Publications

169 publications

2021

Michaelis, A. C., Martin, A. C., Fish, M. A., Hecht, C. W., & Ralph, F. M. (2021). Modulation of atmospheric rivers by mesoscale frontal waves and latent heating: Comparison of two US West Coast events. Monthly Weather Review, 149(8), 2755-2776. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-20-0364.1
DeHaan, L. L., Martin, A. C., Weihs, R. R., Delle Monache, L., & Ralph, F. M. (2021). Object-based verification of atmospheric river predictions in the Northeast Pacific. Weather and Forecasting, 36(4), 1575-1587. doi: 10.1175/waf-d-20-0236.1
Cobb, A., Delle Monache, L., Cannon, F., & Ralph, F. M. (2021). Representation of dropsonde-observed atmospheric river conditions in reanalyses. Geophysical Research Letters, 48(15), 11. doi: 10.1029/2021gl093357
Chapman, W. E., Subramanian, A. C., Xie, S. P., Sierks, M. D., Ralph, F. M., & Kamae, Y. (2021). Monthly modulations of ENSO teleconnections: Implications for potential predictability in North America. Journal of Climate, 34(14), 5899-5921. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-20-0391.1
Pagano, T. J., Waliser, D. E., Guan, B., Ye, H. C., Ralph, F. M., & Kim, J. (2021). Extreme surface winds during landfalling atmospheric rivers: The modulating role of near-surface stability. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 22(6), 1681-1693. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-20-0165.1
Cao, Q., Shukla, S., DeFlorio, M. J., Ralph, F. M., & Lettenmaier, D. P. (2021). Evaluation of the subseasonal forecast skill of floods associated with atmospheric rivers in coastal western US Watersheds. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 22(6), 1535-1552. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-20-0219.1
Cordeira, J. M., & Ralph, F. M. (2021). A summary of GFS ensemble integrated water vapor transport forecasts and skill along the US West Coast during water years 2017-20. Weather and Forecasting, 36(2), 361-377. doi: 10.1175/waf-d-20-0121.1
Ramos, A. M., Roca, R., Soares, P. M. M., Wilson, A. M., Trigo, R. M., & Ralph, F. M. (2021). Uncertainty in different precipitation products in the case of two atmospheric river events. Environmental Research Letters, 16(4). doi: 10.1088/1748-9326/abe25b
Sun, R., Subramanian, A. C., Cornuelle, B. D., Mazloff, M. R., Miller, A. J., Ralph, F. M., ... Hoteit, I. (2021). The role of air-sea interactions in atmospheric rivers: Case studies using the SKRIPS regional coupled model. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 126(6). doi: 10.1029/2020jd032885
Eiras-Barca, J., Ramos, A. M., Algarra, I., Vazquez, M., Dominguez, F., Miguez-Macho, G., ... Ralph, F. M. (2021). European West Coast atmospheric rivers: A scale to characterize strength and impacts. Weather and Climate Extremes, 31(100305). doi: 10.1016/j.wace.2021.100305

