The Radar Meteorology Group Colorado State University
The Radar Meteorology Group, Colorado State University

Radar Meteorology Group Publications (as of 2023/08/01)

Journal Publications (Refereed)

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2023

Reid, J., S. A. Rutledge, and Coauthors, 2023: The coupling between tropical meteorology, aerosol science, convection and the energy budget during the Clouds, Aerosol Monsoon Processes Philippines Experiment (CAMP2Ex). Bull. Amer. Soc., 104, 1179-1205.

Serra, Y., S. A. Rutledge, K. Chudler, and C. Zhang, 2023: Rainfall and convection in ERA-5 and MERRA-2 over the Northern Equatorial Western Pacific during PISTON. J. of Climate, 36, 845-863.

Dolan, B., S. Saleeby, S. A. Rutledge, S. van den Heever, and K. Van Valkenburg, 2023: A statistical framework form evaluating rain microphysics in model simulations and disdrometer observations. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.,, https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JD038902 [PDF].

2022

Chudler, K., S. A. Rutledge, and B. Dolan, 2022: Unique radar observations of large raindrops in tropical warm rain during PISTON. Mon. Wea. Rev., 150(10), 2719-2736.[PDF]

Dolan, B., S. A. Rutledge, and K. Rasmussen, 2022: Multiscale interactions contributing to enhanced orographic precipitation in landfalling frontal systems over the Olympic peninsula. Mon. Wea. Rev.150,1207-1231. https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0160.1 [PDF]

Saleeby, K., B. Dolan, J. Bukowski, K. van Valkenburg, S. van den Heever and S. A. Rutledge, 2022: Assessing rain drop break up p;arameterizations using disdrometer observations.J. Atmos. Sci.79, 2949-2963.[PDF]

2021

Lyu, F., S. A. Cummer, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, E. C. Bruning, and S. A. Rutledge, 2021: A distinct class of high peak-current lightning pulses over mountainous terrain in thunderstorms. Geo. Phys. Let., 48, e2021GL094153. https://doi. org/10.1029/2021GL094153. [PDF]

Chudler, K. and S. A. Rutledge, 2021: The coupling between convective variability and large-scale flow patterns observed during PISTON 2018-2019. J. Climate, early online release.[PDF]

Rocque, M. N. and S. A. Rutledge, 2021: Diurnal cycle of percipitation features observed during DYNAMO.J. Atmos. Sci, 78, 2287-2306.[PDF]

Sobel, A. H., J. Sprintall, E. D. Maloney, Z. K. Martin, S. Wang, S. P. de Szoeke, B. C. Trabing, and S. A. Rutledge, 2021: Large-Scale state and evoluation of the atmosphere and ocean during PISTON 2018. J. Climate, in press. [PDF]

Xu, W. S. A. Rutledge, and K. Chudler, 2021: Diurnal cycle of coastal convection in the South China Sea region and modulation by the BSISO. J. Climate,early online release.[PDF]

Stolz, D. C., Bilsback, K. R., Pierce, J. R., & Rutledge, S. A., 2021: Evaluating empirical lightning parameterizations in global atmospheric models. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 126, e2020JD033695. https://doi. org/10.1029/2020JD033695. [PDF]

2020

Rutledge, S. A., K. A. Hilburn, A. Clayton, B. Fuchs, and S. D. Miller, 2020: Evaluating Geostationary Lightning Mapper flash rates within intense convective storms. J. Geophys. Res., 125, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD032827. [PDF]

Iguchi, T., S. A. Rutledge, W.-K. Tao, T. Matsui, B. Dolan, S. Lang, and J. Barnum, 2020: Impacts of aerosol and enviornmental conditions on maritime and continental deep convective systems using a bin microphysical model. J. Geophys. Res .: Atmospheres,125, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030952[PDF]

Chudler, K., W. Xu, and S.A. Rutledge, 2020: Impact of the Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation on the Diurnal Cycle of Precipitation near and over the Island of Luzon. Mon. Wea. Rev., 148, 1805–1827, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0252.1 [PDF]

Matsui, T., B. Dolan, T. Iguchi, S.A. Rutledge, W. Tao, and S. Lang, 2020: Polarimetric Radar Characteristics of Simulated and Observed Intense Convective Cores for a Midlatitude Continental and Tropical Maritime Environment. J. Hydrometeor., 21, 501–517, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-19-0185.1 [PDF]

2019

Zhang, Wenjuan, Steven A. Rutledge, Weixin Xu, and Yijun Zhang, 2019: Inner-core lightning outbreaks and convective evolution in Super Typhoon Haiyan (2013). Atmospheric Research, 219, 123-139, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.12.028 [PDF]

Rutledge, S.A., V. Chandrasekar, B. Fuchs, J. George, F. Junyent, B. Dolan, P.C. Kennedy, and K. Drushka, 2019: SEA-POL Goes to Sea. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100, 2285–2301, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0233.1 [PDF]

Barth, M., S. A. Rutledge, W. Brune and C. Cantrell, 2019: Introduction to the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) 2012 Studies. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmospheres, 124, 8095 – 8103. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030944 [PDF]

Davis, T., S. A. Rutledge and B. R. Fuchs, 2019: Lightning location, NOx production, and transport by anomalous and normal polarity thunderstorms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, DOI:10.1029/2018JD029979. [PDF]

Rutledge, S.A., V. Chandrasekar, B. Fuchs, J. George, F. Junyent, P. Kennedy, and B. Dolan. 2019. Deployment of the SEA-POL C-band polarimetric radar to SPURS-2. Oceanography 32(2):50–57, https://doi.org/10.5670/oceanog.2019.212. [PDF]

Matsui, T., Dolan, B., Rutledge, S. A., Tao, W.‐K., Iguchi, T., Barnum, J., and Lang, S. E., 2019: POLARRIS: A POLArimetric Radar Retrieval and Instrument Simulator. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD028317 [PDF]

Thompson, E. J., Moum, J. N., Fairall, C. W., and Rutledge, S. A., 2019: Wind limits on rain layers and diurnal warm layers. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 124. https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JC014130 [PDF]

2018

Seo, B., W. Krajewski, F. Quintero, M. Elsaadani, R. Goska, L. Cunha, B. Dolan, D. Wolff, J. Smith, S. Rutledge, and W. Petersen, 2018: Comprehensive Evaluation of the IFloodS Radar-Rainfall Products for Hydrologic Applications. J. Hydrometeor. doi:10.1175/JHM-D-18-0080.1, in press. [PDF]

Xu, W. and S.A. Rutledge, 2018: Convective Variability Associated with the Boreal Summer Intraseasonal Oscillation in the South China Sea Region. J. Climate, 31, 7363–7383, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0091.1 [PDF]

