Dr. Robert M. Atlas Volunteer Hurricane Research Division-- Volunteer phone: 305-361-4302 robert.atlas@noaa.gov
NOAA's Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory
4301 Rickenbacker Causeway
Miami, FL 33149
Current Research Projects
Recently Published Peer-Reviewed Papers- Shen, B.-W., R. Pielke, Sr., X. Zeng, J. Cui, S. Faghih-Naini, W. Paxson, A. Kesarkar, X. Zeng, and R. Atlas. The dual nature of chaos and order in the atmosphere. Atmosphere, 13(11):1892, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13111892 2022
- Bucci, L.R., S.J. Majumdar, R. Atlas, G.D. Emmitt, and S. Greco. Understanding the response of tropical cyclone structure to the assimilation of synthetic wind profiles. Monthly Weather Review, 149(6):2031-2047, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0153.1 2021
- Christophersen, H.W., B.A. Dahl, J.P. Dunion, R.F. Rogers, F.D. Marks, R. Atlas, and W.J. Blackwell. Impact of TROPICS radiances on tropical cyclone prediction in an OSSE. Monthly Weather Review, 149(7):2279-2298, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0339.1 2021
- Shen, B.-W., R. Pielke, Sr., X. Zeng, J. Cui, S. Faghih-Naini, W. Paxson, A. Kesarkar, X. Zeng, and R. Atlas. The dual nature of chaos and order in the atmosphere. Atmosphere, 13(11):1892, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13111892 2022
- Bucci, L.R., S.J. Majumdar, R. Atlas, G.D. Emmitt, and S. Greco. Understanding the response of tropical cyclone structure to the assimilation of synthetic wind profiles. Monthly Weather Review, 149(6):2031-2047, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0153.1 2021
- Christophersen, H.W., B.A. Dahl, J.P. Dunion, R.F. Rogers, F.D. Marks, R. Atlas, and W.J. Blackwell. Impact of TROPICS radiances on tropical cyclone prediction in an OSSE. Monthly Weather Review, 149(7):2279-2298, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0339.1 2021
- Ma, Z., Z. Li, J. Li, T.J. Schmit, L. Cucurull, R. Atlas, and B. Sun Enhance low level temperature and moisture profiles through combining NUCAPS, ABI observations, and RTMA analysis. Earth and Space Science, 8(6):e2020EA001402, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001402 2021
- Shen, B.-W., R.A. Pielke, X. Zeng, J.-J. Baik, S. Faghih-Naini, J. Cui, and R. Atlas. Is weather chaotic? Coexistence of chaos and order within a generalized Lorenz model. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 102(1):E148-E158, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0165.1 2021
- Halliwell, G.R., G.J. Goni, M.F Mehari, V.H. Kourafalou, M. Baringer, and R. Atlas. OSSE assessment of underwater glider arrays to improve ocean model initialization for tropical cyclone prediction. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 37(3):467-487, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0195.1 2020
- Mueller, M.J., A.C. Kren, L. Cucurull S.P.F. Casey, R.N. Hoffman, R. Atlas, and T.R. Peevey. Impact of refractivity profiles from a proposed GNSS-RO constellation on tropical cyclone forecasts in a global modeling system. Monthly Weather Review, 148(7):3037-3057, https://doi.org./10.1175/MWR-D-19-0360.1 2020
- Zeng, X., R. Atlas, R.J. Birk, F.H. Carr, M.J. Carrier, L. Cucurull, W.H. Hooke, E. Kalnay, R. Murtugudde, D.J. Posselt, J.L. Russell, D.P. Tyndall, R.A. Weller, and F. Zhang. Use of Observing System Simulation Experiments in the United States. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 101(8):e1427-e1438, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0155.1 2020
- Alaka, G.J., X. Zhang, S.G. Gopalakrishnan, Z. Zhang, F.D. Marks, and R. Atlas. Track uncertainty in high-resolution ensemble forecasts of Hurricane Joaquin. Weather and Forecasting, 34(6):1889-1908, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-19-0028.1 2019
- Anthes, R.A., M.W. Maier, S. Ackerman, R. Atlas, L.W. Callahan, G.J. Dittberner, R. Edwing, P.G. Emch, M. Ford, W.B. Gail, M. Goldberg, S. Goodman, C. Kummerow, T. Onsager, K. Schrab, C. Velden, T. von der Haar, and J.G. Yoe. Developing priority observational requirements from space using multi-attribute utility theory. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(9):1753-1793, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0180.1 2019
- Cui, Z., Z. Pu, V. Tallapragada, R. Atlas, and C.S. Ruf. A preliminary impact study of CYGNSS ocean surface wind speeds on numerical simulations of hurricanes. Geophysical Research Letters, 46(5):2984-2992, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL082236 2019
- Li, Z., J. Li, T.J. Schmit, P. Wang, A. Lim, J. Li, F.W. Nagle, W. Bai, J.A. Otkin, R. Atlas, R.N. Hoffman, S.-A. Boukabara, T. Zhu, W.J. Blackwell, and T.S. Pagano. The alternative of CubeSat-based advanced infrared and microwave sounders for high impact weather forecasting. Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters, 12(2):80-90, https://doi.org/10.1080/16742834.2019.1568816 2019
