Raymond W. Arritt Professor Department of Agronomy Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 50011 USA tel +1-515-294-9870 fax +1-515-294-3163 electronic mail: rwarritt (at) bruce (dot) agron (dot) iastate (dot) edu

Education

• Ph.D., 1985, Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University. Dissertation title: "Numerical studies of thermally and mechanically forced circulations over complex terrain''. Major professor: R.A. Pielke.
• M.S., 1982, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia. Thesis title: "The prediction of probability of precipitation amount using model output statistics''. Major professor: W.M. Frank.
• B.A. (With Distinction), 1979, University of Virginia. Completed two majors, Economics and Environmental Sciences.

Academic positions

• 2000-present: Professor, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University.
• 1993-2000: Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy, Iowa State University.
• 1988-1993: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Kansas.
• 1985-1988: Research Associate, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University.

Publications

Refereed journals:

• Pryor, S.C., R.J. Barthelmie, D.T. Young, E.S. Takle, R.W. Arritt, D. Flory, W.J. Gutowski Jr., A. Nunes and J. Roads, 2009: Wind speed trends over the contiguous United States. Journal of Geophysical Research 114, D14105, doi:10.1029/2008JD011416.
• Viner, B.J., M.E. Westgate and R.W. Arritt, 2009: A model to predict diurnal pollen shed in maize. Crop Science (accepted subject to minor revisions).
• Astini, J.P., A. Fonseca, H. Lopez-Sanchez, C. Clark, S. Goggi, M. Westgate and R. Arritt, 2009: Predicting movement of transgenes to non-transgenic maize on a field scale. Submitted to Field Crops Research.
• Astini,J.P., A. Fonseca, C. Clark, J. Lizaso, L. Grass, M. Westgate and R. Arritt, 2009: Predicting out-crossing in maize hybrid seed production. Agronomy Journal (in press).
• Gutowski, W.J., Jr., S.S. Willis, J.C. Patton, B.R. Schwedler, R.W. Arritt, and E.S. Takle, 2008: Changes in extreme, cold-season synoptic precipitation events under global warming. Submitted to Geophysical Research Letters.
• Herzmann, D.E., J. Wolt, and R. Arritt, 2008: Representativity of a mesoscale network for weather-related factors governing pollen dispersal. International Journal of Biometeorology, 52, 617-624.
• Song, X., X. Wu, G. Zhang and R.W. Arritt, 2008: Understanding the effects of convective momentum transport on climate simulations: the role of convective heating. Journal of Climate, 21, 5034-5047.
• Williams, C.L., M. Liebman, J.W. Edwards, D.E. James, J.W. Singer, R. Arritt and D. Herzmann, 2008: Patterns of regional yield stability in association with regional environmental characteristics. Crop Science 48, 1545-1559.
• Song, X., X. Wu, G. Zhang, and R.W. Arritt, 2008: Dynamical effects of convective momentum transports on global climate simulations. Journal of Climate, 21, 180-194.
• Correia, J., Jr., and R.W. Arritt, 2008: Thermodynamic properties of mesoscale convective system observed during BAMEX. Monthly Weather Review, 136, 4242-4271.
• Correia, J., Jr., R.W. Arritt, and C.J. Anderson, 2008: Idealized mesoscale convective system structure and propagation using convective parameterization. Monthly Weather Review, 136, 2422-2442.
• Arritt, R.W., C.A. Clark, A.S. Goggi, H. Lopez Sanchez, M.E. Westgate and J.M. Riese, 2007: Lagrangian numerical simulations of canopy air flow effects on maize pollen dispersal. Field Crops Research, 102, 151-162.
• Gutowski, W.J, Jr. K.A. Kozak, R.W. Arritt, J.H. Christensen, J.C. Patton and E.S. Takle, 2007: A possible constraint on regional precipitation intensity changes under global warming. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8, 1382-1396.
• Anderson, C.J., R.W. Arritt and J.S. Kain, 2007: An alternative mass flux profile in the Kain-Fritsch convective parameterization and its effects in seasonal precipitation. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 8, 1128-1140.
• Goggi, A.S., H. Lopez-Sanchez, P. Caragea, M. Westgate, and R. Arritt, and C. Clark, 2007: Gene flow in maize fields with different local pollen densities. International Journal of Biometeorology, 51, 493-503.
• Takle, E.S, J. Roads, B. Rockel, W.J. Gutowski, Jr., R.W. Arritt, I. Meinke, C.G. Jones and A. Zadra, 2007: Transferability intercomparison: An opportunity for new insight on the global water cycle and energy budget. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 88, 375-384.
• Goggi, A. S., P. Caragea, H. Lopez-Sanchez, M. Westgate, R. Arritt, and C. Clark, 2006: Statistical analysis of outcrossing between adjacent maize grain production fields. Field Crops Research, 99, 147-157.
• Duffy, P.B., R.W. Arritt, J. Coquard, W. Gutowski, J. Han, J. Iorio, J. Kim, L.-R. Leung, J. Roads and E. Zeledon, 2006: Simulations of present and future climates in the western U.S. with four nested regional climate models. Journal of Climate, 19, 873-895.
• Martinez-Castro, D., R.P. da Rocha, A. Bezanilla-Morlot, L. Alvarez-Escudero, J.P. Reyes-Fernandez, Y. Silva-Vidal and R.W. Arritt, 2006: Sensitivity studies of the RegCM-3 simulation of summer precipitation, temperature and local wind field in the Caribbean Region. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 86, 5-22.
• Pan, Z., R.W. Arritt, E.S. Takle, W.J. Gutowski, Jr., C.J. Anderson, and M. Segal, 2004: Altered hydrologic feedback in a warming climate introduces a warming hole. Geophysical Research Letters, 31, L17109, doi:10.1029/2004GL02528.
• Pan, Z., M. Segal, and R.W. Arritt, 2004: Role of topography in forcing low-level jets in central U.S. during the 1993 flood - altered terrain simulations. Monthly Weather Review, 132, 396-403.