Dolan, B., B. Fuchs, S.A. Rutledge, E.A. Barnes, and E.J. Thompson, 2018: Primary Modes of Global Drop Size Distributions. J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 1453–1476, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-17-0242.1 [PDF]

Fuchs, B. R., Rutledge, S. A., Dolan, B., Carey, L. D., and Schultz, C., 2018: Microphysical and kinematic processes associated with anomalous charge structures in isolated convection. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123. https://doi.org/10.1029/2017JD027540 [PDF]

Fuchs, B. R., and Rutledge, S. A., 2018: Investigation of lightning flash locations in isolated convection using LMA observations. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 123. https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JD027569 [PDF]

Thompson, E.J., S.A. Rutledge, B. Dolan, M. Thurai, and V. Chandrasekar, 2018: Dual-Polarization Radar Rainfall Estimation over Tropical Oceans. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 57, 755–775, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0160.1 [PDF]

2017

Houze, R.A., L.A. McMurdie, W.A. Petersen, M.R. Schwaller, W. Baccus, J.D. Lundquist, C.F. Mass, B. Nijssen, S.A. Rutledge, D.R. Hudak, S. Tanelli, G.G. Mace, M.R. Poellot, D.P. Lettenmaier, J.P. Zagrodnik, A.K. Rowe, J.C. DeHart, L.E. Madaus, and H.C. Barnes, 2017: The Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, 2167–2188, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0182.1 [PDF]

Stolz, D. C., S. A. Rutledge, J. R. Pierce, and S. C. van den Heever, 2017: A global lightning parameterization based on statistical relationships among environmental factors, aerosols, and convective clouds in the TRMM climatology, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, 7461–7492, doi:10.1002/2016JD026220. [PDF]

Xu, Weixin, Steven A. Rutledge, Wenjuan Zhang, 2017: Relationships between Total Lightning, Deep Convection, and Tropical Cyclone Intensity Change, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 22 , 7047 – 7063, doi:10.1002/2017JD027072. [PDF]

Stolz, D.C., S.A. Rutledge, W. Xu, and J.R. Pierce, 2017: Interactions between the MJO, Aerosols, and Convection over the Central Indian Ocean. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 353–374, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-16-0054.1 [PDF]

2016

Jensen, M.P., W.A. Petersen, A. Bansemer, N. Bharadwaj, L.D. Carey, D.J. Cecil, S.M. Collis, A.D. Del Genio, B. Dolan, J. Gerlach, S.E. Giangrande, A. Heymsfield, G. Heymsfield, P. Kollias, T.J. Lang, S.W. Nesbitt, A. Neumann, M. Poellot, S.A. Rutledge, M. Schwaller, A. Tokay, C.R. Williams, D.B. Wolff, S. Xie, and E.J. Zipser, 2016: The Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97, 1667–1686, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00228.1 [PDF]

Lang, T. J., W. A. Lyons, S. A. Cummer, B. R. Fuchs, B. Dolan, S. A. Rutledge, P. Krehbiel, W. Rison, M. Stanley, and T. Ashcraft, 2016: Observations of two sprite-producing storms in Colorado, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, doi:10.1002/2016JD025299. [PDF]

Fuchs, B. R., Bruning, E. C., Rutledge, S. A., Carey, L. D., Krehbiel, P. R., and Rison, W., 2016: Climatological analyses of LMA data with an open‐source lightning flash‐clustering algorithm. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 121(14), 8625-8648, doi:10.1002/2015JD024663. [PDF]

Xu, Weixin and Steven A. Rutledge, 2016: Time Scales of Shallow-to-Deep Convective Transition Associated with the Onset of Madden-Julian Oscillations. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 2880–2888, doi:10.1002/2016GL068269. [PDF]

Stith, Jeffrey L., Brett Basarab, Steven A. Rutledge, and Andrew Weinheimer, 2016: Anvil microphysical signatures associated with lightning-produced NOx. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 16, 2243–2254, doi:10.5194/acp-16-2243-2016. [PDF]

Ralph, F. M., K. A. Prather, D. Cayan, J.R. Spackman, P. DeMott, M. Dettinger, C. Fairall, R. Leung, D. Rosenfeld, S. Rutledge, D. Waliser, A. B. White, J. Cordeira, A. Martin, J. Helly, J. Intrieri, 2016: CalWater Field Studies Designed to Quantify the Roles of Atmospheric Rivers and Aerosols in Modulating U.S. West Coast Precipitation in a Changing Climate. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 97, 1209-1228. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00043.1 [PDF]

2015

Xu, Weixin, Steven A. Rutledge, Courtney Schumacher, and Masaki Katsumata, 2015: Evolution, Properties, and Spatial Variability of MJO Convection near and off the Equator during DYNAMO. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 4126–4147. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-15-0032.1 [PDF]

Thompson, Elizabeth J., Steven A. Rutledge, Brenda Dolan, and Merhala Thurai, 2015: Drop Size Distributions and Radar Observations of Convective and Stratiform Rain over the Equatorial Indian and West Pacific Oceans. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 4091–4125. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-14-0206.1 [PDF]

Seo, Bong-Chul, Brenda Dolan, Witold F. Krajewski, Steven A. Rutledge, and Walter Petersen, 2015: Comparison of Single- and Dual-Polarization–Based Rainfall Estimates Using NEXRAD Data for the NASA Iowa Flood Studies Project. J. Hydrometeor, 16, 1658–1675. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0169.1 [PDF]

Basarab, B. M., S. A. Rutledge, and B. R. Fuchs, 2015: An improved lightning flash rate parameteri- zation developed from Colorado DC3 thunderstorm data for use in cloud-resolving chemical transport models. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, doi:10.1002/2015JD023470. [PDF]

Gochis, David, Russ Schumacher, Katja Friedrich, Nolan Doesken, Matt Kelsch, Juanzhen Sun, Kyoko Ikeda, Daniel Lindsey, Andy Wood, Brenda Dolan, Sergey Matrosov, Andrew Newman, Kelly Mahoney, Steven Rutledge, Richard Johnson, Paul Kucera, Pat Kennedy, Daniel Sempere-Torres, Matthias Steiner, Rita Roberts, Jim Wilson, Wei Yu, V. Chandrasekar, Roy Rasmussen, Amanda Anderson, and Barbara Brown, 2015: The Great Colorado Flood of September 2013. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 1461–1487. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00241.1 [PDF]

