Office Research
The National Weather Service Office in Grand Junction, Colorado continues to strive for Meteorological Excellence by participating in the growth of our science via collaborating efforts with our surrounding scientific community. The following list of meteorological studies have been published in Meteorological publications and presented at numerous Conferences across the nation. Many of these studies have resulted in the networking of several scientific entities within the western United States. Through this work with Universities and other Government agencies, our meteorologists continue to expand on their knowledge of our local forecast area. Many other studies have been conducted that have not been presented on this page. Studies that are present are either in Word or PDF format.
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Conference Papers
The following studies were presented at the 2006 American Meteorological Society Mountain Meteorology Conference in Santa Fe, NM- A CLIMATOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE DIURNAL PATTERNS OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE COMPLEX TERRAIN OF WESTERN COLORADO
Jeffrey D. Colton, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.D. Ramey Jr. (NWS GJT), B. Avery (NWS GJT), and M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT) - THE FIRST MSC/COMET MOUNTAIN WEATHER COURSE
Brad Snyder, Meteorological Service of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, C. Doyle, D. Wesley (Comet), J. Cummine (Met. Svc. Canada, Winnipeg), and M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT) - A FORECASTER CHALLENGE: CONVECTIVELY ENHANCED WINDS IN A STRONGLY FORCED SYNOPTIC ENVIRONMENT IN COMPLEX TERRAIN
Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J. Ladue (WDTB, Norman), J. Pringle (NWS GJT), and C. Cuoco (NWS GJT)
- A MESOSCALE HEAVY SNOW EVENT OVER THE GRAND MESA OF WESTERN COLORADO
Paul Frisbie, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, T. Lindquist (NWS GJT), and M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT) - FORECASTING MIXED-LAYER HEIGHT OVER COMPLEX TERRAIN
Daniel E. Zumpfe, NOAA/NWS Great Falls, MT, M. Chamberlain (NWS GJT), J.A. Daniels (NWS GJT), M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), J. Snook (USDA Forest Svc), K. Zeller (USDA Forest Svc), and J. Kyle (NWS GJT)
Additional Studies and Conference Papers
- THE POPULATION BIAS OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE
Paul Frisbie, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO
- A HEAVY SNOW EVENT DURING AN ARTIC OUTBREAK WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIES
Christopher N. Jones, NOAA/NWS Riverton, WY, J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), and J.E. Nachamkin (CSU) - A SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAIN FLASH FLOOD IN AN ENHANCED MONSOONAL ENVIRONMENT
Brian A. Avery, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, C.N. Jones (NWS RIW), J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), and M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT) - A MOUNTAIN WAVE EVENT WEST OF THE COLORADO PARK RANGE
Jeffrey D. Colton, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, C.N. Jones (NWS Riverton), M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT) and Ray McAnelly (CSU)
- A RARE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST UTAH
Jeffrey D. Colton, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, C.N. Jones (NWS RIW) and M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT) - MODEL AEROSOL SENSITIVITY STUDIES AND MICROPHYSICAL INTERACTION IN AN OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL EVENT
Stephen M. Saleeby, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. D. Borys (DRI), M. A. Wetzel (DRI), D. B. Simeral (DRI), M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT), W. R. Cotton (CSU), R. L. McAnelly (CSU), N. Larson (NWS GJT), and E. Heffernan (NWS GJT) - ANOMALOUSLY LARGE SNOWFALL VARIATIONS ACROSS SMALL SPATIAL SCALES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT RANGE: THE ROLES OF BLOCKING, SURFACE WINDS, AND THE ASSOCIATED THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURE
