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ATS 652 -
Synoptic Meteorology
ATS 656 -
Tropical Meteorology & Moist Convective Systems
ATS 675 -
Atmpospheric Data
Assimilation

ATS 740 -
Cloud Processes

 

Informal Publications -
2006 / 2005 / 2004 / 2003 / 2002 / 2001 / 2000 / 1989-1999

2006

Mecikalski, J. R., K. M. Bedka, and S. J. Paech, 2006: GOES-R preparatory activities: Short-term thunderstorm and lightning forecasting for aviation. 44th American Institute od Aeronautics and Atronautics (AIAA) Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibits. 8-11 January 2006, Reno, Nevada.

Uhlenbrock, N, S. A. Ackerman, W. F. Feltz, R. D. Sharman, and J. R. Mecikalski, 2006: The use of MODIS water vapor imagery, NWP model analysis, and pilot reports to diagnose turbulent mountain waves. In 12th Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), 29 Jan–2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Mecikalski, J. R., K. M. Bedka, and S. J. Paech, 2006: Recent developments in convective initiation forecasting using GOES. In 14th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 29 Jan–2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Mecikalski, J. R., S. J. Paech, and K. M. Bedka, 2006: Developments in the nowcasting total lightning flash rates using GOES satellite infrared convective cloud information. Second Conf. on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, 29 Jan–2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Mecikalski, J
. R., T. A. Berendes, W. F. Feltz, K. M. Bedka, and S. J. Paech, 2006: The Advanced Satellite Aviation Weather Products (ASAP) initiative: Research and transition activities at the University of Alabama in Huntsville. In 12th Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), 29 Jan–2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Mecikalski, J. R., J. M. Jacobs, and D. M. Sumner, 2006: Statewide estimation of potential and reference evapotranspiration. In 20th Conf. on Hydrology. 29 Jan–2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Allen, H. J. Mecikalski, K. Knupp, and J. Burks, 2006: Utilizing Mobile Integrated Profiling System Data for Operational Forecasting. In 22nd Conf. on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS), 29 Jan-2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Barbre, R., Jr., J. R. Mecikalski, and K. Knupp, 2006: A case study of convective initiation along a retrograding dryline. In Symposium on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms. 29 Jan-2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Jewett, C. P., J. R. Mecikalski, and K. M. Bedka, 2006: Retrieval of flux properties associated with mesoscale winds. In 14th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 29 Jan–2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Mackenzie, W. M., Jr., J. R. Mecikalski, and K. M. Bedka, 2006: Using multi-spectral satellite remote sensing techniques to nowcast nocturnal convective initiation. In 14th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 29 Jan–2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Hain, C. R., J. R. Mecikalski, M. C. Anderson, and W. Lapenta, 2006: Initialization of a numerical mesoscale model with ALEXI-derived volumetric soil moisture estimates. In Tenth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS). 29 Jan–2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Hain, C. R., J. R. Mecikalski, and M. C. Anderson, 2006: Validation of ALEXI-derived volumetric soil moisture over the continental United States. In 20th Conf. on Hydrology. 29 Jan–2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Bedka, K., W. F. Feltz, J. R. Mecikalski, R. A. Petersen, and C. S. Velden, 2006: Statistical relationships between satellite-derived mesoscale atmospheric motion vectors and NOAA wind profiler network observations. In 14th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and 2th Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM), 29 Jan–2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA.

Feltz, W., K. Bedka, T. Wimmers, M. Pavolonis, S. Bedka, S. Ackerman, J. Mecikalski, J. Murray, and D. Johnson, 2006: Satellite derived products to enhance aviation nowcasting of convection, turbulence, and volcanic ash. In 14th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 29 Jan–2 Feb 2006, Atlanta, GA.


2005

Mecikalski, J. R., W. M. Lapenta, K. La Casse, and K. Doty, 2005:
Developing the ADAS/ARPS as a satellite data assimilation testbed at
the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Ninth Symposium on Integrated
Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and
Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), San Diego, CA.

Mecikalski, J. R., S. M. Mackaro, M. C. Anderson, J. M. Norman, and
J. B. Basara, 2005: Evaluating the use of the Atmospheric and EXchange
Inverse (ALEXI) model in short-term prediction and mesoscale diagnosis.
19th Conf. on Hydrology, San Diego, CA.