• Pan, Z., M. Segal, R.W. Arritt and E.S. Takle, 2004: On the potential change in solar radiation over the U.S. due to increases of atmospheric greenhouse gases. Renewable Energy, 29, 1923-1928.
• Gutowski, W.J., S.G. Decker, R.A. Donavon, Z. Pan, R.W. Arritt and E.S. Takle. 2003. Temporal-spatial scales of observed and simulated precipitation in central U.S. climate. Journal of Climate 16, 3841-3847.
• Gutowski, W.J., Jr., F.O. Otieno, R.W. Arritt, E.S. Takle and Z. Pan, 2002: Diagnosis and attribution of a seasonal precipitation deficit in a U.S. regional climate simulation. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 5, 230-242.
• Anderson, C.J., R.W. Arritt, E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, W.J. Gutowski, R. da Silva, and PIRCS modelers, 2003: Hydrologic processes in regional climate model simulations of the central United States flood of June-July 1993. Journal of Hydrometeorology 4, 584-598.
• Kunkel, K.E., K. Andsager, X.-Z. Liang, R.W. Arritt, E.S. Takle, W.J. Gutowski, Jr. and Z. Pan, 2002: Observations and regional climate model simulations of extreme precipitation events and seasonal anomalies: a comparison. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 3, 322-334.
• Kim, J., T.-K. Kim, R.W. Arritt and N.L. Miller, 2002: Impacts of increased atmospheric CO2 on the hydroclimate of the western United States. Journal of Climate, 15, 1926-1942.
• Segal, M. Z. Pan and R.W. Arritt, 2002: On the effects of relative timing of diurnal and large-scale forcing on summer extreme rainfall characteristics over the central United States. Monthly Weather Review, 130, 1442-1450.
• Hay, L.E., M.P. Clark, R.L. Wilby, W.J. Gutowski, G.H. Leavesley, Z. Pan, R.W. Arritt, E.S. Takle, 2002: Use of regional climate model output for hydrologic simulations. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 3, 571-590.
• Yang, Z. and R.W. Arritt, 2002: Tests of a perturbed physics ensemble approach for regional climate modeling. Journal of Climate, 15, 2881-2896.
• Wei, H., M. Segal, W.J. Gutowski, Jr., Z. Pan, R.W. Arritt and W.A. Gallus, Jr., 2001: Sensitivity of simulated regional surface thermal fluxes during snowmelt to selection of the lowest model level height. Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2, 395–405.
• Pan, Z., J.H. Christensen, R.W. Arritt, W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle and F. Otieno, 2001: Evaluation of uncertainties in regional climate change simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, 17735-17751.
• Anderson, C.J. and R.W. Arritt, 2001: Representation of summertime low-level jets in the central United States by the NCEP/NCAR Reanalysis. Journal of Climate, 14,  234-247.
• Anderson, C.J. and R.W. Arritt, 2001: Mesoscale convective systems over the United States during the 1997-1998 El Nino. Monthly Weather Review, 129, 2443-2457.
• Pan, Z., R.W. Arritt, W.J. Gutowski, Jr. and E.S. Takle, 2001: Soil moisture in a regional climate model: simulation and projection. Geophysical Research Letters, 28, 2947-2950.
• Segal, M., Z. Pan, R.W. Arritt and E.S. Takle, 2001: On the potential change in wind power over the U.S. due to increases of atmospheric greenhouse gases. Renewable Energy, 24, 235-243.
• Laird, N.F., D.A.R. Kristovich, X.-Z. Liang, R.W. Arritt and K. Labas, 2001: Lake Michigan lake breezes: Climatology, local forcing, and synoptic environment. Journal of Applied Meteorology 40, 409-424.
• Pan, Z., R.W. Arritt, M. Segal, T.-C. Chen, and S.-P. Weng, 2000: Effects of quasi-stationary large-scale anomalies on some mesoscale features associated with 1993 flood: A regional model simulation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105, 29551-29564.
• Arritt, R.W., D.C. Goering and C.J. Anderson, 2000: The North American monsoon system in the Hadley Centre coupled ocean-atmosphere GCM. Geophysical Research Letters, 27, 565-568.
• Wilby, R.L., L.E. Hay, W.J. Gutowski, Jr., R.W. Arritt, E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, G.H. Leavesley and M.P. Clark, 2000: Hydrological responses to dynamically and statistically downscaled climate model output. Geophysical Research Letters , 27, 1199-1202.
• Anderson, C.J. and R.W. Arritt, 2001: Representation of summertime low-level jets in the central United States by the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis. Journal of Climate, 14, 234-247.
• Chen, T.-C., M.-C. Yen, S.-Y. Wang and R.W. Arritt, 1999: Roll clouds associated with an East Asian cold front. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 80, 2199-2208.
• Takle, E.S., W.J. Gutowski, Jr., R.W. Arritt, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, R. Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, F. Giorgi, J.H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, G. Liston, P. Lopez, R.A. Pielke, Sr., J. McGregor and J.O. Roads, 1999: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS): Description and initial results. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104(D16), 19443-19461.
• Daniel, C.J., R.W. Arritt and C.J. Anderson, 1999: Accuracy of 404 MHz radar profilers for detection of low level jets over the central United States. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 38, 1391-1396.
• Segal, M., C. Anderson, R.W. Arritt, R.M. Rabin and D.W. Martin, 1999: Some observations of the clearing of cumulus clouds downwind from snow covered areas. Monthly Weather Review, 127, 1687-1692.
• Chen, T.-C., M.-C. Yen, and R.W. Arritt, 1998: Detection of semidiurnal oscillation with a radar wind profiler. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 1921-1924.
• Chen, T.-C., M.-C. Yen, J.-C. Hsieh and R.W. Arritt, 1998: Preliminary research results of the rainfall measured by the Automatic Rainfall and Meteorological Telemetry System in Taiwan: diurnal and seasonal variations. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 79, 1921-1924.
• Pan, Z., M. Segal, R.W. Arritt, T.-C. Chen and S.-P. Weng, 1999: A method for simulating effects of quasi-stationary wave anomalies on regional climate. Journal of Climate, 12, 1336-1346.
