CURRICULUM VITAE

 

EDWARD J. ZIPSER

 

 

EDUCATION

 

Ph.D.,   Florida State University,  Meteorology,  1965

M.S.,    Florida State University,  Meteorology,  1960

B.S.E., Princeton University, Aeronautical Engineering, 1958

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

     

      1999-Date               Professor, Dept. of Meteorology, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah

                                    1999-2005         Chair, Dept. of Meteorology, Univ. of Utah

 

      1990-1999               Professor, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 

                                    1990-1995         Head, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ.

     

      1990-1998               Scientific Visitor, Mesoscale and Microscale Division, NCAR (2 months each summer)

     

      1976-1990               Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado

      1966-1976               Ph.D. Scientist, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado

                                    1971-1973               Chief Scientist, NCAR GARP1 Task Group

                                    1973-1977               Project Head, NCAR GATE2  Project

                                    1981-1984               Head, Mesoscale Interactions Section, NCAR            Convective Storms Division

                                    1984-1987               Director, NCAR Convective Storms Division/Cloud Systems Division

                                    1989  (Spring)          NCAR Affiliate Visiting Professor, Dept. of      Atmospheric Science, Univ. of Washington

      1Global Atmospheric Research Program

      2Global Atmospheric Research Program Atlantic Tropical Experiment

 

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

 

           Weather events on the scale of actual storms; i.e., convective and mesoscale events such as thunderstorms, squall lines, flash floods, and hurricanes.  Improve understanding through quantitative description using data from coordinated field experiments using satellites, radars, and aircraft, and development of improved conceptual models of these events.

            Regional and global distribution of storms, using new observational capabilities from satellites such as NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission.  Understand why heavy rainfall is more frequent in the deep tropics while stronger storms are extremely rare in those same locations compared to the central United States and other mid-latitude regions.  Validate indications from remote sensing instruments on satellites by making measurements in the field.

            Help develop improved recognition and forecasting of severe storms by determining the differences between ordinary and truly exceptional events.

            Involve students in field programs to give them hands-on experience and deeper understanding.

 

ZIPSER GROUP'S TRMM WEB PAGES

 

      http://www.met.utah.edu/zipser/pub/projects/trmm/

 

COURSES TAUGHT (since 1999)

 

Global Climate Change (METEO 1020), Radar and Satellite Meteorology (METEO 5140/6140), Tropical Meteorology (METEO 6310), Severe and Unusual Weather (METEO 1010; with Robl)

 

SELECTED PROJECT AND FIELD PROGRAM INVOLVEMENT (1974-present)

 

       2006                            NAMMA (NASA- African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis) Experiment, Cape Verde Islands, Lead Scientist

       2006                      TWPICE (Tropical Warm Pool International  Cloud Experiment, Darwin Australia, Member Management Team

       2005                      TCSP (Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes) , Costa Rica, Mission Scientist

2003                        SALLJEX (South American Low-Level Jet Exp; radar sicentist on NOAA P-3

       2002                      CRYSTAL-FACE [Production of anvil cirrus by convection-Florida]

2001                             Mission Science Management Team for CAMEX-4 (NASA ER-2 and DC-8

                                    missions in hurricanes, based at Jacksonville NAS, Aug-Sept.)

      1997-2000               NASA, Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM): Team Leader for field campaigns in Texas, Florida, Brazil (with LBA), and Kwajalein.

      1992-1993              Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere, Coupled Ocean Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA COARE): Lead Scientist for Convection, NASA Aircraft.

      1991                       Tropical Experiment in Mexico: Participant.

      1987                       Equatorial Mesoscale Experiment; Management Team, co-PI on F-27 and Electra.

      1987                       Taiwan Mesoscale Experiment: Planning Team and Participant.

      1987                       Convection Initiation and Downburst Experiment: Member Management Team.

      1985                       Oklahoma-Kansas PRE-STORM experiment: Chair, Management Team.

      1984                       Australian Cold Fronts Program: Lead Scientist on F-27.

      1974                       GATE: Coordinator, Aircraft Program; Airborne Mission Scientist, Mission Scientist, Mission Selection Team.

 

HONORS

•       Special Award, American Meteorological Society, for  “outstanding contributions to the editorial      

                          oversight of the Bulletin of the AMS”, 2007.

      •     Invited Lecturer, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 2004.

