Publications

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

2026: Will a Worm Turn? Observations of Coherent Surface-Layer Vertical Vorticity in Supercell Inflow
Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Michael C. Coniglio, Robert A. Saba, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, David J. Bodine, Robby Frost, Paul M. Markowski
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2026: TROPoe user guide: v1.0
Dr. David (Dave) Turner, Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Bianca Adler
2026: Examining Right-Moving Supercell Environments in the Great Plains with Composite Doppler Wind Lidar Observations
Robert A. Saba, Michael C. Coniglio, Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Sean Waugh
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2026: Evaluation of Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterization Schemes Using WoFS Ensemble Members and Observations from TRACER
Francesca Lappin, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Petra Klein, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Kent Knopfmeier
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2026: CopterSonde-SWX: development of a UAS-based Vertical Atmospheric Profiler for severe weather
Dr. Antonio R. Segales, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Abdullah A. Tasim, Aaron Quiroz, Jeremy D. Simms, Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith
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2026: Coordinating Weather Sensing UAS for Atmospheric Research: Lessons from the SCALES Campaign
Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Adam L. Houston, James Pinto, Jamey Jacob, Gustavo Britto Hupsel de Azevedo, Dr. Antonio R. Segales, Sean C. C. Bailey, Chris Swan
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2025: Using a Numerical Model to Evaluate a Proposed Mechanism for Nocturnal Low-Level Jets and Ascent over a Warm Tongue
Matheus B. Gomes, Alan Shapiro, David B. Parsons, Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer
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2025: Studying Aerosol, Clouds, and Air Quality in the Coastal Urban Environment of Southeastern Texas
Michael P. Jensen, James H. Flynn, Jorge E. Gonzalez-Cruz, Laura M. Judd, Pavlos Kollias, Chongai Kuang, Greg M. McFarquhar, Heath Powers, Prathap Ramamurthy, John Sullivan, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Petra Klein, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith
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2025: Relating the Effects of Heterogeneous Terrain on Boundary Layer Flow to the Evolution of Preconvection Environments Using Remote Profiler Datasets from PERiLS
Matthew B. Ammon, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Tyler J. Pardun
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2025: Quantifying the Thermodynamic Impacts on the Atmospheric Boundary Layer due to the Sea Breeze in the Coastal Houston Region
Francesca Lappin, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Petra Klein, Gijs de Boer
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2025: Operational wind plants increase planetary boundary layer height: an observational study
Aliza Abraham, matteo-puccioni, Dr. Arianna Jordan, Emina Maric, Nicola Bodini, Nicholas Hamilton, Stefano Letizia, Dr. Petra Klein, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, sonia-wharton, Jonathan Gero, Jamey D. Jacob, Raghavendra Krishnamurthy, Rob K. Newsom, Mikhail Pekour, William Radünz, Patrick Moriarty
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2025: A Framework for Convective-Scale Observing System Simulation Experiments Using Ensembles
Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Louis J. Wicker, Matthew B. Ammon, Derek R. Stratman
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2024: The Propagation, Evolution, and Rotation in Linear Storms (PERiLS) Project
Karen A. Kosiba, Anthony W. Lyza, Robert J. Trapp, Erik N. Rasmussen, Matthew Parker, Michael I. Biggerstaff, Stephen W. Nesbitt, Christopher C. Weiss, Joshua Wurman, Kevin R. Knupp, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Dr. David (Dave) Turner
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2024: Spatially distributed atmospheric boundary layer properties in Houston – A value-added observational dataset
Katia Lamer, Zackary Mages, Bernat Puigdomènech Treserras, Paul Walter, Zeen Zhu, Anita D. Rapp, Christopher J. Nowotarski, Sarah D. Brooks, James Flynn, Milind Sharma, Dr. Petra Klein, Michelle R. Spencer, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Lydia Bunting, Travis Griggs, Timothy J. Wagner, Katherine McKeown
