Refereed Publications
Tessendorf, S.A., A. Rugg, A. Korolev, I. Heckman, C. Weeks, G. Thompson, D. Jacobson, D. Adriaansen, and J. Haggerty, 2021: Differentiating freezing drizzle and freezing rain in HRRR model forecasts. Wea. Forecasting, 36, 1237-1251. https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-20-0138.1
Tessendorf, S.A., S. Chen, C. Weeks, R. Bruintjes, R.M. Rasmussen, and L. Xue, 2021: The influence of hygroscopic flare seeding on drop size distribution over southeast Queensland. J. Geophys. Res., 126, doi:10.1029/2020JD033771.
Friedrich, K., J.R. French, S.A. Tessendorf, and coauthors, 2021: Microphysical characteristics and evolution of seeded orographic clouds. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 60, 909-934. https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0206.1
Wehbe, Y., S.A. Tessendorf, C. Weeks, R. Bruintjes, L. Xue, R.M. Rasmussen, P. Lawson, S. Woods, and M. Temimi, 2021: Analysis of aerosol-cloud interactions and their implications for precipitation formation using aircraft observations over the United Arab Emirates. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 12543–12560, https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-12543-2021.
Mazzetti, T.O., B. Geerts, L. Xue, S. Tessendorf, C. Weeks, and Y. Wang, 2021: Potential for ground-based glaciogenic cloud seeding over mountains in the interior western United States, and anticipated changes in a warmer climate. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 60, 1245-1263.
Taraphdar, S., O.M. Pauluis, L. Xue, C. Liu, R. Rasmussen, R.S. Ajayamohan, S. Tessendorf, and coauthors, 2021: WRF gray zone simulations of precipitation over the Middle East and UAE: Impacts of physical parameterizations and resolution. J. Geophys. Res., 126, doi: 10.1029/2021JD034648.
Tessendorf, S.A., K. Ikeda, C. Weeks, R. Rasmussen, J. Wolff, L. Xue, 2020: An assessment of winter orographic precipitation and cloud-seeding potential in Wyoming. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 59, 1217-1238.
Phillips, V.T.J., M. Formenton, V. Kanawade, L. Karlsson, S. Patade, J. Sun, C. Barthe, J.-P. Pinty, A. Detwiler, W. Lyu, and S.A. Tessendorf, 2020: Multiple environmental influences on the lightning of cold-based continental cumulonimbus clouds. Part I: Description and validation of the model. J. Atmos. Sci., in press.
Friedrich, K., K. Ikeda, S.A. Tessendorf, J.R. French, R.M. Rauber, B. Geerts, L. Xue, R.M. Rasmussen, D.R. Blestrud, M.L. Kunkel, N. Dawson, and S. Parkinson, 2020: Making snow—Quantifying snowfall from orographic cloud seeding. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., doi: 10.1073/pnas.1917204117.
Tessendorf, S.A., and coauthors, 2019: Transformational approach to winter orographic weather modification research: The SNOWIE Project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100 (1), 71–92.
Rauber, R.M., B. Geerts, L. Xue, J. French, K. Friedrich, R.M. Rasmussen, S.A. Tessendorf, D.R. Blestrud, M.L. Kunkel, and S. Parkinson, 2019: Wintertime orographic cloud seeding-A review. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 58, 2117–2140.
Rasmussen, R.M., S.A. Tessendorf, L. Xue, C. Weeks, K. Ikeda, S. Landolt, D. Breed, T. Deshler, B. Lawrence, 2018: Evaluation of the Wyoming Weather Modification Pilot Project using two approaches: Traditional Statistics and Ensemble Modeling. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 57, 2639–2660.
French, J.R., K. Friedrich, S.A. Tessendorf, R.M. Rauber, B. Geerts, R.M. Rasmussen, L. Xue, M.L. Kunkel, and D.R. Blestrud, 2018: Precipitation formation from orographic cloud seeding. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., doi: 10.1073/pnas.1716995115.
Phillips, V.T.J, J.-I. Yano, M. Formenton, E. Ilotoviz, V. Kanawade, I. Kudzotsa, J. Sun, A. Bansemer, A.G. Detwiler, A. Khain, and S.A. Tessendorf, 2017: Ice multiplication by break-up in ice-ice collisions. Part II: Numerical simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 2789-2811.
