CuPIDO RESEARCH

Peer-reviewed papers

• 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: Cumulus Photogrammetric, In-situ and Doppler Observations: The CuPIDO 2006 Experiment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, 57-73. (pdf)
• 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]
• 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]
• 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]
• Wang, Y., B. Geerts, and J. French, 2009: Dynamics of the cumulus cloud margin: an observational study. J. Atmos. Sci., 66, 3660-3677. [pdf]
• Demko, J. C., and B. Geerts, 2010a: 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]
• Demko, J. C., and B. Geerts, 2010b: 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]
• Wang, Y., and B. Geerts, 2010: Humidity variations across the edge of trade wind cumuli: observations and dynamical implications. Atmos. Res.,  97, 144-156. doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.03.017. (link)
• Wang, Y., and B. Geerts, 2011: Observations of detrainment patterns from non-precipitating orographic cumulus clouds. Atmos. Res., 99, 302-324. [pdf]
• Wang, Y., and B. Geerts, 2011: Composite radar reflectivity and vertical velocity pattern of shallow cumulus clouds. Mon. Wea. Rev., submitted.

The following papers are in preparation:

• Zhou, X. and B. Geerts, 2012: The impact of soil moisture on the diurnal evolution of the PBL and on orographic cumulus development over the Santa Catalina Mountains during the 2006 Arizona monsoon.
• Geerts, B. and X. Zhou, 2012: The evening peak in orographic deep convection during the Arizona summer monsoon.