Mecikalski, J. R. S. J. Paech, and K. M. Bedka, 2005: Developing
methods to nowcast total lightning flash rates and convective initiation using
satellite infrared convective cloud information. Conf. on Meteorological
Applications of Lightning Data, San Diego, CA.

Allen, H. M., J. R. Mecikalski, and C. B. Darden, 2005: The latency
of model generated precipitation in winter time cyclones. 19th
Conf. on Hydrology, San Diego, CA.

Feltz, W. F., J. R. Mecikalski, J. J. Murray, D. B. Johnson, K. M. Bedka,
S. M. Thomas, A. J. Wimmers, S. A. Ackerman, and C. C. Schmidt, 2005:
The Advanced Satellite Aviation-weather Products (ASAP) initiative at the
University of Wisconsin - CIMSS, 21st International Conf. on Interactive
Information Processing Systems (IIPS) for Meteorology, Oceanography, and
Hydrology, San Diego, CA.


Otkin, J. A., M. C. Anderson, and J. R. Mecikalski, 2005: Multi-seasonal
validation of GOES-based insolation estimates. 19th Conf. on Hydrology,
San Diego, CA.

Otkin, J. A., M. C. Anderson, and J. R. Mecikalski, 2005: A 2-year
climatology of land-surface energy fluxes using the ALEXI model. 19th
Conf. on Hydrology, San Diego, CA
.

Mecikalski, J. R., K. M. La Casse, W. L. Lapenta, and G. Jedlovec,
C. Hain, K. Doty, S. L. Haines, 2005: Satellite data assimilation
research in support of regional, short-term weather prediction. Fourth
WMO International Symposium, Assimilation of Observations in
Meteorology and OCeanography. WMO, 18-22 April 2005, Prague, Czech
Republic.

Mecikalski, J., S. Paech, K. Bedka, and W. Mackenzie, 2005:
Geostationary satellite-based methods for nowcasting total lightning
flash rates, convective initiation and convective cloud properties.
International Symposium on Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting
(WSN05), Meteo-France, Toulouse, France, 5-9 September 2005.

Mecikalski, J
., T. Berendes, W. Feltz, K. Bedka, S. J. Paech, J.
Murray, and D. Johnson, 2005: The Advanced Satellite Aviation Weather
Products (ASAP) initiative for infusing satellite information into
aviation decision support systems: Phase I (2003-2005) efforts at the
University of Alabama in Huntsville. International Symposium on
Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting (WSN05), Meteo-France,
Toulouse, France, 5-9 September 2005.

Berendes, T., and J. Mecikalski, 2005: Detection of convective
clouds and volcanic ash in satellite imagery using an iterative
statistical clustering method. International Symposium on Nowcasting
and Very Short Range Forecasting (WSN05), Meteo-France, Toulouse,
France, 5-9 September 2005.

Mecikalski, J. R., 2005: GOES infrared satellite signatures for monitoring daytime cumulus in realtime. National Weather Service Training (oral presentation), 28 March 2005, NWSFO Huntsville, Alabama

Mecikalski, J. R., 2005: Satellite observation data sets for monitoring convection, atmospheric winds, volcanic ash, and energy budgets for short-term prediction of hazardous weather over Mesoamerica. Oral presentation within The SIAM-SERVIR Climate Change Workshop for Mesoamerica and CATHALAC. City of Knowledge, Panama. 17-21 October 2005.

Mecikalski, J.
, S. Paech, K. Bedka, and W. Mackenzie, 2005: Geostationary satellite-based methods for nowcasting total lightning flash rates, convective initiation and convective cloud properties (Oral presentation 2.22). The World Weather Research Programme’s symposium on nowcasting and very short range forecasting (WSN05), WMO’s World Weather Research Programme (WWRP), EUMETSAT and Météo-France. 5-9 September 2005, Toulouse, France.

Mecikalski, J. R., K. M. Bedka, S. J. Paech, T. A. Berendes, and W. M. Mackenzie, 2005: Monitoring satellite data for day- and night-time convective and lightning initiation (oral presentation). 2005 ASAP Science Meeting. 13-14 April 2005, Boulder, Colorado.

