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Volume 149, Issue 2

 
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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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Evaluation of Microphysics Schemes in Tropical Cyclones using Polarimetric Radar Observations: Convective Precipitation in an Outer Rainband

Dan Wu, Fuqing Zhang, Xiaomin Chen, Alexander Ryzhkov, Kun Zhao, Matthew R. Kumjian, Xingchao Chen, and Pak-Wai Chan
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0378.1
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26 Jan 2021
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Statistical post-processing of wind speed forecasts using convolutional neural networks

Simon Veldkamp, Kirien Whan, Sjoerd Dirksen, and Maurice Schmeits
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0219.1
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22 Jan 2021
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Error Growth Dynamics within Convection-Allowing Ensemble Forecasts over Central U.S. Regions for Days of Active Convection

Xiaoran Zhuang, Ming Xue, Jinzhong Min, Zhiming Kang, Naigeng Wu, and Fanyou Kong
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0329.1
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18 Jan 2021
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Use of a genetic algorithm to optimize a Numerical Weather Prediction system

P.L Houtekamer, Bin He, Dominik Jacques, Ron McTaggart-Cowan, Leo Separovic, Paul A. Vaillancourt, Ayrton Zadra, and Xingxiu Deng
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0238.1
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18 Jan 2021
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Dual Geostationary Lightning Mapper Observations

Scott D. Rudlosky and Katrina S. Virts
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0242.1
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15 Jan 2021
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Downstream Evolution and Coastal-to-Inland Transition of Landfalling Lake-Effect Systems

Thomas M. Gowan, W. James Steenburgh, and Justin R. Minder
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0253.1
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14 Jan 2021
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A Bimodal Diagnostic Cloud Fraction Parameterization. Part I: Motivating Analysis and Scheme Description

Kwinten Van Weverberg, Cyril J. Morcrette, Ian Boutle, Kalli Furtado, and Paul R. Field
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0224.1
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13 Jan 2021
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Composite Life Cycle of West Pacific Jet-Superposition Events and the Large-Scale Environmental Response over Western North America

Zachary J. Handlos and Jonathan E. Martin
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0130.1
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12 Jan 2021
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A Bimodal Diagnostic Cloud Fraction Parameterization. Part II: Evaluation and Resolution Sensitivity

Kwinten Van Weverberg, Cyril J. Morcrette, and Ian Boutle
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0230.1
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11 Jan 2021
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Evaluation of the Surface Wind Field over Land in WRF Simulations of Hurricane Wilma (2005). Part I: Model Initialization and Simulation Validation

David S. Nolan, Brian D. McNoldy, and Jimmy Yunge
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0199.1
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08 Jan 2021
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Evaluation of the Surface Wind Field over Land in WRF Simulations of Hurricane Wilma (2005). Part II: Surface Winds, Inflow Angles, and Boundary Layer Profiles

David S. Nolan, Brian D. McNoldy, Jimmy Yunge, Forrest J. Masters, and Ian M. Giammanco
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0201.1
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08 Jan 2021
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Cold Pool Characteristics of Tornadic Quasi-Linear Convective Systems and Other Convective Modes Observed During VORTEX-SE

Jessica M. McDonald and Christopher C. Weiss
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0226.1
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07 Jan 2021
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Convective cold pools in long-term boundary layer mast observations

Bastian Kirsch, Felix Ament, and Cathy Hohenegger
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0197.1
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07 Jan 2021
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Entrainment and its dependency on environmental conditions and convective organization in convection-permitting simulations

Tobias Becker and Cathy Hohenegger
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0229.1
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07 Jan 2021
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Lightning frequency in an idealized hurricane-like vortex from initial to steady-state using a coupled meteorological and explicit bulk lightning model.