Barth, Mary C., Christopher A. Cantrell, William H. Brune, Steven A. Rutledge, James H. Crawford, Heidi Huntrieser, Lawrence D. Carey, Donald MacGorman, Morris Weisman, Kenneth E. Pickering, Eric Bruning, Bruce Anderson, Eric Apel, Michael Biggerstaff, Teresa Campos, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Ronald Cohen, John Crounse, Douglas A. Day, Glenn Diskin, Frank Flocke, Alan Fried, Charity Garland, Brian Heikes, Shawn Honomichl, Rebecca Hornbrook, L. Gregory Huey, Jose L. Jimenez, Timothy Lang, Michael Lichtenstern, Tomas Mikoviny, Benjamin Nault, Daniel O’Sullivan, Laura L. Pan, Jeff Peischl, Ilana Pollack, Dirk Richter, Daniel Riemer, Thomas Ryerson, Hans Schlager, Jason St. Clair, James Walega, Petter Weibring, Andrew Weinheimer, Paul Wennberg, Armin Wisthaler, Paul J. Wooldridge, and Conrad Ziegler, 2015: The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) Field Campaign. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 1281–1309. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00290.1 [PDF]

Junyent, Francesc, V. Chandrasekar, V. N. Bringi, S. A. Rutledge, P. C. Kennedy, D. Brunkow, J. George, and R. Bowie, 2015: Transformation of the CSU–CHILL Radar Facility to a Dual-Frequency, Dual-Polarization Doppler System. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 975–996. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00150.1 [PDF]

Stolz, D. C., S. A. Rutledge, and J. R. Pierce, 2015: Simultaneous influences of thermodynamics and aerosols on deep convection and lightning in the tropics. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, doi:10.1002/2014JD023033. [PDF]

Fuchs, B. R., S. A. Rutledge, E. C. Bruning, J. R. Pierce, J. K. Kodros, T. J. Lang, D. R. MacGorman, P. R. Krehbiel, and W. Rison (2015), Environmental controls on storm intensity and charge structure in multiple regions of the continental United States, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, doi: 10.1002/2015JD023271. [PDF]

Xu, Weixin and Steven A. Rutledge, 2015: Morphology, Intensity, and Rainfall Production of MJO Convection: Observations from DYNAMO Shipborne Radar and TRMM. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 623–640. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-14-0130.1 [PDF]

2014

Beavis, Nick K., Timothy J. Lang, Steven A. Rutledge, Walter A. Lyons, Steven A. Cummer, 2014: Regional, Seasonal and Diurnal Variations of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning with Large Impulse Charge Moment Changes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 3666-3682. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-14-00034.1 [PDF]

Xu, Weixin, Steven A. Rutledge, 2014: Convective Characteristics of the Madden–Julian Oscillation over the Central Indian Ocean Observed by Shipborne Radar during DYNAMO. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 2859–2877. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-13-0372.1 [PDF]

Thompson, Elizabeth J., Steven A. Rutledge, Brenda Dolan, V. Chandrasekar, and Boon Leng Cheong, 2014: A Dual-Polarization Radar Hydrometeor Classification Algorithm for Winter Precipitation. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 31, 1457–1481. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00119.1 [PDF]

Kennedy, Patrick C., Steven A. Rutledge, Brenda Dolan, and Eric Thaler, 2014: Observations of the 14 July 2011 Fort Collins Hailstorm: Implications for WSR-88D-Based Hail Detection and Warnings. Wea. Forecasting, 29, 623–638. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-13-00075.1 [PDF]

Hubbert, J. C., S. M. Ellis, W.-Y. Chang, S. Rutledge, M. Dixon, 2014: Modeling and Interpretation of S-Band Ice Crystal Depolarization Signatures from Data Obtained by Simultaneously Transmitting Horizontally and Vertically Polarized Fields. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 53, 1659–1677. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0158.1 [PDF]

Kumjian, Matthew R., Steven A. Rutledge, Roy M. Rasmussen, Patrick C. Kennedy, Mike Dixon, 2014: High-Resolution Polarimetric Radar Observations of Snow-Generating Cells. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 53, 1636–1658. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-13-0312.1 [PDF]

Moum, James N., Simon P. de Szoeke, William D. Smyth, James B. Edson, H. Langley DeWitt, Aurélie J. Moulin, Elizabeth J. Thompson, Christopher J. Zappa, Steven A. Rutledge, Richard H. Johnson, Christopher W. Fairall, 2014: Air-Sea Interactions from Westerly Wind Bursts during the November 2011 MJO in the Indian Ocean. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 95, 1185-1199. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00225.1 [PDF]

Lang, Timothy J., Steven A. Rutledge, Brenda Dolan, Paul Krehbiel, William Rison, Daniel T. Lindsey, 2014: Lightning in Wildfire Smoke Plumes Observed in Colorado during Summer 2012. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 489–507. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-13-00184.1 [PDF]

2013

Dolan, Brenda, Steven A. Rutledge, S. Lim, V. Chandrasekar, M. Thurai, 2013: A Robust C-Band Hydrometeor Identification Algorithm and Application to a Long-Term Polarimetric Radar Dataset. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52, 2162–2186. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0275.1 [PDF]

Lang, T. J., S. A. Cummer, S. A. Rutledge, and W. A. Lyons, 2013: The meteorology of negative cloud-to-ground lightning strokes with large charge moment changes: Implications for negative sprites, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50595. [PDF]

Meyer, T. C., T. J. Lang, S. A. Rutledge, W. A. Lyons, S. A. Cummer, G. Lu, and D. T. Lindsey (2013), Radar and lightning analyses of gigantic jet-producing storms. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50302 [PDF]

Guy, Nick, Xiping Zeng, Steven A. Rutledge, Wei-Kuo Tao, 2013: Comparing the Convective Structure and Microphysics in Two Sahelian Mesoscale Convective Systems: Radar Observations and CRM Simulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 582–601. doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-12-00053.1 [PDF]

Stith, J. L., Avallone, L., Bansemer, A., Basarab, B., Dorsi, S. W., Fuchs, B., Lawson, R. P., Rogers, D. C., Rutledge, S., and Toohey, D. W.: Ice particles in the upper anvil regions of mid-latitude continental thunderstorms: the case for frozen-drop aggregates, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 13, 27019-27052, doi:10.5194/acpd-13-27019-2013, 2013. [PDF]

2012

Rowe, Angela K., Steven A. Rutledge, Timothy J. Lang, 2012: Investigation of Microphysical Processes Occurring in Organized Convection during NAME. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 2168–2187. doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-11-00124.1 [PDF]

Guy Nick, Rutledge S. A., 2012: Regional comparison of West African convective characteristics: a TRMM-based climatology. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 138: 1179 – 1195. DOI:10.1002/qj.1865 [PDF]

2011

Guy N., Rutledge S. A., Cifelli R., 2011. Radar characteristics of continental, coastal, and maritime convection observed during AMMA/NAMMA. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc. 137: 1241–1256. DOI:10.1002/qj.839 [PDF]