      •     Editor’s Award, American Meteorological Society, 1999.

      •     University Space Research Association Visiting Fellowship, NASA Goddard                                               Space Flight Center, 1996-1997.

      •     Special Award, American Meteorological Society, for "Outstanding                                                            Contributions and Leadership in [GATE]", 1977.

      •     NOAA Award for Outstanding Contributions to [GATE], 1975.       

      •     Research Fellow of (U.K.) NERC, Imperial College, London, 1974-75.

      •     NCAR Publications Prize, for “The role of organized unsaturated convective                                                 downdrafts in the structure and rapid decay of an equatorial                                                                   disturbance”, J. Appl. Meteor., 1969.

     

HONORARY AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

 

American Meteorological Society

     

      2001- date               Chair, Editorial Board, Bulletin of the AMS

      1999-2001               Member, Chair, Nominating Committee

      1993-1995               Member, Chair, Awards Committee

      1989-1990               Member, Chair, Committee on Fellows

      1983-1987               Member, Chair, Committee on Mesoscale Processes

      1982-Date               Fellow of the AMS         

      1978-1979               President, Denver Chapter

      1969-1973               Member, Committee on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology

      1969-1970               Vice-President, Denver Chapter

     

American Geophysical Union

 

Society of the Sigma Xi

 

SELECTED COMMITTEES

 

      1997-1999               NAS/NRC/BASC Panel on Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX).

      1996-1999               U.S. Weather Research Program Prospectus Development Teams on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting, and Hydrologic Aspects of Weather Forecasting.

      1996                       UCAR Governance Examination Team.

      1993-1997               NAS/NRC/BASC Committee on Meteorology, Analysis, and Prediction (Chair).

      1992-1998               UCAR University Relations Committee (Chair).

      1990-Date               NASA TRMM Science Team.

      1987-1989               NAS/NRC Study Design Group for Science of Hydrology; NRC/WSTB Committee on Opportunities in Hydrology.

      1986-1990               NASA Science Steering Group for TRMM.

      1973-1974               Convection Subpanel of GATE Advisory Panel (Chair).

      1972-1976               GATE Advisory Panel to US GARP Committee.

      1970-1973               BOMAP Advisory Panel to US GARP Committee.

 

SELECTED REFEREED PUBLICATIONS (1969-present)

 

Liu, C., E.J.Zipser, G.G. Mace, and S. Benson, 2008:  Implications of the differences between daytime and nighttime CloudSat observations over the tropics.  J. Geophys. Res., 113, accepted.

 

Kerns, B., K.Greene, and E.J.Zipser, 2008:  Four years of tropical ERA-40 vorticity maxima tracks, Part I: Climatology and vertical vorticity structure.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, in press.

 

Kerns, B, and E.J.Zipser, 2008:  Four years of tropical ERA-40 vorticity maxima tracks, Part II: Differences between developing and non-developing disturbances. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, submitted.

 

Liu, C., E.J.Zipser, D.J.Cecil,S.W.Nesbitt, and S. Sherwood, 2008:  A cloud and precipitation feature database from 9 years of TRMM observations.  J. Appl. Meteor. Climate, 47, DOI:10.1175/2008JAMC1890.1, in press.

 

Li, Y., E.J.Zipser, S.K.Krueger, and M.A.Zulauf, 2008:  Cloud-resolving modeling of deep convection observed during KWAJEX, Part I: Comparison to TRMM satellite and ground-based radar observations.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, in press.

 

Jiang, H., J. B. Halverson, J. Simpson, and E. J. Zipser, 2008: Hurricane “rainfall potential” derived from satellite observations aids overland rainfall prediction. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 47, 944–959.

 

Jiang, H., J. B. Halverson, J. Simpson, and E. J. Zipser, 2008: On the difference of storm wetness of Hurricane Isidore and Lili. Part II: Water budget. Wea. Forecasting, 23, 44-61.

 

Liu, C., and E.J.Zipser, 2008:  Diurnal cycles of precipitation, clouds, and lightning in the triopics from 9 years of TRMM observations.  Geophys. Res. Letters, 35, L04819, doi:10.1029/2007GL032437.

 

Liu, C., E.Zipser, T.Garrett, J.Jiang, and H.Su, 2007:  How do the water vapor and carbon monoxide “tape recorders” start near the tropical tropopause?  Geophys. Res. Letters., , 34, L09804, doi:10.1029/2006GL029234.