- Lopez, H., S.-K. Lee, S. Dong, G. Goni, B. Kirtman, R. Atlas, and A. Kumar. East Asian monsoon as a modulator of U.S. Great Plains heat waves. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 124(12):6342-6358, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JD030151 2019
- Mears, C.A., J. Scott, F.J. Wentz, L. Ricciardulli, S.M. Leidner, R. Hoffman, and R. Atlas. A near-real-time version of the Cross-Calibrated Multiplatform (CCMP) ocean surface wind velocity dataset. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 124(10):6997-7010, https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JC015367 2019
- Ryan, K., L. Bucci, R. Atlas, J. Delgado, and S. Murillo. Impact of Gulfstream-IV dropsondes on tropical cyclone prediction in a regional OSSE system. Monthly Weather Review, 147(8):2961-2977, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0157.1 2019
- Annane, B., B. McNoldy, S.M. Leidner, R. Hoffman, R. Atlas, and S.J. Majumdar. A study of the HWRF analysis and forecast impact of realistically simulated CYGNSS observations assimilated as scalar wind speeds and as VAM wind vectors. Monthly Weather Review, 146(7):2221-2236, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-17-0240.1 2018
- Blackwell, W.J., S. Braun, R. Bennartz, C. Velden, M. DeMaria, R. Atlas, J. Dunion, F. Marks, R. Rogers, B. Annane, and R.V. Leslie. An overview of the TROPICS NASA Earth Venture mission. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 141(S1):16-26, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.3290 2018
- Boukabara, S.-A., K. Ide, N. Shahroudi, Y. Zhou, T. Zhu, R. Li, L. Cucurull, R. Atlas, S.P.F. Casey, and R.N. Hoffman. Community global Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) package (CGOP): Perfect observations simulation validation. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 35(1):207-226, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-17-00771 2018
- Boukabara, S.-A., K. Ide, Y. Zhou, N. Shahroudi, R.N. Hoffman, K. Garrett, V. Krishna Kumar, T. Zhu, and R. Atlas. Community Global Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) package (CGOP): Assessment and validation of the OSSE system using an OSSE-OSE intercomparison of summary assessment metrics. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 35(10):2061-2078, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-18-0061.1 2018
- Bucci, L.R., C. O’Handley, G.D. Emmitt, J.A. Zhang, K. Ryan, and R. Atlas. Validation of an airborne Doppler wind lidar in tropical cyclones. Sensors, 18(12):4288, https://doi.org/10.3390/s18124288 2018
- Christopherson, H., R. Atlas, A. Aksoy, and J. Dunion. Combined use of satellite observations and Global Hawk unmanned aircraft dropwindsondes for improved tropical cyclone analyses and forecasts. Weather and Forecasting, 33(4):1021-1031, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-17-0167.1 2018
- Cucurull, L., R. Atlas, R. Li, M.J. Mueller, and R.N. Hoffman. An observing system simulation experiment with a constellation of radio occultation satellites. Monthly Weather Review, 146(12):4247-4259, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0089.1 2018
- Hoffman, R.N., V.K. Kumar, S.-A. Boukabara, K. Ide, F. Yang, and R. Atlas. Progress in forecast skill at three leading global operational NWP centers during 2015-2017 as seen in Summary Assessment Metrics (SAMs). Weather and Forecasting, 33(6):1661-1679, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-18-0117.1 2018
- Leidner, S.M., B. Annane, B. McNoldy, R. Hoffman, and R. Atlas. Variational analysis of simulated ocean surface winds from the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) and evaluation using a regional OSSE. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 35(8):1571-1584, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0136.1 2018
- Li, Z., J. Li, P. Wang, A. Lim, J. Li, T.J. Schmit, R. Atlas, S.-A. Boukabara, and R.N. Hoffman. Value-added impact of geostationary hyperspectral infrared sounders on local severe storm forecasts—via a quick regional OSSE. Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 35(10):1217-1230, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-018-8036-3 2018
- Lopez, H., R. West, S. Dong, G. Goni, B. Kirtman, S.-K. Lee, and R. Atlas. Early emergence of anthropogenically-forced heat waves in the western United States and Great Lakes. Nature Climate Change, 8(5):414-420, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0116-y 2018