Mecikalski, J.
, T. Berendes, W. Feltz, K. Bedka, S. Paech, J. Murray, and D. Johnson, 2005: The Advanced Satellite Aviation Weather Products (ASAP) initiative for infusing satellite information into aviation decision support systems: Phase I (2003-2005) efforts at the University of Alabama in Huntsville (presentation 5.17). The World Weather Research Programme’s symposium on nowcasting and very short range forecasting (WSN05), WMO’s World Weather Research Programme (WWRP), EUMETSAT and Météo-France. 5-9 September 2005, Toulouse, France.

Mecikalski, J. R.
, and U. S. Nair, 2005: Tactical data assimilation for ARMY applications. The Huntsville Simulation Conf. 2005, 25-27 October 2005, Huntsville, AL.

Mecikalski, J. R., K. M. Bedka, and S. J. Paech, 2005: GOES-R prepatory activities: Short-term thunderstorm and lightning forecasting for aviation. 44th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exhibit, 9 - 12 Jan 2006, Reno, Nevada.

Bedka, K. M., J. R. Mecikalski, and W. F. Feltz, 2005: Analysis of cumulus cloud motion and growth toward nowcasting convection and lightning initiation. CIMSS 25th Anniversary 25th Anniversary Symposium on Satellite Meteorology: Past, Present and Future. 11-13 July 2005, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin.

Berendes, T., and J. Mecikalski, 2005: Detection of convective cloud and volcanic ash in satellite imagery using an iterative statistical clustering method (presentation 5.18). The World Weather Research Programme’s symposium on nowcasting and very short range forecasting (WSN05), WMO’s World Weather Research Programme (WWRP), EUMETSAT and Météo-France. 5-9 September 2005, Toulouse, France.

Feltz, W., and J. Mecikalski, 2005: UW-CIMSS/UAH Advanced Satellite Aviation-weather Products overview (oral presentation). 2005 ASAP Science Meeting. 13-14 April 2005, Boulder, Colorado.

Paech, S., and J. Mecikalski, 2005: Northern Alabama satellite product validation tools. 2005 ASAP Science Meeting. 13-14 April 2005, Boulder, Colorado.

Mackenzie, W., Jr., and J. R. Mecikalski, 2005: Using Multi-Spectral Satellite Remote Sensing Techniques to Nowcast Nocturnal Convection Initiation. In 21st Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/17th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, 1-5 August 2005, Washington, D.C.

Berendes, T., J. Mecikalski, and U. Nair, 2005: Detection of volcanic ash using statistical clustering. 2005 ASAP Science Meeting. 13-14 April 2005, Boulder, Colorado.

Paech, S. J., J. R. Mecikalski, and K. M. Bedka, 2005: Developing methods to nowcast convective initiation and total lightning using satellite infrared convective cloud information. Southern Thunder Project ("Total Lightning Applications, Transition, Evaluation, Science and Technology" - "LaTEST") Workshop, Fort Worth, Texas, 25-27 July 2005.

Mackenzie, W., Jr., J. R. Mecikalski, B. Huffines, D. Brounoff, and K. Watts, 2005: University partnerships: The Huntsville, Alabama experiment. In 21st Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/17th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, 1-5 August 2005, Washington, D.C.

Barbre, R. E., Jr., J. Mecikalski, K. Knupp, W. Mackenzie, Jr., P. Gatlin, and D. Phillips, 2005: An observational analysis of an Alabama dryline event on March 19-20, 2003. In 21st Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/17th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, 1-5 August 2005, Washington, D.C.

Wimmers, T., K. Bedka, W. Feltz, N. Uhlenbrock, J. Mecikalski, T. Berendes, and U. Nair, 2005: ASAP satellite-based tropopause fold and mountain wave detection and validation. 2005 ASAP Science Meeting. 13-14 April 2005, Boulder, Colorado.

2004
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Mecikalski, J. R., 2004: Inferring convective momentum fluxes
within satellite data: An application to TRMM PR and TMI
data. Preprints, 26th Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical
Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, Miama, FL.

Mecikalski, J. R., 2004: Monitoring for day- and nighttime
convective initiation and first lightning using geostationary satellites.
First Symposium for the Earth System Scholars Network, Univ.
of Maryland Conference Center, Adelphi, MD, 27-29 September
2004.

Mecikalski, J. R., and K. M. Bedka, 2004: Nowcasting convective
initiation and thunderstorm characteristics through the use of
realtime geostationary satellite information. Preprints, The 2004
EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conf., Prague, Czech Republic, 31
May - 4 June 2004.

