RAINEX Mission Summaries

Mesoscale Group RAINEX-related publications

Houze, R. A., Jr., S. S. Chen, W.-C. Lee, R. Rogers, J. Moore, G. Stossmeister, M. Bell, J. Cetrone, W. Zhao, and S. Brodzik, 2006: The Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment: Observations and modeling of hurricanes Katrina, Ophelia, and Rita. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 1503-1521.

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Houze, R. A., Jr., S. S. Chen, B. F. Smull, W.-C. Lee, and M. M. Bell, 2007: Hurricane intensity and eyewall replacement. Science, 315, 1235-1239. (For PDF, on Science site click on "Full Text (PDF)" and scroll down.)

H-H-2008_F5Hence, D. A., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2008: Kinematic structure of convective-scale elements in the rainbands of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (2005). J. Geophys. Res., 113, D15108, doi:10.1029/2007JD009429.

Didlake, A. C., Jr., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2009: Convective-scale downdrafts in the principal rainband of Hurricane Katrina (2005). Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3269-3293.

Houze, R. A., Jr., W.-C. Lee, and M. M. Bell, 2009: Convective contribution to the genesis of Hurricane Ophelia (2005). Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 2778–2800.

Houze, R. A., Jr., 2010: Clouds in tropical cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 293–344.

Didlake, A. C., Jr., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2011: Kinematics of the secondary eyewall observed in Hurricane Rita (2005). J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 1620-1636.

Didlake, A. C., Jr., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2013: Convective-scale variations in the inner-core rainbands of a tropical cyclone. J. Atmos Sci., 70, 504-523.

Didlake, A. C., Jr., and R. A. Houze, Jr., 2013: Dynamics of the stratiform sector of a tropical cyclone rainband. J. Atmos Sci., 70, 1891-1911.

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