
(* indicates the author is a student whose research is supervised by YR)
Richardson, Y.P., P.M. Markowski, J. Verlinde, and J. Wurman, 2008: Integrating classroom learning and research: The Pennsylvania Area Mobile Radar Experiment (PAMREX), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, in press.
Frame, J., P. Markowski, Y. Richardson, J. Straka, and J. Wurman, 2008: Polarimetric and dual-Doppler radar observations of the Lipscomb County, Texas, supercell thunderstorm on 23 May 2002. Monthly Weather Review, accepted pending revisions.
*Marquis, J.N., Y.P. Richardson, J.M. Wurman, and P.M. Markowski, 2008: Single and dual-Doppler analysis of a tornadic vortex and surrounding storm-scale flow in the Crowell, TX, supercell of 30 April 2000. Monthly Weather Review, accepted pending revisions.
*Byko, Z., P. Markowski, Y. Richardson, J. Wurman, and E. Adlerman, 2008: Descending reflectivity cores in supercell thunderstorms observed by mobile radars and in a high-resolution numerical simulation. Submitted to Weather and Forecasting in January 2008, accepted pending minor revisions.
Markowski, P.M., and Y.P. Richardson, 2008: Tornadogenesis: Our current understanding, forecasting considerations, and questions to guide future research. Submitted to Atmospheric Research in November, 2007, in review.
Majcen, M. P. Markowski, Y. Richardson, D. Dowell, and J. Wurman, 2008: Multi-pass objective analyses of radar data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, in press.
Markowski, P.M., E. Rasmussen, J. Straka, R.P. Davies-Jones, Y.P. Richardson, and R. J. Trapp, 2008: Vortex lines within low-level mesocyclones obtained from pseudo-dual-Doppler radar observations. Monthly Weather Review, in press.
Wurman, J.M., C. Alexander, P. Robinson, and Y. P. Richardson, 2008: Reply. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89, 90-94.
Buban, M., C. Ziegler, E.N. Rasmussen, and Y.P. Richardson, 2007: The dryline on 22 May 2002 during IHOP: Ground-radar and in-situ data analyses of the dryline and boundary layer evolution. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 2473-2505.
Markowski, P.M., and Y.P. Richardson, 2007: Observations of vertical wind shear heterogeneity in convective boundary layers. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 843-861.
*Marquis, J.N., Y.P. Richardson, and J.M. Wurman, 2007: Kinematic observations of misocyclones along boundaries during IHOP. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 1749-1768.
Richardson, Y.P., K.K. Droegemeier, and R.P. Davies-Jones, 2007: The influence of horizontal environmental variability on numerically-simulated convective storms. Part I: Variations in vertical shear. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 3429-3455.
Wurman, J.M., Y.P. Richardson, C. Alexander, S. Weygandt, and P. Zhang, 2007: Dual-Doppler and single-Doppler analysis of a tornadic storm undergoing mergers and repeated tornadogenesis. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 736–758.
Wurman, J.M., Y.P. Richardson, C. Alexander, S. Weygandt, and P. Zhang, 2007: Dual-Doppler analysis of winds and vorticity budget terms near a tornado. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 2392-2405.
Wurman, J.M., C. Alexander, P. Robinson, and Y. P. Richardson, 2007: Low level winds in tornadoes and potential catastrophic tornado impacts in urban areas. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88, 31-46.
Ziegler, C., E.N. Rasmussen, M.S. Buban, Y.P. Richardson, L.J. Miller, and R.M. Rabin, 2007: The “Triple Point” on 24 May 2002 during IHOP. Part II: Ground-radar and in-situ boundary layer analysis of cumulus development and convection initiation. Monthly Weather Review, 135, 2443-2472.
*Arnott, N.R., Y.P. Richardson, E.M. Rasmussen, and J.M. Wurman, 2006: Relationship between a weakening cold front, misocyclones, and cloud development on 10 June 2002 during IHOP. Monthly Weather Review, 134, 311-335.
Markowski, P.M., and Y.P. Richardson, 2006: On the classification of vertical wind shear as directional shear versus speed shear. Weather and Forecasting, 21, 244-249.
Burgess, D., M. Magsig, J. Wurman, D. Dowell, Y. Richardson, 2001: A detailed WSR-88D and DOW radar analysis of the Oklahoma City tornado of May 3, 1999. Weather and Forecasting, 17, 456–471.