Lang, T. J., J. Li, W. A. Lyons, S. A. Cummer, S. A. Rutledge, and D. R. MacGorman, 2011: Transient luminous events above two mesoscale convective systems: Charge moment change analysis, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A10306, doi:10.1029/2011JA016758 [PDF]

Bringi, V. N., R. Hoferer, D. A. Brunkow, R. Schwerdtfeger, V. Chandrasekar, S. A. Rutledge, J. George, P. C. Kennedy, 2011: Design and Performance Characteristics of the New 8.5-m Dual-Offset Gregorian Antenna for the CSU–CHILL Radar. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 28, 907–920. doi: 10.1175/2011JTECHA1493.1 [PDF]

Cifelli, R., V. Chandrasekar, S. Lim, P.C. Kennedy, Y. Wang, and S.A. Rutledge, 2011: A new dual-polarization radar rainfall algorithm: Application in Colorado precipitation events. J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., 28, 352-364. doi: 10.1175/2010JTECHA1488.1 [PDF]

Lang, Timothy J., and Steven A. Rutledge, 2011: A Framework for the Statistical Analysis of Large Radar and Lightning Datasets: Results from STEPS 2000. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 2536-2551, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-10-05000.1 [PDF]

Kennedy, Patrick C., and Steven A. Rutledge, 2011: S-Band Dual Polarization Radar Observations of Winter Storms. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 50, 844-858, 10.1175/2010JAMC2558.1 [PDF]

Rowe, A. K., S. A. Rutledge, and T. J. Lang, 2011: Investigation of microphysical processes occurring in isolated convection during NAME. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 424-443, 10.1175/2010MWR3494.1. [PDF]

2010

Lang, T. J., S. A. Rutledge, and R. Cifelli, 2010: Polarimetric Radar Observations of Convection in Northwestern Mexico during the North American Monsoon Experiment. J. Hydrometeorology, 11, 1345-1357, 10.1175/2010JHM1247.1. [PDF]

Shi, J. J., W-K. Tao, T. Matsui, R. Cifelli, A. Hou, S. Lang, A. Tokay, N-Y. Wang, C. Peters-Lidard, G. Skofronick-Jackson, S. Rutledge, and W. Petersen, 2010: WRF Simulations of the 20–22 January 2007 Snow Events over Eastern Canada: Comparison with In Situ and Satellite Observations. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 49, 2246–2266. doi: 10.1175/2010JAMC2282.1 [PDF]

Willingham, Katherine M., Elizabeth J. Thompson, Kenneth W. Howard, Charles L. Dempsey, 2010: Characteristics of Sonoran Desert Microbursts. Weather and Forecasting, early online release, doi: 10.1175/2010WAF2222388.1. [PDF]

Russell, B., E. R. Williams, M. Gosset, F. Cazenave, L. Descroix, N. Guy, T. Lebel, A. Ali, F. Metayer, and G. Quantin, 2010: Radar/rain-gauge comparisons on squall lines in Niamey, Niger for the AMMA. Q. J. R.. Meteor. Soc., 136(s1), 289-303, doi:10.1002/qj.548. [PDF]

Lerach, D. G., S. A. Rutledge, C. R. Williams, and R. Cifelli, 2010: Vertical Structure of Convective Systems during NAME 2004. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 1695-1714, 10.1175/2009MWR3053.1. [PDF]

Dolan, B., and S. A. Rutledge, 2010: Using CASA IP1 to diagnose kinematic and microphysical interactions in a convective storm. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 1613-1634, 10.1175/2009MWR3016.1. [PDF]

Lang, T. J., W. A. Lyons, S. A. Rutledge, J. D. Meyer, D. R. MacGorman, and S. A. Cummer (2010), Transient luminous events above two mesoscale convective systems: Storm structure and evolution, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A00E22, doi:10.1029/2009JA014500. [PDF]

Cifelli R, Lang T, Rutledge SA, Guy N, Zipser EJ, Zawislak J, and Holzworth R (2010) Characteristics of an African Easterly Wave Observed During NAMMA. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 67, 3-25, DOI: 10.1175/2009JAS3141.1. [PDF]

2009

McLaughlin, D., et. al., 2009: Short-wavelength technology and the potential for distributed networks of small radar systems. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 90, 1797–1817, 10.1175/2009BAMS2507.1. [PDF]

Dolan, B., and S. A. Rutledge, 2009: A theory-based hydrometeor identification algorithm for X-band polarimetric radars. J. Oceanic Atmos. Technol., 46, 2071-2088, 10.1175/2009JTECHA1208.1. [PDF]

Lang, T. J., S. W. Nesbitt, and L. D. Carey, 2009: On the correction of partial beam blockage in polarimetric radar data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 26, 943-957. [PDF]

Lyons, W. A., M. A. Stanley, J. D. Meyer, T. E. Nelson, S. A. Rutledge, T. J. Lang, and S. A. Cummer, 2009: The meteorological and electrical structure of TLE-producing convective storms. In Lightning: Principles, Instruments and Applications, H.D. Betz et al. (eds.), pages 389-417, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9079-0_17. [PDF]

Nieto-Ferreira, R., T. Rickenbach, N. Guy, and E. Williams, 2009: Radar observations of convective system variability and the interaction with African easterly waves during the 2006 AMMA IOP. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 4136-4150. doi: 10.1175/2009MWR2740.1 [PDF]

Rickenbach, T., R. Nieto Ferreira, N. Guy, and E. Williams, 2009: Radar-observed squall line propagation and the diurnal cycle of convection in Niamey, Niger, during the 2006 African Monsoon and Multidisciplinary Analyses Intensive Observing Period, J. Geophys. Res., 114, D03107, doi:10.1029/2008JD010871. [PDF]

2008

Nesbitt, S. W., D. Gochis, and T. J. Lang, 2008: The diurnal cycle of clouds and precipitation along the Sierra Madre Occidental during NAME-2004: Implications for warm season precipitation estimation in complex terrain. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 9, 728-743. [PDF]

Chandrasekar V., Arthur Hou, Eric Smith, V. N. Bringi, S. A. Rutledge, E. Gorgucci, W. A. Petersen, and Gail Skofronick Jackson (2008), Potential Role Of Dual- Polarization Radar In The Validation Of Satellite Precipitation Measurements: Rationale and Opportunities, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Volume 89, Issue 8 (August 2008) pp. 1127–1145. [PDF]

Cifelli, R., S.W. Nesbitt, S.A. Rutledge, W.A. Petersen, and S. Yuter (2008), Diurnal characteristics of precipitation features over the east Pacific: A comparison of the EPIC and TEPPS regions, J. Climate., 21, 4068-4086. [PDF]