Douglas A. Wesley, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO, G.S. Poulos (NCAR), J. Snook (ATMET), and M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT) - MESOSCALE MODEL SIMULATIONS IN QUASI-FORECAST MODE OF THE GREAT WESTERN STORM OF 16-20 MARCH 2003
Douglas A. Wesley, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO, G.S. Poulos (NCAR), J. Snook (ATMET), E. Szoke (NOAA/FSL/CIRA), M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT), G. Byrd (UCAR/COMET), R. Rozumalski (NWS), and H. McIntyre (UCAR/COMET) - MESOSCALE SNOWFALL PREDICTION AND VERIFICATION IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN
Melanie Wetzel, Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), R. Borys (DRI), R. McAnelly (CSU), W. Cotton (CSU), A. Rossi (DRI), P. Frisbie (NWS GJT), D. Nadler (NWS HUN), D. Lowenthal (DRI), S. Cohn (NCAR), and W. Brown (NCAR) - AN INVESTIGATION OF RECORD HEAVY LEE SIDE OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL DURING THE GREAT WESTERN STORM OF MARCH 16-20, 2003
Gregory S. Poulos, NCAR, Boulder, CO, J. Snook (USDA Forest Svc), D. A. Wesley (UCAR/COMET), M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT), and E. J. Szoke (NOAA/FSL/CIRA)
(Full study not available at this time) - THE OPERATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF FORECASTING A HEAVY SNOW EVENT OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES IN AN ATYPICAL FLOW REGIME
Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), R. L. McAnelly (CSU), W. R. Cotton (CSU), D. A. Wesley (UCAR/COMET), J. S. Snook (ATMET), and G. S. Poulos (ATD/NCAR) - A ROCKY MOUNTAIN STORM. PART II: THE FOREST BLOWDOWN OVER THE WEST SLOPE OF THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS - OBSERVATIONS, ANALYSIS AND MODELING
Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.S. Snook (CSA, Boulder, CO), D. A. Wesley (UCAR/COMET), and G. S. Poulos (CSA, Boulder) - EXCEPTIONAL MESOSCALE FEATURES OF THE GREAT WESTERN STORM OF MARCH 16-20, 2003
Gregory S. Poulos, CRA/NWRA Boulder, CO, D. A. Wesley (UCAR/COMET), M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT), E.J. Szoke (FSL), J.S. Snook (CRA/NWRA), and G.P. Byrd (UCAR/COMET) - A ROCKY MOUNTAIN STORM. PART I: THE BLIZZARD - KINEMATIC EVOLUTION AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL FORECASTING OF SNOWFALL
Gregory S. Poulos, CRA/NWRA Boulder, CO, D. A. Wesley (UCAR/COMET), J.S. Snook (CRA/NWRA), and M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT) - OPERATIONAL FIRE WEATHER SUPPORT THROUGH THE USE OF A MESOSCALE FORECAST MODEL (Full study not available at this time)
Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, E.M. Page (UCAR/COMET), R.L. McAnelly (CSU) and W.R. Cotton (CSU) - OPERATIONAL USE OF MESOSCALE MODELS IN FIRE WEATHER FORECASTING (Full study not available at this time)
Elizabeth M. Page, NOAA/NWS Boulder, CO, M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), M. Chamberlain (NWS GJT), and R. McAnelly (CSU) - 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
Jerry Y. Harringtion, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), R. L. Walko (CSU), and W. R. Cotton (CSU) - A COMPARISON OF SEEDED AND NONSEEDED OROGRAPHIC CLOUD SIMULATIONS WITH AN EXPLICIT CLOUD MODEL
Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, P.J. DeMott (CSU), and W.R. Cotton (CSU) - PARAMETERIZATION AND IMPACT OF ICE INITIATION PROCESSES RELEVANT TO NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF CIRRUS CLOUDS
Paul J. DeMott, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT), and W.R. Cotton (CSU) - NEW PRIMARY ICE-NUCLEATION PARAMETERIZATIONS IN AN EXPLICIT CLOUD MODEL
Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, P.J. DeMott (CSU), and W.R. Cotton (CSU) - EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTERTIME QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTING OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WITH AN EXPLICIT CLOUD MODEL. PART I: TWO-DIMENSIONAL SENSITIVITY EXPERIMENTS
Michael P. Meyers, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO and W. R. Cotton (CSU)