Mecikalski, J. R., M. C. Anderson, J. A. Otkin, and
J. M. Norman, 2004: Regional scale energy and water flux climatoloies
as derived from remote sensing inputs and a land exchange
model. Preprints, 18th Conf. on Hydrology, Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
Boston, MA, Seattle, WA.

Mecikalski, J. R., S. J. Paech, and K. M. Bedka, 2004: Correlating
satellite infrared trends, total lightning flash rates, and rainfall
to convective initiation, development and evolution. 13th Conf.
on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Norfolk, VA.

Mecikalski, J. R., T. A. Berendes, U. S. Nair, W. F. Feltz, K. M.
Bedka, and S. J. Peach, 2004: The Advanced Satellite Aviation-Weather
Products (ASAP) initiative: Phase I efforts at the University of
Alabama in Huntsville. 13th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and
Oceanography. Norfolk, VA.

Knippertz, P., and J. R. Mecikalski, 2004: Re-examining tropical
plumes and subtropical jet streaks. Preprints, 26th Conf. on
Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA,
Miama, FL.

Bedka, K. B., and J. R. Mecikalski, 2004: Identification of
pre-convective initiation signatures for moving cumulus in daytime
GOES imagery. 13th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography.
Norfolk, VA.

Bedka, K. M., J. R. Mecikalski, and W. F. Feltz, 2004: Analysis
of convective clouds and turbulent boundary layers using hyperspectral
data. Preprints, Symposium on Observing and Understanding the
Variability of Water in Weather and Climate, Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
Boston, MA., Seattle, WA.

Rabin, R. M., Mecikalski, J. R., and K. M. Bedka, 2004:
Nowcasting thunderstorm intensity from satellite: A review. Preprints,
The 2004 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conf., Prague, Czech
Republic, 31 May - 4 June 2004.

Feltz, W. F., J. R. Mecikalski, J. J. Murray, D. B. Johnson,
K. M. Bedka, S. M. Thomas, A. J. Wimmers, and C. C. Schmidt, 2004:
The Advanced Satellite Aviation-Weather Products initiative for
diagnosing and nowcasting weather hazards for improved aviation
safety. Preprints, GOES-R User's Conference, Denver, CO.

Feltz, W. F., J. R. Mecikalski, J. J. Murray, D. B. Johnson,
K. M. Bedka, S. M. Thomas, A. J. Wimmers, and C. C. Schmidt, 2004: The
Advanced Satellite Aviation-Weather Products (ASAP) initiative at the
University of Wisconsin - CIMSS. Preprints, 13th Conf. on Satellite
Meteorology and Oceanography, Norfolk, VA.

Bedka, K. B., J. R. Mecikalski, S. J. Paech, T. Berendes, and
U. Nair, 2004: Forecasting convective initiation by monitoring the
evolution of moving cumulus in daytime GOES imagery. 11th Conf. on
Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteor., and 22nd Conf. on Severe Local
Storms, Hyannis, MA.

Feltz, W. F., J. R. Mecikalski, J. J. Murray, D. B. Johnson,
K. Bedka, S. Thomas, A. J. Wimmers, and C. C. Schmidt, 2004: The
Advanced Satellite Aviation-Weather Products (ASAP) initiative at the
University of Wisconsin - CIMSS.11th Conf. on Aviation, Range,
and Aerospace Meteor., Hyannis, MA.

Otkin, J. A., M. C. Anderson, and J. R. Mecikalski, 2004: A
2-year climatology of land-surface energy fluxes using the ALEXI
model. Preprints, 26th Conf. on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology,
Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Norman, J. M., M. C. Anderson, J. R. Mecikalski, G. R.
Diak, R. Torn, W. P. Kustas, A. N. French, and R. J. Schmugge, 2004:
Estimating land surface fluxes using a suite of satellites. Satellite Application
Facilities (SAFs) Training Workshop - Land Surface Analysis. EUMETSAT (available at: http://www.eumetsat.de/en/area2/proceedings/eump38).

Wimmers, A. J., C. C. Schmidt, W. Feltz, and J. R. Mecikalski, 2004:
Satellite applications for detection of atmospheric turbulence related
to tropopause folding. Preprints, 11th Conf. on Aviation, Range,
and Aerospace Meteor., Hyannis, MA.