Lang T. J., S. A. Rutledge (2008), Kinematic, microphysical, and electrical aspects of an asymmetric bow-echo mesoscale convective system observed during STEPS 2000, J. Geophys. Res., 113, D08213, doi:10.1029/2006JD007709 [PDF]

Rowe, A. K., S. A. Rutledge, T. J. Lang, P. E. Ciesielski, and S. M. Saleeby (2008), Elevation-dependent trends in precipitation observed during NAME. Mon. Wea. Rev., Volume 136, Issue 12 (December 2008) pp. 4962–4979, DOI: 10.1175/2008MWR2397.1 [PDF]

Rowe, A. K., S. A. Rutledge, T. J. Lang (2008), Radar-based studies of convection in NAME. CLIVAR Exchanges, 13, 12-14.[PDF]

2007

Cifelli, R., S.W. Nesbitt, S.A. Rutledge, W.A. Petersen, and S. Yuter (2007), Radar Characteristics of Precipitation Features in the EPIC and TEPPS Regions of the East Pacific, Monthly Weather Review, 135, 1576-1595. [PDF]

Lang, T.J., A. Ahijevych, S.W. Nesbitt, R.E. Carbone, S.A. Rutledge, and R. Cifelli (2007), Radar-Observed Characteristics of Precipitating systems during NAME 2004, Journal of Climate, 20(9), 1713-1733. [PDF]

Lang, S., W.-K. Tao, R. Cifelli, W. Olson, J. Halverson, S. Rutledge, and J. Simpson (2007), Improving Simulations of Convective Systems From TRMM LBA: Easterly and Westerly Regimes, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 64(4), 1141-1164. [PDF]

Dolan, B.A., and S.A. Rutledge (2007), An Integrated Display and Analysis Methodology for Multi-Variable Radar Data, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Volume 46, Issue 8 (August 2007) pp. 1196–1213. [PDF]

Tessendorf, S.A., S.A. Rutledge and K.C. Wiens (2007), Radar and Lightning Observations of Normal and Inverted Polarity Multicellular Storms from STEPS, Monthly Weather Review, Volume 135, Issue 11 (November 2007) pp. 3682–3706. [PDF]

Tessendorf, S.A., K.C. Wiens, and S.A. Rutledge (2007), Radar and Lightning Observations of an Electrically Inverted Storm from STEPS, Monthly Weather Review, Volume 135, Issue 11 (November 2007) pp. 3665–3681. [PDF]

Depue, T.K., P.C. Kennedy, and S.A. Rutledge (2007), The Performance of the Hail Differential Reflectivity (HDR) Polarimetric Radar Hail Indicator, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Volume 46, Issue 8 (August 2007) pp. 1290–1301. [PDF]

2006

Higgins, W., et. al. (2006), The NAME 2004 Field Campaign and Modeling Strategy. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87, 79-94. [PDF]

Lang, T.J., and S.A. Rutledge (2006), Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Downwind of the 2002 Hayman Forest Fire in Colorado. Geophysical Research Letters, 33, L03804, doi:10.1029/2005GL024608. [PDF]

Pereira, L.G., and S.A. Rutledge (2007), Diurnal Cycle of Shallow and Deep Convection for a Tropical Land and an Ocean Environment and its Relationship to Synoptic Wind Regimes, Monthly Weather Review, 134, 2688-2701. [PDF]

Nesbitt, S.W., R. Cifelli and S. A. Rutledge (2006), Storm Morphology and Rainfall Characteristics of TRMM Precipitation Features, Monthly Weather Review, 134, 2702-2721. [PDF]

Matrosov, S.Y., R. Cifelli, P.C. Kennedy, S.W. Nesbitt, and S.A. Rutledge (2006) A comparative study of rainfall rate retrievals based on specific differential phase shift measurements and X- and S-band radar frequencies. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 23, 952-963. [PDF]

2005

Cifelli, R., N. N. Doesken, et al., 2005: The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network: Informal Education for Scientists and Citizens. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society   Volume 86, Issue 8 (August 2005) pp. 1069–1077. [PDF]

Petersen, W. A., H. J. Christian, and S. A. Rutledge, 2005:  TRMM Observations of the Global Relationship Between Ice Water Content and Lightning.  Geophysical Research Letters, 32, 10.1029/2005GL023236.[PDF]

Tessendorf, S. A., L. J. Miller, et al., 2005:  The 29 June 2000 Supercell Observed During STEPS.  Part I: Kinematics and Microphysics.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 62, No. 12, pp. 4127–4150.[PDF]

Wiens, K. C., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 2005:  The 29 June 2000 Supercell Observed During STEPS.  Part II: Lightning and Charge Structure.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Vol. 62, No. 12, pp. 4151–4177.[PDF]

2004

Cifelli, R., L. D. Carey, et al., 2004:  An Ensemble Study of Wet Season Convection in the South West Amazon:  Kinematics and Implications for Diabatic Heating.  Journal of Climate, 17, 4692-4707.[PDF]

Lang, T. J., L. J. Miller, et al., 2004:  The Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study (STEPS).  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 85, 1107-1125.[PDF]

Lang, T. J., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 2004:  Observations of Quasi-Symmetric Echo Patterns in Clear Air with the CSU-CHILL Polarimetric Radar.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 21, 1182-1189.[PDF]

Lang, T. J., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 2004:  Origins of Positive Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Flashes in the Stratiform Region of a Mesoscale Convective System.  Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L10105, 10.1029/2004GL019823.

Raymond, D. J., S. K. Esbensen, et al., 2004:  EPIC2001 and the Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere System of the Tropical East Pacific.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 85, 1341-1354.

2003

Carey, L. D., W. A. Petersen, et al., 2003:  Evolution of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning and Storm Structure in the Spencer, SD Supercell of 30 May 1998.  Monthly Weather Review, 131, 1811-1831.[PDF]

Carey, L. D. and S. A. Rutledge, 2003:  Characteristics of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in Severe and Non-Severe Thunderstorms Over the Central United States from 1989-98.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 108, 10.1029/2002JD002951.

Carey, L. D., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 2003:  The Relationship Between Severe Storm Reports and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Polarity in the Contiguous United States from 1989-98.  Monthly Weather Review, 131, 1211-1228.[PDF]

Kennedy, P. C. and A. G. Detwiler, 2003:  A Case Study of the Origin of Hail in a Multicell Thunderstorm Using In Situ Aircraft and Polarimetric Radar Data.  Journal of Applied Meteorology, 42, 1679-1690.

