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Adams, C.R., D. Sauter, D.A. Miller, M. Kelsch, C. Subramaniam, and M.A. Torres, 2000: Comparison of military and civilian weather information decision support systems. Battlespace Atmospheric and Cloud Impacts on Military Operations (BACIMO) 2000, Ft. Collins, CO, DOD Center for Geosciences/Atmospheric Research, 17 pp.

Benjamin, S.G., G.A. Grell, J.M. Brown, K.J. Brundage, D. Devenyi, D. Kim, B. Schwartz, T.G. Smirnova, T.L. Smith, and S.S. Weygandt, 2000: The 20-km version of the Rapid Update Cycle. Ninth Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 421 – 423.

Bennett, D.A., K. Hutchison, S.C. Albers, and R.D. Bomstein, 2000: Preliminary results from polar-orbiting satellite data assimilation into LAPS with application to mesoscale modeling of the San Francisco Bay area. 10th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 118 – 121.

Bemardet, L.R., 2000: QPF verification at the model grid versus at the stations. 15th Conf. on Hydrology, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 169 – 172.

Bemardet, L.R., L.D. Grasso, J.E. Nachamkin, C.A. Finley, and W.R. Cotton, 2000: Simulating convective events using a high-resolution mesoscale model. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 14963 – 14982.

Birkenheuer, D., 2000: Progress in applying GOES-derived data in local data assimilation. 10th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 70 – 73.

Brown, B.G., J.L. Mahoney, R. Bullock, J. Henderson, and T.L. Kane, 2000: Turbulence algorithm intercomparison: 1998 – 99 initial results. NOAA Technical Memorandum OAR FSL-25, Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO, 63 pp.

Brown, B.G., J.L. Mahoney, J. Henderson, T.L. Kane, R. Bullock, and J.E. Hart, 2000: The Turbulence Algorithm Intercomparison Exercise statistical verification results. Ninth Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 466 – 471.

Brown, B.G., J.L. Mahoney, R. Bullock, T.L. Fowler, J. Hart, J. Henderson, and A. Loughe, 2000: Turbulence algorithm intercomparison: Winter 2000 results. NOAA Technical Memorandum OAR-FSL 26, Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO, 134 pp.

Browning, G.L., H.-O. Kreiss, and D.W. van de Kamp, 2000: Comments on "Observations of a mesoscale ducted gravity wave". J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 595 – 598.

Brown, J.M., T.G. Smirova, S.G. Benjamin, R. Rasmussen, G. Thompson, and K. Manning, 2000: Use of a mixed phase microphysics scheme in the operational NCEP Rapid Update Cycle. Ninth Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100 – 101.

Caracena, F., A. Marroquin, and E.I. Tollerud, 2000: A potential vorticity streamer and its role in the development of a week-long series of mesoscale convective systems, Part II: Mesoanalysis of a prominent storm in the series. 20th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 497 – 500.

Caracena, F., A. Marroquin, and E.I. Tollerud, 2000: Potential vorticity patterns and their relationship to heavy precipitation in mesoscale convective systems. 15th Conf. on Hydrology, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 218 – 221.

Cole, R.E., S. Green, M. Jardin, B.E. Schwartz, and S.G. Benjamin, 2000: Wind prediction accuracy for air traffic management decision support tools. Third USA/Europe Air Traffic Management R&D Seminar, Naples, Italy. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 9 pp.

Cunning, J., 2000: Commercial aircraft provided weather data. Fourth Symp. on Integrated Observing Systems, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 45 – 48.

Evans, K.D., B.B. Demoz, M.P. Cadirola, S.H. Melfi, D.N. Whiteman, G.K. Schwemmer, D.O'C. Starr, F.J. Schmidlin, G.J. Jedlovic, W. Feltz, D. Tobin, and S.I. Gutman, 2000: Calibrating Raman lidar using clouds and measurements on the outskirts of Hurricane Bonnie. 20th Int. Laser Radar Conf., Vichey, FR, Amer. Meteor. Soc.

