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Aikins, J., K. Friedrich, B. Geerts, and B. Pokharel, 2016: Role of a Cross-Barrier Jet and Turbulence on Winter Orographic Snowfall. Mon. Wea. Rev., 144, 3277-3300, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0025.1.
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Cann, M. D. and K. Friedrich, 2020: The Role of Moisture Pathways on Snowfall Amount and Distribution in the Payette Mountains of Idaho. Mon. Wea. Rev., 148, 2033–2048, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0350.1.
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Cann, M. D., K. Friedrich, J. R. French, and D. Behringer, 2022: A Case Study of Cloud-Top Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability Waves near the Dendritic Growth Zone. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 79(2), 531-549, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-21-0106.1.
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Chen, S., L. Xue, S. Tessendorf, K. Ikeda, C. Weeks, R. Rasmussen, M. Kunkel, D. Blestrud, S. Parkinson, M. Meadows, and N. Dawson, 2023: Mixed-phase direct numerical simulation: ice growth in cloud-top generating cells. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 23(9), 5217-5231, doi: 10.5194/acp-23-5217-2023.
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Deng, M., J. French, B. Geerts, S. Haimov, L. Oolman, D. Plummer, and Z. Wang, 2021: Retrieval and Evaluation of Ice Water Content from an Airborne Cloud Radar in Orographic Wintertime Clouds. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 39(2), 207-221, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0085.1.
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French, J. R., K. Friedrich, S. A. Tessendorf, R. M. Rauber, B. Geerts, R. M. Rasmussen, L. Xue, M. L. Kunkel, and D. R. Blestrud, 2018: Precipitation formation from orographic cloud seeding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115, 1168-1173, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1716995115.
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Friedrich, K., E. A. Kalina, J. Aikins, J. Sun, D. Gochis, P. Kucera, K. Ikeda, and M. Steiner, 2016: Raindrop size distribution and rain characteristics during the 2013 Great Colorado Flood. J. Hydromet., 17, 53-72, doi: 10.1175/JHM-D-14-0184.1.
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Friedrich, K., J. French, S. Tessendorf, M. Hatt, C. Weeks, R. Rauber, B. Geerts, L. Xue, R. Rasmussen, D.Blestrud, M. Kunkel, N. Dawson, and S. Parkinson, 2021: Microphysical characteristics and evolution ofseeded orographic clouds. J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-20-0206.1.
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Friedrich, K., K. Ikeda, S.A. Tessendorf, J.R. French, R.M. Rauber, B. Geerts, L. Xue, R.M. Rasmussen, D.R. Blestrud, M.L. Kunkel, N. Dawson, and S. Parkinson, 2020: Making snow—Quantifying snowfall from orographic cloud seeding. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., doi: 10.1073/pnas.1917204117.
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Friedrich, K., S. Higgins, F. J. Masters and C. R. Lopez, 2013: Articulating and Stationary PARSIVEL Disdrometer Measurements in Conditions with Strong Winds and Heavy Rainfall. J. Atmos. Ocean Technol., 30, 2063-2080, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-12-00254.1.
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Geerts, B., and R. M. Rauber, 2022: Glaciogenic Seeding of Cold-Season Orographic Clouds to Enhance Precipitation: Status and Prospects. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103(10), E2302-E2314, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0279.1.
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Grasmick, C. and B. Geerts 2020, Detailed dual-Doppler structure of Kelvin-Helmholtz waves from an airborne profiling radar over complex terrain. Part I: Dynamic structure. J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 1761-1782, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-19-0108.1.
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Grasmick, C., B. Geerts, X. Chu, J. French, and R. M. Rauber, 2021: Detailed dual-Doppler structure of Kelvin-Helmholtz waves from an airborne profiling radar over complex terrain. Part II: Evidence for precipitationenhancement. J. Atmos. Sci., 78(11) 3455-3472, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-20-0392.1.
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Heimes, K., T. J. Zaremba, R. M. Rauber, S. A. Tessendorf, L. Xue, K. Ikeda, B. Geerts, J. French, K. Friedrich, R. M. Rasmussen, M. L. Kunkel, and D. R. Blestrud, 2022: Vertical Motions in Orographic Cloud Systems over the Payette River Basin. Part III: An Evaluation of the Impact of Transient Vertical Motions on Targeting during Orographic Cloud Seeding Operations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 61(11), 1753-1777, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0230.1.
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Majewski, A. and J.R. French, 2020: Supercooled drizzle development in response to semi-coherent vertical velocity fluctuations within an orographic-layer cloud. Atmos. Chem. Phys., 20, 5035-5054, doi: 10.5194/acp-20-5035-2020.
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Rauber, R.M., B. Geerts, L. Xue, J. French, K. Friedrich, R.M. Rasmussen, S.A. Tessendorf, D.R. Blestrud, M.L. Kunkel, and S. Parkinson, 2019: Wintertime orographic cloud seeding-A review. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 58, 2117–2140, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-18-0341.1.
