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  1. Simulating mixed-phase open cellular clouds observed during COMBLE: Evaluation of parameterized turbulence closure

    Article • February 2024, Authorea, Inc.

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  2. The Effect of Advection on the Three Dimensional Distribution of Turbulent Kinetic Energy and Its Generation in Idealized Tropical Cyclone Simulations

    Article • Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, May 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  3. Regime‐Specific Cloud Vertical Overlap Characteristics From Radar and Lidar Observations at the ARM Sites

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, March 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  4. The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR): An Hourly Updating Convection-Allowing Forecast Model. Part II: Forecast Performance

    Article • Weather and Forecasting, August 2022, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  5. The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR): An Hourly Updating Convection-Allowing Forecast Model. Part I: Motivation and System Description

    Article • Weather and Forecasting, August 2022, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  6. Doppler-Lidar Evaluation of HRRR-Model Skill at Simulating Summertime Wind Regimes in the Columbia River Basin during WFIP2

    Article • Weather and Forecasting, September 2021, American Meteorological Society

    Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina, Dr. Joseph Olson, Robert Banta

  7. Comparison of Observations and Predictions of Daytime Planetary-Boundary-Layer Heights and Surface Meteorological Variables in the Columbia River Gorge and Basin During the Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  8. Time Evolution and Diurnal Variability of the Parametric Sensitivity of Turbine‐Height Winds in the MYNN‐EDMF Parameterization

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, June 2021, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  9. A Progress Report on the Development of the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh Ensemble

    Article • Weather and Forecasting, June 2021, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  10. Improved Prediction of Cold-Air Pools in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model Using a Truly Horizontal Diffusion Scheme for Potential Temperature

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, January 2021, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  11. Wind Ramp Events Validation in NWP Forecast Models during the Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2) Using the Ramp Tool and Metric (RT&M)

    Article • Weather and Forecasting, December 2020, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  12. Scale Awareness, Resolved Circulations, and Practical Limits in the MYNN–EDMF Boundary Layer and Shallow Cumulus Scheme

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, November 2020, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  13. Evaluating the WFIP2 updates to the HRRR model using scanning Doppler lidar measurements in the complex terrain of the Columbia River Basin

    Article • Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy, July 2020, American Institute of Physics

    Yelena L Pichugina Pichugina, Dr. Joseph Olson, Robert Banta

  14. A new look at assimilation and boundary-layer modeling effects to improve NOAA ceiling/visibility/convection HRRR forecasts

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  15. Common evaluation/evolution of cloud-radiation processes from 25km S2S to 3km NWP

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  16. Impact of model improvements on 80 m wind speeds during the second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2)

    Article • Geoscientific Model Development, November 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  17. The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2): General Overview

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, September 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  18. The Second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2): Observational Field Campaign

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, September 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson, Robert Banta

  19. Spatial Variability of Winds and HRRR–NCEP Model Error Statistics at Three Doppler-Lidar Sites in the Wind-Energy Generation Region of the Columbia River Basin

    Article • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, August 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson, Robert Banta

  20. Measuring the impact of additional instrumentation on the skill of numerical weather prediction models at forecasting wind ramp events during the first Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP)

    Article • Wind Energy, May 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  21. Impact of model improvements on 80-m wind speeds during the second Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP2)

    Article • May 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  22. Data assimilation impact of in situ and remote sensing meteorological observations on wind power forecasts during the first Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP)

    Article • Wind Energy, March 2019, Wiley

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  23. Incorporation of the Rotor-Equivalent Wind Speed into the Weather Research and Forecasting Model’s Wind Farm Parameterization

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, March 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  24. Stochastically Perturbed Parameterizations in an HRRR-Based Ensemble

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, January 2019, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  25. Sensitivity of Turbine-Height Wind Speeds to Parameters in the Planetary Boundary-Layer Parametrization Used in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model: Extension to Wintertime Conditions

    Article • Boundary-Layer Meteorology, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  26. The POWER Experiment: Impact of Assimilation of a Network of Coastal Wind Profiling Radars on Simulating Offshore Winds in and above the Wind Turbine Layer

    Article • Weather and Forecasting, August 2016, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson, Robert Banta

  27. NOAA's latest hourly-updated atmospheric model over North America.

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, April 2016, American Meteorological Society

    Stan Benjamin, Dr. Joseph Olson

  28. The Wind Forecast Improvement Project (WFIP): A Public–Private Partnership Addressing Wind Energy Forecast Needs

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, October 2015, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  29. Understanding high wintertime ozone pollution events in an oil- and natural gas-producing region of the western US

    Article • "Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics""", January 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr. Joseph Olson, Robert Banta

  30. Parameterization of Wind Farms in Climate Models

    Article • Journal of Climate, September 2013, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  31. Mesoscale Influences of Wind Farms throughout a Diurnal Cycle

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, July 2013, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  32. Three-Dimensional Idealized Simulations of Barrier Jets along the Southeast Coast of Alaska

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, January 2009, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  33. A Comparison of Two Coastal Barrier Jet Events along the Southeast Alaskan Coast during the SARJET Field Experiment*

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, October 2007, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  34. A Comparison of Two Coastal Barrier Jet Events along the Southeast Alaskan Coast during the SARJET Field Experiment

    Article • Monthly Weather Review, August 2007, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  35. Using SAR Remote Sensing, Field Observations, and Models to Better Understand Coastal Flows in the Gulf of Alaska

    Article • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, June 2006, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  36. Multiseason Verification of the MM5. Part I: Comparison with the Eta Model over the Central and Eastern United States and Impact of MM5 Resolution

    Article • Weather and Forecasting, June 2003, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson

  37. Multiseason Verification of the MM5. Part II: Evaluation of High-Resolution Precipitation Forecasts over the Northeastern United States

    Article • Weather and Forecasting, June 2003, American Meteorological Society

    Dr. Joseph Olson