 Ola
Persson
Coastal Weather and Air Quality Group
Polar Research and Applications Lead
Regional Weather & Climate Applications Division
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES)/Univ. of Colorado
NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory
Mailing address:
NOAA/ETL, R/ET7
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305
USA
tel: (303) 497-5078
fax: (303) 497-6101
e-mail: ola.persson@noaa.gov
Selected and recent publications, with links to pdf
files
(For full CV, click on link above.)
Polar
studies
Refereed
Grachev, A. A., C. W. Fairall,
P. O. G. Persson, E. L Andreas, and P. S. Guest,
2005: Stable
boundary-layer scaling regimes: The SHEBA data.� Boundary-Layer
Meteor., in press.
Tjernstr�m, Michael, Caroline Leck,
P. Ola G. Persson,
Michael L. Jensen, Steven P. Oncley, and Admir Targino, 2004: The summertime Arctic
atmosphere: Meteorological measurements during the Arctic Ocean Experiment
2001 (AOE-2001). Bull.� Amer.
Meteor.� Soc., 85,
1305-1321.
Andreas, E.
L., C. W. Fairall, P. Ola
G. Persson, P. S. Guest,
2003: Probability distributions for the inner scale and the refractive index
structure parameter and their implications for flux averaging. J. Appl. Meteor., 42, 1316-1329.
Persson, P. Ola G., C. W. Fairall, E. L. Andreas, P. S. Guest, and D. K. Perovich, 2002: Measurements
near the Atmospheric Surface Flux Group tower at SHEBA: Near-surface
conditions and surface energy budget. J. Geophys. Res., 107, C10, 8045,
doi:10.1029/2000JC000705.
Intrieri,
J., C. W. Fairall, M. D. Shupe,
P. O. G. Persson, E. L. Andreas, P. S. Guest, and
R. E. Moritz, 2002:
An annual cycle of Arctic
surface cloud forcing at SHEBA. J. Geophys.
Res., 107, C10, 8039, doi:10.1029/2000JC000439.
Andreas, E.L., P.S. Guest, P.O.G.
Persson, C.W. Fairall,
T.W. Horst, R.E. Moritz, and S. R. Semmer, 2002:
Near-surface water
vapor over polar sea ice is always near ice-saturation. J. Geophys. Res., 107, C10, 8033, doi:10.1029/2000JC000411.
Uttal, T., J. A. Curry, M. G. McPhee,
D. K. Perovich, R. E. Moritz, J. A. Maslanik, Peter S. Guest, H. L. Stern, J. A. Moore, R. Turenne, A. Heiberg, M. C. Serreze, D. P. Wylie, O. G. Persson,
C. A. Paulson, C. Halle, J. H. Morison, P. A.
Wheeler, A. Makshtas, H. Welch, M. D. Shupe, J. M. Intrieri, K Stamnes, R. W. Lindsey, R. Pinkel,
W. S. Pegau, T. P. Stanton, and T. C. Grenfeld, 2002: The
surface heat budget of the Arctic. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 83,
255-275.
Wang, S.,
Q. Wang, R. E. Jordan, and P. O. G. Persson, 2001: Interactions
among longwave radiation of clouds, turbulence and
snow surface temperature in the Arctic: A
model sensitivity study. J. Geophys. Res. 106(D14),
15,323-15,333.
Overland, J. E, S. McNutt, J. Groves,
S, Salo, E. L. Andreas, and P. O. G. Persson, 2000: Regional sensible and radiative
heat flux estimates for the winter Arctic during SHEBA. J. Geophys.
Res. 105(C6), 14,093-14,102.
Persson, P. Ola G., Ruffieux, D. R., and C. W. Fairall
1997: Recalculations of ice pack and lead surface energy budgets during the
Arctic Leads Experiment (LEADEX) 1992. J. Geophys.
Res. 102, 25,085-25,089.
Ruffieux, D. R., P. Ola G. Persson, C. W. Fairall, and Dan
E. Wolfe, 1995: Ice pack and lead surface energy budgets during LEADEX 92. J.
Geophys. Res. 100, C3, 4593-4612.