Weckwerth, T.M., L. Bennett, C. Kiemle, A. Blyth, C. Flamant, and Y.P. Richardson, 2007: Evolution of the moisture field during the development of the daytime convective boundary layer. Preprints, 3rd Symposium on LIDAR Atmospheric Applications, San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
*Byko, Z.M., P.M. Markowski, Y.P. Richardson, and J. Wurman, 2006: Radar reflectivity “blobs” observed by the Doppler on Wheels. Preprints, 23rd Conf. on Severe Local Storms, St. Louis, MO, Amer. Meteor. Soc..
Frame, J., P. Markowski, Y.P. Richardson, and J. Wurman, 2006: Multiple-Doppler observations of a nontornadic supercell on 23 May 2002 using ground-based mobile radars. Preprints, 23rd Conf. on Severe Local Storms, St. Louis, MO, Amer. Meteor. Soc..
Majcen, M., P. Markowski, Y. P. Richardson, and J. Wurman, 2006: A dual-Doppler analysis of a nontornadic supercell observed on 12 June 2004 using ground-based Doppler radars. Preprints, 23rd Conf. on Severe Local Storms, St. Louis, MO, Amer. Meteor. Soc..
*Marquis, J.N., Y.P. Richardson, P.M. Markowski, J.M. Wurman, and D.C. Dowell, 2006: The maintenance of tornadoes observed with high-resolution mobile radars. Preprints, 23rd Conf. on Severe Local Storms, St. Louis, MO, Amer. Meteor. Soc..
Buban, M.C. Ziegler, E. Rasmussen, Y.P. Richardson, 2005: The structure and evolution of the dryline and surrounding boundary layer on 22 May 2002 during IHOP. Preprints, 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology, Albuquerque, NM, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
*Monahan, B. , Y.P. Richardson, and J.M. Wurman, 2005: The evolution of fine-scale boundaries on 15 June 2002 during IHOP. Preprints, 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology, Albuquerque, NM, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Ziegler, C., E. N. Rasmussen, M. S. Buban, Y. P. Richardson, L. J. Miller, and R. M. Rabin, 2005: The boundary layer cumulus formation process near a cold frontal-dryline intersection on 24 May 2002 during IHOP. Preprints, 32nd International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Albuquerque, NM, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
*Arnott, N.R., Y.P. Richardson, J.M. Wurman, 2004: High resolution observations of a cold front on 10 June 2002. Preprints, 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
*Kost, J., and Y.P. Richardson, 2004: The influence of temporally-varying vertical wind shear on numerically simulated convective storms. Preprints, 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Markowski, P.M., and Y.P. Richardson, 2004: Multiple-Doppler radar observations of vertical wind profile heterogeneity in convective boundary layers. Preprints, 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
*Marquis, J.N., Y.P. Richardson, and J.M. Wurman, 2004: Observations of misocyclones along boundaries during IHOP. Preprints, 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Richardson, Y.P., J.N. Marquis, E.Rasmussen, J.M. Wurman, and N. Arnott, 2004: Analysis of convection initiation along a dryline on 19 June 2002. 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, Hyannis, MA, Amer. Meteor. Soc. (abstract and presentation only)
*Arnott, N.R., Y.P. Richardson, J.M. Wurman, and J. Lutz, 2003: A solar alignment technique for determining mobile radar pointing angles. Preprints, 31st International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
*Arnott, N.R., Y.P. Richardson, and J.M. Wurman, 2003: A multi-Doppler analysis of convective initiation on 10 June 2002 during IHOP_2002. Preprints, 31st International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc
Richardson, Y.P., J. Wurman, and C. Hartman, 2003: Multi-Doppler analysis of convective initiation on 19 June 2002 during IHOP_2002. Preprints, 31st International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Ziegler, C.L., E.N. Rasmussen, Y.P. Richardson, R.M. Rabin, and M.S. Buban, 2003: Relation of radar-derived kinematic features and in-situ moisture to cumulus development on 24 May 2002 during IHOP. Preprints, 31st International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Ziegler, C.L., E.N. Rasmussen, Y.P. Richardson, R.M. Rabin, and M.S. Buban, 2003: The boundary layer cumulus formation process near a cold frontal-dryline intersection on 24 May 2002 during IHOP. Preprints, 31st International Conference on Radar Meteorology, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.
Davies-Jones, R.P., and Y.P. Richardson, 2002: An exact anelastic Beltrami flow solution for use in model validation. Preprints, 19th Conf. Weather Analysis and Forecasting/15th Conf. Numerical Weather Prediction, San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 43-46.
Dowell, D., Y. Richardson, and J. Wurman, 2002: Observations of the formation of low-level rotation. The 5 June 2001 Sumner County, Kansas tornado. Preprints, 21st Conf. on Severe Local Storms, San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 465-468.
