Mesoscale Group ARM/ASR-related publications

KWAJEX study areaCetrone, J., and R. A. Houze, Jr.,2006: Characteristics of tropical convection over the ocean near Kwajalein. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134,834-853.

Cetrone, J., and R. A. Houze,Jr., 2009:
Anvil clouds of tropical mesoscale convective systems in monsoon regions
. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 135, 305-317.

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Cetrone, J., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2011: Leading and trailing anvil clouds of West African squall lines. J. Atmos Sci., 68, 1114-1123.

Yuan, J., R. A. Houze, Jr., and A. Heymsfield,2011: Vertical structures of anvil clouds of tropical mesoscale convective systems observed by CloudSat. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 1653-1674.

ice water contentPowell, S. W., R. A. Houze, Jr., A. Kumar, and S. A. McFarlane, 2012: Comparison of simulated and observed continental tropical anvil clouds and their radiative heating profiles. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 2662-2681.

Powell, S. W., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2013: The cloud population and onset of the Madden-Julian Oscillation over the Indian Ocean during DYNAMO-AMIE. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, 11,979-11,995, doi:10.1002/2013JD020421.

Yuan, J., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2013: Deep convective systems observed by A-Train in the tropical Indo-Pacific region affected by the MJO. J. Atmos Sci., 70, 465–486.

Rowe, A. K., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2014: Microphysical characteristics of MJO convection over the Indian Ocean during DYNAMO. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 2543-2554, doi:10.1002/2013JD020799. ("AGU Editors Research Spotlight" Peering into the microphysics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation, EOS, Vol. 95, No. 35, 2 September 2014.)

Feng, Z., S. Hagos, A. K. Rowe, C. D. Burleyson, M. N. Martini, and S. P. de Szoeke, 2015: Mechanisms of convective cloud organization by cold cools over tropical warm ocean during the AMIE/DYNAMO field Campaign. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syste., 7, 357–381, doi:10.1002/2014MS000384.

Powell, S. W., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2015: Evolution of precipitation and convective echo top heights observed by TRMM radar over the Indian Ocean during DYNAMO. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120,  3906–3919, doi:10.1002/2014JD022934.

Powell, S. W., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2015: Effect of dry large-scalevertical motions on initial MJO convective onset. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120,4783-4805, doi:10.1002/2014JD022961.

suppressedRowe, A. K., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2015: Cloud organization and growth during the transition from suppressed to active MJO conditions. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 10,324–10,350, doi:10.1002/2014JD022948. ("AGU Editors Research Spotlight" Radar study examines pulsing tropical climate, EOS, Vol. 97, doi:10.1029/2016EO046407, 22 February 2016.)

Barnes, H. C., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2016: Comparison of observed and simulated spatial patterns of ice microphysical processes in tropical oceanic mesoscale convective systems. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, doi:10.1002/2016JD025074.

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