CURRICULUM
VITAE
CLIFFORD F. MASS
Updated: 12/15/2024
Personal Data
Address: Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Box 351640
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195
cmass@uw.edu
(206) 685-0910
Education
B.S., Cornell University, Major - Physics
Ph.D., University of Washington - Atmospheric Sciences
Doctoral Thesis: "A Numerical and Observational Study of African Wave
Disturbances." J. R. Holton, adviser.
Professional Experience
Mid 1981 to Assistant, Associate Professor, and Professor, Department of
present Atmospheric Sciences, University of Washington.
1978 to mid Assistant Professor, Department of Meteorology, University of
1981 Maryland.
Councilor of the
American Meteorological Society
Books
The Weather of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington Press
The Weather of the Pacific Northwest, University of Washington Press, Second Edition
The Science of Weather Prediction, in preparation.
Mass, C., D. Ovens, J. Christy, and R. Conrick, 2024: The Pacific Northwest Heat Wave of 25–30
June 2021: Synoptic/Mesoscale Conditions and Climate Perspective. Wea. Forecasting, 39, 275–291
Mass, C., D. Ovens, C. Randall and N. Gilbert, 2024: The Meteorology of Large Wildfires over
Western Washington and Oregon. Submitted to Wea. Forecasting.
Mass, C., and D. Ovens, 2024: The Meteorology of the August
2023 Maui Wildfire. Wea.
Forecasting, 39, 1097–1115
Murphy, P. and C. Mass, 2023: Weather Modulation of Rapid-Growth Events in California
Wildfires. Accepted for publication in Wea. Forecasting.
Conrick, R., C. F. Mass, and L. McMurdie, 2023: Improving Simulations of Warm Rain in a Bulk
Microphysics Scheme. Mon. Wea. Rev., 152, 169–185,
Mass, C. F., and D. Ovens, 2023: Fueling the Flames: The 2018 Camp Fire of Northern
California. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 102, 959–965
Conrick, R., and C. F. Mass, 2023: The Influence of Soil Moisture on the Historic 2021 Pacific
Northwest Heatwave. Mon. Wea. Rev., 151, 1213–1228,
Mass, C., 2023: The Uncoordinated Giant II: Why U.S. Operational Numerical Weather Prediction
Is Still Lagging and How to Fix It. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 104, E851–E871,
Murphy, P., and C. Mass, 2023: The Influence of Regional Meteorology on Carbon Emissions from
California Wildfires. Wea. Forecasting, 38, 337–355
Mass, C., C. Randall, R. Conrick, and D. Ovens, 2022: The Relationship between Northeast Pacific
Sea Surface Temperatures, Synoptic Evolution, and Surface Air Temperatures over the Pacific Northwest. Wea. Forecasting, 37, 1741–1759,
McNicholas, C., and C. F. Mass, 2022: A Comparison of Mesoscale Pressure Features Observed
with Smartphones and Conventional Observations. Wea. Forecasting, 37, 659–680,
Mass, C. F., Salathé, E. P., Jr., Steed, R., and Baars, J., 2022. The Mesoscale Response to Global Warming over the Pacific Northwest Evaluated Using a Regional Climate Model Ensemble, J. Climate, 35, 2035-2053.
Mass, C., D. Ovens, R. Conrick, and J. Saltenberger, 2021: The 2020 Labor Day wildfires over the Pacific Northwest. Weather and Forecasting, 36, 1843-1865.
McNicholas, C., and C. F. McNicholas, C., and Mass, 2021. Bias Correction, Anonymization, and
Analysis of Smartphone Pressure Observations Using Machine Learning and Multiresolution Kriging, Weather and Forecasting, 36(5), 1867-1889.
Mass, C. F., and D. Ovens, 2021. The Synoptic and Mesoscale Evolution Accompanying the 2018 Camp Fire of Northern California, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(1), E168-E192.
Conrick, R., Mass, C. F., Boomgard-Zagrodnik, J. P., & Ovens, D. (2021). The Influence of Wildfire Smoke on Cloud Microphysics during the September 2020 Pacific Northwest Wildfires, Weather and Forecasting, 36(4), 1519-1536.
Weber, N., D. Kim, and C. Mass, 2020: Convectively coupled Kelvin waves in a global convection-
permitting model. J.