Lapenta, W. M., S-.H. Chou, G. J. Jedlovec, W. McCarty, and
J. R. Mecikalski, 2004: Regional assimilation of NASA Atmospheric
Infrared Sounder (AIRS) data. Preprints, 13th Conf. on Satellite
Meteorology and Oceanography, Norfolk, VA.

Otkin, J. A., D. J. Posselt, E. R. Olson, J. E. Davies, W. F. Feltz,
R. O. Knuteson, and J. R. Mecikalski, 2004: Generation of simulated top of
atmosphere radiance datasets for GIFTS/HES algorithm development.
Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for
Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IAOS-AOLS), Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
Boston, MA, Seattle, WA.

Huang, H.-L. C. Velden, J. Li, E. Weisz, K. Baggett,
J. E. Davies, J. Mecikalski, B. Huang, R. Dengel, S. A. Ackerman,
E. R. Olson, R. O. Knuteson, D. Tobin, L. Moy, J. A. Otkin,
D. J. Posselt, H. E. Revercomb, and W. L. Smith, 2004: Infrared
hyperspectral sounding modeling and processing: An
overview. Preprints, Eighth Symposium on Integrated Observing and
Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface
(IAOS-AOLS), Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, Seattle, WA.

Norman, J. M., W. Jarrell, C. Molling, C. Kucharik, G. Diak, C. Morgan, C. Rodgers, J. Mecikalski, D. Rooney, K. Brye, B. Lowery, R. Wayne, and M. Stelford, 2004: Applying site-specific research in crop production and environmental protection to farm management. Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs) Training Workshop - Land Surface Analysis. EUMETSAT (available at: http://www.eumetsat.de/en/area2/proceedings/eump38).

2003
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Mecikalski, J. R., 2003: Report on auto-caster research.
Report of the Thirty-First Meeting of the Coordination Group for
Meteorological Satellites (CGMS XXXI). Ascona, Switzerland 10-13
November 2003. Available at: http://www.eumetsat.de/en/area2/cgms/cgms_xxxi). .

Mecikalski, J. R., D. B. Johnson, and J. J. Murray, 2003: The
Advanced Satellite Aviation-Weather Products (ASAP) initiative for
diagnosing and nowcasting weather hazards for improved aviation
safety. Preprints, 12th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and
Oceanography, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA

Mecikalski, J. R., K. M. Bedka, R. D. Torn, W. F. Feltz, and
T. M. Weckwerth, 2003: Inferring convectively-induced roll structures
and convergence in the boundary layer using profiling instruments: An
application to convective initiation during IHOP_2002. Preprints,
Symposium on Observing and Understanding the Variability of Water in
Weather and Climate, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Mecikalski, J. R., R. D. Roberts, C. J. Kessinger, K. M. Bedka,
R. L. DeWolf, and S. M. Thomas, 2003: Plans for processing realtime
satellite information to nowcast convective initiation and its
characteristics. Preprints, 12th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and
Oceanography and the Third Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Applications to Environmental Science, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Mecikalski, J. R., M. C. Anderson, R. D. Torn, J. M. Norman,
G. R. Diak, S. J. Richardson, and J. A. Brotzge, 2003: The Atmospheric
Land EXchange (ALEXI): Regional scale flux validations, climatologies,
and available soil water as derived from remote sensing inputs. Preprints,
12th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Amer. Meteor.
Soc.

Diak, G. R., J. R. Mecikalski, M. C. Anderson, J. M. Norman,
R. L. DeWolf, and W. P. Kustas, 2003: Estimating the land-surface
radiant, turbulent and conductive energy budgets using satellite
systems and complementary synoptic data. Preprints, 12th Conf. on
Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Feltz, W. F., D. Posselt, J. Mecikalski, G. Wade, and
T. Schmit, 2003: 12 June 2002 rapid water vapor transitions during the
IHOP field program. Preprints, Symposium on Observing and
Understanding the Variability of Water in Weather and Climate, Amer.
Meteor. Soc.

