DYNAMO/AMIE Mission Summaries

Mesoscale Group DYNAMO/AMIE-related publications

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.

Zuluaga, M. D., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2013: Evolution of the population of precipitating convective systems over the Equatorial Indian Ocean in Active Phases of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Atmos Sci., 70, 2713–2725.

Barnes, H. C., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2014: Precipitation hydrometeor type relative to the mesoscale airflow in oceanic deep convection of the Madden-Julian Oscillation. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, 13,990–14,014, doi:10.1002/2014JD022241. ("AGU Editors Research Spotlight" Radar Shows Where Water and Ice Occur in Large Storms, EOS, Vol. 96, No. 7, 15 April 2015.)

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.)

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-scale vertical motions on initial MJO convective onset. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 4783-4805, doi:10.1002/2014JD022961.

Rowe, 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.

Powell, S. W., R. A. Houze, Jr., and S. R. Brodzik, 2016: Rainfall-type categorization of radar echoes using polar coordinate reflectivity data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 17, 523-538, doi:dx.doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0135.1.