• Pan, Z., M. Segal, E.S. Takle and R.W. Arritt, 1999: Simulation of potential impacts of man-made land use changes on U.S. summer climate under various synoptic regimes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6515-6528.
• Anderson, C.J. and R.W. Arritt, 1998: Mesoscale convective complexes and persistent elongated convective systems during 1992 and 1993. Monthly Weather Review, 126, 578-599.
• Arritt, R.W., T.D. Rink, M. Segal, D.P. Todey, C.A. Clark, M.J. Mitchell and K.M. Labas, 1997: The Great Plains low-level jet during the warm season of 1993. Monthly Weather Review, 125, 2176-2192.
• Segal, M., R. W. Arritt and J.E. Tillman, 1997: On the potential impact of daytime surface sensible heat flux on the dissipation of Martian cold air outbreaks. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 54, 1544-1549.
• Segal, M., R.W. Arritt, J. Shen, C. Anderson and M. Leuthold, 1997: On the clearing of cumulus clouds downwind from lakes. Monthly Weather Review, 125, 639-646.
• Kunkel, K.E., S.A. Changnon, B.C. Reinke and R.W. Arritt, 1996: The July 1995 heat wave in the Midwest: a climatic perspective and critical weather factors. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 77, 1507-1518.
• Mitchell, M.J., R.W. Arritt and K. Labas, 1995: A climatology of the warm season Great Plains low-level jet using wind profiler observations. Weather and Forecasting, 10, 576-591.
• Clark, C.A. and R.W. Arritt, 1995: Numerical simulations of the effect of soil moisture and vegetation cover on the development of deep convection. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 34, 2029-2045.
• Segal, M., R.W. Arritt, C. Clark, R. Rabin and J. Brown, 1995: Scaling evaluation of the effect of surface characteristics on potential for deep convection over uniform terrain. Monthly Weather Review, 123, 383-400.
• Segal, M., M.J. Mitchell and R.W. Arritt, 1994: Sensitivity of local deep convection potential over water bodies to SST and wind speed. Monthly Weather Review, 122, 2210-2217.
• Segal, M., M.J. Mitchell and R.W. Arritt, 1994: Some sensitivity evaluations of GCM predicted 2xCO2 climate impact on deep convection over water bodies. Journal of Climate 7, 1014-1018.
• Segal, M., R.W. Arritt and J.E. Heim, 1993: A simple and efficient scheme for executing one- and two-dimensional numerical model sensitivity experiments. Monthly Weather Review, 121, 1871-1873.
• Segal, M., W.L. Physick, J.E. Heim and R.W. Arritt, 1993: On the enhancement of cold front temperature contrast by differential cloud cover. Monthly Weather Review, 121, 867-873.
• Arritt, R.W., 1993: Effects of the large scale flow on characteristic features of the sea breeze. Journal of Applied Meteorology, 32, 116-125.
• Arritt, R.W., J.M. Wilczak and G.S. Young, 1992: Observations and numerical modeling of an elevated mixed layer. Monthly Weather Review, 120, 2869-2880.
• Segal, M. and R.W. Arritt, 1992: Non-classical mesoscale circulations caused by surface sensible heat flux gradients. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 73, 1593-1604.
• Arritt, R.W., 1991: A numerical modeling technique for estimating sulfur dioxide dry deposition due to local source emissions. Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 41, 1341-1347.
• Pielke, R.A., A. Song, P.J. Michaels, W.A. Lyons and R.W. Arritt, 1991: The predictability of sea-breeze generated thunderstorms. Atmosfera, 4, 65-78.
• Pielke, R.A., R.A. Stocker, R.W. Arritt and R.T. McNider, 1991: A procedure to estimate worst-case air quality in complex terrain. Environment International, 17, 559-594.
• Arritt, R.W. and W.L. Physick, 1989: Formulation of the thermal internal boundary layer in a mesoscale model. II: Simulations with a Level-2.5 turbulence closure. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 49, 411--416.
• Arritt, R.W., 1989: Numerical modeling of the offshore extent of sea breezes. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 115, 547-570.
• Segal, M., R.A. Pielke, R.W. Arritt, M.D. Moran, C.-H. Yu and D. Henderson, 1988: Application of a mesoscale atmospheric dispersion modeling system to the estimation of SO2 concentrations from major elevated sources in southern Florida. Atmospheric Environment, 22, 1319-1334.
• Segal, M., C.-H. Yu, R.W. Arritt and R.A. Pielke, 1988: On the impact of valley / ridge thermally induced circulations on regional pollutant transport. Atmospheric Environment , 22, 471-486.
• Arritt, R.W., R.A. Pielke and M. Segal, 1987: Variations of sulfur dioxide dry deposition velocity resulting from terrain-forced mesoscale circulations. Atmospheric Environment, 22, 715-723.
• Pielke, R.A., R.W. Arritt, M. Segal, M.D. Moran and R.T. McNider, 1987: Mesoscale numerical modeling of pollutant transport in complex terrain.Boundary-Layer Meteorology , 41, 59-74.
• Arritt, R.W., R.T. McNider and R.A. Pielke, 1987: Numerical model evaluation of the extension of the critical dividing streamline hypothesis to mesoscale two-dimensional terrain. Atmospheric Environment, 21, 1905--1914.
• Arritt, R.W., 1987: The effect of water surface temperature on lake breezes and thermal internal boundary layers. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 40, 101-125.
• Arritt, R.W. and R.A. Pielke, 1986: Interactions of nocturnal slope flows with ambient winds. Boundary-Layer Meteorology, 37, 183-195.
• Song, J.-L., R.A. Pielke, M. Segal, R.W. Arritt and R.C. Kessler, 1985: A method to determine nonhydrostatic effects within subdomains in a mesoscale model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 42, 2110-2120.
• Arritt, R.W. and W.M. Frank, 1985: Experiments in probability of precipitation amount forecasting using model output statistics. Monthly Weather Review, 113, 1837-1851.

