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THE 2015 PLAINS ELEVATED CONVECTION AT NIGHT FIELD PROJECT by Geerts, Bart, Parsons, David, Ziegler, Conrad L., Weckwerth, Tammy M., Biggerstaff, Michael I., Clark, Richard D., Coniglio, Michael C., Demoz, Belay B., Ferrare, Richard A., Gallus, William A., Haghi, Kevin, Hanesiak, John M., Klein, Petra M., Knupp, Kevin R., Kosiba, Karen, McFarquhar, Greg M., Moore, James A., Nehrir, Amin R., Parker, Matthew D., Pinto, James O., Rauber, Robert M., Schumacher, Russ S., Turner, David D., Wang, Qing, Wang, Xuguang, Wang, Zhien, Wurman, Joshua

“…The central Great Plains region in North America has a nocturnal maximum in warm-season precipitation. Much of this precipitation comes from organized…”
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Near‐Surface Maximum Winds During the Landfall of Hurricane Harvey by Alford, A. Addison, Biggerstaff, Michael I., Carrie, Gordon D., Schroeder, John L., Hirth, Brian D., Waugh, Sean M.

“…A mobile Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching (SMART) radar was deployed in Hurricane Harvey and coordinated with the Corpus Christi, TX, WSR‐88D…”
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Hurricane Florence (2018): Long duration single‐ and dual‐Doppler observations and wind retrievals during landfall by Biggerstaff, Michael I., Alford, A. Addison, Carrie, Gordon D., Stevenson, Jeffrey A.

“…A ground‐based C‐band Shared Mobile Atmospheric Research and Teaching (SMART) polarimetric radar and the National Weather Service WSR‐88D radar near…”
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Three-Dimensional Storm Structure and Low-Level Boundaries at Different Stages of Cyclic Mesocyclone Evolution in a High-Precipitation Tornadic Supercell by Betten, Daniel P., Ziegler, Conrad L., Biggerstaff, Michael I.

“…Nearly continuous wind retrievals every three minutes for an unprecedented 90-minute period were constructed during multiple mesocyclone cycles in a tornadic…”
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Mobile ground‐based SMART radar observations and wind retrievals during the landfall of Hurricane Harvey (2017) by Alford, A. Addison, Biggerstaff, Michael I., Carrie, Gordon D.

“…This article describes a unique ground‐based weather radar dataset collected during the landfall of Hurricane Harvey (2017) along the United States Gulf Coast,…”
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TELEX The Thunderstorm Electrification and Lightning Experiment by MacGorman, Donald R., Rust, W. David, Schuur, Terry J., Biggerstaff, Michael I., Straka, Jerry M., Ziegler, Conrad L., Mansell, Edward R., Bruning, Eric C., Kuhlman, Kristin M., Lund, Nicole R., Biermann, Nicholas S., Payne, Clark, Carey, Larry D., Krehbiel, Paul R., Rison, William, Eack, Kenneth B., Beasley, William H.

“…The field program of the Thunderstorm Electrification and Lightning Experiment (TELEX) took place in central Oklahoma, May–June 2003 and 2004. It aimed to…”
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Impact of Cloud Model Microphysics on Passive Microwave Retrievals of Cloud Properties. Part II: Uncertainty in Rain, Hydrometeor Structure, and Latent Heating Retrievals by Seo, Eun-Kyoung, Biggerstaff, Michael I.

“…The impact of model microphysics on the retrieval of cloud properties based on passive microwave observations was examined using a three-dimensional,…”
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Flash propagation and inferred charge structure relative to radar‐observed ice alignment signatures in a small Florida mesoscale convective system by Biggerstaff, Michael I., Zounes, Zackery, Addison Alford, A., Carrie, Gordon D., Pilkey, John T., Uman, Martin A., Jordan, Douglas M.

“…A series of vertical cross sections taken through a small mesoscale convective system observed over Florida by the dual‐polarimetric SMART radar were combined…”
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OBSERVING HURRICANE HARVEY’S EYEWALL AT LANDFALL by Fernández-Cabán, Pedro L., Alford, A. Addison, Bell, Martin J., Biggerstaff, Michael I., Carrie, Gordon D., Hirth, Brian, Kosiba, Karen, Phillips, Brian M., Schroeder, John L., Waugh, Sean M., Williford, Eric, Wurman, Joshua, Masters, Forrest J.

“…While Hurricane Harvey will best be remembered for record rainfall that led to widespread flooding in southeastern Texas and western Louisiana, the storm also…”
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Evaluation of deep convective transport in storms from different convective regimes during the DC3 field campaign using WRF‐Chem with lightning data assimilation by Li, Yunyao, Pickering, Kenneth E., Allen, Dale J., Barth, Mary C., Bela, Megan M., Cummings, Kristin A., Carey, Lawrence D., Mecikalski, Retha M., Fierro, Alexandre O., Campos, Teresa L., Weinheimer, Andrew J., Diskin, Glenn S., Biggerstaff, Michael I.

