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Allen, L. R., S. E. Yuter, D. M. Crowe, M. A. Miller, and K. L. Thornhill, 2024: In-cloud characteristics observed in US Northeast and Midwest non-orographic winter storms with implications for ice particle mass growth and residence time. Atmos. Chem. Phys. Disc., submitted 12/2024.
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Allen, L. R., S. E. Yuter, M. A. Miller, and L. M. Tomkins, 2024: Objective identification of pressure wave events from networks of 1 Hz, high-precision sensors. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 113–134, doi: 10.5194/amt-17-113-2024.
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Carlin, J. T., E. L. Dunnavan, A. V. Ryzhkov, and M. Oue, 2023: Impacts of Vertical Nonuniform Beam Filling on the Observability of Secondary Ice Production due to Sublimation. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 40, 65–84, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-22-0076.1.
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Chase, R.J., S.W. Nesbitt, G.M. Mcfarquhar, N.B. Wood, and G.M. Heymsfield, 2022: Direct Comparisons between GPM-DPR and CloudSat Snowfall Retrievals. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatoloy, 61, 1257-1271, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0081.1.
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Colle, B. A., P. Yeh, J. A. Finlon, L. McMurdie, V. McDonald, and A. DeLaFrance, 2023: An Investigation of a Northeast U.S. Cyclone Event without Well-Defined Snow Banding during IMPACTS. Monthly Weather Review, 151, 2465–2484, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-22-0296.1.
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DeLaFrance, A., L. A. McMurdie, A. K. Rowe, and R. Conrick, 2024: Effects of Riming on Ice-Phase Precipitation Growth and Transport Over an Orographic Barrier. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 16, e2023MS003778, doi: 10.1029/2023MS003778.
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DeLaFrance, A., L. McMurdie, A. Rowe, and A. Heymsfield, 2024: Simulated Particle Evolution within a Winter Storm: Contributions of Riming to Radar Moments and Precipitation Fallout. EGUsphere [preprint], doi: 10.5194/egusphere-2024-1480.
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Duffy, G. and D.J. Posselt, 2022: A Gamma Parameterization for Precipitating Particle Size Distributions Containing Snowflake Aggregates Drawn from Five Field Experiments. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 61, 1077-1085, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0131.1.
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Dunnavan, E. L., J. T. Carlin, J. Hu, P. Bukovčić, A. V. Ryzhkov, G. M. McFarquhar, J. A. Finlon, S. Y. Matrosov, and D. J. Delene, 2022: Radar Retrieval Evaluation and Investigation of Dendritic Growth Layer Polarimetric Signatures in a Winter Storm. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 61, 1685–1711, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-21-0220.1.
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Dunnavan, E. L., J.T. Carlin, D. Schvartzman, A.V. Ryzhkov, H. Bluestein, S. Emmerson, G.M. McFarquhar, G.M. Heymsfield, and J. Yorks, 2023: High-resolution snowstorm measurements and retrievals using cross-platform multi-frequency and polarimetric radars. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL103692. doi: 10.1029/2023GL103692
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Finlon, J. A., L. A. McMurdie, and R. J. Chase, 2022: Investigation of Microphysical Properties within Regions of Enhanced Dual-Frequency Ratio During the IMPACTS Field Campaign. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 79, 2773–2795, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-21-0311.1.
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Grecu, M., and J. E. Yorks, 2024: Synergistic Retrievals of Ice in High Clouds from Elastic Backscatter Lidar, Ku-Band Radar, and Submillimeter Wave Radiometer Observations. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 41, 79–93, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-23-0028.1.
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Harkema, S. S., L. D. Carey, C. J. Schultz, E. R. Mansell, E. B. Berndt, A. O. Fierro, and T. Matsui, 2023: Electrification Within Wintertime Stratiform Regions Sampled During the 2020/2022 NASA IMPACTS Field Campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 128, e2023JD038708, doi: 10.1029/2023JD038708.
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Heymsfield, A. J., A. Bansemer, A. Theis, and C. Schmitt, 2021: Survival of Snow in the Melting Layer: Relative Humidity Influence. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 78(6), 1823-1845, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-20-0353.1.
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Heymsfield, A., A. Bansemer, G. Heymsfield, D. Noone, M. Grecu, and D. Toohey, 2023: Relationship of Multiwavelength Radar Measurements to Ice Microphysics from the IMPACTS Field Program. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 62, 289–315, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-22-0057.1.
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Heymsfield, G. M., L. Li, M. L. Walker McLinden, L. Liao, C. N. Helms, and S. Guimond, 2023: NASA high altitude airborne weather radars. Advances in Weather Radar. Volume 1: Precipitation sensing platforms, Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), 231-282, doi: 10.1049/SBRA557F_ch7.