Atmos. Sci,. 78, 1039-1055
Weber, N. J.,
C. F. Mass, and D. Kim, 2020: The impacts of horizontal grid spacing and
cumulus parameterization on
subseasonal prediction in a global convection-permitting model. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
148, 4747–4765,
McClung, B., and C. F. Mass, 2020: The strong, dry
winds of Central and Northern California: climatology
and synoptic evolution. Wea. Forecasting, 35, 2163–2178
, 2020: Dual-Polarization Radar Retrievals of Coastal Pacific Northwest Raindrop Size Distribution
Parameters Using Random Forest Regression. J. Atmos.
Oceanic Technol., 37, 229–242
Mass, C. F. and D. Ovens,
2019: The northern California wildfires
of October 8-9, 2017: the role of
a major downslope windstorm event. Bull. Amer. Met Soc., 100, 235-256
Zou, Y.; O’Neill, S.M.; Larkin, N.K.; Alvarado,
E.C.; Solomon, R.; Mass, C.; Liu, Y.; Odman, M.T.; Shen, H., 2019: Machine Learning-Based Integration of
High-Resolution Wildfire Smoke
Simulations and Observations for Regional Health Impact Assessment. Int.
J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16,
2137.
Conrick, R. and C. F. Mass, 2019: Evaluation of simulated precipitation characteristics during OLYMPEX. J. Hydromet., 20, 1147-1164
Conrick, R. and C. F. Mass, 2019: Evaluating simulated microphysics during OLYMPEX using GPM satellite observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 1093-1105
Weber, N. and C. F. Mass, 2019: Subseasonal Weather
Prediction in a Global Convection- Permitting
Model. Amer. Met. Soc., 100,
1070-1089
Mass, C., N. Weber, R. Conrick,
and J. Zagrodnik, 2019: The Quinault Blow Down: A
Microscale Wind Event Driven
by a Mountain-Wave Rotor. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 100, 977–986
, 2018: Impacts of Assimilating Smartphone Pressure Observations on Forecast Skill during Two Case
Studies in the Pacific Northwest. Wea. Forecasting, 33, 1375–1396
Conrick, R., C. F. Mass, and Q. Zhong, 2018: Simulated Kelvin-Helmholtz waves
over terrain and their microphysical implications. J.
Atmos. Sci.,75, 2787-2800
McNicholas, C., and C. F. Mass, 2018: Smartphone pressure collection and bias correction using machine learning. J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 35, 523-540.
Weber, N. J. and C. F. Mass, 2017: Evaluating the subseasonal
to seasonal CFSv2 forecast skill with an
emphasis on tropical convection. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 3795-3815
Houze, R. A., Jr., L. A. McMurdie, W. A. Petersen, M. R. Schwaller, W. Baccus, J.
Lundquist, C. Mass, B. Nijssen, S. A. Rutledge, D. Hudak, S. Tanelli,
G. G. Mace, M. Poellot, D. Lettenmaier, J. Zagrodnik, A. Rowe, J. DeHart, L. Madaus,
H. Barnes, 2017: The Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX). Bull.
Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98,
2167-2188
Picard, L. and C. F. Mass, 2017: The sensitivity of orographic precipitation to flow direction: an idealized modeling approach. J. Hydromet.. 18, 1673-1688
Madaus, L., and C. Mass, 2017: Evaluating smartphone pressure observations for mesoscale analyses and forecasts. Wea. Forecasting., 32, 511-531
Warner, M. and C. Mass, 2017: Changes in the climatology,
structure, and seasonality of northeast Pacific
atmospheric rivers in CMIP5 climate simulations. J. Hydromet., 18,
2121-2141
, , , , and , 2016, Improving simulations of precipitation phase and snowpack at a site subject to cold air intrusions: Snoqualmie Pass, WA, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 121, doi:10.1002/2016JD025387.
Brewer,
M. and C. Mass, 2016: Projected changes
in heat extremes and associated synoptic/mesoscale
conditions over the northwest U.S. J.
Climate, 9, 6383-6400
Brewer,
M. and C Mass, 2016: Projected changes
in western U.S. large-scale summer synoptic circulations
and variability in CMIP5 models. J. Climate,
29, 5965-5978
Dixon K., C. F. Mass, G. Hakim; R. Holzworth, 2016: The impact of lightning data assimilation on deterministic and ensemble forecasts of convective events. J. Atmos. Ocean Tech., 33, 1801-1823
Mass, C., M. Warner, R. Vargas, and N. Johnson, 2015:
Synoptic control of cross-barrier precipitation
ratios for the Cascade Mountains. J.
