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last updated: 08/30/2010

Peer-reviewed Papers

  1. Sienkiewicz J.M., J.D. Locatelli, P.V. Hobbs and B. Geerts, 1989: The organization and structure of clouds and precipitation on the Mid-Atlantic Coast of the USA. Part II: The mesoscale and microscale structure of a frontal system. J. Atmos. Sci., 46, 1349-1364. [pdf]

  2. Geerts B. and P.V. Hobbs,1991: The organization and structure of clouds and precipitation on the Mid-Atlantic Coast of the USA. Part IV: Retrieval of thermodynamic and cloud microphysical structures of a frontal rainband from Doppler radar data. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 1287-1305. [pdf]

  3. Geerts B., 1992: The origin of banner clouds: a case of scientific amnesia? Bull. Austr. Meteor. and Ocean. Soc., 5, 6-9.

  4. Speer M. and B. Geerts, 1994: A synoptic-meso-a scale climatology of flash floods in the Sydney metropolitan area. Austr. Met. Mag., 43, 87-103.

  5. Speer M., B. Geerts, C. Matthews and A. Cearns, 1994: An investigation of the use of a high resolution version of the regional operational NWP model of the Bureau of Meteorology for the prediction of East Coast Lows. Bull. Aust. Meteor. and Ocean. Soc., 7, 116-122.

  6. Matthews C. and B. Geerts, 1995: Characteristic thunderstorm occurence in the Sydney area. Austr. Met. Mag., 44, 127-138.

  7. Geerts B. and M. Noke-Raico 1995: Tornadoes in Australia: Do we really know ? Bull. Austr. Meteor. and Ocean. Soc., 8, 46-51.

  8. Geerts B. and P.V. Hobbs, 1995: The thermodynamic and cloud structure of frontal deep convection, using Doppler radar data. Atm. Res., 39, 287-311. [pdf]

  9. Geerts B., 1998: Mesoscale convective systems in the Southeast: A survey. Wea. and Forecasting, 13, 860-869.[pdf]

  10. Knupp K.R., B. Geerts and S. Goodman, 1998: Analysis of a small, vigorous mesoscale convective system in a low-shear environment. Part I: Formation, radar echo structure, and lightning behavior. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126,1812-1836. [pdf]

  11. Knupp K.R., B. Geerts and J.D. Tuttle, 1998: Analysis of a small, vigorous mesoscale convective system in a low-shear environment. Part II: Evolution of the stratiform precipitation and mesoscale flows. Mon. Wea. Rev., 126,1837-1858. [pdf]

  12. Geerts B., 1999: Trends in atmospheric science journals: a reader's perspective. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 80, 639-651. [pdf]

  13. Geerts, B., G.M. Heymsfield, L. Tian, J.B. Halverson, A. Guillory, and M.I. Mejia, 2000: Hurricane Georges' landfall in the Dominican Republic: detailed airborne Doppler radar imagery. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 81, 999-1018. [pdf]

  14. Heymsfield, G.M., B. Geerts and L. Tian, 2000: TRMM Precipitation radar reflectivity profiles compared to high-resolution airborne and ground-based measurements. J. Appl. Meteor., 39, 2080–2102. [pdf]

  15. Geerts, B., 2001: Estimating downburst-related maximum surface wind speeds by means of proximity soundings in New South Wales, Australia. Wea and Forecasting, 16, 261-269. [pdf]

  16. Linacre, E. and B. Geerts, 2002: Estimating the annual mean screen temperature empirically. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 71, 43-61. [pdf]

  17. Geerts, B., 2002: On the effects of irrigation and urbanisation on the annual range of monthly-mean temperatures. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 72, 157-163. [pdf]

  18. Geerts, B., 2002: Estimating the annual range of monthly-mean temperatures empirically. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 73, 107-132. [pdf]

  19. Geerts, B., 2003: Estimating the daily range of temperatures empirically. Theor. Appl. Climatol., 74, 145-165. [pdf]

  20. Wang J.Y. and B. Geerts, 2003: Identifying drizzle within marine stratus with W-band radar reflectivity profiles. Atmospheric Research, 69, 1-27. [pdf]

