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Monthly Weather Review

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Volume 150, Issue 4

 
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Monthly Weather Review (MWR) publishes research relevant to the analysis and prediction of observed atmospheric circulations and physics, including technique development, data assimilation, model validation, and relevant case studies. This research includes numerical and data assimilation techniques that apply to the atmosphere and/or ocean environments. MWR also addresses phenomena having seasonal and subseasonal time scales.

ISSN: 0027-0644; elSSN: 1520-0493

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David M. Schultz, University of Manchester

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Using explainable machine learning forecasts to discover sub-seasonal drivers of high summer temperatures in western and central Europe

Chiem van Straaten, Kirien Whan, Dim Coumou, Bart van den Hurk, and Maurice Schmeits
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0201.1
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05 May 2022
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Additional Evaluation of The Spatio-Temporal Evolution of Rotation During Tornadogenesis Using Rapid-Scan Mobile Radar Observations

Jana Lesak Houser, Howard B. Bluestein, Kyle Thiem, Jeffrey Snyder, Dylan Reif, and Zachary Wienhoff
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0227.1
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03 May 2022
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Asymmetric Hurricane Boundary Layer Structure During Storm Decay. Part II: Secondary Eyewall Formation.

Kyle Ahern, Robert E. Hart, and Mark A. Bourassa
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0247.1
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02 May 2022
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Testing the feature alignment technique (FAT) in an ensemble-based data assimilation and forecast system with multiple-storm scenarios

Derek R. Stratman and Corey K. Potvin
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0289.1
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02 May 2022
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Assimilating Retrieved Water Vapor and Radar Data From NCAR S-PolKa: Performance and Validation Using Real Cases

Phuong-Nghi Do, Kao-Shen Chung, Pay-Liam Lin, Ching-Yin Ke, and Scott M. Ellis
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0292.1
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27 Apr 2022
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Damage Analysis and Close-Range Radar Observations of the 13 April 2019 Greenwood Springs, Mississippi, Tornado during VORTEX-SE Meso18-19

Anthony W. Lyza, Barrett T. Goudeau, and Kevin R. Knupp
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0281.1
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26 Apr 2022
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Deep Learning Augmented Data Assimilation: Reconstructing Missing Information With Convolutional Autoencoders

Yueya Wang, Xiaoming Shi, Lili Lei, and Jimmy Chi-Hung Fung
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0288.1
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26 Apr 2022
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Extreme Winter Precipitation Regimes in Eastern North America: Synoptic-Scale and Thermodynamic Environments

Yeechian Low, John R. Gyakum, and Eyad Atallah
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0255.1
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26 Apr 2022
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Lidar Observations and Data Assimilation of Low-Level Moist Inflows Causing Severe Local Rainfall Associated with a Mesoscale Convective System

Satoru Yoshida, Tetsu Sakai, Tomohiro Nagai, Yasutaka Ikuta, Yoshinori Shoji, Hiromu Seko, and Koichi Shiraishi
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0213.1
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26 Apr 2022
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Neighborhood-based ensemble evaluation using the CRPS

Joël Stein and Fabien Stoop
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0224.1
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26 Apr 2022
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Turbulent Fluxes and Surface Meteorology During the Landfall of Four Typhoons in the South China Sea

Huijun Huang, Jian Huang, Fei Liao, Weikang Mao, Chunxia Liu, Guanhuan Wen, Ling Huang, and Mingsen Zhou
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0242.1
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26 Apr 2022
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Ensemble sensitivity of precipitation type to initial conditions for a major freezing rain event in Montreal

Daniel Tootill and Daniel J. Kirshbaum
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0254.1
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11 Apr 2022
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How frequently does rapid intensification occur after rapid contraction of the radius of maximum wind in tropical cyclones over the North Atlantic and Eastern North Pacific?

Yuanlong Li, Yuqing Wang, and Zhe-Min Tan
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0322.1
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11 Apr 2022
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A Climatology of Snow Squalls in Southern New England 1994 - 2018

Frank P. Colby Jr., David Coe, Mathew Barlow, Ryan Brown, and Elizabeth Krajewski
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0082.1
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07 Apr 2022
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The Impact of Mean State Moisture Biases on MJO Skill in the Navy ESPC

Stephanie S. Rushley, Matthew A. Janiga, James A. Ridout, and Carolyn A. Reynolds
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0225.1
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06 Apr 2022
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Examining Terrain Effects on the Evolution of Precipitation and Vorticity of Typhoon Fanapi (2010) after Departing the Central Mountain Range on Taiwan