- Tratt, D.M., J.A. Hackwell, B.L. Valant-Spaight, R.L. Walterscheid, L.J. Gelinas, J.H. Hecht, C.M. Swenson, C.P. Lampen, M.J. Alexander, L. Hoffman, D.S. Nolan, S.D. Miller, J.L. Hall, R. Atlas, F.D. Marks, and P.T. Partain. GHOST: A satellite mission concept for persistent monitoring of stratospheric gravity waves induced by severe storms. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 99(9):1813-1828, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0064.1 2018
- Weatherhead, E.C., B.A. Wielicki, V. Ramaswamy, M. Abbott, T.P. Ackerman, R. Atlas, G. Brasseur, L. Bruhwiler, A.J. Busalacchi, J.H. Butler, C.T.M. Clack, R. Cooke, L. Cucurull, S.M. Davis, J.M. English, D.W. Fahey, S.S. Fine, J.K. Lazo, S. Liang, N.G. Loeb, E. Rignot, B. Soden, D. Stanitski, G. Stephens, B.D. Tapley, A.M. Thompson, K.E. Trenberth, and D. Wuebbles. Designing the climate observing system of the future. Earth’s Future, 6(1):80-102, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017EF000627 2018
- Zhang, J.A., R. Atlas, G.D. Emmitt, L. Bucci, and K. Ryan. Airborne Doppler wind lidar observations of the tropical cyclone boundary layer. Remote Sensing, 10(6):825, https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10060825 2018
- Atlas, R., G.D. Emmitt, L. Bucci, K. Ryan, and J.A. Zhang. Application of Doppler wind lidar observations to hurricane analysis and prediction. Proceedings, SPIE Symposium on Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring, San Diego, CA, August 6-10, 2017. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 10406, 8 pp., 2017
- Halliwell, G.R., M. Mehari, L.K. Shay, V.H. Kourafalou, H. Kang, H.-S. Kim, J. Dong, and R. Atlas. OSSE quantitative assessment of rapid-response pre-storm ocean surveys to improve coupled tropical cyclone prediction. Journal of Geophysical Research-Oceans, 122(7):5729-5748, https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JC012760 2017
- Halliwell, G.R., M. Mehari, M. Le Henaff, V. Kourafalou, I. Androulidakis, H. Kang, and R. Atlas. North Atlantic Ocean OSSE system: Evaluation of operational ocean observing system components and supplemental seasonal observations for potentially improving tropical cyclone prediction in coupled systems. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 10(2):154-175, https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2017.1322770 2017
- Hoffman, R.N., S.-A. Boukabara, V.K. Kumar, K. Garrett, S.P.F. Casey, and R. Atlas. An empirical cumulative density function approach to defining summary NWP forecast assessment metrics. Monthly Weather Review, 145(4):1427-1435, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-16-0271.1 2017
- Li, J., Z. Li, P. Wang, T.J. Schmit, W. Bai, and R. Atlas. An efficient radiative transfer model for hyperspectral IR radiance simulation and applications under cloudy-sky conditions. Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 122(14):7600-7613, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD026273 2017
- McNoldy, B., B. Annane, S. Majumdar, J. Delgado, L. Bucci, and R. Atlas. Impact of assimilating CYGNSS data on tropical cyclone analyses and forecasts in a regional OSSE framework. Marine Technology Society Journal, 51(1):7-15, https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.51.1.1 2017
- Pu, Z., L. Zhang, S. Zhang, B. Gentry, D. Emmitt, B. Demoz, and R. Atlas. The impact of Doppler wind lidar measurements on high-impact weather forecasting: Regional OSSE and data assimilation studies. In Data Assimilation for Atmospheric, Oceanic and Hydrological Applications, Volume 3, S.K. Park and L. Xu (eds.). Springer International, 259-283, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43415-5 2017
- Zhang, S., Z. Pu, D.J. Posselt, and R. Atlas. Impact of CYGNSS ocean surface wind speeds on numerical simulations of a hurricane in observing system simulation experiments. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 34(2):375-383, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0144.1 2017
- Androulidakis, Y., V. Kourafalou, G.R. Halliwell, M. Le Henaff, H.S. Kang, M. Mehari, and R. Atlas. Hurricane interaction with the upper ocean in the Amazon-Orinoco plume region. Ocean Dynamics, 66(12):1559-1588, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10236-016-0997-0 2016
- Atlas, R., G.D. Emmitt, L. Bucci, K. Ryan, and J.A. Zhang. Impact of Doppler wind lidar data on hurricane prediction. Proceedings, 18th Coherent Laser Radar Conference, Boulder, CO, June 27-July 1, 2016. Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, 4 pp., 2016
- Boukabara, S.A., I. Moradi, R. Atlas, S.P.F. Casey, L. Cucurull, R.N. Hoffman, K. Ide, V.K. Kumar, R. Li, Z. Li, M. Masutani, N. Shahroudi, J. Woollen, and Y. Zhou. Community global Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) package (CGOP): Description and usage. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 33(8):1759-1777, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0012.1 2016