Girz, C.M.I.R., A.E. MacDonald, R. Anderson, T. Lachenmeier, F. Caracena, R. Collander, and B. Jamison, 2000: GAINS-a global observing system. COSPAR2000 Conf., Warsaw, Poland, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 8 pp.

Girz, C.M.I.R., E.I. Tollerud, A. Takacs, and S. Kertesz, 2000: Using satellite rain estimates to update heavy rainfall warnings in Hungary. 10th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89 – 92.

Girz, C.M.I.R., A.E. MacDonald, R.L. Anderson, T. Lachenmeier, F. Caracena, B.D. Jamison, and R.S. Collander, 2000: GAINS-an observing system for the 21st century. Fourth Symp. on Integrated Observing Systems, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93 – 100.

Grell, G.A., S. Emeis, W.R. Stockwell, T. Schoenemeyer, R. Forkel, J. Michalakes, R. Knoche, and W. Seidl, 2000: Application of a multiscale, coupled MM5/chemistry model to the complex terrain of the VOTALP Valley campaign. Atmos. Environ., 34, 1435 – 1453.

Gutman, S., and K. Holub, 2000: Ground-based GPS meteorology at the NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory. Fourth Symp. on Integrated Observing Systems, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 1 – 5.

Gutman, S., P. Feng, Y. Bock, M. Bevis, S. Businger, and K. Holub, 2000: Operational ground-based GPS water vapor observing system strategies. Fourth Symp. on Integrated Observing Systems, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 58 – 61.

Haiden, T. S., 2000: Prediction of cumulus onset over mountainous terrain. Mountain Meteorology Conf., Aspen, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 352 – 354.

Kim, D., and S.G. Benjamin, 2000: Assimilation of cloud-top pressure derived from GOES sounder data into MAPS/ RUC. 10th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 110 – 113.

Kim, D. and S.G. Benjamin, 2000: An initial RUC cloud analysis assimilating GOES cloud-top data. Ninth Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Orlando, FL, Amer Meteor. Soc., 522 – 524.

Kloesel, K., K. Crawford, R. McPherson, D. Morris, R. Jesuroga, and C. Subramaniam, 2000: Leveraging the internet to aid decision making during hazardous weather events. 16th Int. Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 414 – 415.

Koch, S.E., and F. Zhang, 2000: The generation of propagating gravity waves by a mountain-plains solenoid (MPS). Ninth Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, Aspen, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 346 – 351.

Kucera, P.C., W.F. Roberts, and S.P. Longmore, 2000: Product usage patterns at the AWIPS build 4.2 operational test and evaluation sites. 16th Int. Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 302 – 305.

Lee, J.L., and A.E. MacDonald, 2000: QNH: Mesoscale bounded derivative initialization and winter storm test over complex terrain. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 1037 – 1051.

Leptuch, P., J.M. Brown, H.B. Bluestein, E. Thaler, and M.B. Richman, 2000: Forecasting downslope windstorms at Boulder, Colorado: The empirical-statistical approach revisited. Ninth Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, Aspen, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 105 – 108.

Lu, C., and Y. Xie, 2000: Spatial computational modes in the centered finite-differencing schemes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 3674 – 3682.

Lu, C. and G.L. Browning, 2000: Discontinuous forcing generating rough initial conditions in 4DVAR data assimilation. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 1646 – 1656.

Lu, C. and G.L. Browning, 2000: Four-dimensional variational data assimilation for limited-area models: Lateral boundary conditions, solution uniqueness, and numerical convergence. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 1341 – 1353.

MacDonald, A.E., and Y. Xie, 2000: On the use of slant observations from GPS to diagnose three-dimensional water vapor using 3DVAR. Fourth Symp. on Integrated Observing Systems, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 62 – 73.