  21. Weckwerth, Parsons, Koch, Moore, LeMone, Demoz, Flamant, Geerts, Wang, and Feltz, 2004: An overview of the International H2O Project (IHOP_2002) and some preliminary highlights. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 253-277. [pdf]

  22. Geerts, B., and Y. Dawei, 2004: Classification and characterization of tropical precipitation based on high-resolution airborne vertical-incidence radar. Part I: Classification. J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 1554-1566. [pdf]

  23. Geerts, B., and Y. Dawei, 2004: Classification and characterization of tropical precipitation based on high-resolution airborne vertical-incidence radar. Part II: Composite Vertical Structure of Hurricanes vs. Storms over Florida and the Amazon. J. Appl. Meteor., 43, 1567-1585. [pdf]

  24.  Geerts, B. and Q. Miao, 2005: The use of millimeter Doppler radar echoes to estimate vertical air velocities in the fair-weather convective boundary layer. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech. , 22, 225-246. [pdf]

  25. Geerts, B. and Q. Miao, 2005: Airborne radar observations of the flight behavior of small insects in the atmospheric convective boundary layer. Environ. Entomol., 34, 361-377. [pdf]

  26. Geerts, B. and Q. Miao, 2005: A simple numerical model of the flight behavior of small insects in the atmospheric convective boundary layer. Environ. Entomol., 34, 353-360. [pdf]

  27. Geerts, B. and T. Dejene, 2005: Regional and diurnal variability of the vertical structure of precipitation systems in Africa, based on spaceborne radar data. J. Climate, 18, 893-916. [pdf]

  28. Gochis et al, 2005. Meeting summary of UCAR/NCAR Junior Faculty Forum on future scientific directions: The water cycle across scales. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 86, 1743–1746. [pdf]

  29. Demoz, Flamant, Miller, Evans, Fabry, Di Girolamo, Whiteman, Geerts, Weckwerth, Brown, Schwemmer, Gentry, Feltz, Wang, 2006: Dryline on 22 May 2002 during IHOP: convective scale measurements at the profiling site. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 294-310. [pdf]

  30. Geerts, B., R. Damiani, and S. Haimov, 2006: Fine-scale vertical structure of a cold front as revealed by airborne radar. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 251–272. [pdf]

  31. Miao, Q., B. Geerts, and M. LeMone, 2006: Vertical velocity and buoyancy characteristics of coherent echo plumes in the convective boundary layer, detected by a profiling airborne radar. J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 45, 838–855.[pdf]

  32. Yang, Q., and B. Geerts, 2006: Horizontal convective rolls in cold air over water: buoyancy characteristics of coherent plumes detected by an airborne radar. Mon. Wea. Rev., 134, 2373–2396.[pdf]

  33. Geerts, B., S. Koch, P. Krehbiel, and D. Jorgensen, 2006: Are AMS conference practices changing for better or worse? Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 1105-1110. [pdf]

  34. Sipprell, B., and B. Geerts, 2007: Fine-scale vertical structure and evolution of a pre-convective dryline on 19 June 2002. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 2111–2134. [pdf]

  35. LeMone, M.A., F. Chen, J. Alfieri, B. Geerts, Q. Miao, R. Grossman and R. Coulter, 2007: Influence of land cover, soil moisture, and terrain on the horizontal distribution of sensible and latent heat fluxes and boundary-layer structure in south-central Kansas during IHOP_2002 and CASES-97. J. Hydromet., 8, 68–87.  [pdf]

  36. Fuentes, J.D., B. Geerts, T. Dejene, P. D’Odorico, and E. Joseph, 2008: Regional and diurnal variability of the vertical structure of precipitating systems in West Africa. Theor. Appl. Climatol.,  DOI 10.1007/s00704-007-0318-0. [pdf]

  37. Rauber, R., and co-authors, 2007: Rain In Shallow Cumulus over the Ocean—the RICO campaign. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, 1912–1928. [pdf]