Posselt, D. J., E. Olson, B. Osborne, W. F. Feltz,
J. R. Mecikalski , R. Aune, R. O. Knuteson, H. E. Revercomb, and
W. L. Smith, 2003: Simulation of an IHOP convective initiation case
for GIFTS forward model and algorithm development. Preprints,
12th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA

Anderson, M. C., J. M. Norman, W. P. Kustas, J. H. Prueger,
C. M. U. Neale, I. MacPherson, J. R. Mecikalski, and G. R. Diak, 2003:
Comparison of aircraft- and tower-measured fluxes acquired during
SMACEX with predictions from a regional atmospheric-land exchange
model. Preprints, 12th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and
Oceanography, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

2002
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Posselt, D. J., D. D. Turner, R. Tanamachi, W. F. Feltz, J. R.
Mecikalski
, D. C. Tobin, R. O. Knuteson, and H. E. Revercomb, 2002:
Comparison of a cloud resolving model with ARM data. Presented at the
2002 ARM Science Team Meeting, St. Petersburg, FL, 8--12 April 2002.

Mecikalski, J. R., 2002: Using cloud-motion winds to understand
kinematic processes of deep convection: Anvil-level outflow and
momentum transport. Proceedings, Sixth International Winds
Workshop, Madison, WI, 7-10 May 2002, pp. 97-104.

Mecikalski, J. R., and D. J. Posselt, 2002: The developing
infrastructure for hyperspectral data assimilation at the University
of Wisconsin--Madison. Preprints, 82nd Annual Meeting, Symposium
on Observations, Data Assimilation, and Probabilistic Prediction,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 1--4.

Mecikalski, J. R., and C. S Velden, 2002: Diagnosing tropical
cyclones and deep convection using upper tropospheric inertial
stability and cloud-motion wind vectors. Preprints, 25th Conf.
on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA,
pp. 65--66.

Mecikalski, J. R., R. D. Torn, J. M. Norman, M. C. Anderson,
S. J. Richardson, and J. A. Brotzge, 2002: Remote estimates of surface
energy fluxes on the 30-meter spatial scale. First American
Meteorological Society's Student Conf. Special Poster Session,
Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA

Norman, J., M. Anderson, J. Mecikalski, R. Torn, and G. Diak, 2002:
Evaluating water and energy budgets across the Mississippi River basin
through remote sensing. Presented at the Mississippi River Climate
and Hydrology Conf., 13--17 May 2001, New Orleans, LA., p 31.

Schmit, T. J., G. Wade, and J. Mecikalski, 2002:
2001/2002 report on NOAA/NESDIS GOES nowcasting activities. Report of
the Thirtieth Meeting of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
(CGMS XXX). Bangalore, India, 11-14 November 2002. Available at:
http://www.eumetsat.de/en/area2/cgms/cgms_xxx).

2001
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Mecikalski, J. R., 2001: Evaluating convective momentum transport
using remotely sensed data. Preprints, Ninth Conf. on
Mesoscale Processes, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 59--62.

Mecikalski, J. R., 2001: The value of realtime upper
tropospheric inertial stability on tropical convection forecasting.,
Preprints, Ninth Conf. on Mesoscale Processes, Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
Boston, MA, pp. 420--421.

Mecikalski, J. R., 2001: Motivating the use of remotely-sensed
data sources for estimating convective momentum transports. Preprints,
11th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Amer. Meteor.
Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 655--658.

Mecikalski, J. R., and C. S. Velden, 2001: The realtime value
of combined upper tropospheric inertial stability and satellite-derived
winds on tropical cyclone and convection forecasting. Preprints,
11th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Amer. Meteor.
Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 312--313.

Diak, G. R., J. R. Mecikalski, M. C. Anderson, J. M. Norman,
R. D. Torn, and J. Hoss, 2001: Realtime remote sensing-based modeling
and in situ validation of land surface energy and water fluxes.
11th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Amer. Meteor.
Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 39--42.

Mecikalski, J. R., C. Velden, M. Morgan, D. Kleist,
D. Stettner, K. Goodstein, H.-M. Kim, and B. Baum, 2001: Assimilating
satellite wind, moisture, and temperature for numerical forecast
improvements during the PACific landfalling JETs (PACJET) experiment.
Preprints, 14 Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, Amer.
Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 253--256.

Morgan, M. C., K. LaCasse, D. T. Kleist, H. M. Kim, J. M. McLay,
D. J. Posselt, J. R. Mecikalski, C. S. Velden, and D. Stettner, 2001:
Evaluating the potential impact of the assimilation of satellite derived
products on mesoscale forecast of PACific landfalling JETs (PACJET)
experiment IOP 10. Preprints, 11 Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and
Oceanography, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 256--259.

