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• Aberson, S. D., Black, M., Montgomery, M. T., & Bell, M. (2006). Hurricane Isabel (2003): New Insights Into the Physics of Intense Storms. Part II: Extreme Localized Wind. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87(10), 1349-1354. doi:10.1175/bams-87-10-1349
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• Bell, M. M., Montgomery, M. T., & Lee, W.-C. (2012). An Axisymmetric View of Concentric Eyewall Evolution in Hurricane Rita (2005). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 69(8), 2414-2432. doi:10.1175/jas-d-11-0167.1
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• Bell, M. M., W.-C. Lee, C. A. Wolff, and H. Cai, 2013: A Solo-Based Automated Quality Control Algorithm for Airborne Tail Doppler Radar Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 52(11), 2509-2528, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0283.1.
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• Boehm, A. M., and M. M. Bell, 2021: Retrieved Thermodynamic Structure of Hurricane Rita (2005) from Airborne Multi-Doppler Radar Data. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-20-0195.1.
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• Chen, S; Campbell, TJ; Jin, H; Gabersek, S; Hodur, RM; Martin, P, 2010: Effect of Two-Way Air-Sea Coupling in High and Low Wind Speed Regimes. Mon. Weather Rev., 138(9), 3579-3579. doi: 10.1175/2009MWR3119.1
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• Didlake, AC; Houze, RA, 2009: Convective-Scale Downdrafts in the Principal Rainband of Hurricane Katrina (2005). Mon. Weather Rev., 137(10), 3269-3269. doi: 10.1175/2009MWR2827.1
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• Foerster, A., and M. Bell, 2017: Thermodynamic Retrieval in Rapidly Rotating Vortices from Multiple-Doppler Radar Data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0073.1, in press.
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• Foerster, A., and M. Bell, 2017: Thermodynamic Retrieval in Rapidly Rotating Vortices from Multiple-Doppler Radar Data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. doi:10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0073.1, in press.
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• Guimond, SR; Heymsfield, GM; Turk, FJ, 2010: Multiscale Observations of Hurricane Dennis (2005): The Effects of Hot Towers on Rapid Intensification. J. Atmos. Sci., 67(3), 633-633. doi: 10.1175/2009JAS3119.1
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• Halverson, J; Black, M; Braun, S; Cecil, D; Goodman, M; Heymsfield, A; Heymsfield, G; Hood, R; Krishnamurti, T; McFarquhar, G; Mahoney, MJ; Molinari, J; Rogers, R; Turk, J; Velden, C; Zhang, DL; Zipser, E; Kakar, R, 2007: NASA's tropical cloud systems and processes experiment - Investigating tropical cyclogenesis and hurricane intensity change. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 88(6), 867-867. doi: 10.1175/BAMS-88-6-867
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• Hamill, TM; Whitaker, JS, 2011: What Constrains Spread Growth in Forecasts Initialized from Ensemble Kalman Filters?. Mon. Weather Rev., 139(1), 117-117. doi: 10.1175/2010MWR3246.1
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• Hence, DA; Houze, RA, 2008: Kinematic structure of convective-scale elements in the rainbands of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita (2005). J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 113(D15). doi: 10.1029/2007JD009429
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• Hill, KA; Lackmann, GM, 2009: Influence of Environmental Humidity on Tropical Cyclone Size. Mon. Weather Rev., 137(10), 3294-3294. doi: 10.1175/2009MWR2679.1