  38. Rauber, R., and co-authors, 2007: A Supplement to Rain in Shallow Cumulus over the Ocean. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 88, pp. S12-S18. [pdf]

  39. Miao, Q., and B. Geerts, 2007: Fine-scale vertical structure and dynamics of some dryline boundaries observed in IHOP. Mon. Wea. Rev., ., 135, 4161–4184. [pdf]

  40. Damiani, R., J. Zehnder , B. Geerts, J. Demko, S. Haimov, J. Petti, G.S. Poulos, A. Razdan, J. Hu, M. Leuthold, 2008: Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-situ and Doppler Observations: The CuPIDO 2006 Experiment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, 57–73. [pdf]

  41. Liu, Y., B. Geerts, M. Miller, P. Daum, and R. McGraw, 2008: Radar reflectivity threshold for separating non-precipitating from precipitating clouds and its dependence on cloud droplet concentration. Geophys. Res. Letters, 35, L03807, doi:10.1029/2007GL031201. [pdf]

  42. Geerts, B., 2008: Dryline characteristics near Lubbock, Texas, based on radar and West Texas Mesonet data for May 2005 and May 2006. Wea. Forecasting, 23, 392–406. [pdf]

  43. Koch, S.E., W. Feltz, F. Fabry, M. Pagowski, B. Geerts, D. O. Miller, and J. W. Wilson, 2008: Turbulent mixing processes in atmospheric bores and solitary waves deduced from profiling systems and numerical simulation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1373-1400. [pdf]

  44. Geerts , B., Q. Miao, and J.C. Demko, 2008: Pressure perturbations and upslope flow over a heated, isolated mountain. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 4272–4288. [pdf]

  45. Weiss, C.C., H.B. Bluestein, A.L. Pazmany, and B. Geerts, 2008: Fine-scale radar observations of a dryline during the International H2O Project (IHOP). In: Synoptic–Dynamic Meteorology and Weather Analysis and Forecasting: A Tribute to Fred Sanders. Bosart and Bluestein, Eds., AMS Meteorological Monograph, 33, No. 55, 440 pp.[pdf]

  46. Wang, Y., and B. Geerts, 2009: Estimating the evaporative cooling bias of an airborne reverse flow thermometer. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech. , 26, 3-21. [pdf]

  47. Demko, J. C., B. Geerts, J. Zehnder, and Q. Miao, 2009: Boundary-layer energy transport and cumulus development over a heated mountain: an observational study. Mon. Wea. Rev. , 137, 447–468. [pdf]

  48. Wang, Y., B. Geerts, and J. French, 2009: Dynamics of the cumulus cloud margin: an observational study. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 3660–3677. [pdf]

  49. Geerts, B., T. Andretta, S. Luberda, J. Vogt, Y. Wang, and L.D. Oolman, 2009: A case study of a long-lived tornadic mesocyclone in a low-CAPE complex-terrain environment. Electronic J. Severe Storms Meteor. , 4, 1-29. (link)

  50. LeMone, M.A., F. Chen, M. Tewari, J. Dudhia, B. Geerts, Q. Miao, R. Coulter, and R. Grossman, 2010: Simulating the IHOP_2002 fair-weather convective boundary layer with the WRF-ARW-Noah Modeling System, Part 1:  Surface fluxes and CBL structure and evolution along the eastern track. Mon. Wea. Rev. , 138, 722–744. [pdf]

  51. LeMone, M.A., F. Chen, M. Tewari, J. Dudhia, B. Geerts, Q. Miao, R. Coulter, and R. Grossman, 2010: Simulating the IHOP_2002 fair-weather convective boundary layer with the WRF-ARW-Noah Modeling System, Part 2:  Structures from a few km to 100 km across. Mon. Wea. Rev. , 138, 745-764. [pdf]

  52. Geerts, B. and Q. Miao, 2010: Vertically-pointing airborne Doppler radar observations of Kelvin–Helmholtz billows. Mon. Wea. Rev. , 138, 982–986. [pdf]

