Clouds and Precipitation Observations and Research

Peer Reviewed Publications:

Sun, J., and J. French, 2016: Air-Sea Interaction in Light of New Understanding of Air-Land Interactions. J. Atmos. Sci., submitted.

Korolev, A., A. Khain, M. Pinksy, and J. French, 2016: Theoretical study of mixing in liquid clouds. Part 1: classical concept. Atmos. Chem. Phys., submitted. LINK

Taylor, J. W., T. W. Choularton, A. M. Blyth, Z. Liu, K. N. Bower, J. Crosier, M. W. Gallagher, P. I. Williams, J. R. Dorsey, M. J. Flynn, L. J. Bennett, Y. Huang, J. French, A. Korolev, and P. Brown, 2015: Observations of cloud microphysics and ice formation during COPE. Atmos. Chem. Phys., in press. LINK

Leon, D., J. French, S. Lasher-Trapp, A. Blyth, and co-authors, 2015: The Convective Precipitation Experiment (COPE): Investigating the origins of heavy precipitation in the southwestern UK. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., in press. LINK

French, J. R., S. J. Haimov, L. D. Oolman, V. Grubisic, S. Serafin, and L. Strauss, 2015: Wave-induced boundary-layer separation in the lee of the Medicine Bow Mountains. Part I: Observations. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 4845 - 4863. LINK

Grubisic, V., S. Serafin, L. Strauss, S. Haimov,  J. R. French, L. Oolman, 2015: Wave-induced boundary-layer separation in the lee of the Medicine Bow Mountains. Part II: Model Results. J. Atmos. Sci., 72, 4865 - 4884. LINK

Smith, R. B., J. R. Minder, A. D. Nugent, T. Storelvmo, D. J. Kirshbaum, R. Warren, N. Lareau, P. Palany, A. James, J. R. French, 2012: Orographic precipitation in the tropics: The Dominica Experiment. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 93¸ 1567-1579. LINK

Wang, Z., J. R. French, G. Vali, P. Wechsler, S. Haimov, A. Rodi, M. Deng, D. Leon, J. Snider, L. Peng, and A. Pazmany, 2012: Single aircraft integration of remote sensing and in situ sampling for the study of cloud microphysics and dynamics. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 93¸ 653-668. LINK

Wang, Y., B. Geerts, and J. R. French, 2009: Dynamics of the cumulus cloud margin: An observational study. J. Atmos. Sci., 12, 3660-3677. LINK

Pratt, K. A., P. J. DeMott, J. R. French, Z. Wang, D. L. Westphal, A. J. Heymsfield, C. H. Twohy, A. J. Prenni, and K. A. Prather, 2009: In-situ detection of biological particles in cloud ice-crystals. Nature Geoscience, 2, 398-401. LINK

Wang, Z., P. Wechsler, W. Kuestner, J. R. French, A. Rodi, B. Glover, M. Burkhart, and D. Lukens, 2009: Wyoming cloud lidar: Instrument description and applications. Optics Express, 17, 13576-13587. LINK

Zhang, J. A., W. M. Drennan, P. G. Black, and J. R. French, 2009: Turbulence structure of the hurricane boundary layer between the outer rainbands. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 2455-2467. LINK

Zhang, J. A., P. G. Black, J. R. French, and W. M. Drennan, 2008: The first direct measurements of enthalpy flux in the hurricane boundary layer: The CBLAST results. Geophys. Res. Let., 35, L14813. LINK

Zhang, J. A., K. B. Katsaros, P. G. Black, S. Lehner, J. R. French, and W. M. Drennan, 2008: Effects of roll vortices on turbulent fluxes in the hurricane boundary layer. Bound. Layer Meteorol., 128(2), 173-189. LINK

Damiani, R., J. Zehnder, B. Geerts, J. Demko, S. Haimov, J. Petti, G. S. Poulos, A. Razdan, J. Hu, M. Leuthold, and J. French, 2008: The Cumulus, Photogrammetric, In Situ and Doppler Observations Experiment of 2006. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 89, 57-73. LINK