Presentations at Conferences and Symposiums:

* indicates presenter

• Arritt, R.* for the NARCCAP Team, 2008: Regional drought in the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP). Presented at 33rd Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop/CLIVAR Drought Workshop (CDPW), 20-24 October 2008, Lincoln, Nebraska.
• Arritt, R.* for the NARCCAP Team, 2008: North American precipitation climates in an ensemble of regional climate model simulations. American Geophysical Union 2008 Joint Assembly, 27-30 May 2008, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
• Arritt, R.* for the NARCCAP Team, 2008: Preliminary results from the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP). Presented at Workshop MDCR (Modeling and Diagnostics of Regional Climate), 5-7 May 2008, Esterel, Quebec, Canada.
• Viner, B., R. Arritt* and M. Westgate, 2008: Large eddy simulation of pollen dispersion and viability. Presented at International Conference on Implications of GM Crop Cultivation at Large Spatial Scales, 2-4 April 2008, Bremen, Germany.
• Arritt, R.* for the NARCCAP Team, 2008: North American precipitation climates in an ensemble of regional climate model simulations. Abstract GC53A-03, AGU Spring Meeting (Joint Assembly), 27-30 May 2008, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
• Arritt, R.* for the NARCCAP Team, 2008: Inter-model variability of precipitation in results from the North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP). European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 14-18 April 2008, Vienna, Austria.
• Viner, B.,* R. Arritt and M. Westgate, 2008: Pollen transport and viability evaluated using combined large-eddy simulation and Lagrangian stochastic models 28th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 28 April - 2 May 2008, Orlando, FL.
• Clark, C., J. Astini, R. Arritt, M. Westgate* and S. Goggi, 2008: Simulations and field experiments of designs for pollen confinement. 28th Conference on Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 28 April - 2 May 2008, Orlando, FL.
• Arritt,* R. for the NARCCAP Team: Downscaling ENSO events in nested regional climate models. Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GC21A-0129, 10-14 December 2007, San Francisco, CA.
• Takle, E.S.,* S.C. Pryor, R. Barthelmie, T.K. Anderson, J. Correia, D. Flory, R.W. Arritt and W.J. Gutowski, 2007: Trends in U.S. surface winds over the last quarter of the 20C: Observations and model results. Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GC21A-0128, 10-14 December 2007, San Francisco, CA.
• Viner,* B., R. Arritt and M. Westgate, 2007: Regulation of diurnal pollen release. Symposium on Gene Flow among Transgenic Plants and Their Wild Relatives: Implication for Risk Assessment, North Central Weed Science Society 62nd Annual Meeting, 10-13 December 2007, St. Louis, MO.
• Viner,* B., R. Arritt, M. Westgate and S. Goggi, 2007: Application of large eddy simulation to quantify dispersal of viable maize pollen. Symposium on Gene Flow among Transgenic Plants and Their Wild Relatives: Implication for Risk Assessment, North Central Weed Science Society 62nd Annual Meeting, 10-13 December 2007, St. Louis, MO.
• Clark, C., J. Astini, R. Arritt,* M. Westgate and S. Goggi, 2007: Application of a 3D windbreak model to compare field plot designs for limiting pollen dispersal. Symposium on Gene Flow among Transgenic Plants and Their Wild Relatives: Implication for Risk Assessment, North Central Weed Science Society 62nd Annual Meeting, 10-13 December 2007, St. Louis, MO.
• Westgate,* M., J. Astini, A. Fonseca, J. Lizaso, C. Clark and R. Arritt, 2007: Modeling the biology of out-crossing by adventitious pollen. Symposium on Gene Flow among Transgenic Plants and Their Wild Relatives: Implication for Risk Assessment, North Central Weed Science Society 62nd Annual Meeting, 10-13 December 2007, St. Louis, MO.
• Viner,* B. and R. Arritt, 2007: Predicting dispersion and viability of maize pollen using a fluid dynamic model of atmospheric turbulence. Third International Conference on Coexistence between Genetically Modified (GM) and non-GM based Agricultural Supply Chains, 20-21 November 2007, Seville, Spain.
• Arritt, R.W., J. Astini, C.A. Clark, M.E. Westgate and A.S. Goggi, 2007: Biological windbreaks for pollen confinement. Third International Conference on Coexistence between Genetically Modified (GM) and non-GM based Agricultural Supply Chains, 20-21 November 2007, Seville, Spain.
• Arritt,* R. for the NARCCAP Team, 2007: Extreme seasonal precipitation in an ensemble of regional climate models. Second International Conference on Earth System Modeling, 27-31 August 2007, Hamburg, Germany.
• Arritt, R., 2007: The North American monsoon in IPCC AR4 models. International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics 24th General Assembly, 2-13 July 2007, Perugia, Italy.
• Gutowski,* W.J., Jr., J. Roads, B. Rockel, R. Arritt, B. Geyer, C. Jones, I. Meinke, D. Paquin, E. Takle and U. Willen, 2007: Transferability assessment of regional climate models: Extremes. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, 05541, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 16-20 April 2007, Vienna, Austria.
• Rockel,* B., B. Geyer, R. W. Arritt, W.J. Gutowski Jr., C. G. Jones, I. Meinke, D. Paquin, J. Roads, E.S. Takle and U. Willen, 2007: Latest results from the Inter-Continental Transferability Study (ICTS). Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 9, 03555, European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 16-20 April 2007, Vienna, Austria.
• Anderson, C., R. Arritt* and J. Kain, 2007: A revised version of the Kain-Fritsch convective parameterization. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 16-20 April 2007, Vienna, Austria.
• Arritt*, R.W. for the NARCCAP Team, 2007: The North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP): Identifying sources of uncertainty in nested regional climate simulations. European Geosciences Union General Assembly, 16-20 April 2007, Vienna, Austria.
• Arritt*, R.W. for the NARCCAP Team, 2007: North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP): Evaluating uncertainties in projections of regional climate change. Fourth USDA Greenhouse Gas Conference, 6-8 February 2007, Baltimore, MD.