  53. Demko, J.C., and B. Geerts, 2010: A numerical study of the evolving convective boundary layer and orographic circulation around the Santa Catalina Mountains in Arizona. Part I: Circulation without deep convection. Mon. Wea. Rev. , 138, 1902–1922. [pdf]

  54. Demko, J.C., and B. Geerts, 2010: A numerical study of the evolution of the convective boundary layer and orographic circulations around the Santa Catalina Mountains in Arizona. Part II: Interaction with deep convection. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 3603–3622. [pdf]

  55. Wang, Y., and B. Geerts, 2010: Humidity variations across the edge of trade wind cumuli: observations and dynamical implications. Atmos. Res., doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.03.017. (link)

  56. Andretta, T.A., and B. Geerts, 2010: Operational forecasting and detection of an orographic heavy snowfall event in Eastern Idaho: Part 1 - Observational Analysis. Elec. J. Severe Storms Meteor.,5, 1-33.  (link)

  57. Bennett, L.J., T.M. Weckwerth, A.M. Blyth, B. Geerts, Q. Miao, Y.P. Richardson, 2010: Observations of the evolution of the nocturnal and convective boundary layers and the structure of open-celled convection on 14 June 2002. Mon. Wea. Rev., accepted. [pdf]

  58. Geerts, B., Q. Miao, Y. Yang, R. Rasmussen, and D. Breed, 2010: An airborne profiling radar study of the impact of glaciogenic cloud seeding on snowfall from winter orographic clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., accepted. [pdf]

  59. Wang, Y., and B. Geerts, 2010: Observations of detrainment patterns from non-precipitating orographic cumulus clouds. Atmos. Res., accepted. [pdf]
     

 

Books

  • Linacre E. and B. Geerts, 1997: Climates and Weather Explained, an Introduction from a Southern Perspective. Part I: summary. Textbook, 432 pp. Routledge Publ. Company.

  • Geerts B. and E. Linacre, 1997: Climates and Weather Explained, an Introduction from a Southern Perspective. Part II: supplement. CD-ROM. Routledge Publ. Company.

Conference presentations

  • Geerts B. and P.V. Hobbs, 1990: Combined retrieval of thermodynamic and microphysical variables in a frontal rainband observed during GALE. Preprint Volume, 18th Cloud Physics Conference, AMS, San Fransisco, 23-27 July 1990, 134-139.

  • Geerts B., 1991: The Thermodynamic and Cloud Structure of a Narrow Cold-Frontal Rainband, Using Doppler Radar Data. Preprint Volume, International Conference on Mesoscale Meteorology and TAMEX, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 3-6, 1991, 189-195.

  • Geerts B., 1992: The Origin of Banner Clouds: A Potential Vorticity Perspective. Preprint Volume, Sixth Conference on Mountain Meteorology, AMS, Portland, Oregon, Sept. 29 - Oct 2, 1992, 97-98.

  • Geerts B., 1994: An investigation of the use of a mesoscale version of an operational NWP model for the prediction of Australian East Coast Lows. Preprint Volume, the International Symposium on the Life Cycles of Extratropical Cyclones, Bergen, Norway, June 27 -July 1, 1994, 286-291.

  • Geerts B., 1994: Rainbands in Australian East Coast Lows: observation, simulation and explanation. Preprint Volume, Sixth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, AMS, Portland, Oregon, July 17-22, 1994, 231-233.

  • Geerts B. and K.R. Knupp, 1995: Dynamical interpretation of a weakly sheared, small mesoscale convective system. Preprint Volume, 27th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Vail, CO, October 9-13

  • Geerts B., J. Colquhoun and A. Cearns, 1996: Towards a thermodynamic index for forecasting extreme wind gusts in Australia. Preprint Volume, 18th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, San Francisco, CA, February 19-23, 672-676.

  • Matthews C. and B. Geerts, 1996: The spatial characteristics of severe thunderstorms near Sydney, Australia, based on 25 years of radar reflectivity data. Preprint Volume, 18th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, San Francisco, CA, February 19-23, 313-316.