2020

Nguyen, P., Ombadi, M., Gorooh, V. A., Shearer, E. J., Sadeghi, M., Sorooshian, S., ... Ralph, M. F. (2020). PERSIANN Dynamic Infrared-Rain Rate (PDIR-Now): A near-real-time, quasi-global satellite precipitation dataset. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21(12), 2893-2906. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-20-0177.1
Norris, J. R., Ralph, F. M., Demirdjian, R., Cannon, F., Blomquist, B., Fairall, C. W., ... Waliser, D. E. (2020). The observed water vapor budget in an atmospheric river over the Northeast Pacific. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21(11), 2655-2673. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-20-0048.1
Voss, K. K., Evan, A. T., Prather, K. A., & Ralph, F. M. (2020). Dusty atmospheric rivers: Characteristics and origins. Journal of Climate, 33(22), 9749-9762. doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-20-0059.1
Sumargo, E., McMillan, H., Weihs, R., Ellis, C. J., Wilson, A. M., & Ralph, F. M. (2020). A soil moisture monitoring network to assess controls on runoff generation during atmospheric river events. Hydrological Processes.(e13998). doi: 10.1002/hyp.13998
Zheng, M., Delle Monache, L., Wu, X., Ralph, F. M., Cornuelle, B., Tallapragada, V., ... Cannon, F. (2020). Data gaps within atmospheric rivers over the northeastern Pacific. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 1-1. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0287.1
Delaney, C. J., Hartman, R. K., Mendoza, J., Dettinger, M., Delle Monache, L., Jasperse, J., ... Evett, S. (2020). Forecast informed reservoir operations using ensemble streamflow predictions for a multipurpose reservoir in Northern California. Water Resources Research, 56(9). doi: 10.1029/2019wr026604
Guirguis, K., Gershunov, A., DeFlorio, M. J., Shulgina, T., Delle Monache, L., Subramanian, A. C., ... Ralph, F. M. (2020). Four atmospheric circulation regimes over the North Pacific and their relationship to California precipitation on daily to seasonal timescales. Geophysical Research Letters, 47(16). doi: 10.1029/2020gl087609
Cao, Q., Gershunov, A., Shulgina, T., Ralph, F. M., Sun, N., & Lettenmaier, D. P. (2020). Floods due to atmospheric rivers along the US West Coast: The role of antecedent soil moisture in a warming climate. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21(8), 1827-1845. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-19-0242.1
Lavers, D. A., Ingleby, N. B., Subramanian, A. C., Richardson, D. S., Ralph, F. M., Doyle, J. D., ... Pappenberger, F. (2020). Forecast errors and uncertainties in atmospheric rivers. Weather and Forecasting, 35(4), 1447-1458. doi: 10.1175/waf-d-20-0049.1
Cannon, F., Oakley, N. S., Hecht, C. W., Michaelis, A., Cordeira, J. M., Kawzenuk, B., ... Ralph, F. M. (2020). Observations and predictability of a high-impact narrow cold-frontal rainband over Southern California on 2 February 2019. Weather and Forecasting, 1-40. doi: 10.1175/waf-d-20-0012.1
Hatchett, B. J., Cao, Q., Dawson, P. B., Ellis, C. J., Hecht, C. W., Kawzenuk, B., ... Sumargo, E. (2020). Observations of an extreme atmospheric river storm with a diverse sensor network. Earth and Space Science, 7(8), e2020EA001129. doi: 10.1029/2020ea001129
Guan, B., Waliser, D. E., & Ralph, F. M. (2020). A multimodel evaluation of the water vapor budget in atmospheric rivers. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. doi: 10.1111/nyas.14368
Lamjiri, M. A., Ralph, F. M., & Dettinger, M. D. (2020). Recent changes in United States extreme 3-day precipitation using the R-CAT scale. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21(6), 1207-1221. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-19-0171.1
Sumargo, E., Wilson, A. M., Ralph, F. M., Weihs, R., White, A., Jasperse, J., ... Delle Monache, L. (2020). The hydrometeorological observation network in California’s Russian River Watershed: Development, characteristics and key findings from 1997 to 2019. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-19-0253.1
Ralph, F. M., Cannon, F., Tallapragada, V., Davis, C. A., Doyle, J. D., Pappenberger, F., ... Delle Monache, L. (2020). West Coast forecast challenges and development of atmospheric river reconnaissance. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-19-0183.1
Sierks, M. D., Kalansky, J., Cannon, F., & Ralph, F. M. (2020). Characteristics, origins, and impacts of summertime extreme precipitation in the Lake Mead watershed. Journal of Climate, 33(7), 2663-2680. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-19-0387.1
Henn, B., Weihs, R., Martin, A. C., Ralph, F. M., & Osborne, T. (2020). Skill of rain-snow level forecasts for landfalling atmospheric rivers: A multimodel assessment using California's network of vertically profiling radars. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21(4), 751-771. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-18-0212.1
Cannon, F., Cordeira, J. M., Hecht, C. W., Norris, J. R., Michaelis, A., Demirdjian, R., & Ralph, F. M. (2020). GPM satellite radar observations of precipitation mechanisms in atmospheric rivers. Monthly Weather Review, 148(4), 1449-1463. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-19-0278.1
Demirdjian, R., Norris, J. R., Martin, A., & Ralph, F. M. (2020). Dropsonde observations of the ageostrophy within the pre-cold-frontal low-level jet associated with atmospheric rivers. Monthly Weather Review, 148(4), 1389-1406. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-19-0248.1
Gibson, P. B., Waliser, D. E., Guan, B., DeFlorio, M. J., Ralph, F. M., & Swain, D. L. (2020). Ridging associated with drought across the Western and Southwestern United States: Characteristics, trends, and predictability sources. Journal of Climate, 33(7), 2485-2508. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-19-0439.1
Nguyen, P., Shearer, E. J., Ombadi, M., Gorooh, V. A., Hsu, K., Sorooshian, S., ... Ralph, M. (2020). PERSIANN Dynamic Infrared-Rain Rate Model (PDIR) for high-resolution, real-time satellite precipitation estimation. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101(3), E286-E302. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-19-0118.1
Demirdjian, R., Doyle, J. D., Reynolds, C. A., Norris, J. R., Michaelis, A. C., & Ralph, F. M. (2020). A case study of the physical processes associated with the atmospheric river initial-condition sensitivity from an adjoint model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77(2), 691-709. doi: 10.1175/jas-d-19-0155.1
Stone, R. E., Reynolds, C. A., Doyle, J. D., Langland, R. H., Baker, N. L., Lavers, D. A., & Ralph, F. M. (2020). Atmospheric river reconnaissance observation impact in the Navy global forecast system. Monthly Weather Review, 148(2), 763-782. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-19-0101.1
Ryoo, J. M., Chiao, S., Spackman, J. R., Iraci, L. T., Ralph, F. M., Martin, A., ... Chang, C. S. (2020). Terrain trapped airflows and precipitation variability during an atmospheric river event. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21(2), 355-375. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-19-0040.1