Hydrometeor, 16,
1014-1028
Henn, B. Q. Cao; D. Lettenmaier;
C. Magirl; C. Mass; J. Bower; M. Laurent; Y.Mao; S. Perica, 2015:
Hydroclimatic conditions preceding the March 2014 Oso landslide., 2015: J. Hydrometeor. 16, 1243-1249
Warner, M. D., C. F. Mass, and E. Salathé, Jr., 2015: Changes in wintertime atmospheric rivers along the North American west coast in CMIP5 climate models. J. Hydro, 16, 118-128
Mass, C. and L. E. Madaus, 2014: Surface pressure observations from smartphones: a potential
revolution for high-resolution
weather prediction?
Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 95, 1343–1349.
Brewer, M. and C. Mass, 2014: Simulation of summer diurnal circulations over the Northwest United States. Wea. Forecasting, 29, 1208–1228.
Ancell B. C., C. F. Mass, K. Cook, and B. Colman, 2014: Comparison of surface wind and temperature analyses from an ensemble Kalman Filter and the NWS Real Time Mesoscale Analysis system. Wea. Forecasting, 29, 1058–1075
Madaus, l., G. J. Hakim and C. F. Mass, 2014: Utility of dense pressure observations for improving mesoscale analyses and forecasts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 2398–2413.
Mass, C., M. D. Warner, and R. Steed, 2014: Strong Westerly
Wind Events in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Wea. Forecasting, 29, 445–465
Salathé, E. P., A. F. Hamlet, M. Stumbaugh ,S.-Y. Lee, C. Mass, and R. Steed,
2014: Estimates of 21st Century Flood Risk in the
Pacific Northwest Based on Regional Climate Model Simulations. J. Hydrometeor, 15, 1881–1899.
Brewer, M., C. Mass, and B. Potter, 2013: The West Coast Thermal Trough: Mesoscale Evolution and Sensitivity to Terrain and Surface Fluxes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 141, 2869–2896.
Wolff, J. K., B. S. Ferrier, C, F. Mass, 2012: Establishing Closer Collaboration to Improve Model Physics for Short-Range Forecasts. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, ES51–ES53.
Brewer, Matthew C., Clifford F. Mass, Brian E. Potter,
2012: The West Coast Thermal Trough: Climatology
and Synoptic Evolution. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
140, 3820–3843.
Mass, C., 2012: Nowcasting: The Promise of New Technologies of Communication, Modeling, and Observation. Mass, Clifford, 2012: Nowcasting: The Promise of New Technologies of Communication, Modeling, and Observation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 797–8
Warner, Michael D., Clifford F. Mass, Eric P. Salathé, 2012: Wintertime extreme precipitation events along the Pacific Northwest coast: climatology and synoptic evolution. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 2021–2043
Mass, C. F., A. Skaenakis, M. Warner, 2011: Extreme Precipitation over the West Coast of North America: Is There a Trend?, J. of Hydromet., 12, 310-318
Ancell, B., C. F. Mass, and G. J. Hakim, 2011: Evaluation of Surface Analyses and Forecasts with a Multiscale Ensemble Kalman Filter in Regions of Complex Terrain. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 2008-2024
Kleiber, William, Adrian E. Raftery, Jeffrey Baars, Tilmann Gneiting, Clifford F. Mass, Eric Grimit, 2011: Locally Calibrated Probabilistic Temperature Forecasting Using Geostatistical Model Averaging and Local Bayesian Model Averaging. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 2630–2649.
Stoelinga, M.. M. Albright and C. Mass: Snowpack trends over the Pacific Northwest,
2010., J. Climate, 23,
2473-2491
C. F. Mass and B. Dotson, 2010: Major windstorms of the Pacific Northwest. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 2499-2527
A Preliminary Synthesis of Modeled
Climate Change Impacts on U.S. Regional Ozone Concentrations.
Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 90, 1843-1863
Bond, N. and C. F. Mass, 2009: Development of Skill by
Students Enrolled in a Weather Forecasting
Laboratory. Bulletin of the American
Meteorological Society, 24, 1141–1148
Hahn, R.S. and C. F. Mass, 2009:
The impact of positive definite moisture advection over orography. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 3055–3071
Mass, C., S. Joslyn, J. Pyle, P. Tewson, T. Gneiting, A. Raftery, J. Baars, J. M. Sloughter, D. Jones
and C. Fraley, 2009: PROBCAST: A Web-Based Portal to Mesoscale Probabilistic Forecasts. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90, 1009–1014
Wedam, G. B. , L. A. McMurdie, and C. F. Mass, 2009:
Comparison of model forecast skill of sea-level
pressure along the East and West Coasts of the United States.
