmospheric modeling system to the estimation of SO2 concentrations from major elevated sources in southern Florida. Atmos. Environ., 22, 1319-1334.

    • Segal, M., R. Avissar, M.C. McCumber, and R.A. Pielke, 1988: Evaluation of vegetation effects on the generation and modification of mesoscale circulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 2268-2292.

    • Segal, M., W. Schreiber, G. Kallos, R.A. Pielke, J.R. Garratt, J. Weaver, A. Rodi, and J. Wilson, 1989: The impact of crop areas in northeast Colorado on midsummer mesoscale thermal circulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 809-825.

    • Segal, M., X. Jia, Z. Ye, and R.A. Pielke, 1990: On the effect of daytime surface evaporation on pollution dispersion. Atmos. Environ., 24A, 1801-1811.

    • Stocker, R.A. and R.A. Pielke, 1990: Source attribution during WHITEX -- A modeling study. Transactions, Visibility and Fine Particles, Ed., C.V. Mathai, An A&WMA/EPA International Specialty Conference, Estes Park, Colorado. October 15-19, 1989, 831-844.

    • Verlinde, J. and W.R. Cotton, 1990: Mesoscale vortex-couplet observed in the trailing anvil of a multi-cellular convective complex. Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 993-1010.

    • Weissbluth, M.J. and W.R. Cotton, 1989: Radiative and nonlinear influences on orographic gravity wave drag. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 2518-2534.

    • Yu, C-H. and R.A. Pielke, 1986: Mesoscale air quality under stagnant synoptic cold season conditions in the Lake Powell area. Atmos. Environ., 20, 1751-1762.

    • 1981 - 1985
    • Cotton, W.R., M.A. Stephens, T. Nehrkorn and G.J. Tripoli, 1982: The Colorado State University three-dimensional cloud/mesoscale model -- 1982. Part II: An ice phase parameterization. J. de Rech. Atmos., 16,295-320.

    • Kessler, R.C., D. Eppel, R.A. Pielke, and J. McQueen, 1985: A numerical study of the effects of a large sand-bar upon sea breeze development. Arch. Meteor. Geophys. Bioklim., Series A, 34, 3-26.

    • Levy, G. and W.R. Cotton, 1984: A numerical investigation of mechanisms linking glaciation of the ice-phase to the boundary layer. J. Clim. Appl. Meteor., 23, 1505-1519.

    • Mahrer, Y., M. Segal, and R.A. Pielke, 1985: Mesoscale modeling of wind energy over non-homogeneous terrain. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 31, 13-23.

    • McCumber, M.C. and R.A. Pielke, 1981: Simulation of the effects of surface fluxes of heat and moisture in a mesoscale numerical model - Part 1: Soil layer. J. Geophys. Res., 86, 9929-9938.

    • McNider, R.T. and R.A. Pielke, 1981: Diurnal boundary layer development over sloping terrain. J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 2198-2212.

    • McNider, R.T. and R.A. Pielke, 1984: Numerical simulation of slope and mountain flows. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 23, 1441-1453.

    • Mizzi, A.P. and R.A. Pielke, 1984: A numerical study of the mesoscale atmospheric circulation observed during a coastal upwelling event on 23 August, 1972. Part I: Sensitivity studies. Mon. Wea. Rev., 112, 76-90.

    • Pielke, R.A., R.T. McNider, M. Segal, and Y. Mahrer, 1983: The use of a mesoscale numerical model for evaluations of pollutant transport and diffusion in coastal regions and over irregular terrain. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 64, 243-249.

    • Pielke, R.A., 1985: The use of mesoscale numerical models to assess wind distribution and boundary layer structure in complex terrain. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 31, 217-231.

    • Segal, M., Y. Mahrer, R.A. Pielke, and R.T. McNider, 1981: A numerical mesoscale model study of the pollutant mean trajectories during the warm season over central Israel - preliminary results. Israel Journal of Earth Sciences, 30, 1-11.

    • Segal, M. and R.A. Pielke, 1981: Numerical model simulation of human biometeorological heat load conditions - summer day case study for the Chesapeake Bay area. J. Appl. Meteor., 20, 735-749.

    • Segal, M., Y. Mahrer, and R.A. Pielke, 1982: Numerical study of wind energy characteristics over heterogeneous terrain - central Israel case study. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 22, 373-392.

    • Segal, M., R.T. McNider, R.A. Pielke, and D.S. McDougal, 1982: A numerical model simulation of the regional air pollution meteorology of the greater Chesapeake Bay area - summer day case study. Atmos. Environ., 16, 1381-1397.

    • Segal, M., Y. Mahrer, and R.A. Pielke, 1981: A numerical model study of plume fumigation during nocturnal inversion break-up. Atmos. Environ., 16, 513-519.

