HMT Publications

 Analysis of the HMT Bibliography [PDF]
  • Matrosov, S. Y., 2011 (February): Observations of Wintertime U.S. West Coast Precipitating Systems with W-Band Satellite Radar and Other Spaceborne Instruments. J. Hydrometeorol., 13(1), 223-238, doi:10.1175/JHM-D-10-05025.1.
  • Minder, J. R., and D. E. Kingsmill, 2012: Mesoscale variations of the atmospheric snow-line over the northern Sierra Nevada: multi-year statistics, case study, and mechanisms. Submitted to J. Atmos. Sci.
  • Mizukami, N., V. Koren, M. Smith, D. Kingsmill, Z. Zhang, B. Cosgrove and Z. Cui, 2012: The impact of precipitation type discrimination on hydrologic simulation: Rain-snow partitioning derived from HMT-West radar-detected bright-band height versus surface temperature data. Submitted to J. Hydrometeor.
  • Moore, B. J., P. J. Neiman, F. M. Ralph, and F. E. Barthold, 2012 (February): Physical processes associated with heavy flooding rainfall in Nashville, Tennessee, and Vicinity during 1-2 May 2010: The role of an atmospheric river and mesoscale convective systems. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140(2), 358-378, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-11-00126.1.
  • White, A. B., B. Colman, G. M. Carter, F. Martin Ralph, R. S. Webb, D. G. Brandon, C. W. King, P. J. Neiman, D. J. Gottas, I. Jankov, K. F. Brill, Y. Zhu, K. Cook, H. E. Buehner, H. Opitz, D. W. Reynolds, L. J. Schick, 2012 (February): NOAA's Rapid Response to the Howard A. Hanson Dam Flood Risk Management Crisis. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 93(2), 189-207, doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00103.1
  • Zhang, J., Y. Qi, D. Kingsmill, and K. Howard, 2012: Radar-based Quantitative Precipitation Estimation for the cool season in complex terrain: Case studies from the NOAA Hydrometeorology Testbed. J. Hydrometeor., In press)
  • A. P. Ault, C. R. Williams, A. B. White, P. J. Neiman, J. M. Creamean, C. J. Gaston, F. M. Ralph, and K. A. Prather, 2011 (August): J. Geophys. Res., 116, D16205, doi:10.1029/2010JD015351.
  • Dettinger, M. D., Ralph, F. M., Das, T., Neiman, P. J., and Cayan, D., 2011: Atmospheric rivers, floods, and the water resources of California. Water, 3 (Special Issue on Managing Water Resources and Development in a Changing Climate), 455-478.
  • Ma, Z., Y-H. Kuo, F.M. Ralph, P.J. Neiman, G.A. Wick, E. Sukovich, B. Wang, 2011 (July): Assimilation of GPS Radio Occultation Data for an Intense Atmospheric River with the NCEP Regional GSI System. Mon. Wea. Rev. 139(7), 2170-2183, doi:10.1175/2011MWR3342.1.
  • Matrosov, S. Y., 2011 (December): Polarimetric Radar–Based Estimates of Spatial Variability in Characteristic Sizes of Raindrops in Stratiform Rainfall. J. Appl. Meteorol. Climatol., 50(12), 2514-2525, doi:10.1175/JAMC-D-11-053.1.
  • Neiman, P. J., L. J. Schick, F. M. Ralph, M. Hughes, G. A. Wick, 2011 (December): Flooding in Western Washington: The Connection to Atmospheric Rivers. J. Hydrometeor., 12(6), 1337-1358, doi:10.1175/2011JHM1358.1.
  • Porter, K., Cox, D., Alpers, C., Barnard, P., Carter, J., Dettinger, M., Ferris, J., Morman, S., Perry, S., Plumlee, G., Stock, J., Strong, D., Wein, A., Ralph, F.M., Reynolds, D., Wills, C., Schaefer, K., Olsen, A., Topping, K., Rose, A., Serakos, J., and Eymann, M., Jan 2011: Overview of the ARkStorm scenario: USGS Open File Report, 2010-1312, 72 p.