Weather
and Forecasting, 24, 843-854
Ancell B. C, Mass C.
F., 2008: The variability of adjoint
sensitivity with respect to model physics and
basic-state trajectory. Monthly Weather Review, 136, 4612-4628
Salathe, E. P., P. H. Zahn, R. Steed, and C. F. Mass, 2008. A high-resolution climate model for the
United States Pacific Northwest: Mesoscale feedbacks and local responses to climate
change. J. Climate, 21, 5708-5726.
Mass, C. F., J.
Baars, G. Wedam, E. Grimit,
and R. Steed, 2008: Removal of systematic model bias
on
a model grid. Wea. Forecasting, 23, 438–459.
Grimit,
E. P., and C. F. Mass, 2007: Measuring the Ensemble Spread–Error Relationship
with a Probabilistic
Approach: Stochastic Ensemble Results.
Monthly Weather Review,135, 203–221
Garvert, M., B. Smull, and C. Mass, 2007:
Multiscale mountain waves influencing a
major
orographic precipitation event. J. Atmos. Sci,
64, 711-737
Maurer,
E. P, and C. F. Mass, 2006. Using radar rata
to partition precipitation into rain
and
snow in a hydrologic model. Journal of
Hydrologic Engineering 11, 214-221
Ancell
B. C. and C. F. Mass, 2006: Structure,
growth rates, and tangent linear accuracy of
adjoint
sensitivities with respect to horizontal and vertical resolution Monthly
Weather Review. 134, 2971–2988
Tinis,
S. W., R. E. Thomson, C. F. Mass, and B. M. Hickey, 2006: Comparison of MM5
and
meteorological buoy winds from British Columbia to northern California. Atmos.
Ocean, 44, 65–81
Mass,
C., 2006: The Uncoordinated Giant: Why U.S. weather operations and research is
not meeting its potential. Bull.
Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 573-584
Baars, J. and C. Mass, 2005: Performance of National Weather Service
forecasts
compared to operational, consensus,
and weighted model output statistics, Weather
and Forecasting, 20, 1034–1047
Garvert, M. F., B. A. Colle, and C. F. Mass, 2005: The 13–14 December 2001,
IMPROVE-2 Event. Part I:
Synoptic and Mesoscale Evolution and Comparison with a Mesoscale Model
Simulation. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: 62, 3474–3492
Colle B.
A., M. F. Garvert, J. B. Wolfe, C. F. Mass and C, P.
Woods. 2005: The 13–14
December 2001 IMPROVE-2 Event. Part III: Simulated Microphysical
Budgets and Sensitivity Studies. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 62,
3535–3558.
Garvert, M. F., C. P. Woods, B. A. Colle, C. F. Mass, P. V. Hobbs, M. T. Stoelinga and J.
B. Wolfe, 2005. The 13–14
December 2001 IMPROVE-2 Event. Part II: Comparisons of MM5 Model Simulations of
Clouds and Precipitation with Observations. Journal of the Atmospheric
Sciences. 62, 3520–3534.
Eckel, F. A. and C.
F. Mass, 2005: Effective mesoscale,
short-range ensemble forecasting.
Weather and Forecasting, 20, 3238-350
Hobbs, P.V., C. F. Mass, M. T. Stoelinga, 2005:
Preface. J. Atmos. Sci., 3427–3428
Sharp, J. and C. F.
Mass, 2004: The climatological influence
and synoptic evolution
associated
with Columbia Gorge gap flow events. Weather
and Forecasting, 19, 970-992
Stoelinga M. T., P. V. Hobbs, C. F. Mass, J. D.
Locatelli, B. A. Colle, R. A. Houze, Jr.,
A. L. Rangno, N. A. Bond, B. F. Smull, R. M.
Rasmussen, G. Thompson, and B. R.
