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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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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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Adams, I. S., R. Kroodsma, M. Fritts, Y. Liu and S. J. Munchak, 2021: Dual-Polarized Brightness Temperatures Observed by CoSMIR during the First IMPACTS Deployment, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Allen, L., L. Tomkins, S. Yuter, M. Miller, T. Peele, D. Hueholt and R. Harley III, 2021: Ambient Environments for Ice Mass Growth and Shrinkage in the Context of Winter Storm Structure, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Bluestein, H. B., D. Schvartzman, S. Emmerson, H. W. Hsu, G. Heymsfield, B. L. Cheong, T. Y. Yu, D. Sexton, and D. Feland, 2023: RaXPol Doppler-Radar Observations of Mesoscale Structures in Winter Storms in the Northeastern U. S. During IMPACTS 2022 and 2023, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction and 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Madison, WI (poster).
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Bodine, D. J. and coauthors, 2023: The Research and Educational Activities with the Mobile Rapid Scan X-Band Polarimetric (RaXPol) Radar As an NSF Community Instrument Facility. AMS 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology
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Brechner, P., G.M. McFarquhar, D.J. Delene, C. Nairy, K.L. Thornhill, J. Finlon, D.W. Toohey, A. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, R. Rauber, E. Järvinen, and M. Schnaiter, 2020: Multimodal Ice Crystal Distributions in Atlantic Coast Snowstorms: Results from IMPACTS 2020. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, 12-16 December 2022, Chicago, IL.
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Brechner, P., G.M. McFarquhar, J. Schima, D. Delene, C. Nairy, K.L. Thornhill, J. Finlon, D. Toohey, A. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, R. Rauber, E. Järvinen, and M. Schnaiter, 2023: Multimodal ice crystal size distributions in Atlantic coast snowstorms: Results from IMPACTS 2020. Amer. Meteor. Soc. Radar Conference, Madison, WI, August 2023.
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Brechner, P., G.M. McFarquhar, J. Schima, D.J. Delene, C. Nairy, K.L. Thornhill, J. Finlon, D.W. Toohey, A. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, R. Rauber, E. Järvinen, and M. Schnaiter, 2023: Multimodal Ice Crystal Size Distributions in Atlantic Coast Snowstorms: Results from IMPACTS 2020, 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Madison, WI (oral presentation).
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DeLaFrance, A. and L. McMurdie, 2021: Wave Structure Along a Frontal Boundary: Effects on Microphysics and Surface Precipitation; Focus on 13 February 2020 Research Flight, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Duffy, G., 2021: Dual Frequency Radar Retrievals of Ice Water Content, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Dunnavan, E. L., J. T. Carlin, J. Hu, P. Bukovcic, A. Ryzhkov, P. Brechner, G. M. McFarquhar, J. A. Finlon and S. Matrosov, 2021: Radar Retrieval Evaluation and Investigation of Dendritic Growth Layer Polarimetric Signatures in a Winter Storm, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Dzambo, A., G. M. McFarquhar, G. Cenker, P. Davis, G. Heymsfield, and C. N. Helms, 2022: Investigating the Role of Gravity Waves on the Natural Variability of Ice Particle Properties, and Their Implications for Constraining Fall Velocity Uncertainty Estimates. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12-16 December 2022.
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Dzambo, A., G. McFarquhar, C. Helms, P. Davis, M. Wolde, C. Nguyen, and G. Heymsfield, 2023: Comparison of in-situ derived and radar retrieved ice water content in gravity wave and turbulence regimes: Results from HAIC-HIWC and IMPACTS. IUGG/IAMAS meeting, Berlin, July 2023.
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Finlon, J. A. and L. A. McMurdie, 2022: Comparison of the Precipitation Structure and Microphysical Properties within Two Alberta Clipper Systems During the 2022 IMPACTS Deployment. AMS 16th Conference on Cloud Physics, Madison, WI.
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Finlon, J. A. and L. A. McMurdie, 2022: Microphysical Properties within Regions of Enhanced Dual-Frequency Ratio: Results from the 2022 Deployment. 2022 NASA IMPACTS Science Team Meeting, Boulder, CO.
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Finlon, J. A., L. A. McMurdie and R. J. Chase, 2021: Investigation of Microphysical Properties within Regions of Enhanced Dual-Frequency Ratio During the IMPACTS Field Campaign, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Finlon, J. and L. A. McMurdie, 2022: Comparison of the Precipitation Structure and Microphysical Properties within Two Alberta Clipper Systems During the 2022 IMPACTS Deployment. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12-16 December 2022.
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Finlon, J. and L. McMurdie, 2023: Microphysical properties within regions of enhanced dual-frequency ratio during the IMPACTS field campaign. XXVIII General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), Berlin, Germany.