• Gutowski*, W.J., Jr., S.S. Willis, J.C. Patton, B.R. Schwedler, R.W. Arritt and E.S. Takle, 2007: Simulating the synoptic climatology of extreme precipitation events under global warming. AMS Forum: Climate Change Manifested by Changes in Weather, 87th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, 15-18 January 2007, San Antonio, TX.
• Arritt*, R.W. for the NARCCAP Team, 2006: North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP): Producing regional climate change projections for climate impacts studies. Presented at American Geophysical Union 2006 Fall Meeting. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract A43D-03, December 11-15, 2006, San Francisco, CA.
• Herzmann*, D.E., T. Perlick, R. Arritt, M. Westgate and S. Goggi, 2006: Modeling out crossing probabilities for maize in Iowa. Paper 166-7, ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, November 12-16, 2006.
• Astini, J., A. Fonseca, H. Lopez-Sanchez, S. Goggi, J. Lisazo, M. Westgate, and R. Arritt, 2006: Predicting out-crossing in grain and seed production fields. Paper 1926a, ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, November 12-16, 2006.
• Viner*, B., R. Arritt, M. Westgate and C. Clark, 2006: Pollen viability during long range transport. Paper 43-1, ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, November 12-16, 2006.
• Williams, C., M. Liebman, J. Edwards, D.E. James, D. Herzmann, J. Singer and R. Arritt, 2006: Use of aggregated environmental data to predict spatial variation of crop yields across a landscape. Paper 314-3, ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Annual Meeting, November 12-16, 2006, Indianapolis, IN.
• Correia*, J. and R. Arritt, 2006: Dropsonde derived structure of Mesoscale Convective Systems observed during BAMEX. Paper 7.1, 23rd Conference on Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, St. Louis, MO.
• Correia*, J. and R. Arritt, 2006: Vertical velocity composites of Mesoscale Convective Systems observed during BAMEX. Paper P2.4, 12th Conference on Cloud Physics, American Meteorological Society, July 10-14, 2006, Madison, WI.
• Viner*, B.J., A.S. Goggi, R.W. Arritt, M.E. Westgate, C.A. Clark and E. S. Takle, 2006: A screening technique for pollen confinement methods. Paper 4.3, 17th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology, American Meteorological Society, May 22-25, 2006, San Diego, CA.
• Anderson, C.J., R.W. Arritt* and J.S. Kain, 2006: Tests of a revised cumulus parameterization and horizontal resolution in a regional climate model. Eos Trans. American Geophysical Union, 87(36), Jt. Assem. Suppl., A33A-01, Baltimore, MD.
• Arritt*, R., 2006: Continental teleconnections of the North American monsoon. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, 09799, European Geosciences Union 2006 General Assembly, Vienna.
• Arritt*, R., 2006: Comparative evaluations of cumulus parameterizations in regional climate simulations. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, 09863, European Geosciences Union 2006 General Assembly, Vienna.
• Takle* E., J. Roads, B. Rockel, W. Gutowski, Jr., R. Arritt, C. Jones, I. Meinke and A. Zadra, 2006: Diurnal cycle of surface-flux probability distributions in regional climate models. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, 10074, European Geosciences Union 2006 General Assembly, Vienna.
• E. Takle*, J. Roads, B. Rockel, W. Gutowski Jr., R. W. Arritt, C. Jones, I. Meinke, and A. Zadra, 2006: Do regional climate models perform better on their home domains? A transferability intercomparison. Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 8, 09952, European Geosciences Union 2006 General Assembly, Vienna.
• Arritt*, R.W., C.A. Clark, M.E. Westgate, B. Viner, E.S. Takle and A.S. Goggi, 2005: Evaluation of pollen confinement techniques. Presented in Crop Gene Flow and the Occurrence and Consequences of Gene Introgression between Crops and Their Sexually Compatible Relatives, North Central Weed Science Society 60th Annual Meeting, 13-14 December 2005, Kansas City, MO.
• Arritt*, R.W., C.A. Clark, M.E. Westgate, E.S. Takle and A.S. Goggi, 2005: Use of coupled atmospheric and dispersion models to evaluate strategies for pollen confinement. Presented at Second International Conference on Co-Existence Between GM and non-GM Based Agricultural Supply Chains, 14-15 November 2005, Montpellier, France.
• Arritt*, R.W., 2005: Representation of the North American monsoon system in present-generation global climate models. Presented at Fifth International Scientific Conference on the Global Energy and Water Cycle, 20-24 June 2005, Costa Mesa, CA.
• Arritt*, R.W. for the NARCCAP Team, 2005: Predictability of the North American monsoon system in nested regional climate model results from the NARCCAP ensemble. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2005, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005.
• Arritt*, R.W., 2005: Diagnosis of the North American monsoon and its teleconnections in current and future climates as simulated by multiple GCMs. European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2005, Vienna, Austria, 24-29 April 2005.
• Arritt*, R.W., 2005: The North American monsoon system in simulations of current and future climates. Presented at Workshop on Analyses of Climate Model Simulations for the IPCC AR4, 1-4 March 2005, Honolulu, Hawaii.
• Arritt*, R.W., 2004: Construction of seasonal and climate ensembles using nested limited-area models. Joint WGNE/WGSIP/WGCM Workshop on Ensemble Methods, 18-21 October 2004, Exeter, UK.
• Correia*, J., W. Gallus, I. Jankov, and R. W. Arritt, 2004: Convective contamination of model initializations and the poor forecasts that follow. 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, 4-8 October 2004, Hyannis, MA.
• Lopez-Sanchez, H., Goggi, S., Westgate, M.E., Arritt, R., and Clark, C. 2004. Corn pollen flow in seed and grain production fields. In Agronomy Abstracts, ASA, Madison, WI.
• Arritt*, R., Clark, C.A., Westgate, M.E., and Goggi, A.S. 2004. Numerical simulations and field studies of maize pollen dispersion. 16th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology, American Meteorological Society, Vancouver, British Columbia.