Petersen, W. A., R. Cifelli, et al., 2003:  Convection and Easterly Wave Structure Observed in the Eastern Pacific Warm-Pool during EPIC-2001.  Journal of Atmospheric Science, 60, 1754-1773.[PDF]

Roberts, R. D. and S. A. Rutledge, 2003:  Nowcasting Thunderstorm Initiation and Growth Using GOES-8 and WSR-88D Data.  Weather and Forecasting, 18, 562-584.[PDF]

2002

Cifelli, R., W. A. Petersen, et al., 2002:  Radar Observations of the Kinematic, Microphysical, and Precipitation Characteristics of TWO MSCs in TRMM-LBA.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 29(10), 10.1029/2000JD0000264.

Lang, T. J. and S. A. Rutledge, 2002:  Relationships Between Convective Storm Kinematics, Microphysics, and Lightning.  Monthly Weather Review, 130, 2492-2506.[PDF]

Pereira Filho, A. J., M. A. F. Silva Dias, et al., 2002:  Multi-Sensor Analysis of a Squall Line in the Amazon Region.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 29(10), 10.29/2000JD000305.

Petersen, W. A., S. W. Nesbitt, et al., 2002:  TRMM Observations of Intraseasonal Variability in Convective Regimes Over the Amazon.  Journal of Climate, 15, 1278-1294.[PDF]

Petersen, W. A. and S. A. Rutledge, 2002:  Regional Variability in Tropical Convection:  Observations from TRMM.  Journal of Climate, 14, 3566-3586. [PDF]

Silva Dias, M., S. Rutledge, et al., 2002:  Cloud and Rain Processes in a Biosphere-Atmosphere Interaction Context in the Amazon Region.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 29(10), 10.1029/2000JD000335.

Silva Dias, M. A. F., W. A. Petersen, et al., 2002:  A Case Study of Convective Organization into Precipitating Lines in the Southwest Amazon During the WETAMC and TRMM-LBA.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 29(10).

Stith, J. L., J. E. Dye, et al., 2002:  Microphysical Observations of Tropical Clouds.  J. Appl. Met., 41, 97-117.

2001

Kennedy, P. C., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 2001:  Polarimetric Observations of Hail Formation.  Journal of Applied Meteorology, 40, 1347-1366.[PDF]

Parker, M. D., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 2001:  Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in Linear Mesoscale Convective Systems.  Monthly Weather Review, 129, 1232-1242.[PDF]

Zajac, B. A. and S. A. Rutledge, 2001:  Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Activity in the Contiguous United States from 1995-1999.  Monthly Weather Review, 129, 999-1019.[PDF]

2000

Ahijevych, D. A., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 2000:  Radar and Electrical Characteristics of Convection Observed During MCTEX.  Australian Meteorological Magazine, 49, 165-180.

Brunkow, D. A., V. N. Bringi, et al., 2000:  A Description of the CSU-CHILL National Radar Facility.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 17, 1596-1608.[PDF]

Carey, L. D. and S. A. Rutledge, 2000:  The Relationship Between Precipitation & Lightning in Tropical Island Convection:  A C-band Polarimetric Radar Study.  Monthly Weather Review, 128, 2687-2710.[PDF]

Carey, L. D., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 2000:  Correcting Propagation Effects in C-band Polarimetric Radar Observations of Tropical Convection Using Differential Propagation Phase.  Journal of Applied Meteorology, 39, 1405-1433.[PDF]

Cifelli, R. C., C. R. Williams, et al., 2000:  Drop Size Distribution Characteristics in Tropical Mesoscale Convective Systems.  Journal of Applied Meteorology, 39, 760-777.

Droegemeier, K. K., J. D. Smith, et al., 2000:  Hydrological Aspects of Weather Prediction and Flood Warnings:  Report of the Ninth Prospectus Development Team of the U.S. Weather Research Program.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 81, 2665-2680.

Dye, J. E., B. A. Ridley, et al., 2000:  An Overview of the Stratospheric-Tropospheric Experiment:  Radiation, Aerosols, and Ozone (STERAO) - Deep Convection Experiment with Results for the July 10, 1996 Storm.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 10023-10045.

Gage, K. S., C. R. Williams, et al., 2000:  Doppler Radar Profilers as a Calibration Tool in Support of TRMM Ground Validation Field Campaigns.  Journal of Applied Meteorology, 39, 2209-2222.

Keenan, T. D., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 2000:  The Maritime Continent Thunderstorm Experiment (MCTEX):  Overview and Some Results.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 81, 2433-2455.

Lang, T. J., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 2000:  Anomalously Low Negative Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Flash Rates in Intensive Convective Storms Observed During STERAO-A.  Monthly Weather Review, 128, 160-173.[PDF]

Lau, K. M., Y. Ding, et al., 2000:  A Report of the Field Operations and Early Results of the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX).  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 1261-1270.

Saxen, T. R. and S. A. Rutledge, 2000:  Surface Rainfall - Cold Cloud Fractional Coverage Relationship in TOGA COARE:  A Function of Vertical Wind Shear.  Monthly Weather Review, 128, 407-415.[PDF]

Schuur, T. J. and S. A. Rutledge, 2000:  Electrification of Stratiform Regions in Mesoscale Convective Systems.  Part I:  An Observational Comparison of Symmetric and Asymmetric MCS's.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57, 1961-1982.[PDF]

Schuur, T. J. and S. A. Rutledge, 2000:  Electrification of Stratiform Regions in Mesoscale Convective Systems.  Part II:  Two-dimensional Numerical Model Simulations of a Symmetric MCS.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57, 1983-2006.[PDF]

Williams, C. R., A. Kruger, et al., 2000:  Comparison of Simultaneous Rain Drop Size Distributions Estimated from Two Surface Disdrometers and a UHF Profiler.  Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 1763-1766.

1999

Johnson, R. H., T. M. Rickenbach, et al., 1999:  Trimodal Characteristics of Tropical Convection.  Journal of Climate, 12, 2397-2418.[PDF]

May, P. T., T. D. Keenan, et al., 1999:  Polarimetric Radar Measurements of Tropical Rain at a 5-cm Wavelength.  Journal of Applied Meteorology, 38, 750-765.

Petersen, W. A., L. D. Carey, et al., 1999:  Mesoscale and Radar Observations of the Fort Collins Flash Flood of 28 July 1997.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 80, 191-216.[PDF]

Petersen, W. A., R. C. Cifelli, et al., 1999:  Shipborne Dual-Doppler Operations During TOGA COARE:  Integrated Observations of Storm Kinematics and Electrification.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 80, 81-97.[PDF]

Rajopadhyaya, D. K., S. K. Avery, et al., 1999:  Comparison of Precipitation Estimation Using Single- and Dual-Frequency Wind Profilers:  Simulations and Experimental Results.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 16, 165-173.

1998

Carey, L. D. and S. A. Rutledge, 1998:  Electrical and Multiparameter Radar Observations of a Severe Hailstorm.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 13979-14000.