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Rea, D., R. M. Rauber, H. Hu, S. A. Tessendorf, S. W. Nesbitt, B. F. Jewett, and T. J. Zaremba, 2023: The Contribution of Subtropical Moisture Within an Atmospheric River on Moisture Flux, Cloud Structure, and Precipitation Over the Salmon River Mountains of Idaho Using Moisture Tracers. JGR Atmospheres, 128(6), doi: 10.1029/2022JD037727.
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Serke, D. J., S. M. Ellis, S. A. Tessendorf, D. E. Albo, J. C. Hubbert, and J. A. Haggerty, 2022: Radar Icing Algorithm: Algorithm Description and Comparison with Aircraft Observations. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 39(1), 91-109, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-21-0003.1.
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Tessendorf, S. A., B. Boe, B. Geerts, M. J. Manton, S. Parkinson, and R. Rasmussen: 2015. The Future of Winter Orographic Cloud Seeding: A View from Scientists and Stakeholders. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 2195-2198, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00146.1.
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Tessendorf, S. A., J. R. French, K. Friedrich, B. Geerts, R. M. Rauber, R. M. Rasmussen, L. Xue, K. Ikeda, D. R. Blestrud, M. L. Kunkel, S. Parkinson, J. R. Snider, J. Aikins, S. Faber, A. Majewski, C. Grasmick, P. T. Bergmaier, A. Janiszeski, A. Springer, C. Weeks, D. J. Serke, and R. Bruintjes, 2019: A Transformational Approach to Winter Orographic Weather Modification Research: The SNOWIE Project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100, 71–92, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0152.1.
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Xie, Z., K. Friedrich, S. A. Tessendorf, L. Xue, S. Chen, T. Whittock, B. Geerts, and K. Ikeda, 2024: Relationship between Synoptic Weather Patterns and Topography on Snowfall in the Idaho Mountainous Regions during the SNOWIE Project. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 63, 855–871, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-23-0170.1.
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Xue, L., C. Weeks, S. Chen, S. A. Tessendorf, R. M. Rasmussen, K. Ikeda, B. Kosovic, D. Behringer, J. R. French, K. Friedrich, T. J. Zaremba, R. M. Rauber, C. P. Lackner, B. Geerts, D. Blestrud, M. Kunkel, N. Dawson, and S. Parkinson, 2022: Comparison between Observed and Simulated AgI Seeding Impacts in a Well-Observed Case from the SNOWIE Field Program. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 61(4), 345-367, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0103.1.
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Zaremba, T. J., K. Heimes, R. M. Rauber, B. Geerts, J. R. French, C. Grasmick, S. A. Tessendorf, L. Xue, K. Friedrich, R. M. Rasmussen, M. L. Kunkel, and D. R. Blestrud, 2022: Vertical Motions in Orographic Cloud Systems over the Payette River Basin. Part II: Fixed and Transient Updrafts and Their Relationship to Forcing. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 61(11), 1733-1751, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0229.1.
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Zaremba, T. J., R. M. Rauber, B. Geerts, J. French, S. Tessendorf, L. Xue, K. Friedrich, C. Weeks, R. M. Rasmussen, M. L. Kunkel, and D. R. Blestrud, 2023: Vertical Motions in Orographic Cloud Systems over the Payette River Basin. Part 4: Controls on Supercooled Liquid Water Content and Cloud Droplet Number Concentrations. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, early online release, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-23-0080.1.
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Zaremba, T. J., R. M. Rauber, L. Di Girolamo, J. R. Loveridge, and G. M. McFarquhar, 2023: On the Radar Detection of Cloud Seeding Effects in Wintertime Orographic Cloud Systems. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 63, 27–45, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-22-0154.1.
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Zaremba, T. J., R. M. Rauber, S. Haimov, B. Geerts, J. R. French, C. Grasmick, K. Heimes, S. A. Tessendorf, K. Friedrich, L. Xue, R. M. Rasmussen, M. L. Kunkel, and D. R. Blestrud, 2022: Vertical Motions in Orographic Cloud Systems over the Payette River Basin. Part I: Recovery of Vertical Motions and Their Uncertainty from Airborne Doppler Radial Velocity Measurements. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 61(11), 1713-1731, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0228.1,
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Cann, M. D., K. Friedrich, S. A. Tessendorf, J. R. French, and R.M. Rauber, 2018: Observations of Natural Cloud Structure and Snow Growth Processes in Orographic Clouds. AMS 18th Conference on Mountain Meteorology, Santa Fe, NM. http://ams.confex.com/ams/18Mountain/webprogram/Paper346177.html.
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French, J. R., Laramie, WY and A. Majewski, B. Geerts, K. Friedrich, S. Tessendorf, R. M. Rauber, R. M. Rasmussen, L. Xue, D. Blestrud, and M. L. Kunkel, 2018: Microphysical Evolution of Seeded Wintertime Orographic Clouds. AMS 98th Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
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Friedrich, K. and J. Aikins, J. French, B. Geerts, S. Tessendorf, R. M. Rauber, R. Rasmussen, L. Xue, D. Blestrud, M. L. Kunkel, and S. Parkinson, 2018: Spatiotemporal Evolution of Seeded Orographic Winter Clouds Using High-Resolution Radar Observations. AMS 98th Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
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Geerts, B. and C. D. Grasmick, B. Pokharel, K. Friedrich, and S. J. Haimov, 2018: Multifrequency Radar Reflectivity Analysis of Seeded Orographic Winter Clouds. AMS 98th Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
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Majewski, A., J. French, J. R. Snider, S. A. Tessendorf, C. D. Grasmick, and P. T. Bergmaier, 2018: Sensitivity of Freezing drizzle development in orographic winterime clouds to theymodynamic stability and airmass source during SNOWIE. 15th Conference on Cloud Physics, Am. Meteorol. Soc., Vancouver, Canada.