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2024: Probing the atmospheric boundary layer with integrated remote-sensing platforms during the American WAKE ExperimeNt (AWAKEN) campaign
Dr. Arianna Jordan, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Dr. Petra Klein, Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, sonia-wharton
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2024: Evaluation and Intercomparison of Small Uncrewed Aircraft Systems Used for Atmospheric Research
Gijs de Boer, Brian J. Butterworth, Jack S. Elston, Adam Houston, Dr. Elizabeth A. Pillar-Little, Brian Argrow, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Phillip Chilson, Christopher Choate, Brian Greene, Ashraful Islam, Ryan Martz, Michael Rhodes, Daniel Rico, Maciej Stachura, Francesca Lappin, Dr. Antonio R. Segales, Seabrooke Whyte, Matthew Wilson
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2024: Data collected using small uncrewed aircraft systems during the TRacking Aerosol Convection interactions ExpeRiment (TRACER)
Francesca Lappin, Gijs de Boer, Dr. Petra Klein, Jonathan Hamilton, Michelle R. Spencer, Radiance Calmer, Dr. Antonio R. Segales, Michael Rhodes, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Justin Buchli, Dr. Arianna Jordan, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Dr. Elizabeth A. Pillar-Little
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2024: Contextualizing Polarimetric Retrievals of Boundary Layer Height Using State-of-the-Art Boundary Layer Profiling
Jacob T. Carlin, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Katherine Giannakopoulos
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2024: A multi-instrument fuzzy logic boundary-layer-top detection algorithm
Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Jacob T. Carlin
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2024: A Flexible, Multi-Instrument Optimal Estimation Retrieval for Wind Profiles
Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Dr. Tyler M. Bell
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2023: QES-Plume v1.0: a Lagrangian dispersion model
Fabien Margairaz, Balwinder Singh, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Loren Atwood, Eric R. Pardyjak, Rob Stoll
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2023: A method for generating a quasi-linear convective system suitable for observing system simulation experiments
Jonathan D. Labriola, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Louis J. Wicker
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2023: Supporting Advancement in Weather and Water Prediction in the Upper Colorado River Basin: The SPLASH Campaign
Gijs de Boer, Allen White, Rob Cifelli, Janet Intrieri, Mimi Rose Abel, Kelly Mahoney, Tilden Meyers, Kathy Lantz, Jonathan Hamilton, William Currier, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith
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2023: Inclination angles of turbulent structures in stably stratified boundary layers
Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Rob Stoll, Scott Salesky
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2022: Doppler Lidar and Mobile Radiosonde Observation-based Evaluation of Warn-on-Forecast System Predicted Near-Supercell Environments during TORUS 2019
Jordan J Laser, Michael C Coniglio, Patrick S Skinner, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith
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2022: Turbulence dissipation rate estimated from lidar observations during the LAPSE-RATE field campaign
Miguel Sanchez Gomez, Julie K Lundquist, Dr. Petra Klein, Dr. Tyler M. Bell
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2022: Evaluating convective planetary boundary layer height estimations resolved by both active and passive remote sensing instruments during the CHEESEHEAD19 field campaign
Laura Bianco, Bianca Adler, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Irina V. Djalalova, Laura Riihimaki, Joseph Sedlar, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Dr. David (Dave) Turner, Timothy J. Wagner, James M. Wilczak
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2022: QES-Fire: a dynamically coupled fast-response wildfire model
Matthew J. Moody, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Steven Krueger, Derek Mallia, Eric R. Pardyjak, Adam K. Kochanski, Brian N. Bailey, Rob Stoll
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2022: Gradient-Based Turbulence Estimates from Multicopter Profiles in the Arctic Stable Boundary Layer
Brian Greene, Stephan T Kral, Phillip B Chilson, Joachim Reuder
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2022: Low-level buoyancy as a tool to understand boundary layer transitions