- Boukabara, S.A., T. Zhu, H.L. Tolman, S. Lord, S. Goodman, R. Atlas, M. Goldberg, T. Auligne, B. Pierce, L. Cucurull, M. Zupanski, M. Zhang, I. Moradi, J. Otkin, D. Santek, B. Hoover, Z. Pu, X. Zhan, C. Hain, E. Kalnay, D. Hotta, S. Nolin, E. Bayler, A. Mehra, S.P.F. Casey, D. Lindsey, L. Grasso, V.K. Kumar, A. Powell, J. Xu, T. Greenwald, J. Zajic, J. Li, J. Li, B. Li, J. Liu, L. Fang, P. Wang, and T.-C. Chen. S4: An O2R/R2O infrastructure for optimizing satellite data utilization in NOAA numerical modeling systems: A step toward bridging the gap between research and operations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(12):2359-2378, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00188.1 2016
- Hoffmann, R.N., and R. Atlas. Future observing system simulation experiments. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(9):1601-1616, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00200.1 2016
- Kourafalou, V.H., Y.S. Androulidakis, G.R. Halliwell, H.-S. Kang, M. Mehari, M. Le Henaff, R. Atlas, and R. Lumpkin. North Atlantic Ocean OSSE system development: Nature Run evaluation and application to hurricane interaction with the Gulf Stream. Progress in Oceanography, 148:1-25, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2016.09.001 2016
- Lee, P., R. Atlas, G. Carmichael, Y. Tang, B. Pierce, A.P. Biazar, L. Pan, H. Kim, D. Tong, and W. Chen. Observing System Simulation Experiments (OSSEs) using a regional air quality application for evaluation. In Air Pollution Modeling and its Application XXIV, D.G. Steyn and N. Chaumerliac (eds.). Springer International Publishing, 599-605, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24478-5_97 2016
- Lee, S.-K., A.T. Wittenberg, D.B. Enfield, S.J. Weaver, C. Wang, and R. Atlas. U.S. regional tornado outbreaks and their links to the springtime ENSO phases and North Atlantic SST variability. Environmental Research Letters, 11(4):044008, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/11/4/044008 2016
- Ruf, C.S., R. Atlas, P.S. Chang, M.P. Clarizia, J.L. Garrison, S. Gleason, S.J. Katzberg, Z. Jelenak, J.T. Johnson, S.J. Majumdar, A. O’Brien, D.J. Posselt, A.J. Ridley, R.J. Rose, and V.U. Zavorotny. New ocean winds satellite mission to probe hurricanes and tropical convection. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 97(3):385-395, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-14-00218.1 2016
- Atlas, R. Observing system simulation experiments to evaluate the potential impact of new remote sensing instruments on hurricane track and intensity forecasting. Proceedings, SPIE Symposium on Imaging Spectrometry XX, San Diego, CA, August 9-13, 2015. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 9611, 10 pp., 2015
- Atlas, R., L. Bucci, B. Annane, R. Hoffman, and S. Murillo. Observing System Simulation Experiments to assess the potential impact of new observing systems on hurricane forecasting. Marine Technology Society Journal, 49(6):140-148, https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.49.6.3 2015
- Atlas, R., R.N. Hoffman, Z. Ma, G.D. Emmitt, S.A. Wood, S. Greco, S. Tucker, L. Bucci, B. Annane, R.M. Hardesty, and S. Murillo. Observing system simulation experiments (OSSEs) to evaluate the potential impact of an optical autocovariance wind lidar (OAWL) on numerical weather prediction. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 32(9):1593-1613, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-15-0038.1 2015
- Atlas, R., V. Tallapragada, and S. Gopalakrishnan. Advances in tropical cyclone intensity forecasts. Marine Technology Society Journal, 49(6):149-160, https://doi.org/10.4031/MTSJ.49.6.2 2015
- Goldenberg, S.B., S.G. Gopalakrishnan, V. Tallapragada, T. Quirino, F. Marks, S. Trahan, X. Zhang, and R. Atlas. The 2012 triply-nested, high-resolution operational version of the Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting System (HWRF): Track and intensity forecast verifications. Weather and Forecasting, 30(3):710-729, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-14-00098.1 2015
- Halliwell, G.R., V. Kourafalou, M. Le Henaff, L.K. Shay, and R. Atlas. OSSE impact analysis of airborne ocean surveys for improving upper-ocean dynamical and thermodynamical forecasts in the Gulf of Mexico. Progress in Oceanography, 130:32-46, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pocean.2014.09.004 2015