 

Liu, C., E,J,Zipser, and S.W.Nesbitt, 2007:  Global distribution of tropical deep convection:  Differences using infrared and radar as the primary data source.  J. Climate, 20, 489-503, DOI:10.1175/JCLI4023.1.

 

Halverson, J., M.Black, S. Braun, D.Cecil, M.Goodman, A.Heymsfield, G.Heymsfield, R.Hood, T.Krishnamurti, G.McFarquhar, J.Molinari, R.Rogers, J.Turk, C.Velden, D.-L.Zhang, E.Zipser, R.Kakar, 2007:  NASA’s Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes (TCSP) Experiment:  Investigating tropical cyclogenesis and intensity change. Bull, Amer. Meteor. Soc.,  88, 867-882.

Salio, P., M.Nicolini, and E.J.Zipser, 2007:  Mesoscale convective systems over Southeastern South America and their relationship with the South American Low Level Jet.  Mon. Wea. Rev. 135, 1290-1309.

 

Zipser, E.J., D.J.Cecil, C.Liu, S.W.Nesbitt. and D.P.Yorty, 2006:  Where are the most intense thunderstorms on earth?  Bull, Amer. Meteor. Soc.,  87, 1057-1071.

 

Jiang, H., and E. J. Zipser,2005: Retrieval of hydrometeor profiles in tropical cyclones and convection from combined radar and radiometer observations, J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 45,  i1096-1115.

Mace, G.G., M. Deng, B. Soden, and E.J.Zipser, 2006:  On the association of tropical cirrus in the 10-15 km layer with deep convective source regions; an observational study  combining millimeter radar data and satellite-derived trajectories.  J. Atmos. Sci., 63 (2), 480-503.

 

Vera, C., J.Baez, M.Douglas, C.B.Emmanuel, J.Marengo, J.Meitin, M.Nicolini, J.Nogues-Paegle, J.Paegle, O.Penalba, P.Salio, C.Saulo, M.A.Silva Dias, P.Silva Dias, and E.J.Zipser, 2006:  The South American Low-Level Jet Experiment.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 63-77

Liu, C. and E.J. Zipser, 2005:  Global distribution of convection penetrating the tropicaL tropopause.  J.Geophys. Res.-Atm, 110, in review.

 

Yuter, S.E., R.A. Houze Jr., E.A. Smith, T.T. Wilheit, and E.J.. Zipser, 2005:  Physical characterization of tropical oceanic convection observed in KWAJEX.  J. Appl. Meteor., 44, in press.

 

Jiang, H., P. G. Black, E. J. Zipser, and F. D. Marks, 2005: Validation of rain rate estimation in hurricanes from the Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer: algorithm correction and error analysis. J. Atmos. Sci.  61, (CAMEX special issue), in press.

 

Hood, R.E., D.J.Cecil, F.J.LaFontaine, R.Blakeslee, D.Mach, G.Heymsfield, F.Marks Jr., and E.J.Zipser, 2006:  Tropical cyclone precipitation types and electric field information observed by high altitude aircraft instrumentation. J. Atmos. Sci.  61, (CAMEX special issue), in press.

 

Cecil, D.J., S.J.Goodman, D.J.Boccippio, E.J.ZIpser, and S.W.Nesbitt, 2005:  Three years of TRMM precipitation features.  Part 1: Radar, radiometric, and lightning characteristics.  Mon Wea. Rev., 133, 543-566.

 

Nesbitt, S.W., E.J. Zipser, and C.D. Kummerow, 2004:  An examination of Version-5 rainfall estimates from the TRMM Microwave Imager, Precipitation Radar, and rain gauges on global, regional, and storm scales.  J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 1016-1036.

 

Zipser, E.J., 2003:  Tropical precipitating systems.  Handbook of Weather, Climate, and Water:  Dynamics, Climate, Physical Weather Systems, and Measurements, T. Potter and B. Colman, Ed.  John Wiley & Sons, New York, Chapter 31.

 

Zipser, E.J., 2003:  Some views on “hot towers” after 50 years of tropical field programs and two years of TRMM data.  Meteorological Monographs, 29 (51), 50-59.