Francesca Lappin, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Elizabeth A. Pillar-Little, Phillip Chilson
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2022: Spatially Variable Advection Correction of Doppler Radial Velocity Data
Alan Shapiro, Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Nathan A Dahl, David J Bodine, Andrew Mahre, Corey K Potvin
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2022: Evaluating Vertical Velocity Retrievals from Vertical Vorticity Equation Constrained Dual-Doppler Analysis of Real, Rapid-Scan Radar Data
Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Alan Shapiro, Corey K. Potvin, Nathan A. Dahl, Michael I. Biggerstaff, A. Addison Alford
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2021: Evaluation and Applications of Multi-Instrument Boundary-Layer Thermodynamic Retrievals
Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Brian Greene, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Greg Blumberg, Ryann Wakefield, Dylan Reif, Qing Niu, Qingyu Wang, Dr. David (Dave) Turner
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2021: Assimilation of a Coordinated Fleet of Uncrewed Aircraft System Observations in Complex Terrain: EnKF System Design and Preliminary Assessment
Anders A Jensen, James O Pinto, Sean CC Bailey, Ryan A Sobash, Gijs de Boer, Adam L Houston, Phillip B Chilson, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Glen Romine, Suzanne W Smith, Dale A Lawrence, Cory Dixon, Julie K Lundquist, Jamey D Jacob, Jack Elston, Sean Waugh, Matthias Steiner
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2021: Connecting Land–Atmosphere Interactions to Surface Heterogeneity in CHEESEHEAD19
B. J. Butterworth, A. R. Desai, P. A. Townsend, G. W. Petty, C. G. Andresen, T. H. Bertram, E. L. Kruger, J. K. Mineau, E. R. Olson, S. Paleri, R. A. Pertzborn, C. Pettersen, P. C. Stoy, J. E. Thom, M. P. Vermeuel, T. J. Wagner, D. B. Wright, T. Zheng, S. Metzger, M. D. Schwartz, T. J. Iglinski, M. Mauder, J. Speidel, H. Vogelmann, L. Wanner, T. J. Augustine, W. O. J. Brown, S. P. Oncley, M. Buban, T. R. Lee, P. Cleary, D. J. Durden, C. R. Florian, K. Lantz, L. D. Riihimaki, J. Sedlar, T. P. Meyers, D. M. Plummer, E. R. Guzman, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, M. Sühring, Dr. David (Dave) Turner, Z. Wang
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2021: Observations of the thermodynamic and kinematic state of the atmospheric boundary layer over the San Luis Valley, CO, using the CopterSonde 2 remotely piloted aircraft system in support of the LAPSE-RATE field campaign
Dr. Elizabeth A. Pillar-Little, Brian Greene, Francesca Lappin, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Antonio R. Segales, Gustavo Britto Hupsel de Azevedo, William Doyle, Sai Teja Kanneganti, Daniel D Tripp, Phillip B Chilson
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2021: Remote-sensing and radiosonde datasets collected in the San Luis Valley during the LAPSE-RATE campaign
Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Petra Klein, Julie K. Lundquist, Sean Waugh
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2021: Utilizing dynamic parallelism in CUDA to accelerate a 3D red-black successive over relaxation wind-field solver
Behnam Bozorgmehr, Pete Willemsen, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Rob Stoll, J.-J. Kim, Eric R. Pardyjak
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2021: Emergence of a Nocturnal Low-Level Jet from a Broad Baroclinic Zone
Alan Shapiro, Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, David B Parsons
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2020: Large-Eddy Simulation of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer
Rob Stoll, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Scott T. Salesky, William Anderson, Marc Calaf
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2020: Structure Functions and Structure Parameters of Velocity Fluctuations in Numerically Simulated Atmospheric Convective Boundary Layer Flows
Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Evgeni Fedorovich
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2020: The Effect of Climatological Variables on Future UAS-Based Atmsospheric Profiling in the Lower Atmosphere
Ariel M. Jabobs, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Brian Greene, Phillip Chilson
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2020: Current and Future Uses of UAS for Improved Forecasts/Warnings and Scientific Studies