- Oke, P., G. Larnicol, E.M. Jones, V. Kourafalou, A.K. Sperrevik, F. Carse, C.A.S. Tanajura, B. Mourre, M. Tonani, G.B. Brassington, M. Le Hénaff, G.R. Halliwell, R. Atlas, A.M. Moore, C.A. Edwards, M.J. Martin, A.A. Sellar, A. Alvarez, P. De Mey, and M. Iskandarani. Assessing the impact of observations on ocean forecasts and reanalyses: Part 2, Regional applications. Journal of Operational Oceanography, 8(S1):s63-s79, https://doi.org/10.1080/1755876X.2015.1022080 2015
- Atlas, R.M. Observing system simulation experiments to assess the potential impact of proposed satellite instruments on hurricane prediction. Proceedings, SPIE Symposium on Imaging Spectrometry XIX, San Diego, CA, August 17-21, 2014. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 9222, 9 pp., 2014
- Baker, W.E., R. Atlas, C. Cardinali, A. Clement, G.D. Emmitt, B.M. Gentry, R.M. Hardesty, E. Kallen, M.J. Kavaya, R. Langland, Z. Ma, M. Masutani, W. McCarty, R.B. Pierce, Z. Pu, L.P. Riishojgaard, J. Ryan, S. Tucker, M. Weissmann, and J.G. Yoe. Lidar-measured wind profiles: The missing link in the global observing system. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 95(4):543-564, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00164.1 2014
- Halliwell, G.R., A. Srinivasan, V. Kourafalou, H. Yang, D. Willey, M. Le Henaff, and R. Atlas. Rigorous evaluation of a fraternal twin ocean OSSE system for the open Gulf of Mexico. Journal of Oceanic and Atmospheric Technology, 31(1):105-130, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00011.1 2014
- Prive, N.C., Y. Xie, S. Koch, R. Atlas, S.J. Majumdar, and R.N. Hoffman. An observing system simulation experiment for the unmanned aircraft system data impact on tropical cyclone track forecasts. Monthly Weather Review, 142(11):4357-4363, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-14-00197.1 2014
- Atlas, R. Evaluating the impact of future remotely sensed data on hurricane prediction. SPIE Newsroom, 2 pp. (http://spie.org/x102772.xml), https://doi.org/10.1117/2.1201308.005047 2013
- Atlas, R.M., G.D. Emmitt, and T.S. Pagano. Observing system simulation experiments to evaluate the impact of remotely sensed data on hurricane track and intensity prediction. Proceedings, SPIE Symposium on Imaging Spectrometry XVIII, San Diego, CA, August 25-29, 2013. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 8870, 8 pp., https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024445 2013
- Hoffman, R.N., J.V. Ardizzone, S.M. Leidner, D.K. Smith, and R.M. Atlas. Error estimates for ocean surface winds: Applying Desroziers diagnostics to the cross-calibrated, multiplatform analysis of wind speed. Journal of Oceanic and Atmospheric Technology, 30(11):2596-2603, https://doi.org/10.1175/JTECH-D-13-00018.1 2013
- Lee, S.-K., R. Atlas, D.B. Enfield, C. Wang, and H. Liu. Is there an optimal ENSO pattern that enhances large-scale atmospheric processes conducive to major tornado outbreaks in the United States? Journal of Climate, 26(5):1626-1642, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00128.1 2013
- Nolan, D.S., R. Atlas, K.T. Bhatia, and L.R. Bucci. Development and validation of a hurricane nature run using the Joint OSSE nature run and the WRF model. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 5(2):382-405, https://doi.org/10.1002/jame.20031 2013
- Prive, N.C., Y. Xie, J.S. Woollen, S.E. Koch, R. Atlas, and R.E. Hood. Evaluation of the Earth Systems Research Laboratory's global Observing System Simulation Experiment (OSSE) system. Tellus A, 65:19011, 22 pp., https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v65i0.19011 2013
- Ralph, F.M., J. Intrieri, D. Andra, R. Atlas, S. Boukabara, D. Bright, P. Davidson, B. Entwistle, J. Gaynor, S. Goodman, J.-G. Jiing, A. Harless, J. Huang, G. Jedlovec, J. Kain, S. Koch, B. Kuo, J. Levit, S. Murillo, L.P. Riishojgaard, T. Schneider, R. Schneider, T. Smith, and S. Weiss. The emergence of weather-related testbeds linking research and forecasting operations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 94(8):1187-1211, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00080 2013
- Atlas, R. Observing system simulation experiments to assess the impact of remotely-sensed data on hurricane prediction. Proceedings, SPIE Symposium on Imaging Spectrometry XVII, August 12-16, 2012, San Diego, CA. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 8515, 8 pp., https://doi.org/10.1117/12.927595 2012
- Gopalakrishnan, S.G., S. Goldenberg, T. Quirino, F. Marks, X. Zhang, K.-S. Yeh, R. Atlas, and V. Tallapragada. Towards improving high-resolution numerical hurricane forecasting: Influence of model horizontal grid resolution, initialization, and physics. Weather and Forecasting, 27(3):647-666, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-11-00055.1 2012
