Research Summary
Research interests include ensemble data assimilation, ensemble numerical prediction of precipitation, using weather radar to diagnose atmospheric boundary layer structures, and creating the Pennsylvania Environmental Monitoring Network to provide weather and soil moisture information to researchers and decision-makers.
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Recent Publications
Simultaneous Assimilation of Dual-Polarization Radar and All-Sky Satellite Observations to Improve Convection Forecasts
Eure, K. C., Stensrud, D. J., Zhang, Y., Kumjian, M. R. & Kingfield, D. M., Nov 2025, In: Monthly Weather Review. 153, 11, p. 2397-2414 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Synoptic and Mesoscale Variability in Convective Boundary Layer Depth Observations from Dual-Polarization WSR-88D Radars
Stensrud, D. J., Comer, C. L., Stouffer, B. C. & Zhang, Y., Oct 2025, In: Monthly Weather Review. 153, 10, p. 1925-1937 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluating Planetary Boundary Layer and Land Surface Models via Dual-Polarization WSR-88D and Flux Tower Observations
Stouffer, B. C., Stensrud, D. J. & Zhang, Y., Sep 2025, In: Monthly Weather Review. 153, 9, p. 1687-1702 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Assimilating Novel Boundary Layer Observations from Dual-Polarization Radars to Improve Lower-Tropospheric Moisture and Torrential Rainfall Forecasts
Zhang, Y., Stensrud, D. J., Comer, C. L. & Stouffer, B. C., Feb 2025, In: Monthly Weather Review. 153, 2, p. 309-326 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
An Automated Approach to Estimating Convective Boundary Layer Depth from Dual-Polarization WSR-88D Radar Observations
Comer, C. L., Stouffer, B., Stensrud, D. J., Zhang, Y. & Kumjian, M. R., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 41, 8, p. 767-780 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
An Investigation of Convective Boundary Layer Depth and Entrainment Zone Properties Using Dual-Polarization Radar and Balloon-Borne Observations
Stouffer, B. C., Stensrud, D. J., Comer, C. L., Zhang, Y. & Kumjian, M. R., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 41, 12, p. 1213-1228 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Enhancing Severe Weather Prediction With Microwave All-Sky Radiance Assimilation: The 10 August 2020 Midwest Derecho
Zhang, Y., Chen, X., Stensrud, D. J. & Clothiaux, E. E., Jan 28 2024, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 51, 2, e2023GL106602.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Challenges and Opportunities in Numerical Weather Prediction
Brotzge, J. A., Berchoff, D., Carlis, D. L., Carr, F. H., Carr, R. H., Gerth, J. J., Gross, B. D., Hamill, T. M., Haupt, S. E., Jacobs, N., McGovern, A., Stensrud, D. J., Szatkowski, G., Szunyogh, I. & Wang, X., Mar 2023, In: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 104, 3, p. E698-E705Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Simultaneous Assimilation of Planetary Boundary Layer Observations from Radar and All-Sky Satellite Observations to Improve Forecasts of Convection Initiation
Eure, K. C., Mykolajtchuk, P. D., Zhang, Y., Stensrud, D. J., Zhang, F., Greybush, S. J. & Kumjian, M. R., Mar 2023, In: Monthly Weather Review. 151, 3, p. 795-813 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Diagnosing Factors Leading to an Incorrect Supercell Thunderstorm Forecast
Paul, D. M., Keenan, C. E., David, J. S., Yunji, Z., Steven, J. G. & Matthew, R. K., 2023, In: Weather and Forecasting. 38, 10, p. 1935-1951 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Wide Horizontal Convective Rolls over Land
Stensrud, D. J., Young, G. S. & Kumjian, M. R., Nov 2022, In: Monthly Weather Review. 150, 11, p. 2999-3010 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Correction to: Correlation Structures between Satellite All-Sky Infrared Brightness Temperatures and the Atmospheric State at Storm Scales (Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, (2022), 39, 5, (714-732), 10.1007/s00376-021-0352-3)
Zhang, Y., Clothiaux, E. E. & Stensrud, D. J., Sep 2022, In: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 39, 9, p. 1588 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Correlation Structures between Satellite All-Sky Infrared Brightness Temperatures and the Atmospheric State at Storm Scales
Zhang, Y., Clothiaux, E. E. & Stensrud, D. J., May 2022, In: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. 39, 5, p. 714-732 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Environmental conditions associated with horizontal convective rolls, cellular convection, and no organized circulations
SANTELLANES, S. R., YOUNG, G. S., STENSRUD, D. J., KUMJIAN, M. R. & PAN, Y., May 2021, In: Monthly Weather Review. 149, 5, p. 1305-1316 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Benefits of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) for ensemble-based analysis and prediction of severe thunderstorms
Zhang, Y., Stensrud, D. J. & Clothiaux, E. E., Feb 2021, In: Monthly Weather Review. 149, 2, p. 313-332 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review