2019

Corringham, T. W., Ralph, F. M., Gershunov, A., Cayan, D. R., & Talbot, C. A. (2019). Atmospheric rivers drive flood damages in the western United States. Science Advances, 5(12). doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aax4631
Rutz, J. J., Shields, C. A., Lora, J. M., Payne, A. E., Guan, B., Ullrich, P., ... Viale, M. (2019). The Atmospheric River Tracking Method Intercomparison Project (ARTMIP): Quantifying uncertainties in atmospheric river climatology. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 124(24), 13777-13802. doi: 10.1029/2019jd030936
DeFlorio, M. J., Waliser, D. E., Ralph, F. M., Guan, B., Goodman, A., Gibson, P. B., ... Kumar, A. (2019). Experimental subseasonal-to-seasonal (S2S) forecasting of atmospheric rivers over the western United States. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 124(21), 11242-11265. doi: 10.1029/2019jd031200
Chapman, W. E., Subramanian, A. C., Delle Monache, L., Xie, S. P., & Ralph, F. M. (2019). Improving atmospheric river forecasts with machine learning. Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1029/2019gl083662
Fish, M. A., Wilson, A. M., & Ralph, F. M. (2019). Atmospheric river families: Definition and associated synoptic conditions. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20(10), 2091-2108. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-18-0217.1
Martin, A. C., Ralph, F. M., Wilson, A., DeHaan, L., & Kawzenuk, B. (2019). Rapid cyclogenesis from a mesoscale frontal wave on an atmospheric river: Impacts on forecast skill and predictability during atmospheric river landfall. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20(9), 1779-1794. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-18-0239.1
Cao, Q., Mehran, A., Ralph, F. M., & Lettenmaier, D. P. (2019). The role of hydrological initial conditions on atmospheric river floods in the Russian River basin. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 20(8), 1667-1686. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-19-0030.1
Cordeira, J. M., Stock, J., Dettinger, M. D., Young, A. M., Kalansky, J. F., & Ralph, F. M. (2019). A 142-year climatology of Northern California landslides and atmospheric rivers. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(8), 1499-1509. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-18-0158.1
Ramos, A. M., Wilson, A. M., DeFlorio, M. J., Warner, M. D., Barnes, E., Garreaud, R., ... Ralph, F. M. (2019). 2018 International Atmospheric Rivers Conference: Multi-disciplinary studies and high-impact applications of atmospheric rivers. Atmospheric Science Letters, 20(e935). doi: 10.1002/asl.935
Gershunov, A., Shulgina, T., Clemesha, R. E. S., Guirguis, K., Pierce, D. W., Dettinger, M. D., ... Ralph, F. M. (2019). Precipitation regime change in Western North America: The role of Atmospheric Rivers. Scientific Reports, 9(9944). doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-46169-w
Reynolds, C. A., Doyle, J. D., Ralph, F. M., & Demirdjian, R. (2019). Adjoint sensitivity of North Pacific atmospheric river forecasts. Monthly Weather Review, 147(6), 1871-1897. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-18-0347.1
Guirguis, K., Gershunov, A., Shulgina, T., Clemesha, R. E. S., & Ralph, F. M. (2019). Atmospheric rivers impacting Northern California and their modulation by a variable climate. Climate Dynamics, 52(11), 6569-6583. doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4532-5
Ralph, F. M., Wilson, A. M., Shulgina, T., Kawzenuk, B., Sellars, S., Rutz, J. J., ... Wick, G. A. (2019). ARTMIP-early start comparison of atmospheric river detection tools: how many atmospheric rivers hit northern California's Russian River watershed?. Climate Dynamics, 52(7-8), 4973-4994. doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4427-5
Martin, A. C., Cornwell, G., Beall, C. M., Cannon, F., Reilly, S., Schaap, B., ... Prather, K. (2019). Contrasting local and long-range-transported warm ice-nucleating particles during an atmospheric river in coastal California, USA. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 19(7), 4193-4210. doi: 10.5194/acp-19-4193-2019
DeFlorio, M. J., Waliser, D. E., Guan, B., Ralph, F. M., & Vitart, F. (2019). Global evaluation of atmospheric river subseasonal prediction skill. Climate Dynamics, 52(5-6), 3039-3060. doi: 10.1007/s00382-018-4309-x
Ralph, F. M., Rutz, J. J., Cordeira, J. M., Dettinger, M., Anderson, M., Reynolds, D., ... Smallcomb, C. (2019). A scale to characterize the strength and impacts of atmospheric rivers. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(2), 269-290. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-18-0023.1
Zhang, Z. H., Ralph, F. M., & Zheng, M. H. (2019). The relationship between extratropical cyclone strength and atmospheric river intensity and position. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(3), 1814-1823. doi: 10.1029/2018gl079071

