Formal Publications

Ray, P., and C. Ziegler, 1977: De-aliasing first moment Doppler estimates. J. Appl. Meteor., 16, 563-564.

Ray, P., C. Ziegler, and R. Brown, 1979: Doppler radar research at the National Severe Storms Laboratory. Weatherwise, 32, 68-71.

Ray, P., C. Ziegler, W. Bumgarner, and R. Serafin, 1980: Single- and multiple-Doppler radar observations of tornadic storms. Mon. Wea. Rev., 108, 1607-1625.

McGinley, J., C. Ziegler, and D. Ziegler, 1982: Observation of steady glow and multicolored flashes associated with a thunderstorm. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 63, 189-190.

Ziegler, C., P. Ray, and N. Knight, 1983: Hail growth in an Oklahoma multicell storm. J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 1768-1791.

Ziegler, C., 1985: Retrieval of thermal and microphysical variables in observed convective storms. Part I: Model development and preliminary testing. J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 1487-1509.

Ziegler, C., P. Ray, and D. MacGorman, 1986: Relations of kinematics, microphysics, and electrification in an isolated mountain thunderstorm. J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 2098-2114.

Hane, C., C. Ziegler, and P. Ray, 1988: Use of velocity fields from Doppler radars to retrieve other variables in thunderstorms. Chapter 13, Vol. 3, Thunderstorms: A social, scientific, and technological documentary. E. Kessler, Ed., 215-234.

Ziegler, C., 1988: Retrieval of thermal and microphysical variables in observed convective storms. Part II: Sensitivity of cloud processes to variation of the microphysical parameterization. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 1072-1090.

Stensrud, D., R. Maddox, and C. Ziegler, 1991: A sublimation-initiated mesoscale downdraft and its relation to the wind field below a precipitating anvil cloud. Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 2124-2139.

Ziegler, C., D. MacGorman, J. Dye, and P. Ray, 1991: A model evaluation of non-inductive graupel-ice charging in the early electrification of a mountain thunderstorm. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 12,833-12,855.

Zrnic, D., N. Balakrishnan, C. Ziegler, V. Bringi, K. Aydin, and T. Matejka, 1993: Polarimetric signatures in the stratiform region of a mesoscale convective system. J. Appl. Meteor., 32, 678-693.

Brandes, E., and C. Ziegler, 1993: Mesoscale downdraft influences on vertical vorticity in a mature mesoscale convective system. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 1337-1353.

Ziegler, C., and C. Hane, 1993: An observational study of the dryline. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 1134-1151.

Hane, C., C. Ziegler, and H. B. Bluestein, 1993: Investigation of the dryline and convective storms initiated along the dryline: Field experiments during COPS-91. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 74, 2133-2145.

Ziegler, C., and D. MacGorman, 1994: Observed lightning morphology relative to modeled space charge and electric field distributions in a tornadic storm. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 833-851.

Ziegler, C., W. Martin, R. Pielke, and R. Walko, 1995: A modeling study of the dryline. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 263-285.

Pielke, R., T. Lee, J. Copeland, J. Eastman, C. Ziegler, and C. Finley, 1997: Use of USGS-provided data to improve weather and climate simulations. Ecological Applications, 7, 3-19.

Shaw, B., R. Pielke, and C. Ziegler, 1997: A three-dimensional numerical simulation of a Great Plains dryline. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 1489-1506.

Ziegler, C., T. Lee, and R. Pielke, 1997: Convective initiation at the dryline: A modeling study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125,1001-1026.

Atkins, N., R. Wakimoto, and C. Ziegler, 1998: Observations of the fine-scale structure of a dryline during VORTEX 95, Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 525-550.

Ziegler, C., and E. Rasmussen, 1998: The initiation of moist convection at the dryline: Forecasting issues from a case study perspective. Wea. Forecasting, 13, 1106-1131.

Ziegler, C. , 1999: Issues in forecasting Mesoscale Convective Systems: An observational and modeling perspective. in Vol. 2, Chapter 32, STORMS, R. Pielke, Jr. and R. Pielke, Sr., Eds., Routledge, London, 26-42.

MacGorman, D., J. Straka, and C. Ziegler, 2001: A lightning parameterization for numerical cloud models. J. Appl. Meteor., 40, 459-478.

Ziegler, C., E. Rasmussen, T. R. Shepherd, A. I. Watson, and J. Straka, 2001: Evolution of low-level rotation in the 29 May 1994 Newcastle-Graham, Texas tornadic storm complex during VORTEX. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 1339-1368.

Mansell, E. R., D.R. MacGorman, C. L. Ziegler, J. M. Straka, Simulated three-dimensional branched lightning in a numerical thunderstorm model, J. Geophys. Res., 107 (9), 10.1029/2000JD000244, 2002.

Ziegler, C., E. Mansell, D. MacGorman, and J. Straka, 2001: Simulation of supercell thunderstorm electrification with a three-dimensional cloud model. J. Appl. Meteor., [in preparation].