  • Ralph, F. M., P. J. Neiman, G. N. Kiladis, K. Weickman, and D. W. Reynolds, 2011 (April): A multi-scale observational case study of a Pacific atmospheric river exhibiting tropical-extratropical connections and a mesoscale frontal wave. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139(4), 1169-1189, doi:10.1175/2010MWR3596.1.
  • Zamora, R.J., F. M. Ralph, E. Clark, T. Schneider, 2011 (September): The NOAA Hydrometeorology Testbed Soil Moisture Observing Networks: Design, Instrumentation, and Preliminary Results. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 28(9), 1129-1140, doi:10.1175/2010JTECHA1465.1.
  • Bosart, L. F., T. J. Galarneau, Jr., J. M. Cordeira, and B. J. Moore, 2010: Extreme rainstorms in advance of tropical cyclones. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 91, 854-856, doi:.
  • Galarneau, T. J., Jr., L. F. Bosart, and R. S. Schumacher, 2010: Predecessor rain events ahead of tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138(8), 3272-3297, doi:10.1175/2010MWR3243.1.
  • Guan, B., N. P. Molotch, D. E. Waliser, E. J. Fetzer, and P. J. Neiman, 2010: Extreme snowfall events linked to atmospheric rivers and surface air temperature via satellite measurements. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L20401, doi:10.1029/2010GL044696.
  • Hsu, C., 2010: Downscaling of Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) soil moisture using a thermal sensor and the physically-based models. In C. Hsu, Remote sensing applications for environmental management. (Doctoral dissertation, University of Colorado Denver, 2010) (pp. 103 - 122). Denver, Colorado, USA: UMI.
  • Hsu, C., 2010: High-Resolution Soil Moisture Retrieval in the Platte River Watersheds. Colorado Water, 27(3), 26-29.
  • Lundquist, Jessica D., Justin R. Minder, Paul J. Neiman, Ellen Sukovich, 2010: Relationships between Barrier Jet Heights, Orographic Precipitation Gradients, and Streamflow in the Northern Sierra Nevada. J. Hydrometeor, 11, 1141-1156, doi:10.1175/2010JHM1264.1.
  • Matrosov, S. Y., 2010: Evaluating Polarimetric X-Band Rainfall Estimators during HMT. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 27, 122-134, doi:10.1175/2009JTECHA1318.1.
  • Moore, B. J., 2010: Synoptic-scale environments and dynamical mechanisms associated with predecessor rain events ahead of tropical cyclones. M.S. Thesis, Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, University at Albany, State University of New York, 150 pp.
  • Neiman, P. J., E. M. Sukovich, F. M. Ralph, M. Hughes, 2010: A Seven-Year Wind Profiler-Based Climatology of the Windward Barrier Jet along California's Northern Sierra Nevada. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138(4), 1206-1233, doi:10.1175/2009MWR3170.1.
  • Ralph, F. M., E. Sukovich, D. Reynolds, M. Dettinger, S. Weagle, W. Clark, and P. J. Neiman, 2010: Assessment of Extreme Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts and Development of Regional Extreme Event Thresholds Using Data from HMT-2006 and COOP Observers. J. Hydrometeor., 11, 1288-1306, doi:10.1175/2010JHM1232.1.
  • Smith, B. L., S. E. Yuter, P.J. Neiman, and D. E. Kingsmill, 2010: Water Vapor Fluxes and Orographic Precipitation over Northern California Associated with a Landfalling Atmospheric River. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 74-100, doi:10.1175/2009MWR2939.1.
  • White, A. B., D. J. Gottas, A. F. Henkel, P. J. Neiman, F. M. Ralph, and S. I. Gutman, 2010: Developing a Performance Measure for Snow-Level Forecasts. J. Hydrometeor., 11, 739-753, doi:10.1175/2009JHM1181.1.
  • Matrosov, S.Y., C. Campbell, D. Kingsmill, E. Sukovich, 2009: Assessing Snowfall Rates from X-Band Radar Reflectivity Measurements. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 26, 2324-2339, doi:10.1175/2009JTECHA1238.1.