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Garcia, V., L. A. McMurdie, and R. M. Rauber, 2024: Characterizing the Radar and Microphysical Properties within the Dendritic Growth Zone of Winter Storms Sampled during the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS). AMS Annual Meeting 2024, Baltimore, MD, 28 January-01 February 2024.
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Garcia, V., L. A. McMurdie, and R. M. Rauber, 2024: Characterizing the Radar and Microphysical Properties within the Dendritic Growth Zone of Winter Storms Sampled during the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS). International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP) 2024, Jeju, South Korea, 14-19 July 2024.
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Grecu, M., G. M. Heymsfield and J. A. Finlon, 2021: Ice Retrievals from IMPACTS airborne radar observations, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Greybush, S. J., J. Seibert, S. Zhang, J. D. Hair, E. Myskowski, Y. Zhang, and M. Kumjian, 2023: Assessing Predictability of Winter Storms during the NASA IMPACTS Field Campaign. 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, and 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Madison, WI, (oral presentation).
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Greybush, S. J., M. R. Kumjian, Y. Zhang, J. Seibert, A. Cheung, 2021: Penn State Team Progress and Plans: Preliminary Analysis of the 5 and 7 February 2020 IMPACTS Case. NASA IMPACTS Science Team Meeting, Seattle, WA and Virtual Event, Sep 2021 (oral presentation).
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Greybush, S. J., M. R. Kumjian, Y. Zhang, J. Seibert, and S. Zhang, 2022: Penn State Team Progress and Plans: Analysis of 2020 and 2022 Winter Storms from NASA IMPACTS. NASA IMPACTS Team Meeting, Boulder, CO, Jul 2022 (oral presentation).
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Guimond, S., 2021: The Physics of Banded Structures in Extra-Tropical Systems: A Combined Remote Sensing and Modeling Perspective from NASA IMPACTS 2020, oral, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 14 December 2021.
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Guimond, S., 2021: The Physics of Banded Structures in Extra-Tropical Systems: A Combined Remote Sensing and Modeling Perspective from NASA IMPACTS 2020, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Hair, J., S. J. Greybush, Y. Zhang, and M. Kumjian. Examining Vertical Velocities in the Dendritic Growth Zones of WRF Simulations of High Impact East Coast Winter Storms. 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, and 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Madison, WI, Jul 2023 (poster presentation).
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Han, M. and S. A. Braun, 2021: Comparison of Microphysical Properties for the IMPACTS 2020 Feb 1st Case with Aircraft and GPM Data and MERRA-2 Reanalysis, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Han, M. and S. A. Braun, 2022: An investigation of airborne data obtained during the IMPACTS campaign with coincident GPM overpasses. NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions Science Team Meeting, October 3-7 2022, hybrid Denver, CO.
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Han, M. and S. A. Braun, 2022: Investigation of microphysical properties with GPM and aircraft observations for IMPACTS. AMS Collective Madison Meeting, 16th Conference on Cloud Physics, August 8-12 2022, hybrid Madison, WI.
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Han, M. and S. A. Braun, 2023: Planning of Airborne Under Flights for GPM Overpasses and Comparing GPM Observations to Airborne Remote Sensing and In-situ Data During IMPACTS Campaign, 18-22 September 2023, Minneapolis, MN.
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Han, M. and S. A. Braun, 2023: Understanding Supercooled Liquid Water Near the Top of Cold Clouds During the IMPACTS Campaign. AMS 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology, 27 August-1 September 2023, Minneapolis, MN.
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Han, M., S. A. Braun, and T. Lang, 2023: Analysis of Microphysical Properties and Dynamical Processes of a Cloud-top Supercooled Liquid Water Layer, NASA IMPACTS Science Team Meeting, 24-26 October, Annapolis, MD.
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Helms, C. N. and G. M. Heymsfield, 2021: A Study of the Kinematic and Dynamic Processes associated with Mesoscale Snowbands in a Midwest United States Snowstorm on 5 February 2020, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Helms, C. N., G. M. Heymsfield, and S. D. Nicholls, 2022: Understanding the Vertical Slope of Mesoscale Snow Band Reflectivity Signatures. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago IL, 12-16 December 2022.
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Heymsfield, A., A. Bansemer, G. Heymsfield, and D. Noone, 2021: Relationship of Doppler radar measurements at 4 wavelengths to ice microphysics from IMPACTS. AGU Fall Meeting 2021, New Orleans, LA, 13-17 December 2021.
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Heymsfield, G. M. and A. Heymsfield, 2020: Comparison of Aircraft Measured Microphysics with Down-looking Multifrequency Radar During IMPACTS. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, virtual, December 2020.