G. M. McFarquhar, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Dr. Elizabeth A. Pillar-Little, K. Brewster, P. B. Chilson, T. R. Lee, S. Waugh, N. Yussouf, X. Wang, M. Xue, G. de Boer, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, C. Fiebrich, B. Baker, J. Brotzge, F. Carr, H. Christophersen, M. Fengler, P. Hall, T. Hock, A. Houston, R. Huck, J. Jacob, R. Palmer, P. K. Quinn, M. Wagner, Y. Zhang
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2020: On the Evaluation of the Proportionality Coefficient between the Turbulence Temperature Spectrum and Structure Parameter
Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Evgeni Fedorovich
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2020: Confronting the boundary layer data gap: evaluating new and existing methodologies of probing the lower atmosphere
Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Brian Greene, Dr. Petra Klein, Matt Carney, Phillip B. Chilson
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2020: Assessing Systematic Impacts of PBL Schemes on Storm Evolution in the NOAA Warn-on-Forecast System
Corey K Potvin, Patrick S Skinner, Kimberly A Hoogewind, Michael C Coniglio, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Adam J Clark, Montgomery L Flora, Anthony E Reinhart, Jacob R Carley, Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith
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2020: The CopterSonde: an insight into the development of a smart unmanned aircraft system for atmospheric boundary layer research
Dr. Antonio R. Segales, Brian Greene, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, William Doyle, Joshua J. Martin, Dr. Elizabeth A. Pillar-Little, P. B. Chilson
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2020: Analysis of flow in complex terrain using multi-Doppler lidar retrieval
Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Petra Klein, Norman Wildmann, Robert Menke
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2019: The Role of Continental Mesoscale Convective Systems in Forecast Busts within Global Weather Prediction Systems
David B. Parsons, Samuel P. Lillo, Christopher P. Rattray, Peter Bechtold, Mark J. Rodwell, Connor Bruce
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2019: Clarifying the baroclinic contribution to the Great Plains low-level jet frequency maximums
Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Alan Shapiro
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2019: High-resolution, rapid-scan dual-Doppler retrievals of vertical velocityin a simulated supercell
Nathan A. Dahl, Alan Shapiro, Corey K. Potvin, Adam Theisen, Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Alexander D. Schenkman, Ming Xue
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2019: Moving towards a Network of Autonomous UAS Atmospheric Profiling Stations for Observations in the Earth’s Lower Atmosphere: The 3D Mesonet Concept
Phillip B Chilson, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Keith A Brewster, Gustavo Britto Hupsel de Azevedo, Frederick H Carr, Kenneth Carson, William Doyle, Christopher A Fiebrich, Brian Greene, James L Grimsley, Sai Teja Kanneganti, Joshua Martin, Andrew Moore, Robert D Palmer, Dr. Elizabeth A. Pillar-Little, Jorge L Salazar-Cerreno, Dr. Antonio R. Segales, Mark E Weber, Mark Yeary, Kelvin K Droegemeier
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2019: The Great Plains low-level jet during PECAN: observed and simulated characteristics
Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Dr. Petra Klein, Evgeni Fedorovich, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs
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2019: The Perdigão: Peering into Microscale Details of Mountain Winds
HJS Fernando, Jakob Mann, JMLM Palma, Julie K Lundquist, Rebecca Jane Barthelmie, M Belo-Pereira, WOJ Brown, FK Chow, Thomas Gerz, CM Hocut, Dr. Petra Klein, LS Leo, JC Matos, SP Oncley, SC Pryor, L Bariteau, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, N Bodini, MB Carney, MS Courtney, ED Creegan, R Dimitrova, Sean Gomes, Marie Hagen, JO Hyde, Stephan Kigle, R Krishnamurthy, JC Lopes, L Mazzaro, JMT Neher, Robert Menke, P Murphy, Lothar Oswald, S Otarola-Bustos, AK Pattantyus, C Veiga Rodrigues, Arthur Schady, N Sirin, S Spuler, E Svensson, J Tomaszewski, Dr. David (Dave) Turner, L van Veen, N Vasiljević, D Vassallo, S Voss, Norman Wildmann, Y Wang
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2019: Environmental and Sensor Integration Influences on Temperature Measurements by Rotary-Wing Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Brian Greene, Dr. Antonio R. Segales, Dr. Tyler M. Bell, Dr. Elizabeth A. Pillar-Little, P. B. Chilson
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2018: Considerations for temperature sensor placement on rotary-wing unmanned aircraft systems
