Bart Geerts - publications

peer-reviewed papers books, CD-ROMs conference presentations last updated: 09/28/2007

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, 2007: 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, 2008: Rain In (shallow) Cumulus over the Ocean—the RICO campaign. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., accepted. [pdf]

38. Miao, Q., and B. Geerts, 2008: Fine-scale vertical structure and dynamics of some dryline boundaries observed in IHOP. Mon. Wea. Rev., accepted. [pdf]

39. 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., accepted. [pdf]

40. Geerts, B., 2008: Dryline characteristics near Lubbock, Texas, based on radar and West Texas Mesonet data for May 2005 and May 2006. Wea. Forecasting., accepted. [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, accepted. [pdf]

42. 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., accepted. [pdf]

Books

o 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.

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

o (book chapter) Weiss, C.C., H.B. Bluestein, A.L. Pazmany, and B. Geerts, 2006: Fine-scale radar observations of a dryline during the International H2O Project (IHOP). The Sanders Symposium Monograph, American Meteorological Society, in press. [pdf]

Conference presentations

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

o 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

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

o 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.

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

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

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

o 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.

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

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

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

o 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.

o 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.

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

o Geerts, B. and D. Leon, 2004: Fine-scale vertical structure of the May 24 cold front, frontogenesis, and convective initiation. 2^nd IHOP Science Workshop, 14-18 June, Toulouse, France.

o 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. 22^nd Int’l Lidar Remote Sensing Conference, Matera, Italy, 12-16 July.

o 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. 7^th Int’l Conference on Precipitation, Vancouver, Canada, 13-17 August.

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

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

o Geerts and Miao, 2005: Fine-scale dynamical structure of drylines. 32^nd Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, Albuquerque NM, 22-29 Oct.

o Geerts and McIntyre, 2006: Detailed vertical structure of orographic precipitation development in cold clouds. 16^th Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, AMS , Santa Fe NM, 28 Aug-1 Sept.

o Demko, Geerts and Damiani, 2006: Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-situ and Doppler Observations: The CuPIDO 2006 Experiment. 16^th Conf. on Mountain Meteorology, AMS , Santa Fe NM, 28 Aug-1 Sept.

o Geerts and McIntyre, 2006: Detailed vertical structure of orographic precipitation development in cold clouds. Fourth European Radar Meteorology Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 18-22 Sept.

o Geerts, 2006: Structure and dynamic origin of boundary-layer convergence zones. Fourth European Radar Meteorology Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 18-22 Sept.

o Geerts, 2007: Boundary-layer energy transport and cumulus development over a heated mountain. 12^th AMS Conf. on Mesoscale Processes in Waterville, NH, 4-8 Aug. 

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