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Heymsfield, G., C. Helms, S. Guimond, A. Heymsfield and A. Bansemer, 2021: Characteristics and Origins of Frontal Convection During IMPACTS 25 January 2021 Case, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Hopp, P., D. Delene and M. Poellot, 2021: A Comparison of In-Situ Cloud Droplet Measurements During IMPACTS 2020, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Janiszeski, A., R. M. Rauber, B. F. Jewett, and G. M. McFarquhar, 2021: Kinematic Modeling Study of the Re-Organization of Snowfall beneath Cloud-top Generating Cells in Mid latitude Cyclones using a 3-Dimensional Deformation Wind Field, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Kroodsma, R., I. Adams, and M. Fritts, 2022: Airborne Microwave Radiometer Observations of East Coast Winter Storms from the Impacts Campaign. 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17-22 Jul 2022. doi: 10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9883042
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Leghard, E., B. Colle, M. Oue, E. Luke and P. Kollias, 2021: Characteristics of Enhanced Spectrum Width Layers Within Northeast United States Coastal Winter Storms, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Leghart, E., B. Colle, M. Oue, E. P. Luke, and P. Kollias, 2022: An Investigation of Turbulence and Microphysical Variations Within Winter Storms as Identified by Enhanced Spectrum Width Layers from a Ka-Band Radar. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12-16 December 2022.
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Leonardo, N. and B. Colle, 2021: Snow Multi-Band Development in an Idealized Baroclinic Wave Model, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Leonardo, N., B. Colle, and P. Yeh, 2022: Idealized Baroclinic Wave Simulations and Field Observations to Explore Convective Multi-Bands Within the Comma Head of Winter Storms. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12-16 December 2022.
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Majdi, M., C. Nairy, and D. J. Delene, 2022: An Evaluation of a Convolutional Neural Network for Classifying Images from In-situ Cloud Probes. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12-16 December 2022.
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McDonald, V. and J. Finlon, 2021: IMPACTS Tools: An open-source Python package for sharing code and accelerating science, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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McDonald, V., L. McMurdie and C. Helms, 2021: An Exploration of Kinematic Wind Fields Observed During the 2020-02-07 Snowstorm, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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McDonald, V., L. McMurdie, and C. Helms, 2021: An exploration of kinematic wind fields derived from Doppler velocity retrievals from airborne conically scanning radar observations of snowbands during IMPACTS 2020. AGU Fall Meeting 2021, New Orleans, LA, 13-17 December 2021.
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McMurdie, L. A., G. Heymsfield, J. Yorks, and S. Braun, 2019: The NASA Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Earth-Venture Suborbital-3 (EVS-3) field campaign. AGU 2019 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 9-13 December 2019.
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McMurdie, L., G. Heymsfield, J. E. Yorks, and J. Finlon, 2023: Micro- and Mesoscale Structures within Snowbands in Winter Storms: Preliminary Results from the Inestigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Field Campaign, 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Madison, WI.
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McMurdie, L., G. Heymsfield, J. Yorks, S. Braun, and J. Finlon, 2021: Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS): Results from the First Deployment in Winter 2020 and a Look Ahead to Winter 2022. AGU Fall Meeting 2021, New Orleans, LA, 13-17 December 2021.
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McMurdie, L.A., G.M. Heymsfield, and J.E. Yorks, 2022: Radar and Microphysical Characteristics of Snowbands in Northeastern U.S. Snowstorms: Results from the 2020 and 2022 Deployment of IMPACTS. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12-16 December 2022.
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McMurdie, L.A., G.M. Heymsfield, S.A. Braun, J. E. Yorks, J. Finlon, and V. McDonald, 2020: Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS): Preliminary results from the first deployment in winter 2022. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, virtual, December 2020.
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Miller, M. A., S. E. Yuter and L. M. Tomkins, 2023: Passive Microwave Observations of Mesoscale Snow Bands from NASA IMPACTS, 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Madison, WI (oral presentation).
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Nairy, C., D. J. Delene, A. Detwiler, J. E. Yorks, and J. Finlon, 2024: Chain Aggregate Particles in Mid-to-upper Tropospheric Clouds during IMPACTS-15 January 2023 Case Study. 104th AMS Annual Meeting, AMS https://ams.confex.com/ams/104ANNUAL/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/431704
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Nairy, C., D. J. Delene, and A. G. Detwiler, 2022: Chain Aggregate Particles in Upper-Tropospheric Clouds. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12-16 December 2022.
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Nicholls, S. D., J. E. Yorks, M. McLinden and G. M. Heymsfield, 2021: Generation of Merged Radar-Lidar Data Products during the IMPACTS 2020 Field Campaign, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Oue, M., B. Colle, S. Yuter, P. Yeh and P. Kollias, 2021: Characteristics of Updraft Regions associated with Snowbands Along the U.S. Northeast Coast Using Radar Observations, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Peele, T., L. Allen, S. Yuter, R. Harley III, D. Hueholt, M. Miller and L. Tomkins, 2021: Ice Growth Environments and Snow Geometries Sampled During NASA IMPACTS January – February 2020, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Richter, A., T. Lang and P. Meyer, 2021: Analysis of AMPR and HIWRAP Data in Two Cases From IMPACTS, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Schima, J., and G.M. McFarquhar, 2023: A multi-probe automated classification of ice crystal habits during the IMPACTS campaign. Amer. Meteor. Soc. Radar Conference, Madison, WI, August 2023.