French, J. R., W. M. Drennan, J. A. Zhang, and P. G. Black, 2007: Turbulent fluxes in the hurricane boundary layer, I. Momentum flux. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 1089-1102. LINK

Drennan W. M., J. A. Zhang, J. R. French, C. McCormick and P. G. Black, 2007: Turbulent fluxes in the hurricane boundary layer, II. Latent heat flux. J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 1103-1115. LINK

Black, P. G. E. A. Asaro, W. M. Drennan, J. R. French, P. P. Niiler, T. B. Sanford, E. J. Terrill, E. J. Walsh, and J. A. Zhang, 2007: Air-Sea exchange in hurricanes: Synthesis of observations from the coupled boundary layer air-sea transfer experiment. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 88, 357-374. LINK

Sun, J., S. P. Burns, D. Vandemark, M. A. Donelan, L. Mahrt, T. L. Crawford, T. H. C. Herbers, G. H. Crescenti, and J. R. French, 2005: Measurement of directional wave spectra using aircraft laser altimeters. J. Atmos. Ocean Technol., 22, 869-885. LINK

French, J., G. Vali, R. D. Kelly, 2000: Observations of microphysics pertaining to the development of drizzle in warm, shallow cumulus clouds. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 126, 415-443. LINK

French, J., G. Vali, R. D. Kelly, 1999: Evolution of small cumulus clouds in Florida: Observations of pulsating growth. Atmos. Res., 52, 143-165. LINK

Galloway, J., A. Pazmany, J. Mead, R. McIntosh, D. Leon, J. French, S. Haimov, R. Kelly, and G. Vali, 1999: Coincident in situ and W-band radar measurements of drop size distribution in a marine stratus cloud and drizzle. J. Atmos. Ocean Technol.,16, 504-517. LINK

Vali, G., R.D. Kelly, J. French, S. Haimov, D. Leon, A. Pazmany, and R. E. McIntosh, 1998: Fine-scale structure and microphysics of coastal stratus. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 3540-3564. LINK

Galloway, J., A. Pazmany, J. Mead, R. McIntosh, D. Leon, J. French, R. Kelly, and G. Vali, 1997: Detection of ice hydrometeor alignment using an airborne W-band polarimeter. J. Atmos. Ocean Tecnol., 14, 3-12. LINK

French, J. R., J. H. Helsdon, A. G. Detwiler, and P. L. Smith, 1996: Microphysical and electrical evolution of a Florida thunderstorm. 1. Observations. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 18961-18977. LINK


Recent Conference Presentations and Posters:

French, J. R., D. Leon, R. Jackson, D. Plummer, J. Sulskis, S. Lasher-Trapp, and A. Blyth, 2015: Observations suggestive of ice production through secondary processes in convective clouds in southwest England. 2015 Am. Geophys. Union, San Francisco, CA. LINK to PRESENTATION

French, J., D. Leon S. Lasher-Trapp, L. Bennett, and A. Blyth, 2014: Untangling microphysical and dynamic effects in precipitation formation. 14th Conf. on Cloud Physics, Am. Meteorol. Soc., Boston, MA. LINK to POSTER

French, J., D. Leon, S. Lasher-Trapp, D. Moser, A. Blyth, L. Bennett, P. Brown, and A. Korolev, 2014: Giant raindrops in mid-latitude cumuli. 2014 EGU General Assembly, Atmos. Sci., Vienna, Austria. LINK to PRESENTATION

French, J. R. S. Haimov, V. Grubisic, M. Xiao, and L. Oolman, 2009: Observations and modling of breaking waves in the lee of the Medicine Bow Mountains. 13th Conf. on Mesoscale Processes, Am. Meteorol. Soc., Boston, MA. LINK to PRESENTATION

French, J. R., S. Haimov, L. Oolman, V. Grubisic, and D. Leon, 2008: Airborne radar observations of breaking waves/rotors in the lee of the Medicine Bow Mountains in SE Wyoming. Proc. 13th Conf. on Mountain Meteorol., Am. Meteorol. Soc., Boston, MA. LINK to PRESENTATION


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