2018

Cannon, F., Hecht, C. W., Cordeira, J. M., & Ralph, F. M. (2018). Synoptic and mesoscale forcing of Southern California extreme precipitation. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 123(24), 13714-13730. doi: 10.1029/2018jd029045
Oakley, N. S., Cannon, F., Munroe, R., Lancaster, J. T., Gomberg, D., & Ralph, F. M. (2018). Brief communication: Meteorological and climatological conditions associated with the 9 January 2018 post-fire debris flows in Montecito and Carpinteria, California, USA. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 18(11), 3037-3043. doi: 10.5194/nhess-18-3037-2018
Guirguis, K., Gershunov, A., Clemesha, R. E. S., Shulgina, T., Subramanian, A. C., & Ralph, F. M. (2018). Circulation drivers of atmospheric rivers at the North American West Coast. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(22), 12576-12584. doi: 10.1029/2018gl079249
Viale, M., Valenzuela, R., Garreaud, R. D., & Ralph, F. M. (2018). Impacts of Atmospheric Rivers on Precipitation in Southern South America. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19(10), 1671-1687. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-18-0006.1
Oakley, N. S., Cannon, F., Boldt, E., Dumas, J., & Ralph, F. M. (2018). Origins and variability of extreme precipitation in the Santa Ynez River Basin of Southern California. Journal of Hydrology: Regional Studies, 19, 164-176. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrh.2018.09.001
Nardi, K. M., Barnes, E. A., & Ralph, F. M. (2018). Assessment of numerical weather prediction model reforecasts of the occurrence, intensity, and location of atmospheric rivers along the west coast of North America. Monthly Weather Review, 146(10), 3343-3362. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-18-0060.1
Dettinger, M. D., Ralph, F. M., & Rutz, J. J. (2018). Empirical return periods of the most intense vapor transports during historical atmospheric river landfalls on the US West Coast. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19(8), 1363-1377. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-17-0247.1
Lavers, D. A., Rodwell, M. J., Richardson, D. S., Ralph, F. M., Doyle, J. D., Reynolds, C. A., ... Pappenberger, F. (2018). The Gauging and Modeling of Rivers in the Sky. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(15), 7828-7834. doi: 10.1029/2018gl079019
Oakley, N. S., Lancaster, J. T., Hatchett, B. J., Stock, J., Ralph, F. M., Roj, S., & Lukashov, S. (2018). A 22-year climatology of cool season hourly precipitation thresholds conducive to shallow landslides in California. Earth Interactions, 22(14), 1-35. doi: 10.1175/ei-d-17-0029.1
Nash, D., Waliser, D., Guan, B., Ye, H. C., & Ralph, F. M. (2018). The role of atmospheric rivers in extratropical and polar hydroclimate. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 123(13), 6804-6821. doi: 10.1029/2017jd028130
Martin, A., Ralph, F. M., Demirdjian, R., DeHaan, L., Weihs, R., Helly, J., ... Iacobellis, S. (2018). Evaluation of atmospheric river predictions by the WRF model using aircraft and regional mesonet observations of orographic precipitation and its forcing. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19(7), 1097-1113. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-17-0098.1
Shields, C. A., Rutz, J. J., Leung, L. Y., Ralph, F. M., Wehner, M., Kawzenuk, B., ... Nguyen, P. (2018). Atmospheric River Tracking Method Intercomparison Project (ARTMIP): project goals and experimental design. Geoscientific Model Development, 11(6), 2455-2474. doi: 10.5194/gmd-11-2455-2018
Espinoza, V., Waliser, D. E., Guan, B., Lavers, D. A., & Ralph, F. M. (2018). Global analysis of climate change projection effects on atmospheric rivers. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(9), 4299-4308. doi: 10.1029/2017gl076968
Guan, B., Waliser, D. E., & Ralph, F. M. (2018). An intercomparison between reanalysis and dropsonde observations of the total water vapor transport in individual atmospheric rivers. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19(2), 321-337. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-17-0114.1
DeFlorio, M. J., Waliser, D. E., Guan, B., Lavers, D. A., Ralph, F. M., & Vitart, F. (2018). Global assessment of atmospheric river prediction skill. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 19(2), 409-426. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-17-0135.1
Lamjiri, M. A., Dettinger, M. D., Ralph, F. M., Oakley, N. S., & Rutz, J. J. (2018). Hourly analyses of the large storms and atmospheric rivers that provide most of California’s precipitation in only 10 to 100 hours per year. San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science, 16(4). doi: 10.15447/sfews.2018v16iss4art1

2017

Sellars, S. L., Kawzenuk, B., Nguyen, P., Ralph, F. M., & Sorooshian, S. (2017). Genesis, pathways, and terminations of intense global water vapor transport in association with large-scale climate patterns. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(24), 12465-12475. doi: 10.1002/2017gl075495
Cannon, F., Ralph, F. M., Wilson, A. M., & Lettenmaier, D. P. (2017). GPM satellite radar measurements of precipitation and freezing level in atmospheric rivers: comparison with ground-based radars and reanalyses. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 122(23), 12747-12764. doi: 10.1002/2017jd027355
Ralph, F. M., Iacobellis, S. F., Neiman, P. J., Cordeira, J. M., Spackman, J. R., Waliser, D. E., ... Fairall, C. (2017). Dropsonde observations of total integrated water vapor transport within North Pacific atmospheric rivers. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18(9), 2577-2596. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-17-0036.1
Ralph, F. M., & Galarneau, T. J. (2017). The Chiricahua Gap and the Role of Easterly Water Vapor Transport in Southeastern Arizona Monsoon Precipitation. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 18(9), 2511-2520. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-17-0031.1
Oakley, N. S., Lancaster, J. T., Kaplan, M. L., & Ralph, F. M. (2017). Synoptic conditions associated with cool season post-fire debris flows in the Transverse Ranges of southern California. Natural Hazards, 88(1), 327-354. doi: 10.1007/s11069-017-2867-6
Gershunov, A., Shulgina, T., Ralph, F. M., Lavers, D. A., & Rutz, J. J. (2017). Assessing the climate-scale variability of atmospheric rivers affecting western North America. Geophysical Research Letters. doi: 10.1002/2017GL074175
Lamjiri, M. A., Dettinger, M. D., Ralph, F. M., & Guan, B. (2017). Hourly storm characteristics along the US West Coast: Role of atmospheric rivers in extreme precipitation. Geophysical Research Letters, 44(13), 7020-7028. doi: 10.1002/2017gl074193
Hu, H. C., Dominguez, F., Wang, Z., Lavers, D. A., Zhang, G., & Ralph, F. M. (2017). Linking atmospheric river hydrological impacts on the US West Coast to Rossby wave breaking. Journal of Climate, 30(9), 3381-3399. doi: 10.1175/jcli-d-16-0386.1
Cordeira, J. M., Ralph, F. M., Martin, A., Gaggggini, N., Spackman, J. R., Neiman, P. J., ... Pierce, R. (2017). Forecasting atmospheric rivers during CalWater 2015. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98(3), 449-459. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-15-00245.1
Ralph, F. M., Dettinger, M., Lavers, D., Gorodetskaya, I. V., Martin, A., Viale, M., ... Cordeira, J. (2017). Atmospheric rivers emerge as a global science and applications focus. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 98(9), 1969-1973. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-16-0262.1

