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Peter May: 1990-1996 Publications

  • May P.T., T. Adachi, T. Tsuda and R.J. Lataitis, 1996, The spatial structure of RASS echoes, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 13, 1275-1284.

  • May P.T., 1996, The organisation of convection in the rainbands of tropical cyclone Laurence, Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 807-815.

  • May P.T. and D.K. Rajopadhyaya, 1996, Wind profiler observations of vertical motion and precipitation microphysics of a tropical squall line, Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 621-633.

  • May P.T., 1995, The Australian nocturnal jet and diurnal variations of boundary-layer winds over Mt Isa in north-eastern Australia, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 121, 987-1003.

  • May P.T., W.L. Ecklund and G.D. Hess, 1995, Spectral and bispectral characteristics of wind variability at Darwin, Australia measured by a 50 MHz radar wind profiler, Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 121, 527-544.

  • Rajopadhyaya D.K., P.T. May and R.A. Vincent, 1994, Retrievals of ice particle size distributions from VHF wind profiler Doppler spectra, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 11, 1559-1568.

  • May P.T., G.J. Holland and W.L. Ecklund, 1994, Wind profiler observations of tropical storm Flo at Saipan, Wea. Forecast., 9, 410-426.

  • Rajopadhyaya D.K., P.T. May and R.A. Vincent, 1993, A general approach to the retrieval of rain drop-size distributions from VHF wind profiler Doppler spectra: modelling results, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 10, 710-717.

  • May P.T., 1993, Comment on VHF radar measurements of in-beam incidence angles and associated radial velocity corrections by M.F. Larsen and J. Rottger, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 10, 432-434.

  • May P.T. and J.M. Wilczak, 1993, Diurnal and seasonal variations of boundary layer structure observed by a radar wind profiler and RASS, Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 673-682.

  • May P.T., 1993, Comparison of wind profiler and radiosonde measurements in the tropics, J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 10, 122-127.

  • Neiman P.J., P.T. May and M.A. Shapiro, 1992, Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) wind profiler observations of lower- and midtropospheric weather systems, Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 2298-2313.

  • May P.T., S. Fukao, P.J. Neiman, M.W. Kozleski, M.D. Yamanaka, S. Kato, M. Yamamoto, T. Sato and T. Tsuda, 1992, MU radar observations of the wind field in the vicinity of the Baiu front during early July, 1987, Beit. Phys. Atmosph., 65, 3-11.

  • May P.T., 1991, Recent developments and performance of radar wind profilers and RASS, Aust. Meteor. Mag., 39, 237-245.

  • May P.T., M. Yamamoto, S. Fukao, T. Sato, S. Kato and T. Tsuda, 1991, Wind and reflectivity fields around fronts observed with a VHF radar, Radio Sci., 26, 1245-1250.

  • Neiman P.J., P.T. May, B.B. Stankov and M.A. Shapiro, 1991, Radio acoustic sounding system (RASS) observations of an arctic front, J. Appl. Meteor., 30, 881-892.

  • Schroeder J.A., E.R. Westwater, P.T. May and L.M. McMillin, 1990, Prospects for temperature sounding with satellite and ground-based RASS measurements, J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 8, 506-513.

  • May P.T., 1990, Spaced antenna vs. Doppler radars: A comparison of techniques revisited, Radio Sci., 25, 1111-1120.

  • May P.T., K.J. Wilson and B.F. Ryan, 1990, VHF radar studies of cold fronts traversing southern Australia, Beit. Phys. Atmosph., 63, 257-269.

  • Smith W.L., H.E. Revercomb, H.B. Howell, H.M. Woolfe, R.O. Knutson, R.G. Dedecker, M.J. Lynch, E.R. Westwater, R.G. Strauch, K.P. Moran, B. Stankov, M.J. Falls, J. Jordan, M. Jacobson, W.F. Dabberdt, R. McBeth, G. Albright, C. Pareitz, G. Wright, P.T. May and M.T. Decker, 1990, Gapex - A ground based atmospheric profiling experiment, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 71, 310-318.

  • May P.T., R.G. Strauch, K.P. Moran and W.L. Ecklund, 1990, Temperature sounding by RASS with wind profiler radars: A preliminary study, IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 28, 19- 28.


Reports and Proceedings:

  • Williams, C.R., W.L. Ecklund, K.S. Gage, R. Cifelli, P.T. May and K. Glasson, 1996, Vertical air motions during convective and stratiform rain observed using VHF and UHF profilers at Darwin, Australia, 7th Conf on mesoscale processes, Reading, U.K., Sept. 1996.

  • Keenan, T.D., R. Carbone, S. Rutledge, J. Wilson, G. Holland and P. May, 1996, The maritime continent thunderstorm experiment (MCTEX): overview and initial results, 7th Conference on Mesoscale processes, Reading, U.K., Sept., 1996.

  • Keenan, T.D., G. Holland, P. May and T. Glowacki, 1996, The Maritime Continental Thunderstorm EXperiment (MCTEX): an overview and forecasting applications, preprints, 5th Australian Severe Thunderstorm Conference, Avoca Beach, p 13-21.

  • Holland, G.J. and P.T. May, 1996, Ground jet streaks, preprints, 5th Australian Severe Thunderstorm Conference, Avoca Beach, p 29-32.

  • 35. May, P.T., S. Bhaganagarapu and T.D. Keenan, 1996, Doppler radar software support for aviation and severe weather forecasting, preprints, 5th Australian Severe Thunderstorm Conference, Avoca Beach, p 33-35.

  • May P.T. and D.K. Rajopadhyaya, 1995, Wind profiler observations of vertical motion and precipitation microphysics of a tropical squall line, preprints, STEP workshop, Adelaide, Sep. 1995.