    • Segal, M., Y. Mahrer, and R.A. Pielke, 1982: Application of a numerical mesoscale model for the evaluation of seasonal persistent regional climatological patterns. J. Appl. Meteor., 21, 1754-1762.

    • Segal, M., R.A. Pielke, and Y.Mahrer, 1982: Evaluation of on-shore pollutant recirculation over the Mediterranean coastal area of central Israel. Israel J. Earth Sci., 31, 39-46.

    • Segal, M., Y. Mahrer, and R.A. Pielke, 1983: A study of meteorological patterns associated with a lake confined by mountains - the Dead Sea case. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 109, 549-564.

    • Segal, M., R.A. Pielke, and Y. Mahrer, 1983: On climatic changes due to a deliberate flooding of the Qattara depression (Egypt). Climatic Change, 5, 73-83.

    • Segal, M., Y. Mahrer, R.A. Pielke, and R.C. Kessler, 1985: Model evaluation of the summer daytime induced flows over southern Israel. Israel J. Earth Sci., 34, 39-46.

    • Segal, M. and R.A. Pielke, 1985: The effect of water temperature and synoptic winds on the development of surface flows over narrow, elongated water bodies. J. Geophys. Res., 90, 4907-4910.

    • Segal, M., Y. Mahrer, R.A. Pielke, and Y. Ookouchi, 1985: Modeling transpiration patterns of vegetation along south and north facing slopes during the subtropical dry season. Agric. Forest Meteor., 36, 19-28.

    • Tremback, C.J., J. Powell, W.R. Cotton, and R.A. Pielke, 1985: The forward-in-time upstream advection scheme: Extension to higher orders. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 540-555.

    • Tripoli, G. J., and W. R. Cotton (1982), The Colorado State University three-dimensional cloud/mesoscale model-1982: Part I. General theoretical framework and sensitivity experiments. Atmos. Res., 16, 185-220.

    • 1980 and before
    • Banta, R., and W.R. Cotton, 1980: On computing average cloud-water quantities in a partially-cloudyregion. J. Rech. Atmos., 14, 487-494.

    • Cotton, W.R., P.T. Gannon, and R.A. Pielke, 1976: Numerical experiments on the influence of the mesoscale circulations on the cumulus scale. J. Atmos. Sci., 33, 252-261.

    • Cotton, W.R. and R.A. Pielke, 1976: Weather modification and three-dimensional models. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 57, 788-796.

    • Cotton, W.R., and G.J. Tripoli, 1978: Cumulus convection in shear flow -- Three- dimensional numerical experiments. J. Atmos. Sci., 35, 1503-1521.

    • Tripoli, G.J., and W.R. Cotton, 1980: A numerical investigation of several factors contributing to the observed variable intensity of deep convection over South Florida. J. Appl. Meteor., 19, 1037-1063

    • Mahrer, Y. and R.A. Pielke, 1975: A numerical study of the air flow over mountains using the two-dimensional version of the University of Virginia Mesoscale Model. J. Atmos. Sci., 32, 2144-2155.

    • Mahrer, Y. and R.A. Pielke, 1976: Numerical simulation of the airflow over Barbados. Mon. Wea. Rev., 104, 1392-1402.

    • Mahrer, Y. and R.A. Pielke, 1977: A numerical study of the airflow over irregular terrain. Beitrage zur Physik der Atmosphere, 50, 98-113.

    • Mahrer, Y. and R.A. Pielke, 1977: The effects of topography on sea and land breezes in a two-dimensional numerical model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 105, 1151-1162.

    • Mahrer, Y. and R.A. Pielke, 1978: The meteorological effect of the changes in surface albedo and moisture. Israel Meteorological Research Papers, (IMS), 2, 55-70.

    • Mahrer, Y. and R.A. Pielke, 1978: A test of an upstream spline interpolation technique for the advective terms in a numerical mesoscale model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 106, 818-830.

    • Pielke, R.A., 1974: A three-dimensional numerical model of the sea breezes over south Florida. Mon. Wea. Rev., 102, 115-139.

    • Pielke, R.A., 1974: A comparison of three-dimensional and two-dimensional numerical predictions of sea breezes. J. Atmos. Sci., 31, 1577-1585.

    • Pielke, R.A. and Y. Mahrer, 1975: Representation of the heated-planetary boundary layer in mesoscale models with coarse vertical resolution. J. Atmos. Sci., 32, 2288-2308.

    • Pielke, R.A. and Y. Mahrer, 1978: Verification analysis of the University of Virginia three-dimensional mesoscale model prediction over south Florida for 1 July 1973. Mon. Wea. Rev., 106, 1568-1589.