2016

Ralph, F. M., Prather, K. A., Cayan, D., Spackman, J. R., DeMott, P., Dettinger, M., ... Intrieri, J. (2016). CalWater field studies designed to quantify the roles of atmospheric rivers and aerosols in modulating US West Coast precipitation in a changing climate. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(7), 1209-1228. doi: 10.1175/bams-d-14-00043.1
Ralph, F. M., Cordeira, J. M., Neiman, P. J., & Hughes, M. (2016). Landfalling atmospheric rivers, the Sierra barrier jet, and extreme daily precipitation in Northern California's Upper Sacramento River watershed. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 17(7), 1905-1914. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-15-0167.1
Guan, B., Waliser, D. E., Ralph, F. M., Fetzer, E. J., & Neiman, P. J. (2016). Hydrometeorological characteristics of rain-on-snow events associated with atmospheric rivers. , 43(6), 2973. doi: 10.1002/2016GL067978
Lavers, D. A., Waliser, D. E., Ralph, F. M., & Dettinger, M. D. (2016). Predictability of horizontal water vapor transport relative to precipitation: Enhancing situational awareness for forecasting western US extreme precipitation and flooding. Geophysical Research Letters, 43(5), 2275-2282. doi: 10.1002/2016gl067765
Neiman, P. J., Moore, B. J., White, A. B., Wick, G. A., Aikins, J., Jackson, D. L., ... Ralph, F. M. (2016). An airborne and ground-based study of a long-lived and intense atmospheric river with mesoscale frontal waves impacting California during CalWater-2014. Monthly Weather Review, 144(3), 1115-1144. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-15-0319.1

2015

Lavers, D. A., Ralph, F. M., Waliser, D. E., Gershunov, A., & Dettinger, M. D. (2015). Climate change intensification of horizontal water vapor transport in CMIP5. Geophysical Research Letters, 42(13), 5617-5625. doi: 10.1002/2015gl064672
Creamean, J. M., Ault, A. P., White, A. B., Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., Minnis, P., & Prather, K. A. (2015). Impact of interannual variations in sources of insoluble aerosol species on orographic precipitation over California's central Sierra Nevada. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 15(11), 6535-6548. doi: 10.5194/acp-15-6535-2015
White, A. B., Neiman, P. J., Creamean, J. M., Coleman, T., Ralph, F. M., & Prather, K. A. (2015). The impacts of California's San Francisco Bay Area gap on precipitation observed in the Sierra Nevada during HMT and CalWater. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16(3), 1048-1069. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-14-0160.1
Rutz, J. J., Steenburgh, W. J., & Ralph, F. M. (2015). The inland penetration of atmospheric rivers over Western North America: A Lagrangian analysis. Monthly Weather Review, 143(5), 1924-1944. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-14-00288.1
Mahoney, K., Ralph, F. M., Wolter, K., Doesken, N., Dettinger, M., Gottas, D., ... White, A. (2015). Climatology of extreme daily precipitation in Colorado and its diverse spatial and seasonal variability. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16(2), 781-792. doi: 10.1175/jhm-d-14-0112.1
Jacques, A. A., Horel, J. D., Crosman, E. T., & Vernon, F. L. (2015). Central and Eastern US surface pressure variations derived from the USArray Network. Monthly Weather Review, 143(4), 1472-1493. doi: 10.1175/mwr-d-14-00274.1

2011

Neiman, P. J., Schick, L. J., Ralph, F. M., Hughes, M., & Wick, G. A. (2011). Flooding in Western Washington: The connection to atmospheric rivers. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 12(6), 1337-1358. doi: 10.1175/2011jhm1358.1
Zamora, R. J., Ralph, F. M., Clark, E., & Schneider, T. (2011). The NOAA hydrometeorology testbed soil moisture observing networks: design, instrumentation, and preliminary results. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 28(9), 1129-1140. doi: 10.1175/2010jtecha1465.1
Ault, A. P., Williams, C. R., White, A. B., Neiman, P. J., Creamean, J. M., Gaston, C. J., ... Prather, K. A. (2011). Detection of Asian dust in California orographic precipitation. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 116(D16205). doi: 10.1029/2010jd015351
Ma, Z. Z., Kuo, Y. H., Ralph, F. M., Neiman, P. J., Wick, G. A., Sukovich, E., & Wang, B. (2011). Assimilation of GPS radio occultation data for an intense atmospheric river with the NCEP regional GSI system. Monthly Weather Review, 139(7), 2170-2183. doi: 10.1175/2010mwr3342.1
Dettinger, M. D., Ralph, F. M., Das, T., Neiman, P. J., & Cayan, D. R. (2011). Atmospheric rivers, floods and the water resources of California. Water, 3(2), 445-478. doi: 10.3390/W3020445
Ralph, F. M., Neiman, P. J., Kiladis, G. N., Weickmann, K., & Reynolds, D. W. (2011). A multiscale observational case study of a Pacific atmospheric river exhibiting tropical-extratropical connections and a mesoscale frontal wave. Monthly Weather Review, 139(4), 1169-1189. doi: 10.1175/2010mwr3596.1

