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Publications

2019

This image is a link to the online abstract for Feng et al., 2019. Feng, Z., R.A. Houze, L.R. Leung, F. Song, J.C. Hardin, J. Wang, W.I. Gustafson, and C.R. Homeyer, 2019. Spatiotemporal characteristics and large-scale environments of mesoscale convective systems east of the Rocky Mountains, J. Climate, 32, 7303–7328, doi: 10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0137.1.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Siu and Bowman, 2019. Siu, L. W.*, and K. P. Bowman, 2019. Forcing of the upper-tropospheric monsoon anticyclones, J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 1937–1954, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-18-0340.1.

2018

This image is a link to the online abstract for Bedka et al. 2018. Bedka, K., E.M. Murillo, C.R. Homeyer, B. Scarino, and H. Mersiovsky, 2018. The above-anvil cirrus plume: An important severe weather indicator in visible and infrared satellite imagery, Weather and Forecasting, 33, 1159–1181, doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-18-0040.1.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Liu and Liu, 2018. Liu, N., and C. Liu, 2018: Synoptic environments and characteristics of convection reaching the tropopause over Northeast China, Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 745–759, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-17-0245.1.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Cooney et al. 2018. Cooney, J. W., K. P. Bowman, C. R. Homeyer, and T. M. Fenske, 2018. Ten-year analysis of tropopause-overshooting convection using GridRad data, J. Geophys. Res., 123, 329–343, doi: 10.1002/2017JD0277181.

2017

This image is a link to the GridRad Algorithm Description document. Homeyer, C. R., and K. P. Bowman, 2017. Algorithm Description Document for Version 3.1 of the Three-Dimensional Gridded NEXRAD WSR-88D Radar (GridRad) Dataset, Technical Report.
This is a link to the online abstract for Smith et al. 2018.. Smith, J. B., D. M. Wilmouth, K. M. Bedka, K. P. Bowman, C. R. Homeyer, J. A. Dykema, M. R. Sargent, C. E. Clapp, S. S. Leroy, D. S. Sayres, J. M. Dean-Day, T. P. Bui and J. G. Anderson, 2017. A case study of convectively sourced water vapor observed in the overworld stratosphere over the United States, J. Geophys. Res., 122, 9529–9554, doi: 10.1002/2017JD026831.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Anderson et al. 2017. Anderson, J. G., D. K. Weisenstein, K. P. Bowman, C. R. Homeyer, J. B. Smith, D. M. Wilmouth, D. S. Sayres, J. E. Klobas, S. S. Leroy, J. A. Dykema, and S. C. Wofsy, 2017. Stratospheric ozone over the United States in summer linked to observations of convection and temperature via chlorine and bromine catalysis, Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci., 114, E4905–E4913, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1619318114.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Homeyer et al. 2017. Homeyer, C. R., J. D. McAuliffe, and K. M. Bedka, 2017: On the development of above-anvil cirrus plumes in extratropical convection, J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 1617–1633, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-16-0269.1.

2016

This image is a link to the online abstract for Bedka and Khlopenkov, 2016. Bedka, K.M. and K. Khlopenkov, 2016. A probabilistic multispectral pattern recognition method for detection of overshooting cloud tops using passive satellite imager observations, J. Appl. Meteor. and Climatol., 55, 1985–2005, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0249.1.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Liu and Liu, 2016. Liu, N., and C. Liu, 2016. Global distribution of deep convection reaching tropopause in one-year GPM observations, J. Geophys. Res., 121, doi: 10.1002/2015JD024430.
This image is a link to the online abstract for Solomon et al. 2016. Solomon, D. L., K. P. Bowman, and C. R. Homeyer, 2016. Tropopause-penetrating convection from three-dimensional gridded NEXRAD data, J. Appl. Meteor. and Climatol., 55, 465–478, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-15-0190.1.

2011

This image is a link to the online abstract for Homeyer et al 2011. Homeyer, C. R., K. P. Bowman, L. L. Pan, M. A. Zondlo, and J. F. Bresch, 2011: Convective injection into stratospheric intrusions, J. Geophys. Res., 116, D23304, doi: 10.1029/2011JD016724.