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An Airborne Study of an Atmospheric River over the Subtropical Pacific during WISPAR: Dropsonde Budget-Box Diagnostics and Precipitation Impacts in Hawaii

Source: Monthly Weather Review:;2014:;volume( 142 ):;issue: 009:;page 3199

Author(s): Neiman, Paul J.; Wick, Gary A.; Moore, Benjamin J.; Ralph, F. Martin; Spackman, J. Ryan; Ward, Bill

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: he Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers (WISPAR) experiment was carried out in January?March 2011 from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Dryden Flight Research Center as a demonstration for ...

The NCAR–NOAA Global Hawk Dropsonde System

Source: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;2018:;volume 035:;issue 008:;page 1585

Author(s): Wick, Gary A.; Hock, Terrence F.; Neiman, Paul J.; Vömel, Holger; Black, Michael L.; Spackman, J. Ryan

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: AbstractA new remotely controlled Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) dropsonde system has been developed for and deployed on the NASA Global Hawk (GH) unmanned aircraft. Design, fabrication, and operation ...

Forecasting Atmospheric Rivers during CalWater 2015

Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2016:;volume( 098 ):;issue: 003:;page 449

Author(s): Cordeira, Jason M.; Ralph, F. Martin; Martin, Andrew; Gaggini, Natalie; Spackman, J. Ryan; Neiman, Paul J.; Rutz, Jonathan J.; Pierce, Roger

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: tmospheric rivers (ARs) are long and narrow corridors of enhanced vertically integrated water vapor (IWV) and IWV transport (IVT) within the warm sector of extra tropical cyclones that can produce heavy precipitation and ...

An Airborne and Ground-Based Study of a Long-Lived and Intense Atmospheric River with Mesoscale Frontal Waves Impacting California during CalWater-2014

Source: Monthly Weather Review:;2015:;volume( 144 ):;issue: 003:;page 1115

Author(s): Neiman, Paul J.; Moore, Benjamin J.; White, Allen B.; Wick, Gary A.; Aikins, Joshua; Jackson, Darren L.; Spackman, J. Ryan; Ralph, F. Martin

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: he wettest period during the CalWater-2014 winter field campaign occurred with a long-lived, intense atmospheric river (AR) that impacted California on 7?10 February. The AR was maintained in conjunction with the development ...

An Analysis of Coordinated Observations from NOAA’s Ronald H. Brown Ship and G-IV Aircraft in a Landfalling Atmospheric River over the North Pacific during CalWater-2015

Source: Monthly Weather Review:;2017:;volume( 145 ):;issue: 009:;page 3647

Author(s): Neiman, Paul J.;Gaggini, Natalie;Fairall, Christopher W.;Aikins, Joshua;Spackman, J. Ryan;Leung, L. Ruby;Fan, Jiwen;Hardin, Joseph;Nalli, Nicholas R.;White, Allen B.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: AbstractTo gain a more complete observational understanding of atmospheric rivers (ARs) over the data-sparse open ocean, a diverse suite of mobile observing platforms deployed on NOAA?s R/V Ronald H. Brown (RHB) and G-IV ...

The Observed Water Vapor Budget in an Atmospheric River over the Northeast Pacific

Source: Journal of Hydrometeorology:;2020:;volume( ):;issue: -:;page 1

Author(s): Norris, Joel R.;Ralph, F. Martin;Demirdjian, Reuben;Cannon, Forest;Blomquist, Byron;Fairall, Christopher W.;Spackman, J. Ryan;Tanelli, Simone;Waliser, Duane E.

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: Combined airborne, shipboard, and satellite measurements provide the first observational assessment of all major terms of the vertically integrated water vapor (IWV) budget for a 150×160 km region within the core of a ...

Satellite Sounder Observations of Contrasting Tropospheric Moisture Transport Regimes: Saharan Air Layers, Hadley Cells, and Atmospheric Rivers

Source: Journal of Hydrometeorology:;2016:;Volume( 017 ):;issue: 012:;page 2997

Author(s): Nalli, Nicholas R.; Barnet, Christopher D.; Reale, Tony; Liu, Quanhua; Morris, Vernon R.; Spackman, J. Ryan; Joseph, Everette; Tan, Changyi; Sun, Bomin; Tilley, Frank; Leung, L. Ruby; Wolfe, Daniel

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: his paper examines the performance of satellite sounder atmospheric vertical moisture profiles under tropospheric conditions encompassing moisture contrasts driven by convection and advection transport mechanisms, specifically ...

Advancing Science and Services during the 2015/16 El Niño: The NOAA El Niño Rapid Response Field Campaign

Source: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;2017:;volume 099:;issue 005:;page 975

Author(s): Dole, Randall M.; Spackman, J. Ryan; Newman, Matthew; Compo, Gilbert P.; Smith, Catherine A.; Hartten, Leslie M.; Barsugli, Joseph J.; Webb, Robert S.; Hoerling, Martin P.; Cifelli, Robert; Wolter, Klaus; Barnet, Christopher D.; Gehne, Maria; Gelaro, Ronald; Kiladis, George N.; Abbott, Scott; Akish, Elena; Albers, John; Brown, John M.; Cox, Christopher J.; Darby, Lisa; de Boer, Gijs; DeLuisi, Barbara; Dias, Juliana; Dunion, Jason; Eischeid, Jon; Fairall, Christopher; Gambacorta, Antonia; Gorton, Brian K.; Hoell, Andrew; Intrieri, Janet; Jackson, Darren; Johnston, Paul E.; Lataitis, Richard; Mahoney, Kelly M.; McCaffrey, Katherine; McColl, H. Alex; Mueller, Michael J.; Murray, Donald; Neiman, Paul J.; Otto, William; Persson, Ola; Quan, Xiao-Wei; Rangwala, Imtiaz; Ray, Andrea J.; Reynolds, David; Dellaripa, Emily Riley; Rosenlof, Karen; Sakaeda, Naoko; Sardeshmukh, Prashant D.; Slivinski, Laura C.; Smith, Lesley; Solomon, Amy; Swales, Dustin; Tulich, Stefan; White, Allen; Wick, Gary; Winterkorn, Matthew G.; Wolfe, Daniel E.; Zamora, Robert

Publisher: American Meteorological Society

Abstract: AbstractForecasts by mid-2015 for a strong El Niño during winter 2015/16 presented an exceptional scientific opportunity to accelerate advances in understanding and predictions of an extreme climate event and its impacts ...