2010

Ralph, F. M., Sukovich, E., Reynolds, D., Dettinger, M., Weagle, S., Clark, W., & Neiman, P. J. (2010). Assessment of extreme quantitative precipitation forecasts and development of regional extreme event thresholds using data from HMT-2006 and COOP observers. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 11(6), 1286-1304. doi: 10.1175/2010jhm1232.1
White, A. B., Gottas, D. J., Henkel, A. F., Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., & Gutman, S. I. (2010). Developing a performance measure for snow-level forecasts. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 11(3), 739-753. doi: 10.1175/2009jhm1181.1
Neiman, P. J., Sukovich, E. M., Ralph, F. M., & Hughes, M. (2010). A seven-year wind profiler-based climatology of the windward barrier jet along California's Northern Sierra Nevada. Monthly Weather Review, 138(4), 1206-1233. doi: 10.1175/2009mwr3170.1

2009

Neiman, P. J., White, A. B., Ralph, F. M., Gottas, D. J., & Gutman, S. I. (2009). A water vapour flux tool for precipitation forecasting. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers-Water Management, 162(2), 83-94. doi: 10.1680/Wama.2009.162.2.83

2008

Wick, G. A., Kuo, Y. H., Ralph, F. M., Wee, T. K., & Neiman, P. J. (2008). Intercomparison of integrated water vapor retrievals from SSM/I and COSMIC. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(21). doi: 10.1029/2008gl035126
Coplen, T. B., Neiman, P. J., White, A. B., Landwehr, J. M., Ralph, F. M., & Dettinger, M. D. (2008). Extreme changes in stable hydrogen isotopes and precipitation characteristics in a landfalling Pacific storm. Geophysical Research Letters, 35(21). doi: 10.1029/2008gl035481
Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., Wick, G. A., Kuo, Y. H., Wee, T. K., Ma, Z. Z., ... Dettinger, M. D. (2008). Diagnosis of an intense atmospheric river impacting the Pacific Northwest: Storm summary and offshore vertical structure observed with COSMIC satellite retrievals. Monthly Weather Review, 136(11), 4398-4420. doi: 10.1175/2008mwr2550.1
Martner, B. E., Yuter, S. E., White, A. B., Matrosov, S. Y., Kingsmill, D. E., & Ralph, F. M. (2008). Raindrop size distributions and rain characteristics in California coastal rainfall for periods with and without a radar bright band. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 9(3), 408-425. doi: 10.1175/2007jhm924.1
Lundquist, J. D., Neiman, P. J., Martner, B., White, A. B., Gottas, D. J., & Ralph, F. M. (2008). Rain versus snow in the Sierra Nevada, California: Comparing Doppler profiling radar and surface observations of melting level. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 9(2), 194-211. doi: 10.1175/2007jhm853.1
Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., Wick, G. A., Lundquist, J. D., & Dettinger, M. D. (2008). Meteorological characteristics and overland precipitation impacts of atmospheric rivers affecting the West Coast of North America based on eight years of SSM/I satellite observations. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 9(1), 22-47. doi: 10.1175/2007jhm855.1

2007

Morss, R. E., & Ralph, F. M. (2007). Use of information by national weather service forecasters and emergency managers during CALJET and PACJET-2001. Weather and Forecasting, 22(3), 539-555. doi: 10.1175/Waf1001.1
Williams, C. R., White, A. B., Gage, K. S., & Ralph, F. M. (2007). Vertical structure of precipitation and related microphysics observed by NOAA profilers and TRMM during NAME 2004. Journal of Climate, 20(9), 1693-1712. doi: 10.1175/Jcl14102.1

2006

Kingsmill, D. E., Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., & White, A. B. (2006). Synoptic and topographic variability of northern California precipitation characteristics in landfalling winter storms observed during CALJET. Monthly Weather Review, 134(8), 2072-2094. doi: 10.1175/Mwr3166.1
Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., White, A. B., Parrish, D. D., Holloway, J. S., & Bartels, D. L. (2006). A multiwinter analysis of channeled flow through a prominent gap along the northern California coast during CALJET and PACJET. Monthly Weather Review, 134(7), 1815-1841. doi: 10.1175/Mwr3148.1
Ralph, F. M., Neiman, P. J., Wick, G. A., Gutman, S. I., Dettinger, M. D., Cayan, D. R., & White, A. B. (2006). Flooding on California's Russian River: Role of atmospheric rivers. Geophysical Research Letters, 33(13). doi: 10.1029/2006gl026689
Stensrud, D. J., Yussouf, N., Baldwin, M. E., McQueen, J. T., Du, J., Zhou, B. B., ... Barth, M. F. (2006). The New England high-resolution temperature program. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87(4), 491-+. doi: 10.1175/Bams-87-4-491
Bao, J. W., Michelson, S. A., Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., & Wilczak, J. M. (2006). Interpretation of enhanced integrated water vapor bands associated with extratropical cyclones: Their formation and connection to tropical moisture. Monthly Weather Review, 134(4), 1063-1080. doi: 10.1175/Mwr3123.1