- Yeh, K.-S., X. Zhang, S.G. Gopalakrishnan, S. Aberson, R. Rogers, F.D. Marks, and R. Atlas. Performance of the experimental HWRF in the 2008 hurricane season. Natural Hazards, 63(3):1439-1449, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11069-011-9787-7 2012
- Atlas, R., R.N. Hoffman, J. Ardizzone, S.M. Leidner, J.C. Jusem, D.K. Smith, and D. Gombos. A cross-calibrated, multi-platform ocean surface wind velocity product for meteorological and oceanographic applications. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 92(2):157-174, https://doi.org/10.1175/2010BAMS2946.1 2011
- Chen, H., D.-L. Zhang, J. Carton, and R. Atlas. On the rapid intensification of Hurricane Wilma (2005). Part I: Model prediction and structural changes. Weather and Forecasting, 26(6):885-901, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-11-00001.1 2011
- Gopalakrishnan, S.G., F. Marks, X. Zhang, J.-W. Bao, K.-S. Yeh, and R. Atlas. The experimental HWRF system: A study on the influence of horizontal resolution on the structure and intensity changes in tropical cyclones using an idealized framework. Monthly Weather Review, 139(6):1762-1784, https://doi.org/10.1175/2010MWR3535.1 2011
- Wang, C., H. Liu, S.-K. Lee, and R. Atlas. Impact of the Atlantic warm pool on United States landfalling hurricanes. Geophysical Research Letters, 38:L19702, 7 pp., https://doi.org/10.1029/2011GL049265 2011
- Atlas, R. Application of remotely sensed wind measurements to ocean surface wind analyses. Proceedings, 2010 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Honolulu, HI, July 25-30, 2010. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 3538-3540, https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5652511 2010
- Atlas, R. Impact of satellite surface-wind data on weather prediction. SPIE News, 2 pp., https://doi.org/10.1117/2.1201007.003120 2010
- Atlas, R. Review of observing system simulation experiments to evaluate the potential impact of lidar winds on weather prediction. Proceedings, 2010 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS), Honolulu, HI, July 25-30, 2010. Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2587-2590, https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2010.5654376 2010
- Atlas, R., R.N. Hoffman, S.M. Leidner, and J. Ardizzone. Impact of satellite surface wind observations on ocean surface wind analyses and numerical weather prediction. Proceedings, SPIE Atmospheric and Environmental Remote Sensing Data Processing and Utilization VI: Readiness for GEOSS IV, August 1-5, 2010, San Diego, CA. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 7811, 8 pp., https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858790 2010
- Leidner, S.M., J. Ardizzone, J.C. Jusem, E. Brin, R.N. Hoffman, and R. Atlas. Ocean-surface wind impacts on hurricane forecasting: Regional and global examples. Proceedings, 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), Atlanta, GA, January 17-21, 2010. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 5 pp., 2010
- Shen, B.-W., W.-K. Tao, W.K. Lau, and R. Atlas. Predicting tropical cyclogenesis with a global mesoscale model: Hierarchical multiscale interactions during the formation of Tropical Cyclone Nargis (2008). Journal of Geophysical Research, 115:D14102, 15 pp., https://doi.org/10.1029/2009JD013140 2010
- Ardizonne, J., R. Atlas, R.N. Hoffman, J.C. Jusem, S.M. Leidner, and D.F. Moroni. New multiplatform ocean surface wind product available. EOS, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 90(27):231, https://doi.org/10.1029/2009EO270003 2009
- Atlas, R., R.N. Hoffman, J. Ardizzone, M. Leidner, and J.C. Jusem. Development of a new cross-calibrated, multi-platform (CCMP) ocean surface wind product. Preprint Volume, 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, Phoenix, AZ, January 11-15, 2009. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 5 pp., 2009
- Atlas, R., R.N. Hoffmann, and J. Ardizonne. A cross-calibrated multiple platform ocean surface wind data set. Proceedings, Ocean Remote Sensing: Methods and Applications, San Diego, CA, August 2, 2009. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 7459, 9 pp., https://doi.org/10.1117/12.824465 2009
- Masutani, M., R. Atlas, et al. Expanding collaboration in joint OSSEs. Preprint Volume, 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, Phoenix, AZ, January 11-15, 2009. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 6 pp., 2009
- Prive, N., Y. Xie, T.W. Schlatter, M. Masutani, R. Atlas, Y. Song, J. Woollen, and S. Koch. Observing system simulation experiments for unmanned aircraft systems: Preliminary efforts. Preprint Volume, 13th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, Phoenix, AZ, January 11-15, 2009. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 4 pp., 2009