• Correia*, J. and R. W. Arritt, 2004: Convective cold pool structure from BAMEX dropwindsonde and surface analysis. 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, 4-8 October 2004, Hyannis, MA.
• Arritt, R.W., C.J. Anderson, E.S.Takle, Z. Pan, W.J. Gutowski, Jr., F.O. Otieno, R. da Silva, D. Caya, J.H.Christensen, D. Lüthi, M.A. Gaertner, C. Gallardo, S.-Y. Hong, C. Jones, H.-M.H. Juang, J. J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, J.W. Larson, G.E. Liston, J.L. McGregor, R.A. Pielke, Sr., J.O. Roads and J.A. Taylor, 2004: Ensemble methods for seasonal limited area forecasts. Presented at 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, 12-16 January 2004, Seattle, Washington.
• Anderson*, C.J, C.K. Wikle and R.W. Arritt, 2004: Physical Linkages between ENSO and tornado frequency in the United States. Presented at 15th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, American Meteorological Society, 12-16 January 2004, Seattle, Washington.
• Herzmann*, D. and R.W. Arritt, 2004: Serving NEXRAD data with open source GIS. Presented at 20th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems in Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, 12-16 January 2004, Seattle, Washington.
• Correia, J. and R.W. Arritt, 2004: The effect of differential cloud cover on the propagation of a surface cold front. Presented at 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, 12-16 January 2004, Seattle, Washington.
• Correia, J. and R.W. Arritt, 2004: Preliminary results of a real time, time to space conversion for surface analysis. Presented at 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, 12-16 January 2004, Seattle, Washington.
• Correia, J. and R.W. Arritt, 2004: Numerical modelling of the 31 May 1998 severe bow echo. Presented at 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, 12-16 January 2004, Seattle, Washington.
• Anderson, C.J, R.W. Arritt, W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, J.A. Taylor, M. Dvorak, J.O. Roads, and A. Nunes, 2004: Intercomparison of inter-annual variability of North American Monsoon in regional climate model simulations. Presented at 14th Conference on Applied Climatology, American Meteorological Society, 12-16 January 2004, Seattle, Washington.
• Arritt*, R.W., M.E. Westgate, C.A. Clark, A. Fonseca and J.M. Riese, 2003: Development of an adventitious pollen risk assessment model. Presented at First European Conference on Co-existence of Genetically Modified Crops with Conventional and Organic Crops, Helsingor, Denmark, 13-14 November 2003.
• Arritt*, R.W., M.E. Westgate, J.M. Riese, A. Fonseca and A.S. Goggi, 2003: Adventitious pollen risk assessment model. Presented at Third European Symposium on Aerobiology, 31 August - 3 September 2003, Worcester, United Kingdom.
• Arritt, R.W., 2003: Sensitivity to convective parameterization in regional climate models (invited presentation). International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, 26 May - 6 June 2003.
• Correia, J. and R.W. Arritt, 2003: The effect of differential cloud cover on the propagation of a surface cold front. Tenth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, 23-27 June 2003, Portland, Oregon.
• Anderson, C.J. and R.W. Arritt, 2003: LLJ formation north of a surface warm front. Presented at 10th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, 23-27 June 2003, Portland, Oregon.
• Anderson, C.J. and R.W. Arritt, 2003: Relationships between North American Monsoon and MCC and PECS distributions. Presented at 10th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, 23-27 June 2003, Portland, Oregon.
• Pan, Z., M. Segal and R.W. Arritt, 2003: On the role of the Rocky Mountains in forcing low-level jet in the central United States. Tenth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, 23-27 June 2003, Portland, Oregon.
• Pan, Z., R.W. Arritt, E.S. Takle, W.J. Gutowski, C.J. Anderson and J.H. Christensen, 2003: Role of mesoscale processes in climate change over the central United States - A warming "hole". Tenth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, 23-27 June 2003, Portland, Oregon.
• Anderson, C.J., C.K. Wikle and R.W. Arritt, 2003: Covariability of annual United States tornado report counts and climate indices. 14th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, 10-13 January 2003.
• Miller, D., S.E. Taylor, R.W. Arritt, D.P. Todey and P.J. Sherman, 2003: Displaying an aridity index as a tool for mid-season evaluation of Midwest corn yield. 19th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems in Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, 10-13 January 2003.
• Arritt, R.W., 2002: Comparison of inter- and intra-model variability of precipitation in nested regional climate models. Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union.
• Arritt, R.W., 2002: Comparison of ensemble methods in a nested regional climate model. Second ICTP Conference on Detection and Modeling of Regional Climate Change, 30 September - 4 October 2002, Trieste, Italy.
• Arritt, R.W., M.E. Westgate, J.M. Riese, E.S. Takle, and M.J. Falk, 2002: A coupled physical-biological model for maize pollination. 15th Conf. on Biometeorology/Aerobiology and 16th Congress of Biometeorology, American Meteorological Society, Kansas City, MO, 28 October - 1 November 2002.
• Anderson, C.J., William A. Gallus, Jr., R.W. Arritt and J.S. Kain, 2002: Impact of adjustments in the Kain-Fritsch convective scheme on QPF of elevated convection. 19th Conf. on Weather Analysis and Forecasting/15th Conf. on Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, 12-16 August 2002, San Antonio, Texas.
• Otieno, F.O., W. Gutowski, E.S. Takle, C.J. Anderson, Z. Pan, and R.W. Arritt, 2002: Evaluation of seasonal predictive skill of a regional climate model. Mississippi River Climate and Hydrology Conference, American Meteorological Society, 13-17 May 2002, New Orleans, Louisiana.
• Arritt, R.W., J.M. Riese, M.E. Westgate, E.S. Takle, and M.J. Falk, 2002: Application of a Lagrangian model for pollen dispersion. 15th Conference on Boundary Layer and Turbulence, American Meteorological Society, Wageningen, Netherlands, 15-19 July 2002.
• Arritt, R.W. and T.-C. Chen, 2002: Ensemble simulations of precipitation impacts from Amazon deforestation. EGS 27th General Assembly, Nice, France, 22-26 April 2002.