2005

Ralph, F. M., Rauber, R. M., Jewett, B. F., Kingsmill, D. E., Pisano, P., Pugner, P., ... Waldstreicher, J. S. (2005). Improving short-term (0-48 h) cool-season quantitative precipitation forecasting - Recommendations from a USWRP workshop. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86(11), 1619-+. doi: 10.1175/Bams-86-11-1619
Dabberdt, W. F., Schlatter, T. W., Carr, F. H., Friday, E. W. J., Jorgensen, D., Koch, S., ... Zou, X. L. (2005). Multifunctional mesoscale observing networks. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 86(7), 961-+. doi: 10.1175/Bams-86-7-961
Matrosov, S. Y., Kingsmill, D. E., Martner, B. E., & Ralph, F. M. (2005). The utility of X-band polarimetric radar for quantitative estimates of rainfall parameters. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 6(3), 248-262. doi: 10.1175/Jhm424.1
Neiman, P. J., Wick, G. A., Ralph, F. M., Martner, B. E., White, A. B., & Kingsmill, D. E. (2005). Wintertime nonbrightband rain in California and Oregon during CALJET and PACJET: Geographic, interannual, and synoptic variability. Monthly Weather Review, 133(5), 1199-1223. doi: 10.1175/Mwr2919.1
Persson, P. O. G., Neiman, P. J., Walter, B., Bao, J. W., & Ralph, F. M. (2005). Contributions from California coastal-zone surface fluxes to heavy coastal precipitation: A CALJET case study during the strong El Nino of 1998. Monthly Weather Review, 133(5), 1175-1198. doi: 10.1175/Mwr2910.1
Ralph, F. M., Neiman, P. J., & Rotunno, R. (2005). Dropsonde observations in low-level jets over the northeastern Pacific Ocean from CALJET-1998 and PACJET-2001: Mean vertical-profile and atmospheric-river characteristics. Monthly Weather Review, 133(4), 889-910. doi: 10.1175/Mwr2896.1

2004

Ralph, F. M., Neiman, P. J., & Wick, G. A. (2004). Satellite and CALJET aircraft observations of atmospheric rivers over the eastern north pacific ocean during the winter of 1997/98. Monthly Weather Review, 132(7), 1721-1745. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<1721:Sacaoo>2.0.Co;2
Andrews, E. D., Antweiler, R. C., Neiman, P. J., & Ralph, F. M. (2004). Influence of ENSO on flood frequency along the California coast. Journal of Climate, 17(2), 337-348. doi: 10.1175/1520-0442(2004)017<0337:Ioeoff>2.0.Co;2
Neiman, P. J., Persson, P. O. G., Ralph, F. M., Jorgensen, D. P., White, A. B., & Kingsmill, D. E. (2004). Modification of fronts and precipitation by coastal blocking during an intense landfalling winter storm in southern California: Observations during CALJET. Monthly Weather Review, 132(1), 242-273. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(2004)132<0242:Mofapb>2.0.Co;2

2003

Ralph, F. M., Neiman, P. J., Kingsmill, D. E., Persson, P. O. G., White, A. B., Strem, E. T., ... Antweiler, R. C. (2003). The impact of a prominent rain shadow on flooding in California's Santa Cruz Mountains: A CALJET case study and sensitivity to the ENSO cycle. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4(6), 1243-1264. doi: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)004<1243:Tioapr>2.0.Co;2
White, A. B., Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., Kingsmill, D. E., & Persson, P. O. G. (2003). Coastal orographic rainfall processes observed by radar during the California land-falling jets experiment. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 4(2), 264-282. doi: 10.1175/1525-7541(2003)4<264:Corpob>2.0.Co;2

2002

Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., White, A. B., Kingsmill, D. E., & Persson, P. O. G. (2002). The statistical relationship between upslope flow and rainfall in California's coastal mountains: Observations during CALJET. Monthly Weather Review, 130(6), 1468-1492. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<1468:Tsrbuf>2.0.Co;2
White, A. B., Gottas, D. J., Strem, E. T., Ralph, F. M., & Neiman, P. J. (2002). An automated brightband height detection algorithm for use with Doppler radar spectral moments. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 19(5), 687-697. doi: 10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<0687:Aabhda>2.0.Co;2

2001

Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., Weber, R. L., Uttal, T., Nance, L. B., & Levinson, D. H. (2001). Observations of nonclassical frontal propagation and frontally forced gravity waves adjacent to steep topography. Monthly Weather Review, 129(11), 2633-2659. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<2633:Oonfpa>2.0.Co;2
Lehmiller, G. S., Bluestein, H. B., Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., & Feltz, W. F. (2001). Wind structure in a supercell thunderstorm as measured by a UHF wind profiler. Monthly Weather Review, 129(8), 1968-1986. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(2001)129<1968:Wsiast>2.0.Co;2

2000

White, A. B., Jordan, J. R., Martner, B. E., Ralph, F. M., & Bartram, B. W. (2000). Extending the dynamic range of an S-band radar for cloud and precipitation studies. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 17(9), 1226-1234. doi: 10.1175/1520-0426(2000)017<1226:Etdroa>2.0.Co;2
Nuss, W. A., Bane, J. M., Thompson, W. T., Holt, T., Dorman, C. E., Ralph, F. M., ... Jackson, P. (2000). Coastally trapped wind reversals: Progress toward understanding. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 81(4), 719-743. doi: 10.1175/1520-0477(2000)081<0719:Ctwrpt>2.3.Co;2
Clark, T. L., Hall, W. D., Kerr, R. M., Middleton, D., Radke, L., Ralph, F. M., ... Levinson, D. (2000). Origins of aircraft-damaging clear-air turbulence during the 9 December 1992 Colorado downslope windstorm: Numerical simulations and comparison with observations. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57(8), 1105-1131. doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<1105:Ooadca>2.0.Co;2
Ralph, F. M. (2000). Comments on "observations of a mesoscale ducted gravity wave" - Reply. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 57(4), 599-608. doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0599:R>2.0.Co;2
Ralph, F. M., Neiman, P. J., Persson, P. O. G., Bane, J. M., Cancillo, M. L., Wilczak, J. M., & Nuss, W. (2000). Kelvin waves and internal bores in the marine boundary layer inversion and their relationship to coastally trapped wind reversals. Monthly Weather Review, 128(2), 283-300. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0283:Kwaibi>2.0.Co;2