Conference
Andreas, E L,
P. O. G. Persson, R. E. Jordan ,
T. W. Horst, P. S. Guest, A. A. Grachev, and C. W. Fairall, 2005: Parameterizing
the turbulent surface fluxes over summer sea ice.� Preprints,
8th Conf. on Polar Meteor. And Oceanog., 9-13 Jan.
2005, San Diego, CA.
Persson, P. O. G., E. L Andreas, J-W. Bao,
C. W. Fairall, A. A. Grachev,
P. S. Guest, and R. E. Jordan, 2005: Determining
wintertime heterogeneous pack ice characteristics and their impact on the
aggregate atmospheric surface flux.�
Preprints, 8th Conf.
on Polar Meteor. And Oceanog., 9-13 Jan. 2005, San
Diego, CA.
Andreas,
Edgar L, K. J. Claffey, C. W. Fairall,
A. A. Grachev, P. S. Guest, R. E. Jordan, and P. O.
G. Persson, 2004: Measurements
of the von K�rm�n Constant in the Atmospheric
Surface Layer-Further Discussion. CD -ROM of Preprints, 16th Symposium
on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, 9-13 Aug, Portland, ME.
Persson,
Ola P. G., Edgar L Andreas, Christopher W. Fairall, Peter S. Guest, and Donald K. Perovich, 2003:
Pack ice
surface energy changes at SHEBA initiated by late summer synoptic forcing. Preprints, Seventh Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and Joint
Symposium on High-Latitude Climate Variations. Hyannis, Mass.,
12-16 May. (Paper 3.21 on CD)
Persson, P. O. G., S. Abbott, M. Jensen, B. Larsson, V. Leuski, A. Targino, B. Templeman, M. Tjernstrom, and
A. White, 2002: Remote
sensing of the late-summer boundary layer near the North Pole. Preprints, 15th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence. 15-19
July, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 133-136.
Persson, P. Ola G., J.-W. Bao, and Sara Michelson, 2002: Mesoscale modeling of the wintertime boundary layer
structure over the Arctic pack ice. Preprints, 15th
Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence. 15-19 July, Wageningen, The Netherlands, 335-338.
Persson, P. O. G., T. Uttal, J. M. Intrieri, C. W. Fairall, E. L. Andreas, and P. S. Guest, 1999: Observations
of large thermal transitions during the Arctic night from a suite of sensors
at SHEBA.� Preprints, 3rd
Symp. on Integrated
Observing Systems., Jan. 10-15, 1999, Dallas, TX,
171-174.
Persson, P. O. G., E. L. Andreas, C.W. Fairall, P. S. Guest, and D. R. Ruffieux,
1999: The surface
energy budget during the onset of the melt season on the Arctic icepack during SHEBA. Preprints,
Fifth Conf. on Polar Meteor. And Ocean., Jan. 10-15, 1999, Dallas, TX,
321-326.
Coastal and maritime studies
Refereed
Persson, P. O. G., P. J. Neiman, B. Walter, and M. Ralph,
2005: Contributions
from California coastal-zone surface fluxes to heavy coastal precipitation: A
CALJET case study during the strong El Ni�o of 1998.� Mon. Wea. Rev., In press.
Persson, P. Ola G, J. E. Hare,
C. W. Fairall, and William Otto, 2005:� Air-sea
interaction processes in warm and cold sectors of extratropical
cyclonic storms observed during FASTEX. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 131,
877-912, doi:10.1256/qj.03.181.
Neiman, P. J., P. O. G. Persson, F. M. Ralph, D.P. Jorgensen, A. B. White, and D.
E. Kingsmill, 2003:
Modifications
of fronts and precipitation by coastal blocking during an intense
land-falling winter storm in Southern California: Observations during CALJET.
Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 242-273.
Ralph, F.