- Shen, B.W., W.-K. Tao, J.-D. Chern, R. Atlas, and K. Palaniappan. Scalability improvements in the NASA Goddard multiscale modeling framework for tropical cyclone climate studies. Proceedings, HPC (High Performance Computing) Asia and APAN (Asia-Pacific Advanced Network) 2009 International Conference and Exhibition, March 2-5, 2009, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. National Center for High-Performance Computing, 249-256, 2009
- Tao, W.-K., J.-D. Chern, R. Atlas, D. Randall, M. Khairoutdinov, J.-L. Li, D.E. Waliser, A. Hou, X. Lin, C. Peters-Lidard, W. Lau, J. Jiang, and J. Simpson. A multiscale modeling system: Developments, applications, and critical issues. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90(4):515-534, https://doi.org/10.1175/2008BAMS2542.1 2009
- Atlas, R., and G.D. Emmitt. Review of observing system simulation experiments to evaluate the potential impact of lidar winds on numerical weather prediction. ILRC24, Volume 2 (ISBN 978-0-615-21489-4), 726-729, 2008
- Atlas, R., and L.P. Riishojgaard. Application of OSSEs to observing system design. Proceedings, Remote Sensing System Engineering, San Diego, CA, August 10, 2008. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 7087, 9 pp., https://doi.org/10.1117/12.795344 2008
- Atlas, R., J. Ardizzone, and R.N. Hoffman. Application of satellite surface wind data to ocean wind analysis. Proceedings, Remote Sensing System Engineering, San Diego, CA, August 10, 2008. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 7087, 7 pp., https://doi.org/10.1117/12.795371 2008
- Atlas, R., R.N. Hoffman, J. Ardizzone, M. Leidner, and J.C. Jusem. A new cross-calibrated, multi-satellite ocean surface wind product. Proceedings, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Boston, MA, July 7-11, 2008. IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, CD-ROM, I-106-I-109, https://doi.org/10.1109/IGARSS.2008.4778804 2008
- Gentry, B., M. McGill, G. Schwemmer, M. Hardesty, A. Brewer, T. Wilkerson, R. Atlas, M. Sirota, S. Lindemann, and F. Hovis. New technologies for direct detection of Doppler lidar: Status of the TWiLiTE airborne molecular Doppler lidar project. ILRC24, Vol. 1 (ISBN 978-0-615-21489-4), 239-243, 2008
- Leidner, S.M., J. Ardizzone, J. Terry, E. Brin, and R. Atlas. Impact of satellite-derived ocean winds on hurricane forecasting at global and regional scales. Proceedings, 12th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), New Orleans, LA, January 20-24, 2008. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 5 pp., 2008
- Miller, T.L., R. Atlas, P.G. Black, C.C. Hennon, S.S. Chen, R.E. Hood, J.W. Johnson, L. Jones, C.S. Ruf, and E.W. Uhlhorn. Simulation of the impact of new ocean surface wind measurements on H*Wind analyses. Extended Abstracts, 28th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, Orlando, FL, April 28-May 2, 2008. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 7 pp., 2008
- Miller, T.L., R.M. Atlas, P.G. Black, J.L. Case, S.S. Chen, R.E. Hood, J.W. Johnson, J. Jones, C.S. Ruf, and E.W. Uhlhorn. Simulation of the impact of new aircraft and satellite-based ocean surface wind measurements on H*Wind analyses. Proceedings, 12th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), New Orleans, LA, January 20-24, 2008. American Meteorological Society, Boston, 7 pp., 2008
- Tao, W.-K., D. Anderson, R. Atlas, J. Chern, P. Houser, A. Hou, S. Lang, W. Lau, C. Peters-Lidard, R. Kakar, S. Kumar, W. Lapenta, X. Li, T. Matsui, M. Rienecker, B.-W. Shen, J.J. Shi, J. Simpson, and X. Zeng. A Goddard multi-scale modeling system with unified physics. GEWEX News, 18(1):6-8, 2008
- Atlas, R., O. Reale, J. Ardizzone, J. Terry, J.-C. Jusem, E. Brin, D. Bungato, and J.F. Le Marshall. Evaluation of WINDSAT surface wind data and its impact on ocean surface wind analyses and numerical weather prediction. Preprints, 11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), San Antonio, TX, January 14-18, 2007. American Meteorological Society, Boston, CD-ROM, 6 pp., 2007
- Atlas, R., S.-J. Lin, B.-W. Shen, O. Reale, and K.-S. Yeh. Improving hurricane prediction through innovative global modeling. In Extending the Horizons: Advances in Computing, Optimization, and Decision Technologies, E.K. Baker, A. Joseph, A. Mehrotra, and M.A. Trick (eds.). Springer, 1-14, 2007
- Joiner, J., E. Brin, R. Treadon, J. Derber, P. Van Delst, A. Da Silva, J. Le Marshall, P. Poli, R. Atlas, D. Bungato, and C. Cruz. Effects of data selection and error specification on the assimilation of AIRS data. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 133(622):181-196, https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.8 2007