 

Nesbitt, S.W., and E.J.Zipser, 2003:  The diurnal cycle of rainfall and convective intensity according to three years of TRMM measurements.  J. Climate, 16 (10), 1456-1475.

 

Silva Dias, M., 17 co-authors, and E.J. Zipser, 2002:  Clouds and rain processes in a biosphere atmosphere interaction context in the Amazon region.  J. Geophys. Res. – Atmos., 107 (D20), 8072, doi:10.1029/2001JD000335.

 

 

Cecil, D.J., E.J. Zipser, and S.W.Nesbitt, 2002:  Reflectivity, ice scattering, and lightning characteristics of hurricane eyewalls and rainbands. Part I: Quantitative description. Mon Wea. Rev.,130, 769-784.

 

Cecil, D.J., E.J. Zipser, and S.W.Nesbitt, 2002:  Reflectivity, ice scattering, and lightning characteristics of hurricane eyewalls and rainbands.  Part II:  Intercomparison of observations.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 785-801.

 

Toracinta, E.R.,  E.J. Zipser, D.J. Cecil, and S.W.Nesbitt, 2002:  Radar, passive microwave, and lightning characteristics of precipitating systems in the tropics.  Mon Wea. Rev., 130, 802-824.

 

Toracinta, E.R., and E. J. Zipser, 2001:  Lightning and SSM/I ice scattering MCSs in the global tropics.  J. Appl. Meteor., 40, 983-1002.

 

Kummerow, C., 23 coauthors, and E. J. Zipser, 2000:  The status of the Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM) after 2 years in orbit.  J. Appl. Meteor., 39, 1965-1982.

 

Nesbitt, S.W., E. J. Zipser, and D.J. Cecil, 2000:  A census of precipitation features in the tropics using TRMM:  Radar, ice scattering, and lightning observations.  J. Climate, 13 (23), 4087-4106.

 

Droegemeier, K.K., 16 co-authors, and E. J. Zipser, 2000:  Hydrological Aspects of Weather Prediction and Flood Warnings: Report of the Ninth Prospectus Development Team of the U.S. Weather Research Program.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 81 (11), 2665-2680.

 

Lucas, C., and E.J. Zipser, 2000:  Environmental variability during TOGA COARE.  J. Atmos. Sci., 57 (15), 2333-2350.

 

Lucas, C., E.J. Zipser, and B.S. Ferrier, 2000:  Sensitivity of tropical oceanic squall lines to tropospheric wind and moisture profiles.  J. Atmos. Sci., 57 (15), 2351-2373.

 

Zolman, J., E.J. Zipser, and K.I. Mohr, 2000:  A comparison of tropical mesoscale convective systems in El Nino and La Nina.  J. Climate, 13 (18), 3314--3326.

 

Mohr, K.I., J.S. Famiglietti, and E.J. Zipser, 1999:  The contribution to tropical rainfall with respect to convective system type, size, and intensity estimated from the ice scattering signature.  J. Appl. Meteor., 38, 596-606.

 

Cecil. D.J., and E.J. Zipser, 1999:  Relationships between tropical cyclone intensity and satellite based indicators of inner core convection:  85 GHz ice scattering signature and lightning.  Mon Wea. Rev., 127, 103-123.

 

LeMone, M.A., E.J. Zipser, and S.B. Trier, 1998:  The role of environmental shear and CAPE in determining the structure and evolution of mesoscale convective systems during TOGA COARE.  J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 3493-3518.

 

Fritsch, J.M., R.A. Houze, Jr., R. Adler, H. Bluestein, L. Bosart, J. Brown, F. Carr, C. Davis, R.H. Johnson, N. Junker, Y-H. Kuo., S. Rutledge, J. Smith, Z. Toth, J.W. Wilson, E. Zipser, and D. Zrnic, 1998:  Quantitative precipitation forecasting:  Report of the Eighth Prospectus Development Team, U.S. Weather Research Program.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79., 285-299.

 

Liu, C., M.W. Moncrieff, and E.J. Zipser, 1997:  Dynamical influence of microphysics in tropical squall lines:  A numerical study.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 2193-2210.

 

Orville, R.E., E.J. Zipser, M. Brook, C. Weidman, G. Aulich, E.P. Krider, H. Christian, S. Goodman, R. Blakeslee, and K. Cummins, 1997:  Lightning in the region of the TOGA COARE.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 1055-1067.