Yousuke Sato, Yoshiaki Miyamoto, and Hirofumi Tomita
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0110.1
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05 Jan 2021
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The Influence of Boundary Layer Mixing Strength on the Evolution of a Baroclinic Cyclone

Matthew T. Vaughan and Robert G. Fovell
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0264.1
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31 Dec 2020
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On vortices initiated over West Africa and their impact on North Atlantic tropical cyclones

Jean-Philippe Duvel
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0252.1
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29 Dec 2020
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Multi-scale shear impacts during the genesis of Hagupit (2008)

Chaehyeon C. Nam and Michael M. Bell
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0133.1
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28 Dec 2020
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Near-ground effects of wind turbines: Observations and physical mechanisms

Sicheng Wu and Cristina L. Archer
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0186.1
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28 Dec 2020
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Mesoscale prediction in the Antarctic using cycled ensemble data assimilation

Christopher P. Riedel, Steven M. Cavallo, and David B. Parsons
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0009.1
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22 Dec 2020
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A Multiscale Local Gain Form Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter (MLGETKF)

Xuguang Wang, Hristo G. Chipilski, Craig H. Bishop, Elizabeth Satterfield, Nancy Baker, and Jeffrey S. Whitaker
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0290.1
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22 Dec 2020
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Remote Rainfall of Typhoon Khanun (2017): Monsoon Mode and Topographic Mode

Yi-Hsuan Lin and Chun-Chieh Wu
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0037.1
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22 Dec 2020
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A Fully Compressible Nonhydrostatic Deep-Atmosphere-Equations Solver for MPAS

William C. Skamarock, Hing Ong, and Joseph B. Klemp
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0286.1
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18 Dec 2020
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Use of Power Transform Mixing Ratios as Hydrometeor Control Variables for Direct Assimilation of Radar Reflectivity in GSI En3DVar and Tests with Five Convective Storms Cases

Lianglyu Chen, Chengsi Liu, Ming Xue, Gang Zhao, Rong Kong, and Youngsun Jung
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0149.1
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18 Dec 2020
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Improving the representation of subtropical boundary layer clouds in the NASA GEOS model with the Eddy-Diffusivity/Mass-Flux parameterization

Kay Suselj, Joao Teixeira, Marcin J. Kurowski, and Andrea Molod
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0183.1
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17 Dec 2020
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Assimilation of the SCATSAR-SWI with SURFEX: Impact of local observation errors in Austria

Jasmin Vural, Stefan Schneider, Bernhard Bauer-Marschallinger, and Klaus Haslinger
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0160.1
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15 Dec 2020
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Atmospheric river sectors: Definition and characteristics observed using dropsondes from 2014-2020 CalWater and AR Recon

A. Cobb, A. Michaelis, S. Iacobellis, F. M. Ralph, and L. Delle Monache
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0177.1
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08 Dec 2020
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Lidar observations of a mesoscale moisture transport event impacting convection and comparison to Rapid Refresh model analysis

Brian J. Carroll, Belay B. Demoz, David D. Turner, and Ruben Delgado
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0151.1
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04 Dec 2020
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Microphysical Enhancement Processes within Stratiform Precipitation on the Barrier and Sub-Barrier Scale of the Olympic Mountains

Joseph P. Zagrodnik, Lynn McMurdie, and Robert Conrick
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0164.1
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04 Dec 2020
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A Simultaneous Multi-scale Data Assimilation using Scale-dependent Localization in GSI-based Hybrid 4DEnVar for NCEP FV3-based GFS

Bo Huang, Xuguang Wang, Daryl T. Kleist, and Ting Lei
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0166.1
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04 Dec 2020
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Effect of a Low-frequency Vortex on the Size of Typhoon Lan (2017)

Mengyuan Ma and Tim Li
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0200.1
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03 Dec 2020
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Impact of increasing horizontal and vertical resolution during the HWRF hybrid EnVar data assimilation on the analysis and prediction of Hurricane Patricia (2015)

Jie Feng and Xuguang Wang
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0144.1
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23 Nov 2020
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Lightning Data Assimilation Scheme in a 4DVAR System and its Impact on Very-Short-Term Convective Forecasting

Xian Xiao, Juanzhen Sun, Xiushu Qie, Zhuming Ying, Lei Ji, Mingxuan Chen, and Lina Zhang
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0396.1
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23 Nov 2020
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Sea Surface Temperature and Ocean Heat Content during Tropical Cyclones Pam (2015) and Winston (2016) in the Southwest Pacific Region

ASHNEEL CHANDRA and SUSHIL KUMAR
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0025.1
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22 Sep 2020
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A “meta” analysis of the Fractions Skill Score: The limiting case and implications for aggregation

M.P. Mittermaier
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https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0106.1
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26 Feb 2019
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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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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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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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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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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
Published Online:
Dec 2016

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