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Rasmussen, R., Ikeda, K., Tessendorf, S., Xue, L. French, J. 20018: Ice Initiation by Mesoscale Features: Observations from the SNOWIE Field Program, Am. Meteorol. Soc.
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Serke, David J., D. Adriaansen, S. Tessendorf, J. Haggerty, D. Albo, and G. Cunning, Super-cooled large drop detection with precipitation radars for the enhancement of operational icing products, AMS Radar, Aug 28-Sept 1, Chicago, IL, 2017.
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Serke, David J., S. Tessendorf, B. Geerts, J.R. French, B. Pokharel, D. Jacobson, and D. Albo, 2017: A Nexrad-Based Dual-Polarization in-Flight Icing Algorithm Compared to Research Flight Data. Presented at the AMS 18th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, Jan. 2017, abstract #705.
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Serke, David J., Sarah Tessendorf, Kim Reed, Jeff French, Bart Geerts, David Plummer, Spencer Faber, Roelof Bruintjes, Bob Rauber, Katja Friedrich, Roy Rasmussen, Andrew Janisezski, Levi Blanchette, Alex Schweitzer, Steven Huber, Shao Wen (Amy) Chen, Rachel Gutierrez, Derek Blestrud, Mel Kunkel, Julie Haggerty, Dave Albo, Initial performance evaluation of a radar-based supercooled water detection algorithm during the SNOWIE Field Campaign, AMS Radar, Aug 28-Sept 1, Chicago, IL, 2017.
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Springer, A. C., Investigation of the structure of natural orographic clouds embedded within atmospheric river type flow over the Payette Mountains in Idaho. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, thesis.
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Tessendorf, S., L. Xue, R. Rasmussen, S. Chen, C. Weeks, K. Ikeda, J. French, K. Friedrich, R. Rauber, B. Geerts, N. Dawson, M. Meadows, D. Blestrud, P. Shaun, and M. Kunkel, 2023: Advances in understanding orographic cloud microphysics and cloud seeding impacts using detailed observations and numerical modeling. XXVIII General Assembly of the INternational Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, Berlin, 11-120 July 2023, doi: 10.57757/IUGG23-4547.
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Tessendorf, S.A., Adriaansen, D.R., Rugg, A., Serke, D., Williams, C.L., Haggerty, J., Cunning, G., McCabe, G., Perstopnik, P., Thompson, G., Kenyon, J. 2017: Developing improved products to forecast and diagnose aircraft icing conditions based upon drop size. AIAA Aviation Forum proceedings, Denver, CO. doi: 10.2514/6.2017-4473.
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Tessendorf, S.A., and Coauthors, 2018: Highlights from the SNOWIE field campaign. Weather Modification Association Annual Meeting, Estes Park, CO.
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Tessendorf, S.A., D. Serke, and K. Ikeda, 2017: Dual-polarization radar analysis of orographic wintertime clouds with freezing drizzle. 38th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Chicago, IL.
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Tessendorf, S.A., J. French, K. Friedrich, B. Geerts, R. M. Rauber, R. M. Rasmussen, L. Xue, D. Blestrud, M. L. Kunkel, and S. Parkinson, 2018: An Overview of the SNOWIE Field Campaign. AMS 98th Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
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Tessendorf, S.A., K. Ikeda, C. Weeks, R.M. Rasmussen, A. Majewski,and J. French, 2018: Super-cooled large drop production in
orographic wintertime clouds observed in Idaho. 15th Conf. on Cloud Physics, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Vancouver, Canada.
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Xue, L., Rasmussen, R.M., Tessendorf, S.A., French, J.R., Friedrich, K., Geerts, B., Rauber, R.M., Belstrud, D., Kunkel, M.L., Dawson, N., Parkinson, S. 2018: Sensitivity Simulations of Ice Production in a Super-Cooled Orographic Cloud during the SNOWIE Field Campaign, Am. Meteorol. Soc.
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Zaremba, T., R. Rauber, J. Loveridge, L. Di Girolamo, and G. M. McFarquhar, 2022: On the Detection of Cloud Seeding Effects with Radar in Winter Orographic Cloud Systems. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago IL, 12-16 December 2022.
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French, J.R. and S.A. Tessendorf, 2018: Does Cloud Seeding Work? Scientists Watch Ice Crystals Grow Inside Clouds to Find Out. The Conversation. Published March 2018. https://theconversation.com/does-cloud-seeding-work-scientists-watch-ice-crystals-grow-inside-clouds-to-find-out-90903.
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