• Arritt, R.W., T.-C. Chen, and K.J. St. Croix, 2002: Interaction of natural and anthropogenic factors in Amazon rainfall. 13th Symposium on Global Change and Climate Variations, American Meteorological Society 13 - 17 January 2002.
• Z. Pan, R.W. Arritt, W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, C.J. Anderson, F. Otieno, R. da Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J.H. Christensen, D. Luethi, M. Fox-Rabinovitz, M.A. Gaertner, F. Giorgi, G. Grell, S.-Y. Hong, C. Jones, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, G. Liston, J.L. McGregor, R.A. Pielke, Sr., J.O. Roads, J. Taylor, On PIRCS models' consistency of dynamics with precipitation. 13th Symp. on Global Change and Climate Variations, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Jan. 13-17, 2002.
• C.J. Anderson, R.W. Arritt, D. Miller, and L. Strehlow, 2001: Mesoscale convective systems over the United States during 1999 and 2000. Ninth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, 30 July-2 August 2001, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
• Arritt, R.W., C.J. Anderson and W.A. Gallus, Jr., 2001: Ensemble forecasts using perturbed physics in a multidimensional parameter space. 18th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and the 14th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, 30 July-2 August 2001.
• Kim, J., N.L. Miller, T.-K. Kim, R. Arritt, W.J. Gutowski, Jr., Z. Pan and G. Takle, 2001: Downscaled climate change scenario for the western U.S. using MAS-SPS model nested within the HadCM2 scenario. Presented at 12th Symposium on Global Change Studies and Climate Variations, American Meteorological Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 14-19 January 2001.
• Takle, E.S., Z. Pan, R.W. Arritt and W.J. Gutowski, Jr., 2001: Changes in snow depth and soil moisture from regional climate model simulations of future scenario climates. Presented at 12th Symposium on Global Change Studies and Climate Variations, American Meteorological Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 14-19 January 2001.
• Miller, N.L., W.J. Gutowski, E. Strem, Z. Pan, J. Kim, R.W. Arritt, E.S. Takle, O.B. Christensen, J.H. Christensen and R.K. Hartman, 2001: Assessing California streamflow under present day and a 2040 to 2049 climate change scenario. Presented at Climate Variability, the Oceans, and Societal Impacts, American Meteorological Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 14-19 January 2001.
• Yang, Z. and R.W. Arritt, 2001: Ensemble simulations of regional flood and drought climates. Presented at Precipitation Extremes: Prediction, Impacts, and Responses, American Meteorological Society, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 14-19 January 2001.
• Arritt, R.W., W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, F. Otieno, R. da Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J.H. Christensen, M. Fox-Rabinovitz, F. Giorgi, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, G. Liston, J.L. McGregor, R.A. Pielke, Sr., and J.O. Roads, 2000: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS): Simulation of the 1993 flood over the central U.S. 15th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, California, 9-14 January 2000.
• W.J. Gutowski, Jr., R. L. Wilby, L.E. Hay, C. J. Anderson, R.W. Arritt, M. P. Clark, G. H. Leavesley, Z. Pan, R. Silva, E. S. Takle, 2000: Statistical and dynamical downscaling of global model output for U.S. National Assessment hydrological analyses. Eleventh Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, 9-14 January 2000.
• Pan, Z., J.H. Christensen, R.W. Arritt, W.J. Gutowski, Jr. and E.S. Takle, 2000: Presented at 11th Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, Long Beach, CA, 9-14 January 2000.
• Arritt, R.W. and D.C. Goering, 1999: Changes to the North American monsoon system in a transient greenhouse-gas climate scenario. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 13-17 December 1999.
• Yang, Z. and R.W. Arritt, 1999: A method for producing ensemble simulations using a nested regional climate model. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, California, 13-17 December 1999.
• Labas, K.M., R.W. Arritt and C.J. Anderson, 1999: Use of ACARS data to improve lake breeze forecasts. Third Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Predictions and Processes, American Meteorological Society, New Orleans, Louisiana, 3-5 November 1999.
• Anderson, C.J. and R.W. Arritt, 1999: Mesoscale convective systems over the United States during the extreme El Nino event of 1997-1998. Preprints, Eighth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, Boulder, Colorado, 28 June–2 July 1999, 18-19.
• Arritt, R.W. and D.C. Goering, 1999: Inferences of effects of global climate change on mesoscale climate over the central U.S. Preprints, Eighth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, Boulder, Colorado, 28 June–2 July 1999, 107-108.
• Daniel, C.J. and R.W. Arritt, 1999: Analysis of error sources in profiler observations of low-level jets. 3rd Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems, American Meteorological Society, Dallas, Texas, 10-15 January 1999.
• Arritt, R.W., W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, R. Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J.H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, P. Lopez, J. McGregor and J.O. Roads, 1999: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS): Preliminary analyses of precipitation processes. Preprints, 14th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Dallas, Texas, 10-15 January 1999, 345-348.
• Arritt, R.W., W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, R. Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen,J.H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, P. Lopez, J. McGregor and J.O. Roads, 1999: Project to Intercompare Regional Climate Simulations (PIRCS): Preliminary results for the 1988 Midwest drought. 10th Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, Dallas, Texas, 10-15 January 1999.
• Anderson, C.J. and R.W. Arritt, 1999: Relationship of flood and drought years in the central United States to the interannual variability of low-level jets. Preprints, 14th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Dallas, Texas, 10-15 January 1999, 293-294.
• Pan, Z., M. Segal, R.W. Arritt, T.-C. Chen and S.-P. Weng, 1999: A method to identify scale interactions in regional climate. 14th Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, Dallas, Texas, 10-15 January 1999, 367-370.
• Yang, Z., R.W. Arritt and M. Segal, 1999: Numerical study of the effect of boundary layer schemes on the low level jet and precipitation systems. 13th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, American Meteorological Society, Dallas, Texas, 10-15 January 1999, 458-461.