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• Houze, R. A., Cetrone, J., Brodzik, S. R., Chen, S. S., Zhao, W., Lee, W.-C., … Rogers, R. F. (2006). The Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment: Observations and Modeling of Hurricanes Katrina, Ophelia, and Rita. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87(11), 1503–1521. doi:10.1175/bams-87-11-1503
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• Houze, RA; Chen, SS; Smull, BF; Lee, WC; Bell, MM, 2007: Hurricane intensity and eyewall replacement. Science, 315(5816), 1235-1235. doi: 10.1126/science.1135650
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• Houze, RA; Lee, WC; Bell, MM, 2009: Convective Contribution to the Genesis of Hurricane Ophelia (2005). Mon. Weather Rev., 137(9), 2778-2778. doi: 10.1175/2009MWR2727.1
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• Judt, F; Chen, SYS, 2010: Convectively Generated Potential Vorticity in Rainbands and Formation of the Secondary Eyewall in Hurricane Rita of 2005. J. Atmos. Sci., 67(11), 3581-3581. doi: 10.1175/2010JAS3471.1
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• Khain, A; Cohen, N; Lynn, B; Pokrovsky, A, 2008: Possible Aerosol Effects on Lightning Activity and Structure of Hurricanes. J. Atmos. Sci., 65(12), 3652-3652. doi: 10.1175/2008JAS2678.1
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• Langousis, A; Veneziano, D, 2009: Theoretical model of rainfall in tropical cyclones for the assessment of long-term risk. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 114. doi: 10.1029/2008JD010080
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• LEE, W.-C., & LIU, C.-H. (2011). AIRBORNE RADAR OBSERVATIONS OF HEAVY PRECIPITATION SYSTEMS. World Scientific Series on Asia-Pacific Weather and Climate, 373-386. doi:10.1142/9789814343411_0022
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• Li, XL; Pu, ZX, 2008: Sensitivity of Numerical Simulation of Early Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Emily (2005) to Cloud Microphysical and Planetary Boundary Layer Parameterizations. Mon. Weather Rev., 136(12), 4819-4819. doi: 10.1175/2008MWR2366.1
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• Lin, N; Smith, JA; Villarini, G; Marchok, TP; Baeck, ML, 2010: Modeling Extreme Rainfall, Winds, and Surge from Hurricane Isabel (2003). Weather Forecast., 25(5), 1342-1342. doi: 10.1175/2010WAF2222349.1
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• Martinez, Y; Brunet, G; Yau, MK, 2010: On the Dynamics of Two-Dimensional Hurricane-Like Vortex Symmetrization. J. Atmos. Sci., 67(11), 3559-3559. doi: 10.1175/2010JAS3499.1
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• Montgomery, M. T., Bell, M. M., Aberson, S. D., & Black, M. L. (2006). Hurricane Isabel (2003): New Insights into the Physics of Intense Storms. Part I: Mean Vortex Structure and Maximum Intensity Estimates. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87(10), 1335-1347. doi:10.1175/bams-87-10-1335
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• Moon, Y; Nolan, DS, 2010: The Dynamic Response of the Hurricane Wind Field to Spiral Rainband Heating. J. Atmos. Sci., 67(6), 1779-1779. doi: 10.1175/2010JAS3171.1
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• Moon, Y; Nolan, DS; Iskandarani, M, 2010: On the Use of Two-Dimensional Incompressible Flow to Study Secondary Eyewall Formation in Tropical Cyclones. J. Atmos. Sci., 67(12), 3765-3765. doi: 10.1175/2010JAS3615.1
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• Murillo, ST; Lee, WC; Bell, MM; Barnes, GM; Marks, FD; Dodge, PP, 2011: Intercomparison of Ground-Based Velocity Track Display (GBVTD)-Retrieved Circulation Centers and Structures of Hurricane Danny (1997) from Two Coastal WSR-88Ds. Mon. Weather Rev., 139(1), 153-153. doi: 10.1175/2010MWR3036.1
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• Powell, MD; Uhlhorn, EW; Kepert, JD, 2009: Estimating Maximum Surface Winds from Hurricane Reconnaissance Measurements. Weather Forecast., 24(3), 868-868. doi: 10.1175/2008WAF2007087.1
