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McCoy, L., P. S. Market, C. Gravelle, C. Graves, N. I. Fox, S. M. Rochette, J. Kastman, B. Svoma, 2017:  Composites of heavy rain producing elevated thunderstorms in the Central United States.  Advances in Meteorology. Article ID 6932798,  https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/6932798

Market, P.S., S.M. Rochette, J. Shewchuk, R. Difani, J.S. Kastman, C.B. Henson, N.I. Fox, 2017:  Evaluating elevated convection with the downdraft convective inhibition.  Atmospheric Science Letters, doi: 10.1002/asl.727

Kastman, J.S., L. McCoy, P.S. Market, and N.I. Fox, 2017:  An example of synergistic coupling of upper- and lower-level jets associated with flash flooding.  Meteorological Applications, doi: 10.1002/met.1618

Kastman, J.S., P. S. Market, N. I. Fox, A. L. Foscato, and A. R. Lupo, 2017:  Lightning and rainfall characteristics in elevated vs. surface-based convection in the Midwest that produce heavy rainfall.  Atmosphere,  doi: 10.3390/atmos8020036

Kastman, J.S, P.S. Market, S.M. Rochette, and A.R. Lupo, 2017:  Assessing upper tropospheric jet streak proximity using the Rossby radius of deformation.  Atmosphere, 8, 2.  doi:10.3390 /atmos8010002

Theses and Dissertations

Grempler, K., 2018:  Analysis of Severe Elevated Thunderstorms Using DCIN and DCAPE.  MS Thesis

Kastman, J.S., 2017:  A Study of Elevated Convection and Its Impacts on Surface Weather Conditions.  PhD Dissertation

Difani, R.J., 2016:  Discrimination of Elevated Convection Based on Low-Level Radar-Derived Convergence.  MS Thesis

Foscato, A., 2016:  An Index for Anticipating Excessive Precipitation with Elevated Thunderstorms.  MS Thesis

McCoy, L.P., 2014:  Analysis of Heavy-Rain-Producing  Elevated Thunderstorms in the MO-KS-OK Region of the United States.  MS Thesis

Conference presentations
Henson, C.B., and P.S. Market, 2017:  Ensemble trajectories and moisture quantification for the Hurricane Joaquin (2015) event.  NWA 42nd Annual Meeting, Garden Grove, CA, 19 September 2017, E1.

Henson, C.B., and P.S. Market, 2017:  Factors influencing elevated convection during the Hurricane Joaquin (2015) event.  28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 25 January 2017, 8B.6.

Market P.S., 2017:  The Program for Research on Elevated Convection with Intense Precipitation (PRECIP):  An Overview.  Invited presentation, 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 25 January 2017, 8B2.

Market, P.S., S. M. Rochette, J. Shewchuk, N.I. Fox, R. Difani, J.S. Kastman, C. B. Henson, 2017:  Downdraft convective inhibition as a means to discriminate elevated convection.  28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 23 January 2017, Poster 93.

Kastman, J.S., and P.S. Market, 2017: The effect of elevated thunderstorms on mesoscale/synoptic scale boundaries. 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 23 January 2017, Poster 89.

 

Kastman, J.S., and P.S. Market, 2017: Dynamic model ensemble evaluation of elevated thunderstorms sampled by PRECIP via MET and MODE.  28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 23 January 2017, Poster 90.

Foscato, A. L., P. S. Market, and N.I. Fox, 2017:  EPEC:  A tool for anticipating excessive precipitation with elevated thunderstorms. 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 23 January 2017, Poster 92.

Wunsch, K., N.I. Fox, and P.S. Market, 2017:  A comparison of the life cycles of elevated and surface-based convection.  28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 23 January 2017, Poster 94.

Difani, R. J., N. I. Fox, and P. S. Market, 2017:  Distinguishing elevated from surface-based convection using convergence columns identified from dual-polarization Doppler radar data.   28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Seattle, WA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 23 January 2017, Poster 95.                                                       

Henson, C. B. P.S. Market, and J.S. Kastman:  Modeling the South Carolina Flood without Hurricane Joaquin (2015).  NWA 41st Annual Meeting, Norfolk, VA, September 2016. 
 
Kastman, J.S., P.S. Market, and N.I. Fox, 2016:  Dynamic Ensemble Model Evaluation of Elevated Thunderstorms Sampled by PRECIP.  NWA 41st Annual Meeting, Norfolk, VA, September 2016. 
 
Difani, R.J., A. L. Foscato, N.I. Fox, and P.S. Market, 2015:  Vertical Profiles of Radar Parameters in Heavy Rain Events Resulting from Elevated and Surface-based Convection.  NWA 40th Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, October 2015, AP-18.

Foscato, A. L., and P.S. Market, 2015:  An Index for Anticipating Excessive Precipitation with Elevated Thunderstorms.  NWA 40th Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, October 2015, HR-2.

Kastman, J., and P.S. Market, 2015:  Elevated Thunderstorms Impacts on Surface Frontal Boundaries During PRECIP.  NWA 40th Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, October 2015, CP-25.

Market, P.S., S.M. Rochette, M. Bodner, N.I. Fox, and J. Kastman, 2015:  Stability Tendency During Elevated Convection Events with Heavy Rainfall.  NWA 40th Annual Meeting, Oklahoma City, OK, October 2015, CP-34.

Kastman, J., and P.S. Market, 2015:  The Role of Elevated Thunderstorms in the Poleward Progression of Warm Fronts.  AMS 27th Weather Analysis and Forecasting Conference, Chicago, IL, June 2015, 2B.4.

Kastman, J., P. S. Market, and A.L. Foscato, 2014:  Rainfall-Lightning Ratio Calculations for Elevated Thunderstorms with Heavy Rainfall In Missouri.  NWA 39th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2014, P3.9.

Market, P. S., L. McCoy, C. Gravelle, and C. Graves, 2014:  Improving Prediction of Heavy Rainfall from Elevated Convection.  NWA 39th Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2014, B2.0.

McCoy, L., P. S. Market, and C. Gravelle, 2014:  Composite Analyses of Heavy-Rain-Producing Elevated Thunderstorms in the MO-KS-OK Region of the United States.  AMS 26th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Atlanta, GA, January 2014, P0.98.

McCoy, L., P. S. Market, and C. Gravelle, 2013:  Composite Analysis of Heavy-Rain-Producing Elevated Thunderstorms in the Springfield, Missouri NWS County Warning Area.  National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC, October 2013, P0.04.

Kastman, J., L. McCoy, P. S. Market, 2013:  Case Review July 11, 2006; Springfield MO County Warning Area: Elevated convection resulting in heavy rainfall and flash flooding due to upper and lower-level jet coupling.  National Weather Association Annual Meeting, Charleston, SC, October 2013, P0.17.