Colman, 2003: Improvement of
Microphysical Parameterizations through Observational Verification Experiment
(IMPROVE). Bulletin. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 12, 1807–1826
Vaughan J., B. Lamb,
R. Wilson, C. Bowman, C. Kaminsky, S. Otterson, M. Boyer, C.
Mass, M. Albright, J. Koenig, Alice Collingwood, Mike Gilroy and Naydene Maykut, 2004: A Numerical Daily Air-Quality Forecast System for the Pacific Northwest. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 549–561.
McMurdie, L., and C. F. Mass, 2004: Major Numerical Forecast Failures in the
Northeast
Pacific.
Weather and Forecasting, 19, 338-356
C.F. Mass, 2003: Reply to Comments on
"IFPS and the Future of the National Weather
Service".
Weather and Forecasting, 18, 1305-1306
C. F. Mass et al;.
2003: IFPS and the Future of the National Weather Service. Weather
and
Forecasting, 18, 75-79
C. F. Mass et al;. 2003: Regional Environmental Prediction over the Pacific Northwest. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 84, 1353-1366
Sharp, J., and C. F. Mass, 2002: Columbia Gorge flow: insights from observational analysis and ultra-high resolution model simulation. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 18, 75-79
Grimit, E. P., and C. F. Mass, 2002: Initial results of a mesoscale short-range ensemble forecasting system over the Pacific Northwest, Weather and Forecasting, 17, 192–205
Mass,
C., D. Ovens, M. Albright, and K. Westrick, 2002: Does Increasing Horizontal
Resolution
Produce
Better Forecasts?: The Results of Two Years of Real-Time Numerical Weather
Prediction in the Pacific Northwest. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 83, 407–430.
Westrick, K. J., P. Storck, and C. F. Mass, 2002, Description and evaluation of a hydrometeorological forecast system for mountainous watersheds. Weather and Forecasting, 17, 250–262.
Colle, B.A., C. F. Mass, and D. Ovens, 2001: Evaluation of the timing and strength of MM5 and Eta surface trough passages over the eastern Pacific. Weather and Forecasting, 16, 553-572
Chien, F.-C., C. F. Mass, and P. J. Neiman, 2001: An observational and numerical study of an intense land-falling front along the northwest coast of the U.S. during COAST IOP2. Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, 934–955.
Colle, B. A., C. F. Mass, and K. J. Westrick, 2000: MM5 precipitation verification over the
Pacific Northwest during the 1977-1999 cool seasons. Weather and Forecasting, 15,
730–744.
Westrick, K. and C. Mass, 2001: An evaluation of a high resolution hydrometeorological modeling system for the prediction of a cool-season flood event in a coastal mountainous watershed. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2, 161-180
Davis, C., S. Low-Nam, and C. F. Mass, 2000: Dynamics of a Catalina Eddy revealed by numerical simulation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 2885-2904
Colle, B. A. and C. F. Mass, 2000: High-resolution observations and numerical simulations of easterly gap flow through the Strait of Juan de Fuca on 9-10 December 1995. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 2363-2396
Colle, B. A. and C. F. Mass, 2000: The 5-9 February 1996 flooding event over the Pacific Northwest: sensitivity studies and evaluation of the MM5 precipitation forecasts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 593-617
Mass, C. and J. Steenburgh,
2000 An Observational and Numerical
Study of an Orographically Trapped Wind
Reversal along the West Coast of the U.S. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 2363-2396
Westrick, K., C. Mass, and B. Colle, 1999: Is meteorological radar useful for quantitative precipitation estimation over the western U.S.? Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80, 2289-2298
Colle, B. A., K. J. Westrick, and C. F. Mass, 1999: Evaluation of MM5 and Eta-10 precipitation forecasts over the Pacific Northwest during the cool season . Weather and Forecasting, 14, 137-154
Colle, B. A., C. F. Mass and B. F. Smull, 1999: An observational and numerical study of a cold front interacting with the Olympic Mountains during Coast IOP 5. Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, 1310-1334
Colle, B. A. and C. F. Mass, 1998: Windstorms along the western side of the Washington Cascade Mountains, Part I: a high resolution observational and modeling study of the 12 February 1995 event. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 28-52
Colle, B. A. and C. F. Mass, 1998: Windstorms along the western side of the Washington Cascade Mountains, Part II: characteristics of past events and three-dimensional idealized simulations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126, 53-71
Mass, C. and Y.-H.