M., P. J. Neiman, D. E. Kingsmill, P. O. G. Persson, A. B. White, E. T. Strem,
E. D. Andrews, and R. C. Antweile, 2003. The impact
of a prominent rain shadow on flooding in California's
Santa Cruz Mountains: A CALJET case study and
sensitivity to the ENSO cycle. J. Hydrometeor., 4, 1243-1264.
White, A.
B., P. J. Neiman, F. M. Ralph, D. E. Kingsmill, and
P. O. G. Persson, 2003: Coastal orographic
rainfall processes observed by radar during the California Land-falling Jets
Experiment. J. Hydrometeor., 4, 264-282.
Neiman,
P.J., F.M. Ralph, A.B. White, D.A. Kingsmill, and P.O.G.Persson, 2002: The statistical relationship between
upslope flow and rainfall in California's
coastal mountains: Observations during CALJET. Mon. Wea.
Rev., 130, 1468-1492.
Ralph,
F.M., P.J. Neiman, P.O.G. Persson, J.M. Bane, M.L. Cancillo, J.M. Wilczak, and W. Nuss, 2000: Kelvin waves and internal bores on the marine
boundary layer inversion and their relationship to coastally trapped wind
reversals. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128,
283-300.
Joly, A., K. A. Browning, P. Bessemoulin,
J.-P. Cammas, G. Caniaux,
J.-P. Chalon, S. A. Clough, R. Dirks, K. A.
Emanuel, L. Eymard, R. Gall, T. Hewson,
P. H. Hildebrand, D. Jorgensen, F. Lalaurette, R.
H. Langland, Y. Lema�tre,
P. Mascart, J. A. Moore, P. O. G. Persson, F. Roux, M. A. Shapiro, C. Snyder, Z. Toth, and R. Wakimoto, 1999: Overview
of the field phase of the Fronts and Atlantic Storm-Track Experiment (FASTEX)
project. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 125, 3131-3163.
Ralph, F.M., L. Armi, J.M. Bane, C. Dorman, W.D. Neff, P.J. Neiman, W. Nuss, and P.O.G. Persson, 1998:
Observations of an orographically trapped disturbance along the California coast on
10-11 June 1994. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126,
2435-2465.
Conference
Persson, P. O. G., B. Walter, and J. Hare, 2004: Maritime
differences between wind direction and stress: Relationships to atmospheric
fronts and implications.� CD -ROM
of Preprints, 16th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence,
9-13 Aug, Portland, ME
Persson, P. Ola G., L. B.
Nance, J. E. Hare, and A. White, 2003: Mid-Atlantic
frontal wave development, boundary layer structure, and surface fluxes in
FASTEX IOP1: Observations and sensitivity experiments. Preprints, 10th Conf. on Mesoscale Processes.
23-27 June, Portland, OR. (Paper 1.2 on CD)
Mesoscale dynamics
Refereed
�Jorgensen, David P., Zhaoxia
Pu, P. Ola G. Persson, and Wei-Kuo Tao, 2003:
Variations
associated with cores and gaps of a Pacific narrow cold frontal rainband. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
131, 2705-2729.
Persson, P. Ola G., and Thomas
T. Warner, 1995:The nonlinear evolution of
idealized, unforced, conditional symmetric instability: A numerical study. J.
Atmos. Sci., 52,
3449-3474.
Persson, P. Ola G., 1995:Simulations of the potential vorticity
structure and budget of FRONTS '87 IOP8. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 121,
1041-1081.
Persson, P. Ola G., and T. T.
Warner, 1993:Nonlinear hydrostatic conditional
symmetric instability: Implications for numerical weather prediction. Mon.
Wea. Rev., 121, 1821-1833.
Hobbs, P. V. and P. Ola G. Persson, 1982:The mesoscale and microscale structure and organization of clouds and
precipitation in midlatitude cyclones. Part V: The
substructure of narrow cold-frontal rainbands. J.
Atmos. Sci., 39,
280-295.
Numerical modeling
Refereed
Persson, P. Ola G., and Thomas
T. Warner, 1991: Model generation of spurious gravity waves due to the inconsistency
of the vertical and horizontal resolution. Mon. Wea.
Rev., 119, 917-935.
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