  • Gourley, J. J., D. P. Jorgensen, S. Y. Matrosov, and Z. L. Flamig, 2009: Evaluation of Incremental Improvements to Quantitative Precipitation Estimates in Complex Terrain. J. Hydromet., 10, 1507-1520, doi:10.1175/2009JHM1125.1.
  • Jankov, I., J-W Bao, P. Neiman, P. Schultz, H. Yuan, and A. White, 2009: Evaluation and Comparison of Microphysical Algorithms in WRF-ARW Model Simulations of Atmospheric River Events Affecting the California Coast. J. Hydrometeor., 10, 847-870, doi:10.1175/2009JHM1059.1.
  • Junker, N.W, M. J. Brennan, F. Pereira, and M. Bodner, 2009: Assessing the Potential for Rare Precipitation Events with Standardized Anomalies and Ensemble Guidance at the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90, 445-453, doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2636.1.
  • Lundquist, J. D., B. Huggett, H. Roop, and N. Low, 2009: Use of spatially-distributed stream stage recorders to augment rain gages by identifying locations of thunderstorm precipitation and distinguishing rain from snow. Water Resour. Res., 45, doi:10.1029/2008WR006995.
  • Neiman, P. J., A. B. White, F. M. Ralph, D. J. Gottas, and S. I. Gutman, 2009: A water vapour flux tool for precipitation forecasting. Proc. Institution of Civil Engineers – Water Management (special issue on weather radar for water management), 162, 83-94.
  • Richiardone, R., and M. Manfrin, 2009: Neutral saturated lapse rate: An experiment check from CALJET-1998 and PACJET 2001. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 4382-4385, doi:10.1175/2009MWR3009.1.
  • Coplen, Tyler B., Paul J. Neiman, Allen B. White, Jurate M. Landwehr, F. Martin Ralph, and Michael D. Dettinger, 2008: Extreme changes in stable hydrogen isotopes and precipitation characteristics in a landfalling Pacific storm. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L21808, doi:10.1029/2008GL035481
  • Junker, Norman W., Richard H. Grumm, Robert Hart, Lance F. Bosart, Katherine M. Bell, Frank J. Pereira, 2008: Use of Normalized Anomaly Fields to Anticipate Extreme Rainfall in the Mountains of Northern California. Wea. Forecasting, 23, 336-356, doi:10.1175/2007WAF2007013.1.
  • Lundquist, J. D., P. J. Neiman, B. Martner, A. B. White, D. J. Gottas, and F. M. Ralph, 2008: Rain versus snow in the Sierra Nevada, California: Comparing radar and surface observations of melting level. J. Hydrometeor., 9, 194-211, doi:10.1175/2007JHM853.1
  • Lundquist, J. D., and F. Lott, 2008: Using inexpensive temperature sensors to monitor the duration and heterogeneity of snow-covered areas, Water Resour. Res., 44, doi:10.1029/2008WR007035.
  • Martner, B. E., S. E. Yuter, A. B. White, S. Y. Matrosov, D. E. Kingsmill, and F. M. Ralph, 2008: Raindrop size distributions and rain characteristics in California coastal rainfall for periods with and without a radar brightband. J. Hydrometeor., 9, (3), 408-425, doi: 10.1175/2007JHM924.1
  • Matrosov, S. Y., 2008: Assessment of radar signal attenuation caused by the melting hydrometeor layer. IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 46, 1039-1047. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2008.915757
  • Neiman, P. J., F. M. Ralph, G. A. Wick, Y.-H. Kuo, T.-K. Wee, Z. Ma, G. H. Taylor, and M. D. Dettinger, 2008: Diagnosis of an intense atmospheric river impacting the Pacific Northwest: Storm summary and offshore vertical structure observed with COSMIC satellite retrievals. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 4398-4420, doi:10.1175/2008MWR2550.1.