Kuo, 1998: Regional real-time numerical
weather prediction:
current status and future potential. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79, 253-263
Bond, N. A., C. F. Mass, B. F. Smull, R. A. Houze, M.-J. Yang, B. A. Colle, S. A Braun, M. A. Shapiro, B. C. Colman, P. J. Neiman, J. E. Oveland, W. D. Neff, and J. D. Doyle, 1997: The coastal observation and simulation with topography (COAST) experiment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 78, 1941-1955
Smith, R., H. Paegle, T. Clark, W. Cotton, D. Durran, G. Forbes, J. Marwitz, C. Mass, J. McGinley,
H.-L,
Pan, and M. Ralph, 1997: Local and remote effects of mountains on
weather: research needs and
opportunities. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 5,
877-892
Mass, C. F., and N. A. Bond, 1997: Reply to Dorman’s Comments on “Coastally Trapped Wind Reversals Along the U.S. West Coast During the Warm Season : Part II, Synoptic Evolution” Mon. Wea.Rev., 125,1695-1697
Steenburgh, J., C. F. Mass, and S. A. Ferguson, 1997: The influence of gaps in a coastal mountain barrier on temperature and snow level. Weather and Forecasting, 12, 208-227
Chien, F. C., C. F. Mass, and Y.-H. Kuo, 1997: A numerical study of the interaction between a warm-season frontal system and the coastal mountains of the western U.S., Part I: prefrontal pressure ridge, onshore push, and alongshore southerlies. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 1705-1729
Chien, F. C. and C. F. Mass, 1997: A numerical study of the interaction between a warm-season frontal system and the coastal mountains of the western U.S., Part II: Evolution of a Puget Sound Convergence Zone. Mon. Wea. Rev., 125, 1730-1752
Bond, N. A., C. F. Mass, and J. Overland, 1996: Coastally-trapped southerly flow along the U.S. West Coast: Part I, climatology and temporal evolution. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 430-445
Mass, C. F. and N. A. Bond, 1996: Coastally-trapped southerly flow along the U.S. West Coast: Part II, synoptic evolution. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 446-461
Mass, C., 1996: Are we graduating too many atmospheric scientists? Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 1255-1267
Colle, B. and C. F. Mass, 1996: An observational and modeling study of the interaction of low-level southwesterly flow with the Olympic Mountains during COAST IOP4. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 2152-2175
Steenburgh, J. and C. F. Mass, 1996: The interaction of an intense midlatitude cyclone with coastal orography. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 1329-1352
Mass, C., S. Businger, M. Albright and Z. Tucker, 1995: A windstorm in the lee of a gap in a coastal mountain barrier. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 315-331
Mass, C., 1995 The relative importance of synoptic-scale forcing versus marine layer dynamics along the West Coast of North America. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 2313-2318
Colle, B. and C. F. Mass, 1995: The structure and evolution of shallow cold surge east of the Rocky Mountains. Mon. Wea. Rev., 123, 2577-2610
W. J. Steenburgh and C. F. Mass, 1994: The structure and evolution of a simulated Rocky Mountain lee trough. Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 2740-2761
Mass, C., 1993: The application of compact discs in the atmospheric and related fields: An update. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 74, 1901-1908.
Ferber, G., C. Mass, G. Lackmann and M.W. Patnoe, 1993: Snowstorms over the Puget Sound lowlands. Wea. and Forecast, 8, 481-504.
Mass, C., and D. Schultz, 1992: Structural development of a simulated midlatitude cyclone. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 889-917.
Schultz, D., and C. Mass, 1992: The structure and evolution of an occluded front in a midlatitude cyclone over land. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 918-940.
Mass, C., J. Steenburgh, and D. Schultz, 1991: Diurnal surface pressure variations over the continental U.S. and the influence of sea level reduction. Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 2814-2830.
Mass, C., 1991: Synoptic frontal analysis: Time for a reassessment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 72, 348-363.
Mass, C., and D. Portman, 1990: Reply to Dutton. Journal of Climate, 3, 1181-1182.
Mass, C., and G. Ferber, 1990: Surface pressure perturbations produced by an isolated topographic barrier, Part I: General characteristics and dynamics. Monthly Weather Review, 118, 2579-2596.
Mass, C., and G. Ferber, 1990: Surface pressure perturbations produced by an isolated mesoscale topographic barrier. Part II: Regional effects and forecasting implication. Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 2597-2606.
Hermann, A.J., B. Hickey, C. Mass,
and M. Albright, 1990: Coastally trapped
atmospheric gravity currents in the Pacific Northwest and their oceanic
response. J.G.R., 95, 13169-13193.