Yao-Chu Wu, Ming-Jen Yang, and Robert F. Rogers
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0205.1
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04 Apr 2022
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A hybrid analog-ensemble, convolutional-neural-network method for post-processing precipitation forecasts

Yingkai Sha, David John Gagne II, Gregory West, and Roland Stull
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0154.1
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04 Apr 2022
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Data Assimilation of Nowcasted Observations

Roland Potthast, Klaus Vobig, Ulrich Blahak, and Clemens Simmer
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0017.1
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31 Mar 2022
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Three-Dimensional Thermodynamic Observations in Supercell Thunderstorms from Swarms of Balloon-Borne Sondes

Elissa A. Bartos, Paul M. Markowski, and Yvette P. Richardson
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0122.1
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31 Mar 2022
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How skillful are the European sub-seasonal forecasts of wind speed and surface temperature?

Naveen Goutham, Riwal Plougonven, Hiba Omrani, Sylvie Parey, Peter Tankov, Alexis Tantet, Peter Hitchcock, and Philippe Drobinski
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0207.1
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30 Mar 2022
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Effects of Horizontal Resolution, Domain Size, Boundary Conditions, and Surface Heterogeneity on Coarse LES of a Convective Boundary Layer

Mikhail Ovchinnikov, Jerome D. Fast, Larry K. Berg, William I. Gustafson Jr., Jingyi Chen, Koichi Sakaguchi, and Heng Xiao
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0244.1
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29 Mar 2022
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The modulation effect of sea surface cooling on the eyewall replacement cycle in Typhoon Trami (2018)

Xiangcheng Li, Xiaoping Cheng, Jianfang Fei, Xiaogang Huang, and Juli Ding
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0177.1
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25 Mar 2022
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Implications of Multivariate Non-Gaussian Data Assimilation for Multi-scale Weather Prediction

Jonathan Poterjoy
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0228.1
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22 Mar 2022
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Impacts of assimilating future clear-air radial velocity observations from phased array radar on convection initiation forecasts: An observing system simulation experiment study

Yongjie Huang, Xuguang Wang, Andrew Mahre, Tian-You Yu, and David Bodine
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0199.1
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21 Mar 2022
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Stable Numerical Implementation of a Turbulence Scheme with Two Prognostic Turbulence Energies

Ján Mašek, Ivan Bašták Ďurán, and Radmila Brožková
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0172.1
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21 Mar 2022
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The Dodge City Tornadoes on 24 May 2016: Understanding Cycloidal Marks in Surface Damage Tracks and Further Analysis of the Debris Cloud

Roger M. Wakimoto, Zachary Wienhoff, Dylan Reif, Howard B. Bluestein, and David C. Lewellen
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0262.1
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17 Mar 2022
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Evaluation of Surface Conditions from Operational Forecasts Using in situ Saildrone Observations in the Pacific Arctic

Chidong Zhang, Aaron F. Levine, Muyin Wang, Chelle Gentemann, Calvin W. Mordy, Edward D. Cokelet, Philip A. Browne, Qiong Yang, Noah Lawrence-Slavas, Christian Meinig, Gregory Smith, Andy Chiodi, Dongxiao Zhang, Phyllis Stabeno, Wanqiu Wang, Hongli Ren, K. Andrew Peterson, Silvio N. Figueroa, Michael Steele, Neil P. Barton, Andrew Huang, and Hyun-Cheol Shin
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0379.1
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16 Mar 2022
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Evaluation of coupled wind / wave model simulations of offshore winds in the Mid-Atlantic Bight using lidar-equipped buoys.

B.J. Gaudet, G. García-Medina, R. Krishnamurthy, W.J. Shaw, L.M. Sheridan, Z. Yang, R.K. Newsom, and M. Pekour
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0166.1
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14 Mar 2022
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Investigation of the potential saturation of information from Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation observations with an observing system simulation experiment

N.C. Privé, R.M. Errico, and Amal El Akkraoui
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0230.1
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11 Mar 2022
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Characteristics of precipitation particles and microphysical processes during the 11–12 January 2020 ice pellet storm in the Montréal area, Québec, Canada

Mathieu Lachapelle and Julie M. Thériault
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0185.1
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07 Mar 2022
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An FSO-based Optimization Framework for Improved Observation Performance: Theoretical Formulation and Experiments with NAVDAS-AR/NAVGEM

Dacian N. Daescu and Rolf H. Langland
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0305.1
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04 Mar 2022
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Multiscale Processes of Heavy Rainfall over East Asia in Summer 2020: Diurnal Cycle in Response to Synoptic Disturbances

Wenxin Zeng, Guixing Chen, Lanqiang Bai, Qian Liu, and Zhiping Wen
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0308.1
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04 Mar 2022
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On the Two Types of Tropical Cyclone Eye Formation: Clearing Formation and Banding Formation

