Publications in Refereed Journals
Cai, H., W.-C. Lee, T. M. Weckwerth, C. Flamant, and H. V. Murphey, 2006: Observations of the 11 June dryline during IHOP 2002—A null case for convection initiation. Monthly Weather Review, 134(1), 336 – 354.
Crook, N. A., and J. B. Klemp, 2000: Lifting by convergence lines. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57(6), 873 – 890.
Crook, N. A., and J. Sun, 2002: Assimilating radar, surface, and profiler data for the Sydney 2000 forecast demonstration project. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 19(6), 888 – 898.
Crook, N. A., and J. Sun, 2004: Analysis and forecasting of the low-level wind during the Sydney 2000 forecast demonstration project. Weather and Forecasting, 19(1), 151 – 167.
Dixon, M., and G. Wiener, 1993: TITAN: Thunderstorm Identification, Tracking, Analysis, and Nowcasting—A radar-based methodology. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 10(6), 785 – 797.
Fox, N. I., R. Webb, J. Bally, M. W. Sleigh, C. E. Pierce, D. M. L. Sills, P. I. Joe, J. Wilson, and C. G. Collier, 2004: The impact of advanced nowcasting systems on severe weather warning during the Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project: 3 November 2000. Weather and Forecasting, 19(1), 97 – 114.
Fritsch, J. M., R. A. Houze Jr., R. Adler, H. Bluestein, L. Bosart, J. Brown, F. Carr, C. Davis, R. H. Johnson, N. Junker, Y.-H. Kuo, S. Rutledge, J. Smith, Z. Toth, J. W. Wilson, E. Zipser, and D. Zrnic, 1998: Quantitative precipitation forecasting: Report of the eighth Prospectus Development Team, U.S. Weather Research Program. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 79(2), 285 – 299.
Keenan, T., P. Joe, J. Wilson, C. Collier, B. Golding, D. Burgess, P. May, C. Pierce, J. Bally, A. Crook, A. Seed, D. Sills, L. Berry, R. Potts, I. Bell, N. Fox, E. Ebert, M. Eilts, K. O'Loughlin, R. Webb, R. Carbone, K. Browning, R. Roberts, and C. Mueller, 2003: The Sydney 2000 World Weather Research Programme Forecast Demonstration Project: Overview and current status. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 84(8), 1041 – 1054.
May, P. T., T. D. Keenan, R. Potts, J. W. Wilson, R. Webb, A. Treloar, E. Spark, S. Lawrence, E. Ebert, J. Bally, and P. Joe, 2004: The Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Forecast Demonstration Project: Forecasting, observing network infrastructure, and data processing issues. Weather and Forecasting, 19(1), 115 – 130.
Mueller, C., T. Saxen, R. Roberts, J. Wilson, T. Betancourt, S. Dettling, N. Oien, and J. Yee, 2003: NCAR Auto-Nowcast system. Weather and Forecasting, 18(4), 545 – 561.
Pierce, C. E., E. Ebert, A. W. Seed, M. Sleigh, C. G. Collier, N. I. Fox, N. Donaldson, J. W. Wilson, R. Roberts, and C. K. Mueller, 2004: The nowcasting of precipitation during Sydney 2000: An appraisal of the QPF algorithms. Weather and Forecasting, 19(1), 7 – 21.
Roberts, R. D., and S. Rutledge, 2003: Nowcasting storm initiation and growth using GOES-8 and WSR-88D data. Weather and Forecasting, 18(4), 562 – 584.
Roberts, R. D., D. Burgess, and M. Meister, 2006: Developing tools for nowcasting storm severity. Weather and Forecasting, 21(4), 540 – 558.
Sharif, H. O., D. Yates, R. Roberts, and C. Mueller, 2006: The use of an automated nowcasting system to forecast flash floods in an urban watershed. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 7(1), 190 – 202.
Sills, D. M. L., J. W. Wilson, P. I. Joe, D. W. Burgess, R. M. Webb, and N. I. Fox, 2004: The 3 November tornadic event during Sydney 2000: Storm evolution and the role of low-level boundaries. Weather and Forecasting, 19(1), 22 – 42.
Sun, J., and N. A. Crook, 1997: Dynamical and microphysical retrieval from Doppler radar observations using a cloud model and its adjoint. Part I: Model development and simulated data experiments. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 54(12), 1642 – 1661.
Sun, J., and N. A. Crook, 1998: Dynamical and microphysical retrieval from Doppler radar observations using a cloud model and its adjoint. Part II: Retrieval experiments of an observed Florida convective storm. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 55(5), 835 – 852.
Sun, J., and N. A. Crook, 2001: Real-time low-level wind and temperature analysis using single WSR-88D data. Weather and Forecasting, 16(1), 117 – 132.
Warner, T. T., E. A. Brandes, J. Sun, D. N. Yates, and C. K. Mueller, 2000: Prediction of a flash flood in complex terrain. Part I: A comparison of rainfall estimates from radar, and very short range rainfall simulations from a dynamic model and an automated algorithmic system. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 39(6), 797 – 814.
Wilson, J. W., N. A. Crook, C. K. Mueller, J. Sun, and M. Dixon, 1998: Nowcasting thunderstorms: A status report. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 79(10), 2079 – 2099.
Wilson, J. W., R. E. Carbone, J. D. Tuttle, and T. D. Keenan, 2001: Tropical island convection in the absence of significant topography. Part II: nowcasting storm evolution. Monthly Weather Review, 129(7), 1637 – 1655.
Wilson, J. W., E. E. Ebert, T. R. Saxen, R. D. Roberts, C. K. Mueller, M. Sleigh, C. E. Pierce, and A. Seed, 2004: Sydney 2000 Forecast Demonstration Project: Convective storm nowcasting. Weather and Forecasting, 19(1), 131 – 150.
Xiao, Q., Y.-H. Kuo, J. Sun, W.-C. Lee, D. M. Barker, and E. Lim, 2007: An approach of radar reflectivity data assimilation and its assessment with the inland QPF of Typhoon Rusa (2002) at landfall. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climate, 46(1), 14 – 22.
Yates, D. N., T. T. Warner, and G. H. Leavesley, 2000: Prediction of a flash flood in complex terrain. Part II: A comparison of flood discharge simulations using rainfall input from radar, a dynamic model, and an automated algorithmic system. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 39(6), 815 – 825.