Brian Greene, Dr. Antonio R. Segales, S. Waugh, S. Duthoit, P. B. Chilson
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2018: WRF Model Study of the Great Plains Low-Level Jet: Effects of Grid Spacing and Boundary Layer Parameterization
Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Evgeni Fedorovich, Dr. Petra Klein
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2018: Convection initiation caused by heterogeneous low-level jets over the Great Plains
Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Alan Shapiro, Evgeni Fedoroviche, Dr. Petra Klein
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2018: Mesoscale Ascent in Nocturnal Low-Level Jets
Alan Shapiro, Evgeni Fedorovich, Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer
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2017: A 1D Theoretical Analysis of Northerly Low-Level Jets over the Great Plains
Dr. Joshua G. Gebauer, Evgeni Fedorovich, Alan Shapiro
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2017: MicroHH 1.0: a computational fluid dynamics code for direct numerical simulation and large-eddy simulation of atmospheric boundary layer flows
Chiel C. van Heerwaarden, B. J. H. van Stratum, Thijs Heus, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Evgeni Fedorovich, Juan-Pedro Mellado
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2017: Numerical study of nocturnal low-level jets over gently sloping terrain
Evgeni Fedorovich, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Alan Shapiro
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2017: Comparison of analytical descriptions of nocturnal low-level jets with the Ekman model framework
Dr. Elizabeth N. Smith, Evgeni Fedorovich, Alan Shapiro
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2016: Sensitivity of turbulence statistics in the lower portion of a numerically simulated stable boundary layer to parameters of the Deardorff subgrid turbulence model
Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Evgeni Fedorovich
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2016: Comparison of Direct and Spectral Methods for Evaluation of the Temperature Structure Parameter in Numerically Simulated Convective Boundary Layer Flows
Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Evgeni Fedorovich, Björn Maronga, Charlotte E. Wainwright, Manuel Dröse
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2015: Measurements of the Temperature Structure-Function Parameters with a Small Unmanned Aerial System Compared with a Sodar
Dr.Tim Bonin, David C. Goines, Aaron K. Scott, Charlotte E. Wainwright, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Phillip B. Chilson
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2015: An Analytical Verification Test for Numerically Simulated Convective Flow Above a Thermally Heterogeneous Surface
Alan Shapiro, Evgeni Fedorovich, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs
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2015: Methods for Evaluating the Temperature Structure-Function Parameter Using Unmanned Aerial Systems and Large-Eddy Simulation
Charlotte E. Wainwright, Dr.Tim Bonin, Phillip B. Chilson, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Evgeni Fedorovich, Robert D. Palmer
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2015: Revisiting Surface Heat-Flux and Temperature Boundary Conditions in Models of Stably Stratified Boundary-Layer Flows
Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Evgeni Fedorovich, Alan Shapiro
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2014: Effects of Temporal Discretization on Turbulence Statistics and Spectra in Numerically Simulated Convective Boundary Layers
Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Evgeni Fedorovich
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2014: A Time Series Sodar Simulator Based on Large-Eddy Simulation
Charlotte E. Wainwright, Phillip M. Stepanian, Phillip B. Chilson, Robert D. Palmer, Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Evgeni Fedorovich
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2014: Comparison of Convective Boundary Layer Velocity Spectra Retrieved from Large-Eddy-Simulation and Weather Research and Forecasting Model Data
Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Evgeni Fedorovich
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2011: Evaluating Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model predictions of turbulent flow parameters in a dry convective boundary layer
Dr. Jeremy A. Gibbs, Evgeni Fedorovich, A. M. J. van Eijk
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