MacDonald, A.E., J.L. Lee, and S. Sun, 2000: QNH: Design and test of a quasi-nonhydrostatic model for mesoscale weather prediction. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 1016 – 1036.

MacDonald, A.E., J.L. Lee, and Y. Xie, 2000: The use of quasi-nonhydrostatic models for mesoscale weather prediction. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 2493 – 2517.

Mahoney, J.L., B.G. Brown, and J. Hart, 2000: Statistical verification results for the Collaborative Convective Forecast Product. NOAA Technical Report OAR-457-FSL-6, Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO, 30 pp.

Mahoney, J.L., B.G. Brown, C. Mueller, and J.E. Hart, 2000: Convective intercomparison exercise: Baseline statistical results. Ninth Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 403 – 408.

Mahoney, J.L. and B.G. Brown, 2000: Forecaster assessments of turbulence algorithms: A summary of the winter 2000 study. NOAA Technical Memorandum OAR FSL-27, Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO, 134 pp.

McCaslin, P.T., P.A. McDonald, and E.J. Szoke, 2000: 3D visualization development at NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory. Computer Graphics, 34, 41 – 44.

McGinley, J., S. Albers, D. Birkenheuer, B. Shaw, and P. Schultz, 2000: The LAPS water in all phases analysis: The approach and impacts on numerical prediction. Fifth Int. Symp. on Tropospheric Profiling, Adelaide, Australia, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 133 – 135.

Miller, D.A., M. Kelsch, G.M. Levy, and L.J. Angus, 2000: Utilizing LDAD's emergency manager decision support system for emergency response activities. 16th Int. Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 25 – 28.

Olsen, M.A., W.A. Gallus Jr., J.L. Stanford, and J.M. Brown, 2000: Fine-scale comparison of TOMS total ozone data with model analysis of an intense midwestern cyclone. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 20487 – 20495.

Rodgers, D., G. Pratt, and J. Frimel, 2000: CGen: Enabling AWC forecasters to generate convective SIGMETs efficiently via AWIPS. Ninth Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 118 – 121.

Rutledge, G.K, A. Stanley, E. Page, L. Spayd, and J. Brundage, 2000: Implementation of the NOAA-PORT Data Archive and Retrieval System (NDARS) at the National Climatic Data Center. 16th Int. Conf. on Interactive Information and Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 492 – 495.

Schlatter, T.W., 2000: Variational assimilation of meteorological observations in the lower atmosphere: A tutorial on how it works. J. Atmos. and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 62, 1057 – 1070.

Schwartz, B.E., and S.G. Benjamin, 2000: Verification of RUC-2 precipitation forecasts using the NCEP multisensor analysis. Fourth Symp. on Integrated Observing Systems, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 182 – 185.

Schwartz, B.E., S. J. Weiss, and S.G. Benjamin, 2000: An assessment of short-range forecast fields from the Rapid Update Cycle related to convective development. 20th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 443 – 446.

Schwartz, B.E., S.G. Benjamin, S.M. Green, and M.R. Jardin, 2000: Accuracy of RUC-1 and RUC-2 wind and aircraft trajectory forecasts by comparison with ACARS observations. Wea. Forecasting, 15, 313 – 326.

Sherretz, L.A., G. Thompson, and P. Kennedy, 2000: Recent enhancements and plans for the Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS). Ninth Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85 – 90.

Skahill, B.E., and L.E. Johnson, 2000: F2D-a kinematic distributed watershed rainfall-runoff model. NOAA Technical Memorandum OAR FSL-24, Forecast Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO, 28 pp.

Smirnova, T.G., S.G. Benjamin, and J.M. Brown, 2000: Case study verification of RUC/MAPS fog and visibility forecasts. Ninth Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Orlando, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 31 – 36.

Smirnova, T.G., J.M. Brown, and D. Kim, 2000: Parameterization of cold-season processes in the MAPS land-surface scheme. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 4077 – 4086.

