Publications

Peer Reviewed papers by University of Wisconsin CIMSS

Bedka K. M. and J. R. Mecikalski, 2005: Application of Satellite-Derived Atmospheric Motion Vectors for Estimating Mesoscale Flows. Journal of Applied Meteorology, Vol. 44, No. 11, pages 1761–1772.

Bedka, S. T., W. F. Feltz, A. J. Schreiner, and R. E. Holz, 2005: Satellite derived cloud top pressure product validation using aircraft based cloud physics lidar data from the AtREC field campaign, Accepted in the International Journal of Remote Sensing.†

Heidinger, A.K. and M.J. Pavolonis, 2005: A multi-year global climatology of cloud temperature and emissivity from the AVHRR split-window observations. Part I: Approach and expected accuracy. In Prep.

Mecikalski, J. R., and K. M. Bedka, 2005: Forecasting convective initiation by monitoring the evolution of moving cumulus in daytime GOES imagery. Mon. Wea. Rev. In press. (December 2005)

Mecikalski J. R., K. M. Bedka and S. J. Paech, 2005:† A statistical evaluation of GOES cloud-top properties for predicting convective initiation. Mon. Wea. Rev., In preparation.

Mecikalski, J. R., K. M. Bedka, and S. J. Paech, 2005: Correlating satellite infrared trends, total lightning, and rainfall with convective initiation and development. Bull. Amer. Meteor Soc., (NOWCAST: Conference Notebook section), 86, 21-22.

Mecikalski, J. R., S. J. Paech, and K. M. Bedka, 2005: Forecasting first lightning and lightning source densities using GOES cloud time-tendency information and LMA data. In preparation. Geophys. Res. Let.

Mecikalski, J. R., W. F. Feltz, J. J. Murray, D. B. Johnson, K. M. Bedka, S. M. Bedka, A. J. Wimmers, M. Pavolonis, T. A. Berendes, J. Haggerty, P. Minnus, and B. Bernstein, 2006: Aviation applications for satellite-based observations of cloud properties, convection initiation, in-flight icing, turbulence and volcanic ash. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. In review.

Pavolonis, M.J., A.K. Heidinger, and T. Uttal, 2005: Daytime global cloud typing from AVHRR and VIIRS: Algorithm description, validation, and comparisons. J. Appl. Meteor., 44, 804-826.

Pavolonis, M. J., W. F. Feltz, A. K. Heidinger, and G. Gallina, 2005: "A daytime complement to the reverse absorption technique for automated detection of volcanic ash", Submitted to the J Oceanic and Atmos. Tech. (September 2005).

Pavolonis, M.J. and A.K. Heidinger, 2005: A multi-year global climatology of cloud temperature and emissivity from the AVHRR split-window observations. Part II: Global Analysis. In Prep.

Uhlenbrock, N. 2005: The Use of MODIS Water Vapor Imagery, Model Output, and Pilot Reports to Diagnose Turbulent Mountian Waves, M. S. Thesis University of Wisconsin-Madison, available at ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/validation/thesis/uhlenbrock/