Tobin, D., K. Baggett, R. Garcia, H. Woolf, A. Huang, B. Knuteson,
J. Mecikalski, E. Olson, B. Osborne, D. Posselt, and H. Revercomb,
2001: Simulation of GIFTS data cubes. Preprints, 11 Conf. on
Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston,
MA, pp. 563--565.

2000
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Rodgers, C., J. Mecikalski, C. Molling, J. Norman, C.
Kucharik, and C. Morgan, 2000: Spatially distributed hydrologic-biophysical
modeling: Applications in precision agriculture. Preprints, 24th Conf.
on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA,
pp. 86--87.

Burns, B. A., R. D. Dickey, G. R. Diak, and J. Mecikalski,
2000: Temperature profile retrieval from AMSU-A with the aid of a priori
surface type information. Preprints, 10th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology
and Oceanography, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 279--280.

1989 - 1999

Mecikalski, J. R., J. B. Elsner, and R. G. Bann, 1989:
Some aspects of forecasting lake-effect snowfall in eastern Wisconsin.
Preprints, 12th Conf. Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Amer. Meteor.
Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 364--367.

Mecikalski, J. R., and E. C. Evenson, 1993: A comparison
of composite hodographs of the Great Lakes regions and the western Great
Plains. Preprints, 17th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Amer. Meteor.
Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 65--69.

Mecikalski, J. R., D. A. Baumgardt, G. J. Tripoli, and
P. J. Pokrandt, 1993: A comprehensive analysis and numerical investigation
of the 28 August 1990 Plainfield, Illinois tornado. Preprints, 17th Conf.
on Severe Local Storms, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 168--172.

Mecikalski, J. R., and G. J. Tripoli, 1994: Jet streaks
and "local" Hadley cells. Preprints, Sixth Conf. on Mesoscale
Processes, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 95--98.

Evenson, E. C., and J. R. Mecikalski, 1996: Preliminary
evaluation of a PCGRIDDS macro in forecasting dry microbursts over the
western United States. Preprints, 18th Conf. on Severe Local
Storms}, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, 659--662.

Mecikalski, J. R., and G. J. Tripoli, 1997: The influence
of inertial instability on convective momentum transport and alignment
in numerically generated tropical plumes. Preprints, 22nd
Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc.,
Boston, MA, pp. 427--428.

Norman, J. M., M. C. Anderson, G. R. Diak, J. R. Mecikalski,
and W. P. Kustas, 1997: Regional estimates of surface fluxes using
temperature differences from GOES thermal images. Proceedings Seventh
International Symposium on Physical Measurements and Signatures in Remote Sensing}, Courchevel, France, 7-11 April 1997, pp. 401--411.

Mecikalski, J. R., and G. J. Tripoli, 1998: The influence
of inertial stability on the cumulus transport of momentum during a tropical
plume event. Preprints, 19th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Amer.
Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 663--666.

Mecikalski, J. R., G. R. Diak, M. C. Anderson, and J. M.
Norman, 1998: Estimating surface energy flux on continental scales
using an atmospheric land-exchange model and remotely sensed
data. Preprints, 23rd Conf. on Agricultural and Forest
Meteorology}, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 382--383.

Diak, G. R., J. R. Mecikalski, M. C. Anderson, and W. L.
Bland, 1998: Satellite estimates of terrestrial radiation for
agricultural applications. Preprints, 23rd Conf. Agricultural and
Forest Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 1--2.

Mecikalski, J. R.
, and G. J. Tripoli, 1999: The influence
of inertial stability on the cumulus transport of momentum in organized
tropical convection. Preprints, Eighth Conf. on Mesoscale Processes,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 67--72.

Mecikalski, J. R., G. R. Diak, M. C. Anderson, and J. M.
Norman, 1999: Continental scale flux estimations using an atmospheric
land-exchange model and remotely sensed data. Preprints, 14th
Conf. on Hydrology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 182--183.

Mecikalski, J. R., and G. J. Tripoli, 1999: The influence
of inertial stability on the cumulus transport of momentum. Preprints,
23rd Conf. on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology,
Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 626--629.

Mecikalski, J. R., and W. F. Feltz, 2000: Nowcasting the
3 May 1999 Oklahoma tornado outbreak using the AERI ground-based
interferometer. Preprints, 20th Conf. Severe Local Storms, Amer.
Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA, pp. 25--28.

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