 

Lucas, C., M. A. LeMone, and E. J. Zipser, 1996:  Reply to Michaud, L.M., Comment on     "Convective available potential energy in the environment of oceanic and            continental clouds".   J. Atmos, Sci., 53, 1212-1214.

McGaughey, G., E.J. Zipser, R.W. Spencer, and R.E. Hood, 1996:  High resolution passive microwave observations of convective systems over the tropical Pacific Ocean.              J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 1921-1947.

 

McGaughey, G., and E.J. Zipser, 1996:  Passive microwave observations of  the stratiform regions of two tropical oceanic mesoscale convective systems.  J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 1949-1962.

 

Mohr, K.I., E.R. Toracinta, E.J. Zipser, and R.E. Orville, 1996:  A comparison of WSR-88D reflectivities, SSM/I brightness temperatures, and lightning for mesoscale            convective systems in Texas.  Part 2: SSM/I brightness temperatures and       lightning.  J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 919-931.

 

Mohr, K.I., and E.J. Zipser, 1996a:  Defining mesoscale convective systems by their ice      scattering signature.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 1179-1189.

 

Mohr, K.I., and E.J. Zipser, 1996b:  Mesoscale convective systems defined by their 85 GHz ice scattering signature:  Size and intensity comparison over tropical            oceans and continents.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 2417-2437.

 

Toracinta, E.R., K.I. Mohr, E.J. Zipser, and R.E. Orville, 1996:  A comparison of WSR-88D reflectivities, SSM/I brightness temperatures, and lightning for MCSs in Texas.  Part 1: Radar reflectivity and lightning.  J. Appl. Meteor.,, 35, 902-918.

 

Samsury, C.E., and E.J. Zipser, 1995:  Secondary wind maxima in hurricanes:  Airflow and relationship to rainbands.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 3502-3517.

 

Lucas, C., M. A. LeMone, and E. J. Zipser, 1994a:  Vertical velocity in oceanic convection off tropical Australia.  J. Atmos. Sci.,  51 (21), 3183-3193.

 

Lucas, C., M. A. LeMone, and E. J. Zipser, 1994b:  Convective available potential energy     in the environment of oceanic and continental clouds:  Correction and comments.  J. Atmos, Sci., 51, (24),  3829-3830.

 

Zipser, E. J.,1994:  Deep cumulonimbus cloud systems in the tropics with and without        lightning.  Mon. Wea. Rev.,  122, 1837-1851.

 

Zipser E.J., and K. Lutz, 1994:  The vertical profile of radar reflectivity of convective cells:>  A strong indicator of storm intensity and lightning probability?  Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 1751-1759.

 

Ryan, B. F., G. M. Barnes, and E. J. Zipser, 1992:  A wide rainband in a developing tropical cyclone.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 431-447.

 

Yoe, J. G., M. F. Larsen, and E. J. Zipser, 1992:  Analysis of PRE-STORM VHF wind profiler data from the June 10-11 1985 squall line passage.  J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 9, 713-727..

 

Zipser, E. J., A. Betts, F. Ruggiero, and B. Hinton, 1990:  Tropical Meteorology: Panel Report.  Chapter 25b, Radar in Meteorology.  David Atlas, Ed., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 426-432.

 

Augustine, J. A., and E. J. Zipser, 1987:  The use of wind profilers in a mesoscale experiment.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 68, 4-17.

 

Szoke, E. J., and E. J. Zipser, 1986:  A radar study of convective cells in mesoscale systems in GATE.  Part II:  Life cycles of convective cells.  J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 198-218.

 

Jorgensen, D. P., E. J. Zipser, and M. A. LeMone, 1985:  Vertical motions in intense hurricanes.  J. Atmos Sci., 42, 839-856. 

 

LeMone, M. A., G. M. Barnes, E. J. Szoke, and E. J. Zipser, 1984:  The tilt of the leading edge of mesoscale tropical convective lines.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 112, 510-519.

 

LeMone, M. A., G. M. Barnes, and E. J. Zipser, 1984:  Momentum flux by lines of cumulonimbus in the tropics.  J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 1914-1932.

 

Barnes, G. M., E. J. Zipser, D. Jorgensen, and F. Marks, Jr., 1983:  Mesoscale and convective structure of a hurricane rainband.  J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 2125-2137.

