Journal Publications

Jones,T. A., S. A. Christopher, and W.A.Petersen, 2009: Dual-Polarization radar characteristics of an Apartment fire. J. Clim. and Appl.Meteorol., in press.

Thurai, M., V. N. Bringi, and W. A. Petersen, 2009: Rain microstructure retrievals using 2-D video disdrometer and C-band polarimetric radar. Adv. In Geosciences, 20, 13-18.

Deierling, W., and W. A. Petersen, 2008: Total lightning activity as an indicator of updraft characteristics. J. Geophys. Res., 113, D16210, doi:10.1029/2007JD009598.

Conference Preprints

Petersen, W. A., K. R. Knupp, L. D. Carey, D. Phillips, W. Deierling, and P. N. Gatlin, 2009: The UAH/NSSTC Advanced Radar for Meteorological and Operational Research (ARMOR). 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, October 5-9, Williamsburg, VA, P8.5.

Gatlin, P. N., K. R. Knupp, and T. Coleman, 2009: Observations of atmospheric waves that moved across northern Alabama on 4 December 2008 using the ARMOR Doppler radar and the Mobile Integrated Profiling System. 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, October 5-9, Williamsburg, VA, P8.2.

Anderson, M. E., L. D. Carey, W. A. Petersen, and K. R. Knupp, 2009: The ARMOR C-band radar polarimetric radar signatures of large hail: The April 10th 2009 severe weather outbreak over northern Alabama. 34th Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, October 5-9, Williamsburg, VA, P13.21.

Johnson, E. V., and W. A. Petersen, 2009: Behavior of lightning and updrafts for severe and non-severe storms in northern Alabama. 4th Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, American Meteorological Society, January 11-15, Phoenix, Arizona.

Petersen, W. A., P. N. Gatlin, L. D. Carey, and S. R. Jacks, 2009: The use of dual-polarimetric radar data to improve rainfall estimation across the Tennessee Valley. 23rd Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, Arizona, January 11-16, 2009.

Johnson, E. V., and W. A. Petersen, 2008: Behavior of lightning and updrafts for severe and non-severe storms in north Alabama. Preprints, 12th Annual Severe Storms and Doppler Radar Conference, West Des Moines, IA, March 27-29.

Thurai, M., W. A. Petersen, V. N. Bringi, G.J. Huang, E. V. Johnson and C. Schultz, 2008: C-band polarimetric radar variables calculated using rain microstructure information from 2-D video disdrometer. 5th European Conference on Radar and Hydrology, Helsinki, Finland, 30 June - 4 July, 2008.

Johnson, E. V., and W. A. Petersen, 2008: Behavior of lightning and updrafts for severe and non-severe storms in northern Alabama. 3rd Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, American Meteorological Society, January 20-25, 2008, New Orleans, LA.

Johnson, E.V., and W. A. Petersen, 2007: Collaborative Expansion of Dual-Polarimetric Radar Applications for Academic, Public, and Private Venues. INVITED PRESENTATION, 32nd Annual NWA Meeting, October 13-18, Reno, Nevada.

Petersen, W. A., K. R. Knupp, D. J. Cecil, and J. R. Mecikalsi, 2007: The Unversity of Alabama Huntsville THOR Center instrumentation: Research and operational collaboration. INVITED PRESENTATION, 33rd International Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Cairns, Australia, August 6-10, 2007.

Deierling, W., W. A. Petersen, and S. E. Ellis, 2007: Convective rainfall amounts, ice water content and total lightning for individual storms from different climate regions. 33rd International Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Cairns, Australia, August 6-10, 2007.

Petersen, W. A., K. Knupp, J. Walters, R. Blakeslee, W. Deierling, M.
Gauthier, M. Newchurch, and R. McNider, 2005: The NSSTC ARMOR C-band
dual-polarimetric Doppler radar: A tool for integrated remote sensing.
Huntsville Simulation Conference, Society for Modeling and Simulation
International, 25-26 October 2005, Huntsville, Alabama.

Petersen, W. A., K. Knupp, J. Walters, W. Deierling, M. Gauthier, B.
Dolan, J. P. Dice, D. Satterfield, C. Davis, R. Blakeslee, S. Goodman,
S. Podgorny, J. Hall5, M. Budge, A. Wooten, 2005: The UAH-NSSTC/WHNT
ARMOR C-band Dual-Polarimetric Radar: A unique collaboration in
research, education and technology transfer. Preprints, 32nd Radar
Meteorology Conference, American Meteorological Society, 23-29 October
2005, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Baldini, L., E. Gorgucci,V. Chandrasekar, W. Petersen, 2005: Implications of CSU Hydrometeor classification scheme for C-band polarimetric radars. 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 22 October-29 October, 2005, Albequerque, New Mexico.

Petersen, W. A., W. Deierling, D. J. Boccippio, R. J. Blakeslee, K. R. Knupp, and J. Walters, 2005: Combined observations of total lightning activity, cloud microphysics and kinmatics as observed by the UAH/NSSTC ARMOR dual-polarimetric radar and TRMM. 2nd Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, American Meteorological Society, 29 January - 2 February, 2005, Atlanta, Georgia.