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Hueholt, D. M., S. E. Yuter, and M. A. Miller, 2022: Revisiting diagrams of ice growth environments. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 103, E2584 - E2603, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0271.1.
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Janiszeski, A., R. M. Rauber, B. F. Jewett, and T. J. Zaremba, 2024: Reorganization of Snowfall beneath Cloud Top within the Comma Head Region of Two Extreme U.S. East Coast Winter Cyclones. Wea. Forecasting, 39, 1181-1202, doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-23-0184.1.
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Janiszeski, A., R. M. Rauber, B. F. Jewett, G. M. McFarquhar, T. J. Zaremba, and J. E. Yorks, 2023: A Kinematic Modeling Study of the Re-Organization of Snowfall between Cloud-top Generating Cells and low-level Snow Bands in Midlatitude Winter Storms. J. Atmos. Sci., doi: https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-23-0024.1.
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King, F., Pettersen, C., L. F. Bliven, D. Cerrai, A. Chibisov, S. J. Cooper, T. L’Ecuyer, M. S. Kulie, M. Leskinen, M. Mateling, L. McMurdie, D. Moisseev, S. W. Nesbitt, W. A. Petersen, P. Rodriguez, C. Schirtzinger, M. Stuefer, A. von Lerber, M. T. Wingo, D. B. Wolff, T. Wong, and N. Wood, 2024: A Comprehensive Northern Hemisphere Particle Microphysics Data Set From the Precipitation Imaging Package. Earth and Space Science, 11, e2024EA003538, doi: 10.1029/2024EA003538.
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McLinden, M. L. W., A. M. Loftus, L. Li and G. M. Heymsfield, 2021: Application of Nonuniform Beam Filling (NUBF) Doppler Velocity Error Correction on Airborne Radar Measurements. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, 19, 1-5, doi: 10.1109/LGRS.2021.3120647.
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McLinden, M. L. W., L. Li, G. M. Heymsfield, M. Coon, and A. Emory, 2021: The NASA GSFC 94-GHz Airborne Solid-State Cloud Radar System (CRS). Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 38(5), 1001-1017, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-20-0127.1.
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McMurdie, L. A., G. M. Heymsfield, J. E. Yorks, S. A. Braun, G. Skofronick-Jackson, R. M. Rauber, S. Yuter, B. Colle, G. M. McFarquhar, M. Poellot, D. R. Novak, T. J. Lang, R. Kroodsma, M. McLinden, M. Oue, P. Kollias, M. R. Kumjian, S. J. Greybush, A. J. Heymsfield, J. A. Finlon, V. L. McDonald, and S. Nicholls, 2022: Chasing Snowstorms: The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Campaign. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 103, E1243 - E1269. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0246.1.
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McMurdie, L. A., J. A. Finlon, G. M. Heymsfield and J. E. Yorks, 2022: Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS): The 2022 Deployment. IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, pp. 4461-4464, doi: 10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9883693.
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Millán, L. F., M. D. Lebsock, K. B. Cooper, J. V. Siles, R. Dengler, M. Rodriguez Monje, A. Nehrir, R. A. Barton-Grimley, J. E. Collins, C. E. Robinson, K. L. Thornhill, and H. Vömel, 2024: Water vapor measurements inside clouds and storms using a differential absorption radar, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 539-559. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-539-2024.
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Miller, M. A., S. E. Yuter, N. P. Hoban, L. M. Tomkins, and B. A. Colle, 2022: Detecting wave features in Doppler radial velocity radar observations. Atmospheric Measurement Technologies, 15, 1689–1702, doi: 10.5194/amt-15-1689-2022.
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Nicholls, S. D., A. Heymsfield, G. M. Heymsfield, J. E. Yorks, A. Bansemer, C. Aubry, M. Deng, and J. Delanoë, 2024: Evaluation of Physical Microphysical Property Retrieval Algorithms During the 2020 IMPACTS Field Campaign. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-23-0106.1.
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Oue, M., B. A. Colle, S. E. Yuter, P. Yeh, L. Tomkins, 2024: Microscale Updrafts Within the U.S. Northeast Coastal Snowstorms Using High-Resolution Cloud Radar Measurements. Mon. Wea. Rev., 152, 865–889, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-23-0055.1.
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Richter, A., and T. J. Lang, 2024: An Airborne Multifrequency Microwave Analysis of Precipitation within Two Winter Cyclones. Mon. Wea. Rev., 152, 725-743, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-23-0104.1.
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Roy, P., R. M. Rauber, and L. Di Girolamo, 2023: A Closer look at the evolution of supercooled cloud droplet temperature and lifetime in different environmental conditions with implications for ice nucleation in evaporating regions of clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 80, 2481-2501, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-22-0239.1.