“…Deep convective transport of surface moisture and pollution from the planetary boundary layer to the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere affects the…”
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Deep Convective Microphysics Experiment (DCMEX) coordinated aircraft and ground observations: microphysics, aerosol, and dynamics during cumulonimbus development by Finney, Declan L, Blyth, Alan M, Gallagher, Martin, Wu, Huihui, Nott, Graeme J, Biggerstaff, Michael I, Sonnenfeld, Richard G, Daily, Martin, Walker, Dan, Dufton, David, Bower, Keith, Böing, Steven, Choularton, Thomas, Crosier, Jonathan, Groves, James, Field, Paul R, Coe, Hugh, Murray, Benjamin J, Lloyd, Gary, Marsden, Nicholas A, Flynn, Michael, Hu, Kezhen, Thamban, Navaneeth M, Williams, Paul I, Connolly, Paul J, McQuaid, James B, Robinson, Joseph, Cui, Zhiqiang, Burton, Ralph R, Carrie, Gordon, Moore, Robert, Abel, Steven J, Tiddeman, Dave, Aulich, Graydon

“…Cloud feedbacks associated with deep convective anvils remain highly uncertain. In part, this uncertainty arises from a lack of understanding of how…”
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An EOF-based comparison and evaluation of simulated passive microwave signatures to observations over tropical oceans by Biggerstaff, Michael I., Seo, Eun-Kyoung

“…Bayesian algorithms are a common method of retrieving cloud properties from a set of observed passive microwave brightness temperature (TB) measurements. In…”
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Regional Variability within Global-Scale Relations between Passive Microwave Signatures and Raining Clouds over the Tropical Oceans by Seo, Eun-Kyoung, Biggerstaff, Michael I.

“…Empirical orthogonal function (EOF) analysis of radiance vectors associated with emission and scattering indices for the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission…”
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Effects of Scavenging, Entrainment, and Aqueous Chemistry on Peroxides and Formaldehyde in Deep Convective Outflow Over the Central and Southeast United States by Bela, Megan M., Barth, Mary C., Toon, Owen Brian, Fried, Alan, Ziegler, Conrad, Cummings, Kristin A., Li, Yunyao, Pickering, Kenneth E., Homeyer, Cameron R., Morrison, Hugh, Yang, Qing, Mecikalski, Retha M., Carey, Larry, Biggerstaff, Michael I., Betten, Daniel P., Alford, A. Addison

“…Deep convective transport of gaseous precursors to ozone (O3) and aerosols to the upper troposphere is affected by liquid phase and mixed‐phase scavenging,…”
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Impact of Cloud Model Microphysics on Passive Microwave Retrievals of Cloud Properties. Part I: Model Comparison Using EOF Analyses by Biggerstaff, Michael I., Seo, Eun-Kyoung, Hristova-Veleva, Svetla M., Kim, Kwang-Yul

“…The impact of model microphysics on the relationships among hydrometeor profiles, latent heating, and derived satellite microwave brightness temperaturesTB…”
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Hurricane Laura (2020): A Comparison of Drop Size Distribution Moments Using Ground and Radar Remote Sensing Retrieval Methods by Brauer, Noah S., Alford, A. Addison, Waugh, Sean M., Biggerstaff, Michael I., Carrie, Gordon D., Kirstetter, Pierre E., Basara, Jeffrey B., Dawson, Daniel T., Elmore, Kimberly L., Stevenson, Jeffrey, Moore, Robert W.

“…Hurricane Laura was the strongest hurricane to make landfall in Louisiana since 1969 with maximum sustained winds of 130 knots. One University of Oklahoma…”
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An Improved Scheme for Convective/Stratiform Echo Classification Using Radar Reflectivity by Biggerstaff, Michael I., Listemaa, Steven A.

“…An improved algorithm for the partitioning of radar reflectivity into convective and stratiform rain classifications has been developed and tested using data…”
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THE SHARED MOBILE ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND TEACHING RADAR: A Collaboration to Enhance Research and Teaching by Biggerstaff, Michael I., Wicker, Louis J., Guynes, Jerry, Ziegler, Conrad, Straka, Jerry M., Rasmussen, Erik N., Doggett, Arthur, Carey, Larry D., Schroeder, John L., Weiss, Chris

“…A group of scientists from three universities across two different states and from one federal research laboratory joined together to build and deploy two…”
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Texas A&M University's Laboratory for the Exploration of Atmospheric Processes–TAMU's LEAP by Nielsen-Gammon, John W., Biggerstaff, Michael I., Alcorn, Marion E., Austin, Daniel, Bowman, Kenneth P., Djurić, Dušan, Guynes, Jerry, Panetta, R. Lee, White, Robert, Wicker, Louis J.

“…Improvements in computer technology, particularly the explosive growth of Internet applications, have created unprecedented educational opportunities, but with…”
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Student chapters of the AMS: A perspective by Biggerstaff, Michael I

“…Recently, the American Meteorological Society has expanded the opportunities for interaction with student members. Not only have several new scholarships been…”
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