Xue, L., R. Edwards, A. Huggins, X. Lou, R. Rasmussen, S. Tessendorf, P. Holbrook, D. Blestrud, M. Kunkel, B. Glenn, and S. Parkinson, 2017: WRF Large-Eddy simulations of chemical tracer deposition and seeding effect over complex terrain from ground- and aircraft-based AgI generators. Atmos. Res, 190, 89-103.
Thompson, G., M. Tewari, K. Ikeda, S. Tessendorf, C. Weeks, J. Otkin, and F. Kong, 2015: Explicitly-coupled cloud physics and radiation parameterizations and subsequent evaluation in WRF high-resolution convective forecasts. Atmos. Res., 168, 92-104.
Morrison, H., J.A. Milbrandt, G.H. Bryan, K. Ikeda, S.A Tessendorf, and G. Thompson, 2015: Parameterization of cloud microphysics based on the prediction of bulk ice particle properties. Part II: Case study comparisons with observations and other schemes. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 312-339.
Tessendorf, S.A., C.E. Weeks, D. Axisa, and R.T. Bruintjes, 2013: Aerosol characteristics observed in southeast Queensland and implications for cloud microphysics, J. Geophys. Res.,118, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50274.
Xue, L., A. Hashimoto, M. Murakami, R. Rasmussen, S.A. Tessendorf, D. Breed, S. Parkinson, P. Holbrook, and D. Blestrud, 2013a: AgI cloud seeding effects as seen in WRF simulations. Part I: Model description and idealized 2D sensitivity tests. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52, 1433-1457.
Xue, L., S.A. Tessendorf, E. Nelson, R. Rasmussen, D. Breed, S. Parkinson, P. Holbrook, and D. Blestrud, 2013b: AgI cloud seeding effects as seen in WRF simulations. Part II: 3D real case simulations and sensitivity tests. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 52, 1458-1476.
Mullendore, G.L., A.J. Homann, S.T. Jorgenson, T.J. Lang, and S.A. Tessendorf, 2013: Relationship between level of neutral buoyancy and dual-Doppler observed mass detrainment levels in deep convection. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 13, 181-190.
Tessendorf, S.A. and coauthors, 2012: The Queensland Cloud Seeding Research Program. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 75-90.
Morrison, H., S.A. Tessendorf, K. Ikeda, and G. Thompson, 2012: Sensitivity of a simulated mid-latitude squall line to parameterization of raindrop breakup. Mon. Wea. Rev., 140, 2437–2460.
McNeeley, S.M., S.A. Tessendorf, and coauthors, 2012: Catalyzing frontiers in water-climate-society research: A view from early career scientists and junior faculty. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 477-484.
Wilson, J.W., C.A. Knight, S.A. Tessendorf, and C. Weeks, 2011: Polarimetric radar analysis of raindrop size variability in maritime and continental clouds. J. Appl. Meteor. Clim., 50, 1970-1980.
Tessendorf, S.A., R. Bruintjes, C. Weeks, M. Dixon, M. Pocernich, J. Wilson, R. Roberts, E. Brandes, K. Ikeda, C. Knight, L. Wilson, J. Peter, and N. Torosin, 2010: Overview of the Queensland Cloud Seeding Research Program. J. Wea. Modification, 42, 33-48.
Tessendorf, S.A., 2009: Characteristics of lightning in supercells. Lightning: Principles, Instruments, and Applications, H.-D. Betz, Ed., Springer Monographs, 83-114.
Tessendorf, S.A., S.A. Rutledge, and K.C. Wiens, 2007: Radar and lightning observations of normal and inverted polarity multicellular storms from STEPS. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3682-3706.
Tessendorf, S.A., K.C. Wiens, and S.A. Rutledge, 2007: Radar and lightning observations of an electrically inverted storm observed during STEPS. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3665-3681.
Tessendorf, S.A., L.J. Miller, K.C. Wiens, and S.A. Rutledge, 2005: The 29 June 2000 supercell observed during STEPS. Part I: Kinematics and microphysics. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 4127-4150.
Wiens, K.C., S.A. Rutledge, and S.A. Tessendorf, 2005: The 29 June 2000 supercell observed during STEPS. Part II: Lightning and charge structure. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 4151-4177.
Trapp, R.J., S.A. Tessendorf, E.S. Godfrey, H.E. Brooks, 2005: Tornadoes from squall lines and bow echoes. Part I: Climatological distribution. Wea. Forecasting, 20, 23-34.
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