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Schima, J., G. M. McFarquhar, D. Delene, A. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, M. Schnaiter, J. A. Finlon, E. Järvinen, and F. Nehlert, 2024: A Multi-Probe Automated Classification of Ice Crystal Habits During the IMPACTS Campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 129, e2024JD040895, doi: 10.1029/2024JD040895.
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Schultz, C. J., S. S. Harkema, D. M. Mach, M. Bateman, T. J. Lang, G. M. Heymsfield, M. L. McLinden, L. Li, M. Poellot, and K. Sand, 2021: Remote Sensing of Electric Fields Observed Within Winter Precipitation During the 2020 Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Field Campaign. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2021JD034704, doi: 10.1029/2021JD034704.
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Selmer, P., J. E. Yorks, E. P. Nowottnick, A. Cresanti, and K. E. Christian, 2024: A Deep Learning Lidar Denoising Approach for Improving Atmospheric Feature Detection. Remote Sens., 16, 2735, doi: 10.3390/rs16152735.
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Tomkins, L. M., S. E. Yuter, and M. A. Miller, 2024: Dual adaptive differential threshold method for automated detection of faint and strong echo features in radar observations of winter storms. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 17, 3377–3399, doi.org/10.5194/amt-17-3377-2024.
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Tomkins, L. M., Yuter, S. E., Miller, M. A., and Allen, L. R. 2022: Image Muting of Mixed Precipitation to Improve Identification of Regions of Heavy Snow in Radar Data, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 15, 5515–5525, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-15-5515-2022.
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Varcie, M. M., T. J. Zaremba, R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, J. A. Finlon, L. A. McMurdie, A. Ryzhkov, M. Schnaiter, E. Järvinen, F. Waitz, D. J. Delene, M. R. Poellot, M. McLinden, and A. Janiszeski, 2023: Precipitation Growth Processes in the Comma Head Region of the 7 February 2020 Northeast Snowstorm: results from IMPACTS. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 80, 3-29. doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-22-0118.1
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Waitz, F., M. Schnaiter, T. Leisner, and E. Järvvinen, 2022: In situ observation of riming in mixed-phase clouds using the PHIPS probe. European Geosciences Union, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 22, 7087-7103, doi: 10.5194/acp-22-7087-2022.
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Zaremba, T. J., R. M. Rauber, K. Heimes, J. E. Yorks, J. A. Finlon, S. D. Nicholls, P. Selmer, L. A. McMurdie, and G. M. McFarquhar, 2024: Cloud-Top Phase Characterization of Extratropical Cyclones over the Northeast and Midwest United States: Results from IMPACTS. J. Atmos. Sci., 81, 341–361, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-23-0123.1.
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Allen, L. R., 2024: Observed Mesoscale Surface Air Pressure Waves and In-Cloud Characteristics in the Context of Winter Storm Structures. North Carolina State University, Dissertation.
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Burris, K., 2023: Examining Winter Storm Structures with High-Resolution Observed Profiles, North Carolina State University, dissertation.
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Hall, C., 2023: An Analysis of the Microphysical and Thermodynamic Properties of Elevated Convective Cells within Snowbands Associated with Winter Storms. M.Sc. Thesis, The University of Oklahoma, 45 pp.
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Harkema, S.S., 2023: Microphysical Examination of Electrified Snowfall Events Using GOES ABI/GLM and NU-WRF. The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Dissertations, 350.
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Heimes, K. E., 2024: Manifestation of elevated convection within wintertime extratropical cyclones during IMPACTS. M.S. Thesis, Department of Climate, Meteorology, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 83 pp.
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Janiszeski, A. R., 2023: A kinematic modeling study of the re-organization of snowfall between cloud top generating cells and low-level snowbands in midlatitude winter storms. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dissertation, 86.
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McDonald, V., 2022: Measuring Kinematic Forcing on Snowbands in Midlatitude Winter Cyclones. University of Washington, dissertation.
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Richter, A., 2023: An Airborne Multi-Band Microwave Analysis of Precipitation Within two Winter Cyclones, University of Alabama in Huntsville, dissertation.
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Roy, P., 2023: Investigation of supercooled cloud droplet temperatures and lifetimes in subsaturated environments with implications for ice nucleation at cloud boundaries. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dissertation, 125.
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Tomkins, L. M., 2024: Synthesis of Radar-Observed Characteristics, Storm Structures, and Surface Snowfall Rates in 10+ Years of Northeast US Winter Storms. North Carolina State University, Dissertation.
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Varcie, M., 2021: Precipitation Growth Processes in the Comma-Head Region of an East Coast Winter Storm. Master’s Thesis University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Conference Proceedings

Reports

Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms Project Implementation Plan.
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Special Issues

McMurdie, L, 2024: The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Special Collection.
Special Issues