Smirnova, T.G., S.G. Benjamin, J.M. Brown, B. Schwartz, and D. Kim, 2000: Validation of long-term precipitation and evolved soil moisture and temperature fields in MAPS. 15th Conf. on Hydrology, Long Beach, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 43 – 46.

Smith,T.L., S.G. Benjamin, B.E. Schwartz, and G. Grell, 2000: A past and future look at the Rapid Update Cycle for the 3 May 1999 severe weather outbreak. 20th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 21 – 24.

Smith, T.L., S.G. Benjamin, B.E. Schwartz, and S.I. Gutman, 2000: Using GPS-IPW in a 4-D data assimilation system. Earth Planets Space, 52, 921 – 926.

Steffen, C. E. and C. Subramaniam, 2000: Weather data fusion application implemented in Java. Int. Conf. on Imaging Science, Systems, and Technology, Las Vegas, NV, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 395 – 401.

Szoke, E., and A. Marroquin, 2000: Some remarkable supercell simulations from a quasi-operational local-scale model: Skill or "shear" luck? 20th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 555 – 558.

Szoke, E.J., D. Bajenbruch, and E. Thaler, 2000: An assessment of the utility of a local model for operational mountain snowfall predictions. Ninth Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, Aspen, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 322 – 326.

Szoke, E.J., U.H. Grote, P. Kucera, P.T. McCaslin, P.A. McDonald, and W. Roberts, 2000: D3D: A potential 3D visualization tool for the National Weather Service. Symp. on Precipitation Extremes: Prediction, Impacts, and Responses, Albuquerque, NM, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 10 – 14.

Takacs, A., C.M.I.R. Girz, E.I. Tollerud, and S. Kertesz, 2000: A new heavy precipitation warning aid for Hungary. IAHS/ICRS Symp. on Remote Sensing and Hydrology, Santa Fe, NM, IAHS Press.

Takacs, A., C.M.I.R. Girz, E.I. Tollerud, and S. Kertesz, 2000: New methods for severe precipitation warning for Hungary. Idojaras, 104, 67 – 89.

Tollerud, E.I., 2000: The representativeness of computed precipitation skill scores. 15th Conf. on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, Asheville, N.C., Amer. Meteor. Soc., 44 – 45.

Tollerud, E.I., F. Caracena, and A. Marroquin, 2000: A potential vorticity streamer and its role in the development of a week-long series of mesoscale convective systems, Part 1: Severe weather and precipitation. 20th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 335 – 338.

Trexler, C.M., and S.E. Koch, 2000: The life cycle of a mesoscale gravity wave as observed by a network of Doppler wind profilers. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 2423 – 2446.

Whiteman, D.N., K.D. Evans, B. Demoz, D. O'C. Starr, D. Tobin, W. Feltz, G.J. Jedlovec, S.I. Gutman, G.K. Schwemmer, M. Cadirola, S.H. Melfi, and F. Schmidlin, 2000: Raman lidar measurements of water vapor and cirrus clouds during the passage of Hurricane Bonnie. J. Geophys. Res., 106, 5211 – 5225.

Zhang, F., and S.E. Koch, 2000: Numerical simulations of a gravity wave event over CCOPE: Part II: Waves generated by an orographic density current. Mon. Wea. Rev., 128, 2777 – 2796.

Zhang, F., and S.E. Koch, 2000: The generation of propagating gravity wave by an orographic density current. Ninth Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, Aspen, CO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 160 – 163.

Zhang, F., S.E. Koch, C.A. Davis, and M.L. Kaplan, 2000: A survey of unbalanced flow diagnostics and their application. Advances in Atmos. Sci., 17, 165 – 183.

(For electronic copies of these papers, check the FSL main Website at http://www.fsl.noaa.gov and press "Publications" and then "Search." Not all papers are available on the Web, but can be requested by emailing Nita Fullerton at "Nita.Fullerton@noaa.gov," or at "NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory, Skaggs Research Center-R/FS1, 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305-3328.")

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