Cifelli, R. C. and S. A. Rutledge, 1998:  Vertical Motion, Diabatic Heating, and Rainfall Characteristics in N. Australia Convective Systems.  Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 124, 1133-1162.

DeMott, C. A. and S. A. Rutledge, 1998:  The Vertical Structure of TOGA COARE Convection.  Part I:  Radar Echo Distributions.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 55, 2730-2747.[PDF]

DeMott, C. A. and S. A. Rutledge, 1998:  The Vertical Structure of TOGA COARE Convection.  Part II:  Modulating Influences and Implications for Diabatic Heating.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 55, 2748-2762.[PDF]

Fritsch, J. M., J. Houze, R. A., et al., 1998:  Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting:  Report of the Eighth Prospectus Development Team, U.S. Weather Research Program.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 79, 285-299.

Hubbert, J. H., V. N. Bringi, et al., 1998:  CSU-CHILL Polarimetric Radar Measurements from a Severe Hailstorm in Eastern Colorado.  Journal of Applied Meteorology, 37, 749-775.

Johnson, R. H., T. M. Rickenbach, et al., 1998:  On the Distribution of Tropical Clouds.  Journal of Climate, 12, 2397-2418.

Petersen, W. A. and S. A. Rutledge, 1998:  On the Relationship Between Cloud-to-Ground Lightning and Convective Rainfall.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 14025-14040.

Rajopadhyaya, D. K., P. T. May, et al., 1998:  The Effect of Vertical Air Motions on Rain Rates and Median Volume Diameter Determined from combined UHF and VHF Wind Profiler Measurements and Comparisons with Rain Gauge Measurements.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 15, 1306-1319.

Rickenbach, T. M. and S. A. Rutledge, 1998:  Convection in TOGA COARE:  Horizontal Scale, Morphology, and Rainfall Production.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 55, 2715-2729.[PDF]

Saxen, T. R. and S. A. Rutledge, 1998:  Surface Fluxes and Boundary Layer Recovery in TOGA COARE:  Sensitivity to Convective Organization.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 55, 2763-2781.[PDF]

Simpson, J., J. B. Halverson, et al., 1998:  On the Role of "Hot Towers" in Tropical Cyclone Formation.  Journal of Meteorological and Atmospheric Physics, 67, 15-35.

1997

Pinkel, R., M. Merrifield, et al., 1997:  Solitary Waves in the Western Equatorial Pacific Ocean.  Geophysical Research Letters, 24, 1603-1606.

Short, D. A., P. A. Kucera, et al., 1997:  Shipboard Radar Rainfall Patterns within the TOGA/COARE IFA.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 78, 2817-2836.[PDF]

1996

Bringi, V. N., L. Liu, et al., 1996:  Dual Multiparameter Radar Observations of Intense Convective Systems:  The 24 June 1992 Case Study.  59, 3-31.

Carey, L. D. and S. A. Rutledge, 1996:  A Multparameter Radar Case Study of the Microphysical and Kinematic Evolution of a Lightning Producing Storm.  Journal of Meteorological and Atmospheric Physics, 59, 33-64.

Cifelli, R. C., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 1996:  Horizontal Divergence and Vertical Velocity Retrievals from Doppler and Wind Profiler Observations.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 13, 948-966.[PDF]

Fowler, L. D., D. A. Randall, et al., 1996:  Liquid and Ice Cloud Microphysics in the CSU General Circulation Model.  Part I:  Model Description and Simulated Microphysical Processes.  Journal of Climate, 9, 489-529.

Petersen, W. A., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 1996:  Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Observations in TOGA COARE:  Lightning Location Algorithms and Selected Results.  Monthly Weather Review, 124, 602-620.[PDF]

1995

Aydin, K., V. N. Bringi, et al., 1995:  Rainrate Estimation in the Presence of Hail Using S-band Specific Differential Phase and Other Radar Parameters.  Journal of Applied Meteorology, 34, 404-410.

Kennedy, P. C. and S. A. Rutledge, 1995:  Dual-Doppler and Multiparameter Radar Observations of a Bow Echo Hailstorm.  Monthly Weather Review, 123, 921-943.

Mudukutore, A., V. Chandrasekar, et al., 1995:  The Differential Phase Pattern of the CSU-CHILL Radar Antenna.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 12, 1120-1123.

Scott, J. D. and S. A. Rutledge, 1995:  Doppler Radar Observations of an Asymmetric Mesoscale Convective System and Associated Vortex Couplet.  Monthly Weather Review, 123, 3437-3457.

1994

Cifelli, R. C. and S. A. Rutledge, 1994:  Vertical Motion Structure in Maritime Continent Mesoscale Convective Systems.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 51, 2631-2652.

Kennedy, P. C., N. E. Westcott, et al., 1994:  Reply to the Comments of C. A. Doswell III on "Single-Doppler Radar Observations of a Mini-Supercell Tornadic Thunderstorm".  Monthly Weather Review, 123, 235-238.

Liu, L., V. N. Bringi, et al., 1994:  Analysis of Copolar Correlation Coefficient Between Horizontal and Vertical Polarizations.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 11, 950-963.

Randell, S. C., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 1994:  A Modeling Study on the Electrical Development of Tropical Convection:  Continental and Oceanic (Monsoon) Storms.  Monthly Weather Review, 122, 1852-1877.

Rauber, R. M., M. K. Ramamurthy, et al., 1994:  Synoptic and Mesoscale Structure of a Severe Freezing Rain Event:  The St. Valentine's Day Ice Storm.  Weather and Forecasting, 9, 183-208.

Rutledge, S. A. and W. A. Petersen, 1994:  Vertical Radar Reflectivity Structure and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in the Stratiform Region of MCS's:  Further Evidence for In-situ Charging in the Stratiform Region.  Monthly Weather Review, 122, 1760-1776.

1993

Czys, R. C. and R. W. Scott, 1993:  A Simple Objective Method Used to Forecast Convective Activity During the 1989 PACE Cloudseeding Experiment.  Journal of Applied Meteorology, 32, 996-1005.

Hallett, J., M. Wetzel, et al., 1993:  Field Training in Radar Meteorology.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 74, 17-22.

Keenan, T. D. and S. A. Rutledge, 1993:  Mesoscale Characteristics of Monsoonal Convection and Associated Stratiform Precipitation.  Monthly Weather Review, 121, 352-374.

Ramamurthy, M. K., R. M. Rauber, et al., 1993:  A Comparative Study of Large-Amplitude Gravity-Wave Events.  Monthly Weather Review, 122, 2951-2974.

