Cloud‐resolving model intercomparison of an MC3E squall line case: Part I—Convective updrafts

J Fan, B Han, A Varble, H Morrison… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
An intercomparison study of a midlatitude mesoscale squall line is performed using the
Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model at 1 km horizontal grid spacing with eight …

[HTML][HTML] Time-Delayed Tandem Microwave Observations of Tropical Deep Convection: Overview of the C2OMODO Mission

H Brogniez, R Roca, F Auguste… - Frontiers in Remote …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Convective clouds serve as a primary mechanism for the transfer of thermal energy,
moisture, and momentum through the troposphere. Arguably, satellite observations are the …

Updraft and downdraft core size and intensity as revealed by radar wind profilers: MCS observations and idealized model comparisons

D Wang, SE Giangrande, Z Feng… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This study explores the updraft and downdraft properties of mature stage mesoscale
convective systems (MCSs) in terms of draft core width, shape, intensity, and mass flux …

[HTML][HTML] The ARM radar network: At the leading edge of cloud and precipitation observations

P Kollias, N Bharadwaj, EE Clothiaux… - Bulletin of the …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
The ARM Radar Network: At the Leading Edge of Cloud and Precipitation Observations in:
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 101 Issue 5 (2020) Jump to …

[HTML][HTML] The Cloud-resolving model Radar SIMulator (CR-SIM) Version 3.3: description and applications of a virtual observatory

M Oue, A Tatarevic, P Kollias, D Wang… - Geoscientific Model …, 2020 - gmd.copernicus.org
Ground-based observatories use multisensor observations to characterize cloud and
precipitation properties. One of the challenges is how to design strategies to best use these …

[HTML][HTML] Science applications of phased array radars

P Kollias, R Palmer, D Bodine, T Adachi… - Bulletin of the …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Phased array radars (PARs) are a promising observing technology, at the cusp of being
available to the broader meteorological community. PARs offer near-instantaneous …

[HTML][HTML] Opinion: A critical evaluation of the evidence for aerosol invigoration of deep convection

AC Varble, AL Igel, H Morrison… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - acp.copernicus.org
Deep convective updraft invigoration via indirect effects of increased aerosol number
concentration on cloud microphysics is frequently cited as a driver of correlations between …

Cloud‐resolving model intercomparison of an MC3E squall line case: Part II. Stratiform precipitation properties

B Han, J Fan, A Varble, H Morrison… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this second part of a cloud microphysics scheme intercomparison study, we focus on
biases and variabilities of stratiform precipitation properties for a midlatitude squall line …

Convective updraft and downdraft characteristics of continental mesoscale convective systems in the model gray zone

D Wang, AF Prein, SE Giangrande… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The “gray zone” of convective modeling is defined as the range of horizontal grid spacings
(Δx) at which turbulent transport processes are only partially resolved by the dynamics of the …

[HTML][HTML] Calibration of the 2007–2017 record of Atmospheric Radiation Measurements cloud radar observations using CloudSat

P Kollias, B Puigdomènech Treserras… - Atmospheric …, 2019 - amt.copernicus.org
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurements (ARM) facility
has been at the forefront of millimeter-wavelength radar development and operations since …