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Paul A. Kucera

Project Scientist II
Weather Systems & Assessment Program (WSAP)
303-497-2807
pkuceraucar.edu

Job Duties

Provides scientific and project leadership for the Research Applications Laboratory (RAL) Weather Systems and Assessment Program (WSAP) for a variety of scientific projects related to evaluation of forecasts and new observations; field measurement programs; and weather modification programs.

Professional Interests

Precipitation estimation, forecast verification, satellite rainfall validation, radar meteorology, weather modification assessment, snowfall/snowpack estimation techniques, statistical analysis of atmospheric fields, hydrometeorology, regional climate studies, applied geostatistical data analysis, characterization of tropical precipitating systems, observational network design.

Education

B.S., University of North Dakota, 1991, Meteorological Studies
M.S., Texas Tech University, 1993, Atmospheric Sciences
Ph.D., The University of Iowa, 2002, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Selected Publications

Polyak, I., G. R. North, P. A. Kucera, and N. R. Smith, 1997: Variability of the Tropical Ocean-Global Atmosphere Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment rain rate observations. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 11103-11111

Short, D. A., P. A. Kucera, B. S. Ferrier, J. C. Gerlach, S. A. Rutledge, and O. W. Thiele, 1997: Shipboard radar rainfall patterns within the TOGA COARE IFA. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 2817-2836

Kruger, A., P. A. Kucera, and W. F. Krajewski, 1999: TOGA COARE shipborne radar-rainfall products. Water Resour. Res., 35, 2597-2600

Tokay, A., A. Kruger, W. F. Krajewski, A. J. P. Filho, and P. A. Kucera, 2002: Measurements of drop size distribution in the southwestern Amazon basin. J. Geophys. Res., 107.

Ridley, B., L. Ott, K. Pickering, L. Emmons, D. Montzka, A. Weinheimer, D. Knapp, F. Grahek, L. Li, G. Heymsfield, M. McGill, P. A. Kucera, M. J. Mahoney, D. Baumgardner, M. Schultz, and G. Brasseur, 2004: Florida Thunderstorms: A Faucet of Reactive Nitrogen to the Upper Troposphere. J. Geophys. Res., 109, 2004JD004769.

Kucera, P. A., C.B. Young, and W.F. Krajewski, 2004: Geographic Information System based studies of radar beam blockage: A case study of Guam. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 24, 995-1006.

Gochis, D., P. A. Kucera, and co-authors, 2005: Meeting summary of UCAR/NCAR Junior Faculty Forum on Future Scientific Directions: The water cycle across scales working group. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 86, 1743-1746.

Williams, C. R., K. S. Gage, W. Clark, and P. A. Kucera, 2005: Vertically pointing profiling radars used to calibrate and monitor the reflectivity of scanning weather radars. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 22, 1004-1018.

Habib, E., C. G. Malakpet, A. Tokay, and P. A. Kucera, 2007: Sensitivity of streamflow simulations to temporal variabilitiy and estimation of Z-R relationships. J. Hydrologic Engineering (in review).

Rickenbach, T. M., P. A. Kucera, M. Gentry, L. Carey, A. Lare, R.-F. Lin, B. Demoz, and D. O’C. Starr, 2007: Evolution of anvil clouds and convective systems on 23 July 2002 during CRYSTAL-FACE. Mon. Wea. Rev. (in review).

Lamptey, B. L., R. E. Pandya, T. T. Warner, R. Boger, R. T. Bruintjes, P. A. Kucera, A. Laing, M. W. Moncrieff, M. K. Ramamurthy, and T. C. Spangler, 2007: An Africa initiative sponsored by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. (in review).