Yueh-Li Chen and Chun-Chieh Wu
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0239.1
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04 Mar 2022
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Overlapping Windows in a Global Hourly Data Assimilation System

Laura C. Slivinski, Donald E. Lippi, Jeffrey S. Whitaker, Guoqing Ge, Jacob R. Carley, Curtis R. Alexander, and Gilbert P. Compo
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0214.1
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04 Mar 2022
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On the local rain rate extreme associated with a mesovortex over South China: Observational structures, characteristics, and evolution

Zhilin Zeng and Donghai Wang
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0033.1
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25 Feb 2022
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Deep Convection Initiation, Growth and Environments in the Complex Terrain of Central Argentina during CACTI

Zhe Feng, Adam Varble, Joseph Hardin, James Marquis, Alexis Hunzinger, Zhixiao Zhang, and Mandana Thieman
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0237.1
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24 Feb 2022
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Diagnosis of second-order turbulent properties of the surface layer for three-dimensional flow based on the Mellor and Yamada model

Masih Eghdami, Ana P. Barros, Pedro A. Jiménez, Timothy W. Juliano, and Branko Kosovic
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0101.1
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24 Feb 2022
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Multiscale interactions contributing to enhanced orographic precipitation in landfalling frontal systems over the Olympic peninsula

Brenda Dolan, Steven A. Rutledge, and Kristen L. Rasmussen
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0160.1
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24 Feb 2022
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The value of assimilating different ground-based profiling networks on the forecasts of bore-generating nocturnal convection

Hristo G. Chipilski, Xuguang Wang, David B. Parsons, Aaron Johnson, and Samuel K. Degelia
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0193.1
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22 Feb 2022
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New Insights into the South American Low-Level Jet from RELAMPAGO Observations

Clayton R.S. Sasaki, Angela K. Rowe, Lynn A. McMurdie, and Kristen L. Rasmussen
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0161.1
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18 Feb 2022
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Impact of Assimilating Ground-Based and Airborne Radar Observations for the Analysis and Prediction of the Eyewall Replacement Cycle of Hurricane Matthew (2016) Using the HWRF Hybrid 3DEnVar System

Tyler Green, Xuguang Wang, and Xu Lu
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0234.1
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16 Feb 2022
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Analysis of Integrated Vapor Transport Biases

Carolyn A. Reynolds, William Crawford, Andrew Huang, Neil Barton, Matthew A. Janiga, Justin McLay, Maria Flatau, Sergey Frolov, and Clark Rowley
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0198.1
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14 Feb 2022
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Assimilation of AMSU-A in All-sky Conditions

David I. Duncan, Niels Bormann, Alan J. Geer, and Peter Weston
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0273.1
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07 Feb 2022
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Modeling the convective boundary layer in the Terra Incognita: Evaluation of different strategies with real-case simulations

Paolo Giani, Marc G. Genton, and Paola Crippa
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0216.1
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07 Feb 2022
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A Quantile Conserving Ensemble Filter Framework. Part I: Updating an Observed Variable

Jeffrey L. Anderson
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0229.1
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07 Feb 2022
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A one-step blended soundproof-compressible model with balanced data assimilation: theory and idealised tests

Ray Chew, Tommaso Benacchio, Gottfried Hastermann, and Rupert Klein
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0175.1
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01 Feb 2022
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Sea surface temperature impact on diurnal cycle and seasonal evolution of the Guinea Coast Rainfall in boreal spring and summer

Manuel Tanguy, Gaёlle de Coёtlogon, and Laurence Eymard
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0155.1
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20 Jan 2022
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Preliminary assessment of Metop-based temperature and humidity statistical retrievals within the 3D-Var AROME-France prediction system

Bruna Barbosa Silveira, Nadia Fourrié, Vincent Guidard, Philippe Chambon, Jean-François Mahfouf, Pierre Brousseau, Patrick Moll, Thomas August, and Tim Hultberg
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0189.1
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17 Jan 2022
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“Gray Zone” Simulations using a Three-Dimensional Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterization in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model

Timothy W. Juliano, Branko Kosović, Pedro A. Jiménez, Masih Eghdami, Sue Ellen Haupt, and Alberto Martilli
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0164.1
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11 Oct 2021

Volume 150 (2022): Issue 4 (Apr 2022)

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Operational Convective-Scale Numerical Weather Prediction with the COSMO Model: Description and Sensitivities

Michael Baldauf, Axel Seifert, Jochen Förstner, Detlev Majewski, Matthias Raschendorfer, and Thorsten Reinhardt
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-10-05013.1
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Dec 2011
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A Revised Scheme for the WRF Surface Layer Formulation

