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Investigating the Characteristics and Dynamics of Convective Updrafts in Observed and Simulated Tropical Cyclone Rainbands
Barron, N. R., Didlake, A. C., Zhang, Y. & Reasor, P. D., Oct 16 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 130, 19, e2024JD043152.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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
Impact of Microphysical Parameterizations on Satellite All-Sky Infrared Data Assimilation and Practical Predictability of Hurricane Harvey (2017)
Rendon, J. & Zhang, Y., Jul 28 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 130, 14, e2024JD042697.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
Analysis of Uncertainties in Convection-Permitting Ensemble Simulations of Land Breeze and Nocturnal Coastal Rainfall in South China
Huang, L., Bai, L. & Zhang, Y., Dec 2024, In: Journal of Meteorological Research. 38, 6, p. 1047-1063 17 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
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
Improving Short-Term QPF Using Geostationary Satellite All-Sky Infrared Radiances: Real-Time Ensemble Data Assimilation and Forecast during the PRECIP 2020 and 2021 Experiments
Zhang, Y., Chen, X. & Bell, M. M., Apr 2023, In: Weather and Forecasting. 38, 4, p. 591-609 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sensitivity of Intrinsic Error Growth to Large-Scale Uncertainty Structure in a Record-Breaking Summertime Rainfall Event
Zhang, Y., May 2023, In: Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 80, 5, p. 1415-1432 18 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