Reading list for METR6623
3 Nov. 2010
Microbursts
Atkins, N. T., and R. M. Wakimoto, 1991: Wet microburst activity over the Southeastern
United States: Implications for forecasting. Wea. Forecasting, 6, 470 – 482.
Fujita, T. T., 1981: Tornadoes and downbursts in the context of generalized planetary
scales. J. Atmos. Sci., 38, 1511 – 1534.
Hjelmfelt, M. R., 1987: The microburst of 22 June 1982 in JAWS. J. Atmos. Sci., 44,
1646 – 1665.
Hjelmfelt, M. R., 1988: Structure and life cycle of microburst outflows observed in
Colorado. J. Appl. Meteor., 27, 900 – 927.
Lee, W. – C., R. E. Carbone, and R. M. Wakimoto, 1992: The evolution and structure of
a “bow-echo-microburst” event. Part I: The microburst. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 2188 –
2210.
Lee, W. – C., R. M. Wakimoto, and R. E. Carbone, 1992: The evolution and structure of
a “bow-echo-microburst” event. Part II: The bow echo. Mon. Wea. Rev., 120, 2211 –
2225.
Parsons, D. B., and R. A. Kropfli, 1990: Dynamics and fine structure of a microburst. J.
Atmos. Sci., 47, 1674 – 1692.
Parsons, D. B., and M. L. Weisman, 1993: A numerical study of a rotating downburst. J.
Atmos. Sci., 50, 2369 – 2385.
Roberts, R. D., and J. W. Wilson, 1989: A proposed microburst nowcasting procedure
using single-Doppler radar. J. Appl. Meteor., 28, 285 – 303.
Srivastava, R. C., 1985: A simple model of evaporatively driven downdraft: Application
to microburst downdraft. J. Atmos. Sci., 42, 1004 – 1023.
Srivastava, R. C., 1987: A model of intense downdrafts driven by the melting and
evaporation of precipitation. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 1752 – 1773.
Wakimoto, R. M., 1985: Forecasting dry microburst activity over the High Plains. Mon.
Wea. Rev., 113, 1131 – 1143.
Wakimoto, R. M, and V. N. Bringi, 1988: Dual-polarization observations of microbursts
associated with intense convection: The 20 July storm during the MIST Project. Mon.
Wea. Rev., 116, 1521 – 1539.
Wakimoto, R. M., C. J. Kessinger, and D. E. Kingsmill, 1994: Kinematic,
thermodynamic, and visual structure of low-reflectivity microbursts. Mon. Wea. Rev.,
122, 72 – 92.
Wilson, J. W., and R. M. Wakimoto, 2001: The discovery of the downburst: T. T.
Fujita’s contribution. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 82, 49 – 62.
Heat bursts
Bernstein, B. C., and R. H. Johnson, 1994: A dual-Doppler radar study of an OK PRESTORM heat burst event. Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, 259 – 273.
Johnson, B. C., 1976: The heat burst of 29 May 1976. Mon. Wea. Rev., 111, 1776 –
1792.
Johnson, R. H., S. Chen, and J. J. Toth, 1989: Circulations associated with a mature-todecaying midlatitude mesoscale convective system: Part I: Surface features – Heat
bursts and mesolow development. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 942 – 959.
McPherson, R. A., J. D. Lane, K. C. Crawford, and W. G. McPherson, 2010: A
climatological analysis of heatbursts in Oklahoma (1994 – 2009). Int’l J. Climatology,
Roy. Meteor. Soc., 14 pp (available online at
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/joc.2087/pdf)