Rassmussen, E. N. and S. A. Rutledge, 1993:  Evolution of Quasi-Dimensional Squall Lines.  Part I:  Kinematic and Reflectivity Structure.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 50, 2584-2606.

Rassmussen, E. N. and S. A. Rutledge, 1993:  Evolution of Quasi-Dimensional Squall Lines.  Part II:  Vorticity Generation and Storm Longevity.  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences,

Rutledge, S. A., P. C. Kennedy, et al., 1993:  Use of the CSU-CHILL Radar in Radar Meteorology Education at Colorado State University.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 74, 25-31.

Rutledge, S. A., E. R. Williams, et al., 1993:  Lightning and Electrical Structure of Mesoscale Convective Systems.  Atmospheric Research, 29, 27-53.

1992

Changnon, S. A., 1992:  Temporal and Spatial Relationships Between Hail and Lightning.  Journal of Applied Meteorology, 31, 587-604.

Kennedy, P. C., N. E. Westcott, et al., 1992:  Single Doppler Radar Observations of a Tornadic Mini-Supercell Thunderstorm.  Monthly Weather Review, 121, 1860-1870.

Petersen, W. A. and S. A. Rutledge, 1992:  Some Characteristics of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning in Tropical Northern Australia.  Journal of Geophysical Research, 97, 11553-11560.

Rassmussen, E. N., M. Politovich, et al., 1992:  Winter Icing and Storms Project (WISP).  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 73, 951-974.

Rutledge, S. A., E. R. Williams, et al., 1992:  The Down Under Doppler and Electricity Experiment (DUNDEE):  Overview and Preliminary Results.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 73, 3-16.

Turk, J., 1992:  Ka-band Propagation Measurements Using the ACTS Propagation Terminal and the CSU-CHILL Radar.  NASA Earth-Space Propagation Newsletter,

Williams, E. R., S. A. Rutledge, et al., 1992:  A Radar and Electrical Study of Tropical "Hot Towers".  Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 49, 1386-1395.

1991

Achtemeier, G. A., 1991:  The Use of Insects as Tracers for "Clear Air" Boundary Layer Studies by Doppler Radar.  Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 8, 746-765.

Changnon, S. A., R. C. Czys, et al., 1991:  Illinois Precipitation Research:  A Focus on Cloud and Precipitation Modification.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 72, 587-604.

Huston, W. M., A. G. Detwiler, et al., 1991:  Observation and Model Simulations of Transport and Precipitation Development in a Seeded Cumulus Congestus Cloud.  Journal of Applied Meteorology, 30, 1389-1406.

Ramamurthy, M. K., R. M. Rauber, et al., 1991:  UNIWIPP:  A University of Illinois Field Experiment to Investigate the Structure of Mesoscale Precipitation in Winter Storms.  Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 72, 764-776.

Rutledge, S. A., 1991:  Middle Latitude and Tropical Mesoscale Convective Systems.  Review of Geophysics Supplement, 29, 88-97.

Shields, M. T., R. M. Rauber, et al., 1991:  Dynamical Forcing and Mesoscale Organization of Precipitation Bands in a Midwest Winter Cyclonic Storm.  Monthly Weather Review, 119, 936-964.

1990

Rutledge, S. A., C. Lu and D. R. MacGorman: Positive cloud-to-ground lightning in mesoscale convective systems. J. Atmos. Sci., 47, 2085-2100.

Ramamurthy, M. K., B. P. Collins, et al., 1990:  Dramatic Evidence of Atmospheric Solitary Waves.  Nature, 348, 314-317.

1989

Houze, R. A., Jr., S. A. Rutledge, M. I. Biggerstaff and B. F. Smull, 1989: Doppler radar depiction of midlatitude mesoscale convective systems. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 70, 608-619.

Hegg, D. A., S.A. Rutledge, P.V. Hobbs, Mary C. Barth and Owen Hertzman, 1989: The chemistry of a mesoscale rainband. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 115, 867-886.

Rutledge, S. A., 1989: A severe frontal rainband. Part IV: A diagnostic modeling study of the precipitation mechanisms and frontogenesis. J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 3570-3594.

1988

Rutledge, S. A. and D. R. MacGorman, 1988: Cloud-to-ground lightning activity in the 10-11 June 1985 mesoscale convective system observed during O.K. PRE-STORM, Mon. Wea. Rev., 116, 1393-1408.

Rutledge, S. A., R. A. Houze, Jr., M. I. Biggerstaff, and T. Matejka, 1988: The Kansas-Oklahoma squall line of 10-11 June 1985 observed in PRE-STORM: Precipitation structure and single-Doppler radar analysis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 116, 1409-1430.

1987

Rutledge, S. A. and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1987: A diagnostic modeling study of the trailing stratiform region of a midlatitude squall line, J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 2640-2656.

1986

Rutledge, S. A.,1986: A diagnostic numerical study of the stratiform region associated with a tropical squall line, J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 1337-1358.

Hegg, D. A., S. A. Rutledge and P. V. Hobbs, 1986: A numerical model for sulfur and nitrogen chemistry in narrow cold-frontal rainbands. I: Model description and discussion of microphysical fields, J. Geophys. Research, 91, 14385-14402.

Hegg, D. A., S. A. Rutledge and P. V. Hobbs, 1986: A numerical model for sulfur and nitrogen chemistry in narrow cold-frontal rainbands. II: Discussion of chemical fields, J. Geophys. Research, 91, 14403-14416.

1984

Rutledge, S. A. and P. V. Hobbs, 1984: The mesoscale and microscale structure and organization of clouds and precipitation in extratropical cyclones. XII: A numerical study of precipitation processes in narrow cold-frontal rainbands, J. Atmos. Sci., 41, 2949-2972.

Hegg, D. A., S. A. Rutledge and P. V. Hobbs, 1984: A numerical model for sulfur chemistry in warm-frontal rain bands, J. Geophys. Research, 89, 7133-7147.

1983

Rutledge, S. A. and P. V. Hobbs, 1983: The mesoscale and microscale structure and organization of clouds and precipitation in extratropical cyclones. VIII: A model for the seeder-feeder process in warm-frontal rainbands, J. Atmos. Sci., 40, 1185-1206.

1981

R. A. Houze, Jr., S. A. Rutledge, T. J. Matejka and P. V. Hobbs, 1981: The mesoscale and microscale structure and organization of clouds and precipitation in extratropical cyclones. III: Air motions and precipitation growth in a warm-frontal rainband, J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 639-649.

Book Section

Rutledge, S. A. (1994). Meteorological Radar. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia . . .

Mueller, E. A. and V. Chandrasekar (1992). Meteorologic Radar Polarimetry in North America 1950-1991. Direct and Inverse Methods in Radar Polarimetry. W.-M. Boerner. Boston, D. Reidel Company

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