Hot Items 2003NSSL researchers publish 7 papers in major weather journals recently
Four research articles written by NSSL scientists were published in the November issue of Monthly Weather Review, and three articles were published in Weather and Forecasting's October issue. Both of these are among the American Meteorological Society's premier weather research journals.
"The articles published in these excellent peer-reviewed journals demonstrate NSSL's commitment to transferring high-quality science and technology into National Weather Service operations," said NSSL Director James Kimpel.
In the November Monthly Weather Review, CIMMS researcher Phillip Spencer and NSSL researcher David Stensrud joined with Michael Fritsch from Penn State to write, "A Method for Improved Analyses of Scalars and Their Derivatives." NSSL's David Jorgensen was the lead author on a study entitled, "Variations Associated with Cores and Gaps of a Pacific Narrow Cold Frontal Rainband."
Former NSSL researcher Robert J. (Jeff) Trapp co-authored two articles in Monthly Weather Review with Morris Weisman from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction, "Low-Level Mesovortices with Squall Lines and Bow Echoes, Part I: Overview and Dependence on Environmental Shear," and "Low-Level Mesovortices within Squall Lines and Bow Echoes, Part II: Their Genesis and Implications."
In the most recent issue of Weather and Forecasting, John Kain and Michael Baldwin, CIMMS researchers based at NSSL, were the first two authors of "Subjective Verification of Numerical Models as a Component of a Broader Interaction between Research and Operations."
In the same issue, David Stensrud from NSSL was an author of "The Impact of the Land Surface Physics in the Operational NCEP Eta Model on Simulating the Diurnal Cycle: Evauation and Testing Using Oklahoma Mesonet Data," and CIMMS researcher Kim Elmore co-authored "Operational Ensemble Cloud Model Forecasts: Some Preliminary Results," with Storm Prediction Center forecasters Steven Weiss and Peter Banacos.
11/21/2003