Pedro A. Jiménez, Jimy Dudhia, J. Fidel González-Rouco, Jorge Navarro, Juan P. Montávez, and Elena García-Bustamante
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00056.1
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Mar 2012
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Stratocumulus Clouds

Robert Wood
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00121.1
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Aug 2012
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Atlantic Hurricane Database Uncertainty and Presentation of a New Database Format

Christopher W. Landsea and James L. Franklin
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-12-00254.1
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Oct 2013
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A North American Hourly Assimilation and Model Forecast Cycle: The Rapid Refresh

Stanley G. Benjamin, Stephen S. Weygandt, John M. Brown, Ming Hu, Curtis R. Alexander, Tatiana G. Smirnova, Joseph B. Olson, Eric P. James, David C. Dowell, Georg A. Grell, Haidao Lin, Steven E. Peckham, Tracy Lorraine Smith, William R. Moninger, Jaymes S. Kenyon, and Geoffrey S. Manikin
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-15-0242.1
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Apr 2016
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Climatological Characteristics of Atmospheric Rivers and Their Inland Penetration over the Western United States

Jonathan J. Rutz, W. James Steenburgh, and F. Martin Ralph
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-13-00168.1
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Feb 2014
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Sensitivity of a Simulated Squall Line to Horizontal Resolution and Parameterization of Microphysics

George H. Bryan and Hugh Morrison
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00046.1
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Jan 2012
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A Multiscale Nonhydrostatic Atmospheric Model Using Centroidal Voronoi Tesselations and C-Grid Staggering

William C. Skamarock, Joseph B. Klemp, Michael G. Duda, Laura D. Fowler, Sang-Hun Park, and Todd D. Ringler
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-11-00215.1
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Sep 2012
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A Comparison of OLR and Circulation-Based Indices for Tracking the MJO

George N. Kiladis, Juliana Dias, Katherine H. Straub, Matthew C. Wheeler, Stefan N. Tulich, Kazuyoshi Kikuchi, Klaus M. Weickmann, and Michael J. Ventrice
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-13-00301.1
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May 2014
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Review of the Ensemble Kalman Filter for Atmospheric Data Assimilation

P. L. Houtekamer and Fuqing Zhang
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-15-0440.1
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Dec 2016

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Chart I. Tracks of Centers of Anticyclones, December, 1924. (Inset) Departure of Monthly Mean Pressure from Normal

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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1924)5212<c1:CITOCO>2.0.CO;2
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GENERAL CIRCULATION EXPERIMENTS WITH THE PRIMITIVE EQUATIONS I. THE BASIC EXPERIMENT

J. SMAGORINSKY
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1963)091<0099:GCEWTP>2.3.CO;2
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99–164
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Neural Networks for Postprocessing Ensemble Weather Forecasts

Stephan Rasp and Sebastian Lerch
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0187.1
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Waves to Weather (W2W)
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3885–3900
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Effects of Environmental Flow upon Tropical Cyclone Structure

William M. Frank and Elizabeth A. Ritchie
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2044:EOEFUT>2.0.CO;2
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2044–2061
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A North American Hourly Assimilation and Model Forecast Cycle: The Rapid Refresh

Stanley G. Benjamin, Stephen S. Weygandt, John M. Brown, Ming Hu, Curtis R. Alexander, Tatiana G. Smirnova, Joseph B. Olson, Eric P. James, David C. Dowell, Georg A. Grell, Haidao Lin, Steven E. Peckham, Tracy Lorraine Smith, William R. Moninger, Jaymes S. Kenyon, and Geoffrey S. Manikin
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-15-0242.1
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1669–1694
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An All-Season Real-Time Multivariate MJO Index: Development of an Index for Monitoring and Prediction

Matthew C. Wheeler and Harry H. Hendon
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1917:AARMMI>2.0.CO;2
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1917–1932
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A New Vertical Diffusion Package with an Explicit Treatment of Entrainment Processes

Song-You Hong, Yign Noh, and Jimy Dudhia
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR3199.1
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2318–2341
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A Climatology of Tornadoes in Europe: Results from the European Severe Weather Database

Pieter Groenemeijer and Thilo Kühne
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-14-00107.1
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4775–4790
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The Computation of Equivalent Potential Temperature

David Bolton
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1980)108<1046:TCOEPT>2.0.CO;2
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1046–1053
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VERIFICATION OF FORECASTS EXPRESSED IN TERMS OF PROBABILITY

GLENN W. BRIER
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https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1950)078<0001:VOFEIT>2.0.CO;2
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