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Schima, J., G. M. McFarquhar, D. J. Delene, A. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, M. Schnaiter, J. Finlon, E. Järvinen, and F. Waitz, 2022: A Multi-Probe Automated Classification of Ice Crystal Habits During the IMPACTS Campaign. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12-16 December 2022.
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Schima, J., G. M. McFarquhar, D.J. Delene, E. Järvinen, M. Schnaiter, A. J. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, and J. Finlon, 2024: A Multi-Probe Automated Classification of Ice Crystal Habits During the IMPACTS Campaign. Poster presented at AMS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Sova, G., M. Poellot and D. Delene, 2021: Evaluation of the Performance of a Rosemount Icing Detector During IMPACTS 2020, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Tomkins, L. M., S. E. Yuter and M. A. Miller, 2023: 3D Characteristics of Snow Bands and Implications for Surface Snowfall in Northeast Winter Storms. Abstracts, AMS 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, July 2023, Madison, WI.
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Tomkins, L. M., S. E. Yuter, A. Aponte-Torres, and M. A. Miller, 2022: Analysis of ER-2 data to elucidate how the trajectories of ice particles are modified by horizontal air motions and wind shear. NASA IMPACTS Science Team Meeting, 26-28 July 2022, Boulder, CO.
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Tomkins, L. M., S. E. Yuter, M. A. Miller, M. Petters, L. Allen, A. Aponte-Torres, 2021: Image muting of mixed precipitation to improve identification of regions of heavy snow from radar data. Abstracts, AGU Fall Meeting, December 2021, New Orleans, LA.
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Varcie, M. M., T. J. Zaremba, R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, J. A. Finlon, L. A. McMurdie and A. V. Ryzhkov, 2021: Precipitation Growth Processes in the Comma Head Region of the 7 February 2020 Snowstorm Observed during IMPACTS, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Wein, E. D. and D. Toohey, 2021: Measurements of H218O and HDO Isotopologues in Condensed Water during the IMPACTS 2020 Campaign, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Yeh, P. and B. A. Colle, 2023: Evolution of Multiband Structures Within the 16 February 2023 Midwest Cyclone During the IMPACTS Field Campaign, Joint with the 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction and 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Madison, WI (poster).
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Yeh, P., B. A. Colle, J. Finlon, L. A. McMurdie, V. McDonald and A. DeLaFrance, 2021: Evolution and WRF Uncertainties of an Amorphous Yet Intense Snow Band on 7 February 2020, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Yeh, P., B. A. Colle, L. M. Tomkins, and S. E. Yuter, 2023: Variability of Cool Season Precipitation Structures Within the Cyclone Comma Head, 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Madison, WI (oral presentation).
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Zaremba, T. J., M. Varcie, R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, J. Finlon, L. McMurdie, A. V. Ryzhkov, M. Schnaiter, E. Jarvinen, F. Waitz, D. J. Delene, M. Poellot and A. Janiszeski, 2023: Precipitation Growth Processes in the Comma Head Region of the 7 February 2020 Northeast Snowstorm: Results from IMPACTS, Joint with the 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction and 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Madison, WI (poster).
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Zaremba, T., R. Rauber, J.E. Yorks, G.M. McFarquhar, S.D. Nicholls, and L.A. McMurdie, 2022: Cloud top phase characterization of extratropical cyclones over the Midwest and Northeast United States: Results from IMPACTS. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL.
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Zhang, S., M. R. Kumjian, and S. J. Greybush. Linking Dual-Pol Radar Signatures to Temperature and Microphysics during NASA IMPACTS. 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Minneapolis, MN, Aug 2023 (oral presentation).
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Zhang, S., R. M. Rauber, M. R. Kumjian, S. J. Greybush, T. J. Zaremba and M. M. Varcie, 2021: Airmass and Microphysical Structure of a Midwest Snowstorm Observed during IMPACTS, poster, IMPACTS STM, Seattle, WA, September 2021.
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Zhang, S., R. M. Rauber, M. R. Kumjian, S. J. Greybush, T. J. Zaremba, M. M. Varcie, 2021: Airmass and Microphysical Structure of a Midwest Snowstorm Observed during IMPACTS. NASA IMPACTS Science Team Meeting, Seattle, WA and Virtual Event, Sep 2021 (poster presentation).
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Reports

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

Special Issues

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