Ulrickson, B.L., and C. Mass, 1990: Numerical investigation of mesoscale circulations in the Los Angeles Basin: A verification study. Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 2340-2357.
Ulrickson, B.L., and C. Mass, 1990: Numerical investigation of mesoscale circulations and pollutant transport in the Los Angeles Basin. Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 2357-2401.
Mass, C., 1989: The origin of the Catalina eddy. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 2406-2436.
Mass, C., and D. Portman, 1989: The effect of major volcanic eruptions of the last century
on surface temperature, pressure and precipitation. J. Climate, 2, 566-593.
Dempsey, D., and C. Mass,
1989: Reply to "Calculation of the
pressure-gradient force in the one level model of Mass and Dempsey". Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 1110-1111.
Mass, C., and M. Albright, 1988: Reply to the comment of C. Dorman on "Coastal southerlies and along shore surges of the West Coast of North America." Mon. Wea. Rev., 116, 2407-2410.
Mass, C., H. Edmon, E. Recker, H. Friedman and N. Cheney, 1987: The use of compact disks for the storage of large meteorological data sets. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 68, 1556-1558.
Mass, C., 1987: The "banana belt" of the southern Oregon coast. Wea. Forecasting, 2, 187-198.
Mass, C., and M. Albright, 1987: Coastal southerlies and alongshore surges of the west coast of North America: Evidence of mesoscale topographically trapped response to synoptic forcing. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 1707-1738.
Mass, C., D. Brees and M. Albright, 1986: The onshore surge of marine air into the Pacific Northwest: a coastal region of complex terrain. Mon. Wea. Rev., 114, 2602-2627.
Mass, C., and D. Dempsey, 1985: A simple one-level model for diagnosing surface winds in mountainous and coastal regions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 1211-1227.
Mass, C., and D. Dempsey, 1985: A topographically forced convergence line in the lee of the Olympic Mountains. Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 659-663.
Mass, C., and M. Albright, 1985: A severe windstorm in the lee of the Cascade mountains of Washington State. Mon. Wea. Rev., 113, 1261-1281.
Mass, C., and A. Robock, 1982: The short-term influence of the Mount St. Helens eruption on surface temperature in the northwest United States. Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 614-622.
Robock, A., and C. Mass, 1982: The Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption of 18 May 1980: Large short-term effects. Science, 216, 595-610.
Mass, C., 1982: The topographically forced diurnal circulations of western Washington State and their influence on precipitation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 110, 170-183.
Mass, C., 1981: Topographically forced convergence in western Washington State. Mon. Wea. Rev., 109, 1335-1347.
Mass, C., 1980: The Puget Sound convergence zone. Weatherwise, 33, 272-274.
Mass, C., 1979: A linear primitive equation model of African wave disturbances. J. Atmos. Sci., 36, 2075-2092.
Mass, C., and S. H. Schneider, 1977: Statistical evidence on the influence of sunspots and volcanic dust on long-term temperature records. J. Atmos. Sci., 34, 1995-2004.
Holton, J. R., and C. Mass, 1976: Stratospheric vacillation cycles. J. Atmos. Sci., 33, 2218-2225.
Mass, C., and C. Sagan, 1976: A numerical circulation model with topography for the Martian southern hemisphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 33, 1418-1430.
Schneider, S. H., and C. Mass, 1975: Volcanic dust, sunspots, and temperature trends. Science, 190.
Offices and Honors
Councilor, American Meteorological Society
Fellow, American Meteorological Society
Max Eaton Award, American Meteorological Society
President, Puget Sound Chapter, American Meteorological Society.
Program Chairman, Puget Sound Chapter, AMS.
Treasurer, Puget Sound Chapter, AMS.
Chairman, UCAR (University Corporation for Atmospheric Research), UNIDATA Data Access Committee.
Associate Editor, Monthly Weather Review.
Consulting Editor, Encyclopedia of Climate and Weather.