  • Geerts B., K.R. Knupp, and B. Clymer, 1996: Interaction between frontal and convective dynamics of a large long-lived, severe squall line with trailing stratiform region. Preprint Volume, 18th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, San Francisco, CA, February 19-23, 296-299.

  • Knupp K.R., R.L.Clymer and B.Geerts, 1996: Preliminary classification and observational characteristics of tornadic storms over northern Alabama. Preprint Volume, 18th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, San Francisco, CA, February 19-23, 447-450.

  • Geerts B. and K.R. Knupp, 1996: Prefrontal squall lines in the Southern USA: a case study of interaction between frontal and convective dynamics. Preprint Volume, 7th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, RMS and AMS, Reading, UK, 9-14 September.

  • Geerts B., 1997: Airframe icing within mesoscale convective systems. Preprint Volume, 7th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology, AMS, Los Angeles, CA, 2-7 February, 226-231.

  • Geerts B., 1997: Characterization of mesoscale convective systems by means of composite radar reflectivity data. NASA Marshall Summer Faculty Fellowship Colloquium, 4 Aug '97, NASA/CR-1998-208803, XII, 1-4.

  • Geerts B., 1997: A radar-based survey of the characteristics of mesoscale convective systems in the Southeastern USA. Preprint Volume, 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Austin, TX, 7-12 September, 485-486.

  • Geerts B. and E. Linacre, 1997: Climates and Weather Explained: A fresh way of presenting climatology. Preprint Volume, 10th Conference on Applied Climatology, AMS, Reno, NV, 20-23 October, 123-124.

  • Geerts, B., G.M. Heymsfield and L. Tian, 1999: High resolution reflectivity profiles in various convectively generated precipitation systems. Preprint Volume, 29th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS., Montreal, 11-16 July. [extended abstract]

  • Heymsfield, G.M., L. Tian and B. Geerts, 1999: Rain fallspeeds and rates derived from airborne nadir-pointing Doppler radar measurements. Preprint Volume, 29th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS., Montreal, 11-16 July.

  • Geerts, B., 2000: Reflectivity and velocity profiles in tropical precipitation systems, derived from nadir-viewing X-band airborne radar. Preprint Volume, 13th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Reno, NV, 14-18 August, 254-255.

  • Geerts, B., and Y. Dawei, 2001: Airborne radar and passive microwave-based classification and characterization of tropical precipitation profiles. Preprint Volume, 30th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Munich, Germany, 19-24 July.

  • Wang J., Geerts, B., and G. Vali, 2002: Identifying and characterizing drizzle distributions within marine stratocumulus using W-band radar reflectivity. Preprint Volume, 14th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Ogden UT, 5-9 June, 254-255.

  • Geerts, B., D. Leon, S. Haimov, and R. Damiani, 2002: Airborne Doppler radar observations of convective plumes and radar ‘fine-lines’. 2nd European Radar Meteorology Conference, EGS, Delft, Netherland, 18-22 November, ERAD02-A-00007.[presentation] [extended abstract]

  • Geerts, B., J. Wang, and G. Vali, 2002: Discriminating drizzle in marine stratus by means of 95 GHz radar reflectivity. 2nd European Radar Meteorology Conference, EGS, Delft, Netherland, 18-22 November.

  • Geerts, B., and Q. Miao, 2003: Water vapor variations in echo plumes in the convective boundary layer. Symposium on Observing and Understanding the Variability of Water in Weather and Climate, AMS,Long Beach CA, 12-17 February. [extended abstract]

  • Geerts, B., and Y. Dawei, 2003: Classification and characterization of tropical precipitation based on high-resolution airborne vertical-incidence radar. 31th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Seattle WA, 6-12 August. [extended abstract]

  • Geerts, B., and T. Dejene, 2003: The spatial and diurnal variability of African precipitation, and its vertical structure, based on TRMM Precipitation Radar data. 31th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Seattle WA, 6-12 August. [extended abstract]

  • Geerts, B., and D. Leon, 2003: Fine-scale vertical structure of a cold front as revealed by 95 GHz airborne radar. 31th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Seattle WA, 6-12 August. [extended abstract]