  • Neiman, P. J., F. M. Ralph, G. A. Wick, J. D. Lundquist and M. D. Dettinger, 2008: Meteorological characteristics and overland precipitation impacts of atmospheric rivers affecting the West Coast of North America based on eight years of SSM/I satellite observations. J. Hydrometeor., 9, 22-47, doi:10.1175/2007JHM855.1
  • Restrepo, P., D.P. Jorgensen, S.H. Cannon, J. Costa, J. Laber, J. Major, B. Martner, J. Purpura, K. Werner, 2008: Joint NOAA/NWS/USGS Prototype Debris Flow Warning System for Recently Burned Areas in Southern California. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, 1845-1851, doi:10.1175/2008BAMS2416.1
  • Wick, Gary A., Ying-Hwa Kuo, F. Martin Ralph, Tae-Kwon Wee, and Paul J. Neiman, 2008: Intercomparison of integrated water vapor retrievals from SSM/I and COSMIC. Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L21805, doi:10.1029/2008GL035126.
  • Yuan, H., J. A. McGinley, P. J. Schultz, C. J. Anderson, and C. Lu, 2008: Short-Range Precipitation Forecasts from Time-Lagged Multimodel Ensembles during the HMT-West-2006 Campaign. J. Hydrometeor., 9, 477-491, doi:10.1175/2007JHM879.1.
  • Jankov, I., P. J. Schultz, C. J. Anderson, and S. E. Koch, 2007: The Impact of Different Physical Parameterizations and Their Interactions on Cold Season QPF in the American River Basin. J. Hydrometeor., 8, 1141-1151. doi:10.1175/JHM630.1
  • Morss, R. E., and F. M. Ralph, 2007: Use of information by National Weather Service forecasters and emergency managers during CALJET and PACJET-2001. Wea. Forecasting, 22, 539-555. doi:10.1175/WAF1001.1
  • Martner, B. E., P. J. Neiman, and A. B. White, 2007: Collocated radar and radiosonde observations of a double brightband melting layer in northern California. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 2016-2024. 10.1175/MWR3383.1
  • Matrosov, S. Y., K. A. Clark, and D. E. Kingsmill, 2007: A polarimetric radar approach to identify rain, melting-layer, and snow regions for applying corrections to vertical profiles of reflectivity. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 46, 154-166, doi:10.1175/JAM2508.1
  • Wilczak, J. M., R. R. Leben, and D. S. McCollum, 2007: Upper-ocean thermal structure and heat content off the U.S. West Coast during the 1997-1998 El Niño event using AXBT and satellite altimetry data. Progress in Oceanography, 74, 48-70, doi:10.1016/j.pocean.2007.02.006
  • Bao, J.-W., S. A. Michelson, P. J. Neiman, F. M. Ralph, and J. M. Wilczak, 2006: Interpretation of enhanced integrated water-vapor bands associated with extratropical cyclones: Their formation and connection to tropical moisture. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 1063-1080, doi:10.1175/MWR3123.1
  • Kingsmill, D. E., A. B. White, P. J. Neiman, F. M. Ralph, 2006: Synoptic and Topographic Variability of Northern California Precipitation Characteristics in Landfalling Winter Storms Observed during CALJET. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 2072-2094, doi:10.1175/MWR3166.1
  • Neiman, P. J., F. M. Ralph, A. B. White, D. D. Parrish, J. S. Holloway, and D. L. Bartels, 2006: A Multiwinter analysis of channeled flow through a prominent gap along the northern California Coast during CALJET and PACJET. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 1815-1841, doi:10.1175/MWR3148.1
  • Ralph, F. M., P. J. Neiman, G. A. Wick, S. I. Gutman, M. D. Dettinger, C. R. Cayan, and A. B. White 2006: Flooding on California's Russian River: The Role of Atmospheric Rivers. Geophys. Res. Lett., 33, L13801, doi:10.1029/2006GL026689.
