Publications

Selected BLISS member publications are linked here

2018

Gebauer, J. G., A. Shapiro, E. Fedorovich, and P. M. Klein: Convection initiation caused by heterogeneous low-level jets over the Great Plains. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 2615-2637.

Shapiro, A., E. Fedorovich, and J. G. Gebauer: Mesoscale ascent in nocturnal low-level jets. J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 1403-1427.

Smith, E. N, J. A. Gibbs, E. Fedorovich, P. M. Klein, 2018: WRF model study of the Great Plains low-level jet. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 57, 2375–2397.

2017

Fedorovich, E., J. A. Gibbs, and A. Shapiro, 2017: Numerical study of nocturnal low-level jets over gently sloping terrain. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 2813–2834.

Fedorovich, E., and A. Shapiro, 2017: Oscillations in Prandtl slope flow started from rest. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 143, 670–677.

Gebauer, J. G., F. Fedorovich, and A. Shapiro, 2017: A 1D theoretical analysis of northerly low-level jets over the Great Plains. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 3419–3431.

Haghi, K. R., D. B. Parsons, and A. Shapiro, 2017: Bores observed during IHOP_2002: The relationship of bores to the nocturnal environment. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 3929–3946.

Smith, E. N, E. Fedorovich, and A. Shapiro: 2017: Comparison of analytical descriptions of nocturnal low-level jets within the Ekman model framework. Environ. Fluid Mech., 17, 485-495.

2016

Klein P. M., X. M. Hu, A. Shapiro, and M. Xue, 2016: Linkages between Boundary-Layer Structure and the Development of Nocturnal Low-Level Jets in Central Oklahoma. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 158, 383-408.

Shapiro, A., E. Fedorovich, and S. Rahimi, 2016: A unified theory for the Great Plains nocturnal low-level jet. J. Atmos. Sci., 73, 3037-3057.

2015

Bonin, T. A., William G. Blumberg, Petra M. Klein, Phillip B. Chilson, 2015: Thermodynamic and Turbulence Characteristics of the Southern Great Plains Nocturnal Boundary Layer Under Differing Turbulent Regimes. Bound.-Layer Meteorology 157, 401-420.

Blumberg W. B., D. D. Turner, U. Löhnert, and S. Castleberry, 2015: Ground-Based Temperature and Humidity Profiling Using Spectral Infrared and Microwave Observations. Part II: Actual Retrieval Performance in Clear-Sky and Cloudy Conditions. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 54, 2305–2319.

Gibbs, J., A., E. Fedorovich, and A. Shapiro, 2015: Revisiting surface heat-flux and temperature boundary conditions in models of stably stratified boundary-layer flows. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 154, 171–187.

Klein, P.M. and T. A. Bonin, J.F. Newman, D.D. Turner, P.B. Chilson, C.E. Wainwright, W.G. Blumberg, S. Mishra, M. Carney, E.P. Jacobsen, S. Wharton, R. K. Newsom, 2015: LABLE: A multi-institutional, student-led, atmospheric boundary-layer experiment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 1743–1764

Shapiro, A., E. Fedorovich, and J. A. Gibbs, 2015: An analytical verification test for numerically simulated convective flow above a thermally heterogeneous surface. Geosci. Model Dev., 8, 1809–1819

Wulfmeyer, V., R.M. Hardesty, D.D. Turner, A. Behrendt, M. Cadeddu, P. Di Girolamo, P. Schluessel, J. van Baelen, and F. Zus, 2015: A review of the remote sensing of lower-tropospheric thermodynamic profiles and its indispensible role for the understanding and simulation of water and energy cycles. Rev. Geophys., 53, 819-895.

2014

Klein, P.M., Hu X-M., and M. Xue, 2014: Impacts of mixing processes in the nocturnal atmospheric boundary layer on urban ozone concentrations. Boundary Layer Meteorology, 150, 107-130.

Newman, J.F. and P. Klein, 2014: Extrapolation of Wind Speed Data for Wind Energy Applications. Resources, 3, 81-105

Shapiro, A., and E. Fedorovich, 2014: A boundary-layer scaling for turbulent katabatic flow. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 153, 1–17.

Turner, D.D., V. Wulfmeyer, L.K. Berg, and J.H. Schween, 2014: Water vapor turbulence profiles in stationary continental convective mixed layers. J. Geophys. Res., 119, 11151-11165.

Turner, D.D., and U. Loehnert, 2014: Information content and uncertainties in thermodynamic profiles and liquid cloud properties retrieved from the ground-based Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer (AERI). J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 53, 752-771.

2013

Bonin, T.A., P. B. Chilson, B. S. Zielke, P. M. Klein, and J. R. Leeman, 2013: Development and comparisons of wind retrieval algorithms for small unmanned aerial systems. Geosci. Instrum. Method. Data Syst., 2, 177–187.

Hu X-M., P. Klein, M. Xue, 2013: Evaluation of the updated YSU Planetary Boundary Layer Scheme within WRF for Wind Resource and Air Quality Assessments. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 10,490–10,505.

Hu X-M., P. Klein, M. Xue, J.K. Lundquist, F. Zhang, Y Qi, 2013: Impact of Low-Level Jets on the Nocturnal Urban Heat Island Intensity in Oklahoma City. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52, 1779–1802.

Hu X-M., P. Klein, M. Xue, A. Shapiro, A. Nallapareddy, 2013: Enhanced vertical mixing associated with a nocturnal cold front passage and its impact on near-surface temperature and ozone concentration. Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, 118, 2714–2728.

Hu X-M., P. Klein, M. Xue, F. Zhang, D. Doughty, J. Fuentes, 2013: Impacts of low-level-jets induced vertical mixing on boundary layer ozone. Atmospheric Environment, 70, 123-130.

Shapiro, A., and E. Fedorovich, 2013: Similarity models for unsteady free convection flows along a differentially cooled horizontal surface. J. Fluid Mech., 736, 444–463.

2012

Shapiro, A., B. Burkholder, and E. Fedorovich, 2012: Analytical and numerical investigation of two-dimensional katabatic flow resulting from local surface cooling. Bound.-Layer Meteor., 145, 249–272.