Research Associate Professor
Department of Atmospheric
Sciences
University of Washington
Synoptic and mesoscale meteorology, atmospheric dynamics, mid-latitude cyclone structure and evolution, mesoscale numerical modeling, parameterization of cloud and precipitation microphysics in numerical models.
(All presentations given by Mark Stoelinga unless otherwise indicated.)
"Toward an Armistice in the Cascade Snowball Fight: A New Look at Trends in Cascade Mountain Snowpack". Given at the UW Atmospheric Sciences Colloquium, May 2009, Seattle, WA. ***
"Modeling of a narrow cold frontal rainband to assess the mechanisms responsible for the core-gap structure.". Given by Daniel Alrick at the 14th Cyclone Workshop, September 2008, Mont-Gabriel, Quebec, Canada. **
"Evaluating the importance of crystal type on new snow instability.". Given by Gerard Casson at the International Snow Science Workshop, September 2008, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. ***
"Climatology of crystal habits and degrees of riming for snow falling in the Cascade Mountains during two winter seasons.". Given at the 13th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, August 2008, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. ***
"Microphysics of winter orographic clouds and precipitation.". Given at the AMS/COMET/MSC Mountain Weather Workshop: Bridging the Gap Between Research and Forecasting, August 2008, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. *,***
"A look at the past 75 years of snowpack in the Cascades, using a streamflow-based proxy for snowpack.". Given at the Pacific Northwest Weather Workshop, March 2008, Seattle, WA. ***
"Microphysics of winter orographic clouds and precipitation". Given at the 3rd MSC/COMET Mountain Weather Course, December 2007, Boulder, CO. *,***
"Whither the study of midlatitude fronts and cyclones?". Given at the 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, August 2007, Waterville Valley, NH. **
"Prediction of degree of riming within a bulk microphysical scheme". Given at the 22nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/18th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, June 2007, Park City, UT. ***
"A study of crystal habit and other properties of falling and accumulating snow within Pacific Northwest orographic winter storms". Given at the Pacific Northwest Weather Workshop, March 2007, Seattle, WA. ***
"A study of the effect of horizontal contrasts in static stability on frontal behavior". Given at the 13th Cyclone Workshop, October 2006, Pacific Grove, CA. **
"Verification and calibration of simulated reflectivity products during DWFE". Given at the 2006 Developmental Testbed Center Visitor Reunion, August 2006, Boulder, CO. ****
"Microphysics of winter orographic clouds and precipitation". Given at the 1st MSC/COMET Mountain Weather Course, March 2006, Boulder, CO. *
"The Use of Profilers and VAD to Study the Structure and Dynamics of Split Cold Fronts and Cold Fronts Aloft". (MetEd login and password required.) Given at the AMS Educational Forum "A Primer on Radar Analysis Techniques Used in Mesoscale Meteorology", October 2005, Albuquerque, NM.**
"Observations and numerical simulations of narrow cold-frontal rainbands". Given at the AMS 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, October 2005, Albuquerque, NM.*,**
* Describes research supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers 9908446 and 0242592, entitled "Improvement of Microphysical Parameterization Through Observational Verification Experiment (IMPROVE)".
** Describes research supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number 0509079, entitled "Modeling of Cold Fronts".
*** Describes research supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number 0634999, entitled "Observations and Modeling of the Characteristics of Falling and Accumulating Snow".
**** Describes research supported by the National Science Foundation, through the WRF Developmental Testebed Center at NCAR.
Casson, J., M. T. Stoelinga, and J. D. Locatelli, 2011: Evaluating the importance of crystal-type on new snow instability. Cold Regions Sci. and Tech., to be submitted.
Stoelinga, M. T., 2011: Frontogenesis in the presence of horizontal contrasts in static stability. J. Atmos. Sci., to be submitted.
Alrick, D. M., and M. T. Stoelinga, 2011: Mesoscale modeling of a narrow cold-frontal rainband to assess the mechanisms responsible for the core/gap structure. J. Atmos. Sci., submitted.
Stoelinga, M. T., R. E. Stewart, G. Thompson, and J. M. Theriault, 2011: Microphysical processes within winter orographic cloud and precipitation systems. (figures) Mountain Weather Research and Forecasting: Recent progress and current challenges, F. Katopodes Chow, S. F. J. de Wekker, and B. Snyder, Eds., American Meteorological Society, Boston, in press.
Smoliak, B. V., J. M. Wallace, M. T. Stoelinga, and T. P. Mitchell, 2010: Application of partial least squares regression to the diagnosis of year-to-year variations in Pacific Northwest snowpack and Atlantic hurricanes, Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L03801, doi:10.1029/2009GL041478.
Stoelinga, M. T., M. D. Albright, and C. F. Mass, 2010: A new look at snowpack trends in the Cascade Mountains. J. Climate, 23, 2473-2491.
Casola, J. H., L. Cuo, B. Livneh, D. P. Lettenmaier, M. T. Stoelinga, P. W. Mote , and J. M. Wallace, 2009: Assessing the impacts of global warming on snowpack in the Washington Cascades. J. Climate, 22, 2758-2772.
Casson, J., M. T. Stoelinga, and J. D. Locatelli, 2008: Evaluating the importance of crystal-type on new snow instability: A strength vs. stress approach using the SNOSS model. Preprints, International Snow Science Workshop, Whistler, British Columbia, Canada.
Woods, C. P., M. T. Stoelinga, and J. D. Locatelli, 2008: The IMPROVE-1 storm of 1-2 February 2001. Part IV: Precipitation enhancement across the melting layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 1087-1092.
Woods, C. P., M. T. Stoelinga, and J. D. Locatelli, 2008: Size spectra of snow particles measured in wintertime precipitation in the Pacific Northwest. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 189-205.
Woods, C. P., M. T. Stoelinga, and J. D. Locatelli, 2008: The IMPROVE-1 storm of 1-2 February 2001. Part III: Sensitivity of a mesoscale model simulation to the representation of snow particle types and testing of a bulk microphysical scheme with snow habit prediction. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 3927-3948.
Stoelinga, M. T., J. D. Locatelli, and C. P. Woods, 2007: The occurrence of "irregular" ice particles in stratiform clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 2740-2750.
Stoelinga, M. T., 2006: Verification and calibration of simulated reflectivity products. Reports of the NCAR Developmental Testebed Program's 2005 Visitor Program. National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO.
Koch, S. E., B. S. Ferrier, J. S. Kain, M. T. Stoelinga, E. J. Szoke, and S. J. Weiss, 2005: The use of simulated radar reflectivity fields in the diagnosis of mesoscale phenomena from high-resolution WRF model forecasts. Preprints, 12th Conference on Mesoscale Processes. October 24-28, 2005, Albuquerque, NM.
This is the main web site for the NSF-sponsored IMPROVE Project carried out in the Pacific Northwest in 2001, including a descriptions of the field studies, available data, and publications resulting from the project.
Download the latest version of Read/Interpolate/Plot (RIP), a program for visualization of mesoscale model output, from the WRF Model Download Page .
Description of the Simulated Equivalent Reflectivity Factor Calculation in RIPVisit the CFA Conceptual Model Homepage! This site is dedicated to the understanding of this conceptual model, and includes a tutorial and bibliography and CFAs and related topics. We encourage the use of this site for teaching purposes and by operational forecasters.
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