1999

Ralph, F. M., Neiman, P. J., & Keller, T. L. (1999). Deep-tropospheric gravity waves created by leeside cold fronts. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 56(17), 2986-3009. doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<2986:Dtgwcb>2.0.Co;2

1998

Neiman, P. J., Ralph, F. M., Shapiro, M. A., Smull, B. F., & Johnson, D. (1998). An observational study of fronts and frontal mergers over the continental United States. Monthly Weather Review, 126(10), 2521-2554. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(1998)126<2521:Aosofa>2.0.Co;2
Ralph, F. M., Armi, L., Bane, J. M., Dorman, C., Neff, W. D., Neiman, P. J., ... Persson, P. O. G. (1998). Observations and analysis of the 10-11 June 1994 coastally trapped disturbance. Monthly Weather Review, 126(9), 2435-2465.

1997

Ralph, F. M. (1997). Use of ducting theory in an observed case of gravity waves. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 54(17), 2237-2239. doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2237:Couodt>2.0.Co;2
Ralph, F. M., Neiman, P. J., Keller, T. L., Levinson, D., & Fedor, L. (1997). Observations, simulations, and analysis of nonstationary trapped lee waves. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 54(10), 1308-1333. doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<1308:Osaaon>2.0.Co;2
Ralph, F. M., Neiman, P. J., & Levinson, D. (1997). Lidar observations of a breaking mountain wave associated with extreme turbulence. Geophysical Research Letters, 24(6), 663-666.
Marwitz, J., Politovich, M., Bernstein, B., Ralph, F., Neiman, P., Ashenden, R., & Bresch, J. (1997). Meteorological conditions associated with the ATR72 aircraft accident near Roselawn, Indiana, on 31 October 1994. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 78(1), 41-52. doi: 10.1175/1520-0477(1997)078<0041:Mcawta>2.0.Co;2

1996

Jin, Y., Koch, S. E., Lin, Y. L., Ralph, F. M., & Chen, C. (1996). Numerical simulations of an observed gravity current and gravity waves in an environment characterized by complex stratification and shear. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 53(23), 3570-3588. doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<3570:Nsoaog>2.0.Co;2
Ralph, F. M. (1996). Observations of 250-km-wavelength clear-air eddies and 750-km-wavelength mesocyclones associated with a synoptic-scale midlatitude cyclone. Monthly Weather Review, 124(6), 1199-1210.
Ralph, F. M., Neiman, P. J., & Ruffieux, D. (1996). Precipitation identification from radar wind profiler spectral moment data: Vertical velocity histograms, velocity variance, and signal power vertical velocity correlations. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 13(3), 545-559. doi: 10.1175/1520-0426(1996)013<0545:Pifrwp>2.0.Co;2

1995

Ralph, F. M., Neiman, P. J., Vandekamp, D. W., & Law, D. C. (1995). Using Spectral Moment Data from Noaas 404-Mhz Radar Wind Profilers to Observe Precipitation. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 76(10), 1717-1739. doi: 10.1175/1520-0477(1995)076<1717:Usmdfn>2.0.Co;2
Wilczak, J. M., Strauch, R. G., Ralph, F. M., Weber, B. L., Merritt, D. A., Jordan, J. R., ... Dye, T. S. (1995). Contamination of Wind Profiler Data by Migrating Birds - Characteristics of Corrupted Data and Potential Solutions. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 12(3), 449-467. doi: 10.1175/1520-0426(1995)012<0449:Cowpdb>2.0.Co;2
Ralph, F. M. (1995). Using Radar-Measured Radial Vertical Velocities to Distinguish Precipitation Scattering from Clear-Air Scattering. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 12(2), 257-267.

1993

Ralph, F. M., Crochet, M., & Venkateswaran, S. V. (1993). Observations of a Mesoscale Ducted Gravity-Wave. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 50(19), 3277-3291. doi: 10.1175/1520-0469(1993)050<3277:Ooamdg>2.0.Co;2
Ralph, F. M., Mazaudier, C., Crochet, M., & Venkateswaran, S. V. (1993). Doppler Sodar and Radar Wind-Profiler Observations of Gravity-Wave Activity Associated with a Gravity Current. Monthly Weather Review, 121(2), 444-463. doi: 10.1175/1520-0493(1993)121<0444:Dsarwp>2.0.Co;2

1992

Ralph, F. M., Crochet, M., & Venkateswaran, S. V. (1992). A Study of Mountain Lee Waves Using Clear-Air Radar. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 118(506), 597-627. doi: 10.1002/Qj.49711850602

1990

Crochet, M., Cuq, F., Ralph, F. M., & Venkateswaran, S. V. (1990). Clear-Air Radar Observations of the Great October Storm of 1987. Dynamics of Atmospheres and Oceans, 14(5), 443-461.

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