Chairman, UCAR Committee on Meteorological Data Sets
Chairman, 15th AMS Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecastings
Chairman, Special Workshop on Real-Time Mesoscale NWP in the University Community
Chairman, AMS Mesoscale Meteorology Committee
Chairman, DTC Science Advisory Board
Co-chair, AMS Committee on Communication
National Committees
Exec. Committee AMS Forecast Interest Group
AMS Membership Committee
AMS Board on Enterprise Communication
DTC Science Advisory Board
WRF Research Applications Board
NRC Committee on Atmospheric Predictability
AMS Ad-Hoc Committee on Community Fora
Chairman and member, USWRP CONDUIT committee
USWRP Science Advisory Board
WRF Science Board
Chairman and member, AMS Mesoscale Committee
USWRP PDT#4 on Mountain Meteorology
USWRP PDT#9 on Hydrology
AMS Committee on Weather Analysis and Forecasting
MM5 Community Oversight Committee
AMS Information Systems Committee
UCAR/NWS Local Digital Library Committee
UNIDATA Steering and Data Access Committees
National Academy of Sciences Geophysical Data Committee
UCAR COMET Advisory Committee
Search Committee for New NWS Director
Executive Committee, Board of Oceans and Atmosphere, National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
UCAR UCAM Committee
Regional Committees
Northwest Regional Modeling Consortium
University Committees
and Organizations
Member and Chair: College Council, College of the Environment
Member, University Senate 1988-1990, 2004-2006
Department Computer Committee
Arts and Sciences Graduation Committee
Department Rules and Computer Committees
Electronic Publications
National Meteorological Center Grid Point Data Set CD-ROM (Versions I and II).
GALE Experiment CD-ROM.
North American Observational Data for August-December 1987 CD-ROM.
World Weather Disc CD-ROM.
Climate Analysis Center Global Gridded Data
Past Graduate Students
Kucera, T., 1981: M.S. on mesoscale modeling in complex terrain.
Delman, A., 1981: M.S. on diurnal wind and temperature variations and air quality in Washington, D.C. area.
Dubofsky, D., 1981: M.S. on a diagnostic study of Hurricane David.
Dempsey, D., 1985: Ph.D. on mesoscale modeling in complex terrain.
Pam Speers, 1985: M.S. on precipitation diagnoses and modeling in complex terrain.
David Portman, 1988: M.S. Effects of major eruptions on surface temperature and pressure.
Daniel Brees,1988: M.S. Onshore push of the Pacific Northwest.
Brian Ulrickson, 1989: Ph.D. 3D primitive equation modeling of flow in the LA basin.
Garth Ferber,1991 M.S. Mesoscale pressure perturbations forced by the Olympic Mountains.
David Schultz, 1992, M.S. Structural analysis of a midlatitude cyclone over land.
Brian Colle, 1994, M.S. Northerly surges to the east of the Rocky Mountains.
Jim Steenburgh, 1995, Ph.D: Mesoscale modeling of synoptic/orographic interactions.
Brian Colle, 1997, Ph.D: Dynamics of windstorms in three dimensional terrain
Fang-Ching Chien, 1997, Ph.D: Interaction of fronts with coastal topography.
Ken Westrick, 1998, M.S.: Coupling of atmospheric and distributed hydrological models.
Richard Steed, 1999, M.S.: Initialization of mesoscale forecasting models.
Eric Grimit, 2001, M.S.; A Short-Range Ensemble Prediction System
Justin Sharp, 2002: M.S.: A Study of the Meteorology of the Columbia River Gorge
Tony Eckel, 2004: Ph.D. Effective Short-Range Mesoscale Ensemble Prediction.
Eric Grimit, 2004: Ph.D. Predicting Forecast Skill Using a Mesoscale Ensemble System
Justin Sharp, 2005, Ph.D. Modeling study of the flow in the Columbia River Gorge.
Brian Ancell, 2006, Ph.D. Adjoint and ensemble-based forecast sensitivity
Bri Dotson, 2007, M.S.. Structure and dynamics of major Pacific windstorms.
Garrett Wedam, 2008, M.S. Errors in numerical prediction models
Robert Hahn, 2008, M.S. Understanding of microphysical errors in numerical models.
Ken Dixon, 2013: M.S. Lightning Data Assimilation
Michael Warner, 2014. M.S. , Ph.D. Heavy precipitation events of the U.S. West Coast
Lee Picard, 2015. MS. An idealized model of orographic precipitation
Matt Brewer, 2017: Ph.D. Structure and dynamics of the thermal trough
Luke Madaus, 2016. Ph.D. Initiation of convection and smartphone data assimilation
Brandon McClung, 2019, M.S. Diablo Winds.
Robert Conrick, 2021, Ph.D. Warm rain microphysics
Callie McNicolas, 2021, Ph.D. Smartphone pressure observations.