Magsig, M., D. Burgess, D. Dowell, Y. Richardson, and J. Wurman, 2002: The structure and evolution of hook echoes during tornadogenesis as revealed by high-resolution radar data. Preprints, 21st Conf. on Severe Local Storms, San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 473-476.
Richardson, Y.P., J.M. Wurman, and T.M. Weckwerth, 2002: Multiple Doppler radar observations of convective initiation during IHOP. 21st Conf. on Severe Local Storms, San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc. (abstract and presentation only)
Richardson, Y.P., and J.M. Wurman, 2002: Two modes of tornadogenesis in storm A on 3 May 1999. 21st Conf. on Severe Local Storms, San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc. (abstract and presentation only)
Wicker, L., D. Dowell, Y. Richardson, and R. Wilhelmson, 2002: A large eddy simulation of a tornadic supercell: Comparison with observations. Preprints, 21st Conf. on Severe Local Storms, San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 262-263.
Burgess, D., M. Magsig, J. Wurman, D. Dowell, Y. Richardson, 2001: A comparison of WSR-88D and DOW radar observations for the Oklahoma City tornado of May 3, 1999. Preprints, 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, 9—25 July 2001, Munich, Germany., 301-303.
Richardson, Y.P., D. Dowell, and J. Wurman, 2001: High resolution dual-Doppler analyses of two thunderstorms during the pre-tornadogenesis and mature tornado stages. Preprints, 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, 9—25 July 2001, Munich, Germany., 295-297.
Zhang, P. J.M. Wurman, Y.P. Richardson and M. Bryant, 2001: A correlation technique for navigation of mobile dual-Doppler network data. Preprints, 30th International Conference on Radar Meteorology, 9—25 July 2001, Munich, Germany, 280-282.
Richardson, Y.P., K.K. Droegemeier, and R.P. Davies-Jones, 2000: The influence of horizontal variations in vertical shear and low-level moisture on numerically simulated convective storms. Preprints, 20th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Orlando, FL, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 599-602.
Richardson, Y.P., 1999: The influence of horizontal variations in vertical shear and low-level moisture on numerically simulated convective storms. Ph.D. Dissertation, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma - Norman, 236 pp.
Richardson, Y.P., K.K. Droegemeier, and R.P. Davies-Jones, 1998: A study of the influence of horizontally-varying vertical shear and CAPE on numerically simulated convective storms. Preprints, 19th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Minneapolis, MN, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 249-252.
Droegemeier, K.K., Y.P. Richardson, G.M. Bassett, and A. Marroquin, 1997: Three-dimensional numerical simulations of turbulence generated in the near-environment of deep convective storms. Preprints, 7th Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Long Beach, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 169-174.
Richardson, Y.P., and K.K. Droegemeier, 1996: An investigation of the dynamics governing organized multicell rotation and transition. Preprints, 18th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, San Francisco, CA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 195-199.
Richardson, Y.P., and F. Carr, 1993: Verification of NMC short-range models using wind profiler data. Preprints, 13th Conf. on Weather and Forecasting, Vienna, VA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 457-460.
Richardson, Y.P., 1993: Verification of NMC short-range models using wind profiler data. M.S. Thesis, School of Meteorology, University of Oklahoma - Norman, 102 pp.
Pennsylvania Mobile Radar Experiment (PAMREX), 2003-2004
International H2O Project (IHOP), PI for DOW Radars, 2002
Radar Observations of Thunderstorms and Tornadoes Experiment (ROTATE), 2000,2001,2004
Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment VORTEX (1994-1995) Co-Team Leader, Mobile CLASS
“Collaborative Research: Multi-scale and multi-platform study of tornadoes, supercell thunderstorms, and their environments in VORTEX2”, $1,482,367 for PSU, PI for PSU, NSF, 2008-2012 (in review)
“Collaborative Research: Data Assimilation Analysis of the Boundary Layer and Convection Initiation During International H2O Project (IHOP)”, $329,763 for PSU, PI for PSU, 2007-2010
“Collaborative Research: Study of the Genesis, Evolution, Structure, and Dynamic Climatology of Tornadoes and Their Environments”, $510,000 for PSU, PI for PSU, NSF, 2005-2008
“Improvement of Fine-mesh Numerical Meteorological Modeling”, $488,000, co-PI, NSF, 2004-2007
“Collaborative Research: Doppler on Wheels International H2O Project Participation and Studies of Convective Initiation”, $298,459 for PSU, Project PI, NSF, 2002-2006
"Dynamics of Rotation and Scale Selection in Deep Convective Storms", $472,935, co-PI, NSF, 2000-2004
“The Pennsylvania Area Mobile Radar Experiment”, $45,000, PI, Deike Research Grant, College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, Penn State University, 2003-2006