  • Dabberdt, W. F., T. W Schlatter. F. H. Carr, E. W. J. Friday, D. Jorgensen, S. Koch, M. Pirone, F. M. Ralph, J. Sun, P. Welsh, J. W. Wilson, and X. Zou, 2005: Multifunctional Mesoscale Observing Networks. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86, 961-982, doi:10.1175/BAMS-86-7-961
  • Matrosov, S. Y., D. E. Kingsmill, B. E. Martner, and F. M. Ralph, 2005: The utility of X-band polarimetric radar for continuous quantitative estimates of rainfall parameters. J. Hydrometeor., 6, 248-262. doi:10.1175/JHM424.1
  • Neiman, P. J., B. E. Martner, A. B. White, G. A. Wick, F. M. Ralph, and D. E. Kingsmill, 2005: Wintertime nonbrightband rain in California and Oregon during CALJET and PACJET: Geographic, interannual, and synoptic variability. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 1199-1223, doi:10.1175/MWR2919.1
  • Persson, P. O. G., P. J. Neiman, B. Walter, and F. M. Ralph, 2005: Contributions from California coastal-zone surface fluxes to heavy coastal precipitation: A CALJET case study during the strong El Niño of 1998. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 1175-1198, doi:10.1175/MWR2910.1.
  • Ralph, F. M., R. M. Rauber, B. F. Jewett, D. E. Kingsmill, P. Pisano, P. Pugner, R. M. Rasmussen, D. W. Reynolds, T. W. Schlatter, R. E. Stewart, and J. S. Waldstreicher, 2005: Improving short term (0-48 h) cool season quantitative precipitation forecasting: Recommendations from a USWRP workshop. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 86, 1619-1632, doi:10.1175/BAMS-86-11-1619.
  • Ralph, F. M., P. J. Neiman, and R. Rotunno, 2005: Dropsonde Observations in Low-Level Jets Over the Northeastern Pacific Ocean from CALJET-1998 and PACJET-2001: Mean Vertical-Profile and Atmospheric-River Characteristics. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 889-910, doi:10.1175/MWR2896.1.
  • Andrews, E. D., R. C. Antweiler, P. J. Neiman, and F. M. Ralph, 2004: Influence of ENSO on flood frequency along the California coast. J. Climate, 17, 337-348. [Abstract].
  • Matrosov, S.Y., 2004: Depolarization estimates from linear H and V measurements with weather radars operating in simultaneous transmission-simultaneous receiving mode. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol.. 21, 574-583, [Abstract]
  • Neiman, P. J., F. M. Ralph, D. P. Jorgensen, A. B. White, and D. E. Kingsmill, 2004: Modification of Fronts and Precipitation by Coastal Blocking during an Intense Landfalling Winter Storm in Southern California: Observations during CALJET. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 242-273. [Abstract].
  • Ralph, F. M., P. J. Neiman, and G. A. Wick, 2004: Satellite and CALJET aircraft observations of atmospheric rivers over the eastern North-Pacific Ocean during the winter of 1997/98. Mon. Wea. Rev., 132, 1721-1745. [Abstract]
  • Jorgensen, D. P., P. Zhaoxia, P. O. G. Persson, and W.-K. Tao, 2003: Variations associated with cores and gaps in a Pacific narrow cold frontal rainband. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 2705-2729. [Abstract]
  • 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. Antweiler, 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. [Abstract]
  • 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. Hydrometeorology, 4, 264-282. [Abstract]
  • Neiman, P. J., F. M. Ralph, A. B. White, D. E. 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. [Abstract]
  • White, A. B., D. J. Gottas, E. T. Strem, F. M. Ralph, and P. J. Neiman, 2002: An Automated Brightband Height Detection Algorithm for Use with Doppler Radar Spectral Moments. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 19, 687-697. [Abstract]
  • Nuss, W. A., and D. K. Miller, 2001: Mesoscale predictability under various synoptic regimes. Nonlinear Proc. Geophys., 8, 429-438. [Abstract]
  • White, A. B., J. R. Jordan, B. E. Martner, F. M. Ralph, and B. W. Bartram, 2000: Extending the Dynamic Range of an S-Band Radar for Cloud and Precipitation Studies. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 17, 1226-1234. [Abstract]