Mesoscale Group PRE-STORM-related publications

Houze, R. A., Jr., and S. A. Rutledge, 1986: A squall line with trailing stratiform precipitation observed during the Oklahoma-Kansas PRE-STORM experiment. Preprints, 23rd Conference of Radar Meteorology, Snowmass, American Meteorological Society, 3, J167-J170.

Biggerstaff, M. I., R. A. Houze, Jr., and S. A. Rutledge, 1988: Vertical drafts in the convective regions of mesoscale convective systems in Kansas. Proceedings, Tenth International Cloud Physics Conference, Bad Homburg, Federal Republic of Germany, 705-707.

Rutledge, S. A., R. A. Houze, Jr., A. J. Heymsfield, and M. I. Biggerstaff, 1988: Dual-Doppler and airborne microphysical observations in the stratiform region of the 10-11 June MCS over Kansas during PRE-STORM. Proceedings, Tenth International Cloud Physics Conference, Bad Homburg, Federal Republic of Germany, 702-704.

Rutledge, S. A., R. A. Houze, Jr., M. I. Biggerstaff, and T. Matejka, 1988: The Oklahoma-Kansas mesoscale convective system of 10-11 June 1985: Precipitation structure and single-Doppler radar analysis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 116, 1409-1430.

Biggerstaff, M. I., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1989: Use of dual-Doppler radar analyses in a composite study of a midlatitude squall line observed during PRE-STORM. Preprints, 24th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Tallahassee, American Meteorological Society, 455-458.

Houze, R. A., Jr., S. A. Rutledge, M. I. Biggerstaff, and B. F. Smull, 1989: Interpretation of Doppler weather radar displays in midlatitude mesoscale convective systems. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 70, 608-619.

Rutledge, S. A., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1989: Single and dual-Doppler radar observations of a mesovortex in the 28 May 1985 mesoscale convective system observed during PRE-STORM. Preprints, 24th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Tallahassee, American Meteorological Society, 498-501.

Biggerstaff, M. I., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1991: Kinematic and precipitation structure of the 10-11 June 1985 squall line. Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 3034-3065.

Biggerstaff, M. I., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1991: Kinematic structure of the transition-zone downdraft in the 10-11 June 1985 squall line observed over Kansas and Oklahoma. Preprints, 25th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Paris, American Meteorological Society, 505-508.

Biggerstaff, M. I., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1991: Midlevel vorticity structure of the 10-11 June 1985 squall line. Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 3066-3079.

Braun, S. A., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1992: The heat budget of a midlatitude squall line determined from a thermodynamic and microphysical retrieval. Proceedings, 11th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, American Meteorological Society, 2, 750-753.

Sun, J., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1992: Validation of a thermodynamic retrieval technique by application to a simulated squall line with trailing stratiform precipitation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 1003-1018.

Yang, M.-J., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1992: A numerical study of the momentum budget of a squall line. Proceedings, 11th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, American Meteorological Society, 2, 719-722.

Biggerstaff, M. I., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1993: Kinematics and microphysics of the transition zone of the 10-11 June 1985 squall line. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3091-3110.

Sun, J., S. Braun, M. I. Biggerstaff, R. G. Fovell, and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1993: Warm upper-level downdrafts associated with a squall line. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 2919-2927.

Braun, S. A., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1994: The heat and potential vorticity budgets of a midlatitude squall line. Preprints, Sixth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Portland, American Meteorological Society, 335-338.

Braun, S. A., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1994: The transition zone and secondary maximum of radar reflectivity behind a midlatitude squall line: Results retrieved from Doppler-radar data. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2733-2755.

Braun, S. A., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1995: Melting and freezing in a mesoscale convective system. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 121, 55-77.

Braun, S. A., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 1997: The evolution of the 10-11 June 1985 PRE-STORM squall line: Initiation, development of rear inflow, and dissipation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 478-504.