 

Zipser, E. J., R. J. Meitin, and M. A. LeMone, 1981:  Mesoscale motion fields in association with a GATE convection band.  J Atmos. Sci., 38 , 1725-1750.

 

LeMone, M. A., and E. J. Zipser, 1980:  Cumulonimbus vertical velocity events in GATE.  Part I:  Diameter, intensity and mass flux.  J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 2444-2457.

 

Zipser, E. J., and M. A. LeMone, 1980:  Cumulonimbus vertical velocity events in GATE.  Part II: Synthesis and model core structure.  J. Atmos. Sci., 37, 2458-2469.

 

Zipser, E. J., and J. H. Golden, 1979:  A summertime tornado outbreak in Colorado:  Mesoscale environment and structural features.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 107, 1328-1342.

 

Zipser, E. J., and C. Gautier, 1978:  Mesoscale events within a GATE tropical depression. Mon. Wea. Rev., 106, 789-805.

 

Zipser, E. J., 1977:  Mesoscale and convective-scale downdrafts as distinct components of squall-line structure.  Mon. Wea. Rev., 105, 1568-1589.

 

Lilly, D. K., and E. J. Zipser, 1972:  The Front-Range windstorm of 11 January 1972; a meteorological narrative.  Weatherwise, 25, 56-63.

 

Madden, R. A., and E. J. Zipser, 1970:  Multi-layered structure of the winds over the equatorial Pacific during the Line Islands Experiment.  J. Atmos. Sci., 27, 336-342.

 

Zipser, E. J., 1970:  The Line Islands Experiment, its place in tropical meteorology and the rise of the fourth school of thought.  Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 51, 1136-1146.

 

Zipser, E. J., 1969:  The role of organized unsaturated convective downdrafts in the structure and rapid decay of an equatorial disturbance.  J. Appl. Meteor, 8 , 799-814.

 

THESES AND DISSERTATIONS SUPERVISED

 

Caesar, K.A., 1995:  Cold domes over the warm pool:  A study of the properties of cold domes produced by mesoscale convective systems during TOGA COARE.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150,  May 1995, 84 pp.

 

Cecil, D.J., 1997:  Relationships between tropical cyclone intensity and satellite based indicators of inner core convection:  85 GHz ice scattering signature and             lightning. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Aug. 1997, 126 pp.

 

Cecil, D.J., 2000:  Reflectivity, ice scattering, and lightning characteristics of hurricane eyewalls and rainbands. .  Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Dec. 2000, 123 pp.

 

Devlin, K.I., 1995:  Application of the 85 GHz ice scattering signature to a global study of mesoscale convective systems.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Aug. 1995, 100 pp.  [Published under name Karen I. Mohr]

 

Griffith, J.M., 1992:  Properties of inflow and downdraft air of tropical mesoscale      convective systems and the effect of downdrafts on the surface fluxes.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150,             Dec. 1992, 110 pp.

 

Jiang, Haiyan, 2004:  Quantitative precipitation and hydrometeor content estimation in tropical cyclones from remote sensing observations.  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0110, Aug. 2004, 207 pp.

 

Li, Yaping, 2003:  Intensity of convective storms in Florida and their environmental properties. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112-0110,

            December 2003, 123 pp.

 

Liu, C., 1994:  Theoretical and numerical studies of organized convective lines.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, May 1994, 322 pp.

 

Lucas, C.,  1993:  Vertical velocity in oceanic convection off tropical Australia. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150,  May 1993, 119 pp.

 

Lucas, C., 1998:  Environmental variability during TOGA COARE and its effect on mesoscale convective systems:  Observations and modeling. Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, May 1998, 185 pp.

 

Lutz, K.R., 1992:  Vertical profiles of radar reflectivity of convective cells in tropical and mid-latitude mesoscale convective systems.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of  Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Dec. 1992, 113 pp.

 

McGaughey, G.R., 1994:  High resolution passive microwave observations of convective systems over the tropical Pacific Ocean.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of  Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Dec. 1994, 84 pp.

 

Mota, G.V., 2002:  Rainfall estimates over South America.  M.S. Thesis, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112-0110, May 2002, 65 pp.

 

Mota, G.V., 2003:  Characteristics of rainfall and precipitation features defined by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission over South America.  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112-0110, Dec. 2003, 215 pp.Nesbitt, S. W., 1999:  A census of precipitation features in the tropics using TRMM:  Radar, ice scattering, and lightning observations. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Aug. 1999, 97 pp.