  • Geerts, B. and Q. Miao, 2003: Vertical velocity and buoyancy characteristics of echo plumes detected by an airborne 95 GHz radar in the convective boundary layer. 6th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling, Leipzig Germany, 14-20 Sept. [extended abstract]

  • Koch, S., and co-authors, 2003: Structure and dynamics of a dual bore event during IHOP as revealed by remote sensing and numerical simulation. 6th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling, Leipzig Germany, 14-20 Sept. [extended abstract]

  • Miao, Q. and B. Geerts, 2004 : The vertical structure of continental convective boundary layer: echo plumes, vertical velocity, buoyancy, and insect flight behavior. 2nd IHOP Science Workshop, 14-18 June, Toulouse, France.

  • Geerts, B., R. Damiani, S. Haimov, D. Leon, and T. Trudel, 2004: Fine-scale vertical structure of the May 24 cold front, frontogenesis, and convective initiation. 2nd IHOP Science Workshop, 14-18 June, Toulouse, France. [ppt for oral presentation]

  • Demoz, B., D. Miller, P. Di Girolamo, D. Whiteman, K. Evans, C. Flamant, B. Geerts, T. Weckwerth , D. Starr, G. Schwemmer, B. Gentry, amd Z. Wang, 2004: The 22 May dryline in IHOP2002: the role of lidars in quantifying the convective variability. 22nd Int’l Lidar Remote Sensing Conference, Matera, Italy, 12-16 July.

  • Geerts, B. and T. Dejene, 2004: Regional and diurnal variability of the vertical structure of precipitation systems in Africa, based on five years of TRMM precipitation radar data. 7th Int’l Conference on Precipitation, Vancouver, Canada, 13-17 August. [poster]

  • Miao, Q., B. Geerts and M. LeMone, 2005: Vertical velocity and buoyancy characteristics of coherent echo plumes in the convective boundary layer, detected by a profiling airborne radar. 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Albuquerque NM, 22-29 Oct. [poster]

  • Sipprell, B., and B. Geerts, 2005: Fine-scale vertical structure and evolution of a pre-convective dryline on 19 June 2002. 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Albuquerque NM, 22-29 Oct. [poster]

  • Geerts, B., and Q. Miao, 2005: Fine-scale dynamical structure of drylines. 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Albuquerque NM, 22-29 Oct. [poster]

  • Geerts, B., and H. McIntyre, 2006: Detailed vertical structure of orographic precipitation development in cold clouds. 16th Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, AMS , Santa Fe NM, 28 Aug-1 Sept. [ppt for oral presentation]

  • Demko, J.C., B. Geerts and R. Damiani, 2006: Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-situ and Doppler Observations: The CuPIDO 2006 Experiment. 16th Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, AMS , Santa Fe NM, 28 Aug-1 Sept. [poster]

  • Geerts, B., and H. McIntyre, 2006: Detailed vertical structure of orographic precipitation development in cold clouds. Fourth European Radar Meteorology Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 18-22 Sept. [ppt for oral presentation]

  • Geerts, B., 2006: Structure and dynamic origin of boundary-layer convergence zones. Fourth European Radar Meteorology Conf., Barcelona, Spain, 18-22 Sept. [slides for oral presentation]

  • Geerts, B., and J.C. Demko, 2007: Boundary-layer energy transport and cumulus development over a heated mountain. 12th AMS Conf. on Mesoscale Processes in Waterville, NH, 4-8 Aug. [poster]

  • Koch, S., M. Pagowski, B. Geerts, and K. M. Bedka, 2007: Model simulation and remote sensing of bore and solitary wave mixing processes 12th AMS Conf. on Mesoscale Processes in Waterville, NH, 4-8 Aug. [extended abstract]

  • Geerts, B., G. Vali, and J. French, 2008: Impact of surface interaction and cloud seeding on orographic snowfall: A downlooking airborne cloud radar view. 7th  Conf. on Planned & Inadvertent Weather Modification,AMS, Westminster, CO, 21-25 April. [ppt for oral presentation]

  • Geerts, B., G. Vali, D. Leon, and J. R. Snider, 2008: Orographic precipitation enhancement by boundary-layer turbulence: a vertically pointing airborne cloud radar view. 17th Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, AMS, Whistler BC, 11-15 August.