  • Gage, K.S., C. Williams, P.E. Johnston, K. Glasson, B. Maquire and W.L. Ecklund, P.T. May and K. Glasson, 1995, Deep convection at Darwin, Australia observed by wind profiling Doppler radars, preprints, 26th Conf. Radar Meteorology, Vail, Colo., Sept. 1995

  • May P.T., G.J. Holland, T.D. Keenan, J. LeMarshall, J. Colquoun, B. Buckley, G. Love, J. Elliot, J. Dear and R. Potts, 1995, Towards a comprehensive, very-short-range forecasting system for the greater Sydney region: Observing system, BMRC Research Report 50, 24pp.

  • May P.T., 1995, The organisation of convection in the rainbands of tropical cyclone Laurence, preprints, 21st Conf. on Hurricanes and tropical meteorology, Miami, Florida, April, 1995.

  • May P.T. and D. Rajopadhyaya, 1993, Profiler observations of vertical motions and cloud structure of tropical squall lines, preprints. 26th Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Norman, OK, May, 1993.

  • May P.T., G.J. Holland and W.L. Ecklund, 1993, Wind profiler observations of typhoon Flo at Saipan, preprints, 20th Conf. on Hurricanes and tropical meteorology, SanAntonio, Texas, May, 1993.

  • May P.T., G.D. Hess and W.L. Ecklund, 1993, Spectral and bispectral characteristics of wind variability at Darwin, Australia measured by a 50 MHz radar wind profiler, preprints, 4th International Conf. on Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, Hobart, Mar, 1993.

  • May P.T., 1993, Wind profilers and RASS: recent advances, Proceedings, International Workshop on Observations/Forecasting of mesoscale severe weather and technology of reduction of relevant disasters, Tokyo, Feb., 1993.

  • May P.T., 1993, Severe weather in Australia, Proceedings, International Workshop on Observations/Forecasting of mesoscale severe weather and technology of reduction of relevant disasters, Tokyo, Feb., 1993.

  • May P.T., 1992, Radar observations of tropical convection at Darwin, Australia and some implications for the tropical observatory, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Equatorial Atmosphere Observations over Indonesia (ICEAR), Jakarta, Indonesia, Nov. 10-11, 1992.

  • Ecklund W.L., K.S. Gage, D.A. Carter, P.T. May and T.D. Keenan, 1992, Precipitation measurements with wind profiling radars, Preprints, 11th International Conf. on Clouds and Precipitation, Montreal, Aug., 1992

  • May P.T., 1992, Wind profiler measurements in the tropics, BMRC Research Report no. 32, 17pp.

  • Wilczak J.M. and P.T. May, 1991, Radar wind profiler and RASS observations of boundary layer diurnal and seasonal variability, Preprints, 25th Conf. Radar Meteorology, Paris, May, 1991.

  • Moran K.P., R.G. Strauch and P.T. May, 1991, Lower tropospheric temperature profiling, Preprints, 25th Conf. Radar Meteorology, Paris, May, 1991.

  • May P.T., 1991, Wind profilers and RASS, Data assimilation systems: papers presented at the 2nd BMRC modelling workshop, Sep., 1990 (ed. J.D Jasper), BMRC Research Report no. 27, pp. 222-233, 1991.

  • Strauch R.G., K.P. Moran and P.T. May, 1991, RASS temperature errors caused by winds, Proceedings, 7th AMS Conf. on Meteorological Observations and Instruments, New Orleans, La., Jan, 1991.

  • 18. Neiman P.J., P.T. May and M.A. Shapiro, 1991, Radio acoustic sounding system and wind profiler observations of fronts in the lower and middle troposphere, Proceedings, 7th AMS Conference on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, New Orleans, La., Jan, 1991.

  • Weber B.L., D.B. Wuertz, P.T. May, R.G. Strauch, D.A. Merritt and K.P. Moran, 1990, Ocean surface current measurements with a single-station, Doppler/Spaced Antenna radar, NOAA Tech. Memo. ERL WPL-190, 18p.

  • Zamora R.J. and P.T. May, 1990, Wind profiler observations of rapid cyclogenesis, Preprints, IGARSS'90, College Park, Md, May, 1990.

  • Schroeder J.A., E.R. Westwater, L.M. McMillan and P.T. May, 1990, Remote temperature sounding by inverse covariance weighting of soundings from TOVS and ground-based RASS and radiometer systems, Preprints, IGARSS'90, College Park, Md, May, 1990.

  • May P.T., R.G. Strauch, K.P. Moran, B.L. Weber, D.B. Wuertz and D.A. Merritt, 1990, Applications of RASS with wind profiler radars, Preprints, IGARSS'90, College Park, Md, May, 1990.

  • Lataitis R.J., S.F. Clifford and P.T. May, 1990, Tropospheric wind profiling using radar interferometry (A feasibility study of a compact mobile system), NOAA Tech. Memo., ERL, WPL-177, 34p.

  • Strauch R.G., P.T. May, K.P. Moran, D.A. Merritt and W.L. Ecklund, 1990, Advances in RASS, Preprints, 5th International Conference of Society for Acoustic Remote Sensing, New Dehli, India, Feb., 1990

  • Neiman P.J., P.T. May, M.A. Shapiro and B.B. Stankov, 1990, Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) observations of an arctic front, Preprints, Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Incline Village, Nv, Feb., 1990

  • Tsuda T., P.T. May, T. Sato, S. Kato and S. Fukao, 1990, A relation between specular reflection echoes and refractive index gradient in the troposphere and stratosphere, MAP Handbook Vol. 28 (Eds. Liu and B. Edwards), p101-15, 1990


Patents:

  • May P.T., R.G. Strauch and B.L. Weber, 1991, Single station ocean current mapping radar, United States Patent number 4,996,533, Feb. 26, 1991

 



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