 

Nesbitt, S.W., 2003:  Precipitation estimates according to the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission. Ph.D. Dissertation,  University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112-0110, May 2003, 192 pp.

 

Restivo, M.E., 1995:  The convective structures associated with cloud to ground     lightning in TOGA COARE Mesoscale Convective Systems.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Aug. 1995, 98 pp.

 

Samsury, C.E., 1992:  The kinematic structure of hurricanes and their rainbands - implications for hurricane intensity change.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Dec. 1992, 123 pp.

 

Toracinta, E.R., 1995:  Radar, satellite, and lightning characteristics of select mesoscale convective systems in Texas.  M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Dec. 1995, 70 pp.

 

Toracinta, E.R., 2000:  Radar, passive microwave, and lightning characteristics of precipitating features in the tropics.  Ph.D. Dissertation, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, Dec. 2000, 138 pp.

 

Yorty, D.P., 2001:  Extreme convection observed by the tropical rainfall measuring mission.

            M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT 84112-0110,

            December 2001, 114 pp.

 

Zolman, J., 1999:  A comparison of tropical mesoscale convective systems in El Nino and La Nina. M.S. Thesis, Dept. of Meteorology, Texas A&M Univ., College Station TX 77843-3150, May 1999, 87 pp.

 

FUNDED RESEARCH PROPOSALS (PI or co-PI; 1990-present)

 

NASA:  Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM):  Validation and Transferability of satellite precipitation estimates,  2003-2006.

 

NASA:  Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM):  Validation and Transferability of latent heating estimation methods,  2000-2002.

 

NASA:  Remote Sensing of Intensity and Organization of Convection in Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones Before and After Landfall, and Application to Quantitative Precipitation Estimation. 2001-2004

 

NASA;  U.S. Weather Research Program: Intensity and Organization of Convection in Hurricanes and Tropical Cyclones Before and After Landfall, 1998-2001, co-PI Gerald M. Heymsfield, two co-Is.

 

NASA:  Global Distribution of Lightning from the Optical Transient Detector (OTD) and         its Relationship to the Global Distribution of Mesoscale Convective Systems, 1997-2000.

 

NASA,  Tropical Rain Measuring Mission (TRMM): Validation and Transferability of Tropical Rain Estimation Methods, 1997-2000, co-I Michael I. Biggerstaff.

 

NASA:  Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM): Validation and Transferability of Tropical Rain Estimation Methods,  1991-1997, co-PI Michael I. Biggerstaff.

 

NASA:  Intensive Boundary Layer Water Cycle Study in the Western Equatorial Pacific for TOGA COARE, 1992-1994, many co-PIs.

 

NASA: WetNet: Using SSM/I Interactively for Global Distribution of Precipitable Water and Rainfall, 1992-1996, co-PI James P. McGuirk.

 

NOAA:  Office of Global Programs:  Role of the South American Low-Level Jet (SALLJ) in the precipitation climatology of the Amazon, 2003-2005.NASA:  Connecting the Properties of Anvil Cirrus to the Properties of the Convective Source

            [CRYSTAL-FACE], 2002-2004.

 

NOAA:  Cooperative Institute for Applied Meteorologicical Studies (CIAMS).  Long-term contract with Southern Region, National Weather Service (NWS) and Headquarters NWS.  1990-date, Richard E. Orville, PI since 1992, many co-Is.

 

NSF:  Structure of Mesoscale Convective Systems in the Tropics, April 1991 - March 1994, Co-I Michael I. Biggerstaff.

 

NSF:  Convective Rainfall in COARE Cloud Systems:  Integrating the Upper Tropospheric Rainfall Data, 1992 -1995.

 

NSF:  Lightning Flash Measurements in the TOGA-COARE Program, 1992-1997, co-PI       Richard E. Orville.

 

NSF:  Mixing Processes and their Influence on Drop Size Distributions in Florida    Cumuli, 1997-2000, co-PI William A. Cooper.

 

Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission (TNRCC): Feasibility study for a Mesometeorological Network for Texas.  1993-94; Trajectory Models for use in Texas Air Quality Modeling, 1994-1995;  Ambient Monitoring Network Redesign, 1995-1998 , last two with John W. Nielsen-Gammon, Co-PI.