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• Pu, ZX; Li, XL; Sun, JZ, 2009: Impact of Airborne Doppler Radar Data Assimilation on the Numerical Simulation of Intensity Changes of Hurricane Dennis near a Landfall. J. Atmos. Sci., 66(11), 3351-3351. doi: 10.1175/2009JAS3121.1
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• Pu, ZX; Li, XL; Velden, CS; Aberson, SD; Liu, WT, 2008: The impact of aircraft dropsonde and satellite wind data on numerical simulations of two landfalling tropical storms during the tropical cloud systems and processes experiment. Weather Forecast., 23(1), 62-62. doi: 10.1175/2007WAF2007006.1
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• Pu, ZX; Li, XL; Zipser, EJ, 2009: Diagnosis of the Initial and Forecast Errors in the Numerical Simulation of the Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Emily (2005). Weather Forecast., 24(5), 1236-1236. doi: 10.1175/2009WAF2222195.1
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• Qiu, X; Tan, ZM; Xiao, QN, 2010: The Roles of Vortex Rossby Waves in Hurricane Secondary Eyewall Formation. Mon. Weather Rev., 138(6), 2092-2092. doi: 10.1175/2010MWR3161.1
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• Rozoff, CM; Schubert, WH; Kossin, JP, 2008: Some dynamical aspects of tropical cyclone concentric eyewalls. Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc., 134(632), 583-583. doi: 10.1002/qj.237
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• Smith, RB; Schafer, P; Kirshbaum, D; Regina, E, 2009: Orographic Enhancement of Precipitation inside Hurricane Dean. J. Hydrometeorol., 10(3), 820-820. doi: 10.1175/2008JHM1057.1
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• Terwey, WD; Montgomery, MT, 2008: Secondary eyewall formation in two idealized, full-physics modeled hurricanes. J. Geophys. Res.-Atmos., 113(D12). doi: 10.1029/2007JD008897
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• Torn, RD, 2010: Ensemble-Based Sensitivity Analysis Applied to African Easterly Waves. Weather Forecast., 25(1), 61-61. doi: 10.1175/2009WAF2222255.1
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• Torn, RD, 2010: Performance of a Mesoscale Ensemble Kalman Filter (EnKF) during the NOAA High-Resolution Hurricane Test. Mon. Weather Rev., 138(12), 4375-4375. doi: 10.1175/2010MWR3361.1
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• Torn, RD; Hakim, GJ, 2009: Ensemble Data Assimilation Applied to RAINEX Observations of Hurricane Katrina (2005). Mon. Weather Rev., 137(9), 2817-2817. doi: 10.1175/2009MWR2656.1
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• Wang, YQ, 2009: How Do Outer Spiral Rainbands Affect Tropical Cyclone Structure and Intensity?. J. Atmos. Sci., 66(5), 1250-1250. doi: 10.1175/2008JAS2737.1
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• Wimmers, AJ; Velden, CS, 2007: MIMIC - A new approach to visualizing satellite microwave imagery of tropical cyclones. Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., 88(8), 1187-1187. doi: 10.1175/bams-88-8-1187
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• Xiao, QN; Zhang, XY; Davis, C; Tuttle, J; Holland, G; Fitzpatrick, PJ, 2009: Experiments of Hurricane Initialization with Airborne Doppler Radar Data for the Advanced Research Hurricane WRF (AHW) Model. Mon. Weather Rev., 137(9), 2758-2758. doi: 10.1175/2009MWR2828.1
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• Yu, CK; Tsai, CL, 2010: Surface Pressure Features of Landfalling Typhoon Rainbands and Their Possible Causes. J. Atmos. Sci., 67(9), 2893-2893. doi: 10.1175/2010JAS3312.1
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• Zhang, FQ; Weng, YH; Kuo, YH; Whitaker, JS; Xie, BG, 2010: Predicting Typhoon Morakot's Catastrophic Rainfall with a Convection-Permitting Mesoscale Ensemble System. Weather Forecast., 25(6), 1816-1816. doi: 10.1175/2010WAF2222414.1
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