- Atlas, R., O. Reale, B.-W. Shen, and S.-J. Lin. The use of remotely sensed data and innovative modeling to improve hurricane prediction. Proceedings, Conference on Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XII, Orlando, FL, April 17, 2006. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 6233, 8 pp., https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673221 2006
- Atlas, R., O. Reale, J. Ardizzone, J. Terry, J.-C. Jusem, E. Brin, D. Bungato, and P. Woiceshyn. Geophysical validation of WINDSAT surface wind data and its impact on numerical weather prediction. Proceedings, Conference on Atmospheric and Environmental Remote Sensing Data Processing and Utilization II: Perspective on Calibration/Validation Initiatives and Strategies, San Diego, CA, August 13, 2006. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 6301, 7 pp., https://doi.org/10.1117/12.680923 2006
- Chahine, M.T., T.S. Pagano, H.H. Aumann, R. Atlas, C. Barnet, J. Blaisdell, L. Chen, M. Divakarla, E.J. Fetzer, M. Goldberg, C. Gautier, S. Granger, S. Hannon, F.W. Irion, R. Kakar, E. Kalnay, B.H. Lambrigtsen, S.-Y. Lee, J. LeMarshall, W.W. McMillan, L. McMillin, E.T. Olsen, H. Revercomb, P. Rosenkranz,W.L. Smith, D. Staelin, L.L. Strow, J. Susskind, D. Tobin, W. Wolf, and L. Zhou. AIRS: Improving weather forecasting and providing new data on greenhouse gases. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 87(7):911-926, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-87-7-911 2006
- Riishojgaard, L.P., R. Atlas, and G.D. Emmitt. Reply to "The impact of Doppler lidar wind observations on a single-level meteorological analysis." Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 45(6):887-888, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAM2358.1 2006
- Shen, B.-W., R. Atlas, J.-D. Chern, O. Reale, S.-J. Lin, T. Lee, and J. Chang. The 0.125 degree finite-volume general circulation model on the NASA Columbia supercomputer: Preliminary simulations of mesoscale vortices. Geophysical Research Letters, 33(5):L05801, 4 pp., https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL024594 2006
- Shen, B.-W., R. Atlas, O. Reale, S.-J. Lin, J.-D. Chern, J. Chang, C. Henze, and J.-L. Li. Hurricane forecasts with a global mesoscale-resolving model: Preliminary results with Hurricane Katrina (2005). Geophysical Research Letters, 33(13):L13813, 5 pp., https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL026143 2006
- Atlas, R. Results of recent OSSEs to evaluate the potential impact of lidar winds. Proceedings, Conference on Lidar Remote Sensing for Environmental Monitoring VI, San Diego, CA, July 31, 2005. International Society for Optics and Photononics, SPIE Vol. 5887, 118-125, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617882 2005
- Atlas, R. The impact of AIRS on weather prediction. Proceedings, Conference on Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XI, Orlando, FL, March 28, 2005. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 5806, 599-606, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.602540 2005
- Atlas, R. The impact of current and future polar-orbiting satellite data on numerical weather prediction at NASA/GSFC. Proceedings, Conference on Applications with Weather Satellites II, Honolulu, HI, November 8, 2004. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 5658, 132-143, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.578323 2005
- Atlas, R., A.Y. Hou, and R. Oreste. Application of SeaWinds scatterometer and TMI-SSM/I rain rates to hurricane analysis and forecasting. Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 59(4):233-243, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2005.02.007 2005
- Atlas, R., O. Reale, B.-W. Shen, S.-J. Lin, J.-D. Chern, W. Putman, T. Lee, K.-S. Yeh, M. Bosilovich, and J. Radakovich. Hurricane forecasting with the high-resolution NASA finite volume general circulation model. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(3):L03807, 5 pp., https://doi.org/10.1029/2004GL021513 2005
- Li, J.-L., D.E. Waliser, J.H. Jiang, D.L. Wu, W. Read, J.W. Waters, A.M. Tompkins, L.J. Donner, J.-D. Chern, W.-K. Tao, R. Atlas, Y. Gu, K.N. Liou, A. Del Genio, M. Khairoutdinov, and A. Gettelman. Comparisons of EOS MLS cloud ice measurements with ECMWF analyses and GCM simulations: Initial results. Geophysical Research Letters, 32(18):L18710, 5 pp., https://doi.org/10.1029/2005GL023788 2005
- Susskind, J., and R. Atlas. Atmospheric soundings from AIRS/AMSU in partial cloud cover. Proceedings, Conference on Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XI, Orlando, FL, March 28, 2005. International Society for Optics and Photonics, SPIE Vol. 5806, 587-598, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.602546 2005
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