  • Demko, J.C., B. Geerts, and J. Zehnder, 2008: Upslope Flow and Cumulus Development Over an Isolated Heated Mountain: Observations and Simulations, isolated mountain. 17th Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, AMS, Whistler BC, 11-15 August. [recorded presentation]

  • Andretta, T., and B. Geerts, 2008: The Snake River Plains Convergence Zone: dynamics, climatology, and predictability. 17th Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, AMS, Whistler BC, 11-15 August. [extended abstract]

  • Vali, G., B. Geerts, D. Leon, and J. Snider, 2008: Surface source of ice particles in mountain clouds 15th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Cancun, Mexico, 2008. [extended abstract]

  • Geerts, B., T. Andretta, S. Luberda, J. Vogt, and Y. Wang, 2009:  Dynamics of a long-lived tornadic supercell in a low-CAPE environment over high terrain in Wyoming. 13th Annual Northern Plains Weather Workshop, Rapid City SD, 7-8 April.

  • Geerts, B., T. Andretta, S. Luberda, J. Vogt, and Y. Wang, 2009: Observations and simulations of a long-lived tornadic mesocyclone that formed in a low-CAPE environment with PV banners spawned by the Colorado Front Range. 13th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, AMS, Salt Lake City UT, 17-20 August. [recorded presentation]

  • Demko, J.C., B. Geerts, and Q. Miao, 2009: A Numerical Study of the Evolving Convective Boundary Layer and Orographic Circulation around the Santa Catalina Mountains in Arizona. Part I: Circulation without Deep Convection. 13th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, AMS, Salt Lake City UT, 17-20 August. [poster]

  • Demko, J.C., and B. Geerts, 2009: A Numerical Study of the Evolving Convective Boundary Layer and Orographic Circulation around the Santa Catalina Mountains in Arizona. Part II: Interaction with Deep Convection. 13th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, AMS, Salt Lake City UT, 17-20 August. [recorded presentation]

  • Geerts, B., T. Andretta, S. Luberda, J. Vogt, and Y. Wang, 2009: Orographically-generated potential vorticity banners as a source of mesocyclone vorticity: an observational and modlling case study. 5th European Conference on Severe Storms, Landshut, Germany, 12-16 October.

  • Geerts, B., Q. Miao, Y. Yang, R. Rasmussen, and D. Breed: An airborne profiling radar study of the impact of glaciogenic cloud seeding on snowfall from winter orographic clouds. 42th Annual Meeting of the American Weather Modification Association, Santa Fe NM, 21-23 April. [presentation]

  • Geerts, B., and Q. Miao, 2010: Orographic precipitation enhancement by boundary-layer turbulence: evidence from vertically pointing airborne cloud radar data. 19th AMS Conf. on Boundary Layer Processes and Turbulence, Keystone CO, 2-6 August. [recorded presentation]

  • Andretta, T., and B. Geerts, 2010: A mechanism for orographically-generated PV banners to generate cloud and precipitation bands: a case study. P5-30: EMS2010-271. 10th Annual Meeting of the European Meteor. Soc., Zurich, Switzerland, 13-17 Sept.

  • Geerts, B. and Q. Miao, 2010: Orographic precipitation enhancement by boundary-layer turbulence: evidence from vertically pointing airborne cloud radar data. Oral EMS2010-238. 10th Annual Meeting of the European Meteor. Soc., Zurich, Switzerland, 13-17 Sept.

  • Geerts, B. A numerical study of the interaction of the convective boundary layer and orographic circulation with locally-triggered deep convection around the Santa
    Catalina Mountains in Arizona. P5-27: EMS2010-239. 10th Annual Meeting of the European Meteor. Soc., Zurich, Switzerland, 13-17 Sept.