• Arritt, R.W., W.J. Gutowski, Jr., E.S. Takle, Z. Pan, C.J. Anderson, R. Silva, D. Caya, S.-C. Chen, J.H. Christensen, S.-Y. Hong, H.-M. H. Juang, J.J. Katzfey, W.M. Lapenta, R. Laprise, P. Lopez, J. McGregor and J.O. Roads, 1998: Use of limited area models to develop regional climate scenarios. 2nd International Specialty Conference on Global Climate Change, Air and Waste Management Association, Washington, DC, 13-15 October 1998.
• Takle, E. S., Z. Pan, R. W. Arritt, and W. J. Gutowski, Jr., 1998: Regional climate scenarios for water resources research and impact assessment. Second International Conference on Climate and Water, Vol.1, 1-9. Espoo, Finland, August 17-20, 1998.
• Gallus, W.A., Jr., T. Li, M. Segal and R.W. Arritt, 1998: The effect of surface processes on fronts and convective precipitation systems: results of high resolution Eta simulations. Preprints, 12th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, AZ, January 11-16, 1998, J99-J100.
• Arritt, R.W., D.P. Todey, C.J. Anderson and K.M. Labas, 1998: An operational high-resolution numerical model for the Lake Michigan lake breeze. Preprints, Second Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Predictions and Processes, American Meteorological Society, Phoenix, AZ, January 11-16, 1998.
• Gallus, W.A., Jr., M. Segal, R.W. Arritt and T. Li, 1997: The effect of late-winter solar irradiance on frontogenesis: Eta simulations of the 9 March 1992 case. Proceedings, Symposium on Regional Weather Prediction, 14-17 October 1997, Athens, Greece, 307-314.
• Shen, J., E. S. Takle, R. W. Arritt, and H. Wang, 1997: A simulation study of the relationship among surface heterogeneity, heat fluxes, and boundary-layer turbulence structure. Preprints, 12th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, American Meteorological Society, Vancouver, Canada. 569-570.
• Mitchell, M.J., K. Carstens, R.W. Arritt and T.D. Rink, 1996: A wind profiler and PCGRIDDS analysis of a tropopause fold and associated cyclogenesis. Preprints, 15th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, American Meteorological Society, August 19-23, 1996.
• Anderson, C.J. and R.W. Arritt, 1996: MCC versus non-MCC mesoscale convective systems: Features associated with initiation. Preprints, Seventh Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, September 9-13, 1996, Reading, England.
• Arritt, R.W., T.D. Rink, C.A. Clark, M. Segal and Z. Pan, 1996: The low-level jet as a scale interaction mechanism during the 1993 floods over the midwestern United States. Preprints, Seventh Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society, September 9-13, 1996, Reading, England, 523-525.
• Anderson, C.J. and R.W. Arritt, 1996: Synoptic scale features contributing to the active MCS period occurring June 1993 through July 1993. Preprints, 18th Conference on Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, February 19-23, 1996, San Francisco, CA, 304-307.
• Shen, J. and R.W. Arritt, 1996: Comparison of GCM subgrid fluxes calculated using BATS and SiB schemes with a coupled land-atmosphere high resolution model. Preprints, 7th Symposium on Global Change, American Meteorological Society, January 28 - February 2, 1996, Atlanta.
• Shen, J. and R.W. Arritt, 1996: On the influences of boundary-layer resolution of host model on the coupling of biosphere and atmosphere interactions. Preprints, 12th Conference on Biometeorology and Aerobiology, American Meteorological Society, January 28 - February 2, 1996, Atlanta, 185-188.
• Arritt, R.W., M. Segal, M. Leuthold, C.J. Anderson, and R.W. Turner, 1996: An observational study of the Lake Okeechobee lake breeze and its effect on deep convection. Preprints, Conference on Coastal Oceanic and Atmospheric Prediction, American Meteorological Society, January 28 - February 2, 1996, Atlanta, 350-353.
• Jungbluth, K., J. Belles, M. Schumacher and R. Arritt, 1995: Velocity contamination of WSR-88D and wind profiler data due to migrating birds. Preprints, 27th Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, October 9-13, 1995, Vail, CO.
• Arritt, R.W. and C.J. Anderson, 1995: On the transition from mesoscale to turbulence. Preprints, 11th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, American Meteorological Society, March 27-31, 1995, Charlotte, NC, 277-278.
• Orcutt, K.F. and R.W. Arritt, 1995: Comparative fractal dimensions for daytime and nocturnal surface layer turbulence. Preprints, 11th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, American Meteorological Society, March 27-31, 1995, Charlotte, NC, 387-389.
• Shen, J., R.W. Arritt and E.S. Takle, 1995: Modeling investigation of the influences of vegetation and climate conditions on sea/lake breeze and boundary-layer turbulence structure. Preprints, 11th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, American Meteorological Society, March 27-31, 1995, Charlotte, NC, 466-469.
• Clark, C.A. and R.W. Arritt, 1995: Sensitivity of the development of deep convection to soil moisture and fractional vegetation cover. Preprints, Conference on Hydrology, American Meteorological Society, January 15-20, 1995, Dallas, Texas, 121-124.
• Arritt, R.W., 1994: The nonlinear response of mesoscale land use contrasts in the presence of large-scale flows. Preprints, Tenth Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, 441-442.
• Clark, C.A. and R.W. Arritt, 1994: The effect of soil moisture and vegetation cover on surface fluxes and deep convection. Preprints, Tenth Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, American Meteorological Society, 430-431.
• Arritt, R.W. and C.A. Clark, 1994: Functional relationships among soil moisture, vegetation cover, and surface fluxes. Preprints, 21st Conference on Agriculture and Forest Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, J37-J38.
• Arritt, R.W., 1994: An earth system model for evaluation of dry deposition. Preprints, Eighth Joint Conference on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 135-136.
• Arritt, R.W., 1993: Nonlinear interaction of mesoscale circulations with large-scale flows. Invited presentation at the Fall 1993 meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco.
• Smith, E.A., Y. Song, H.J. Cooper, F. Paolino, R.W. Arritt, K.-N. Liou and L. Daren, 1993: Meteorological classification of summer rainfall systems over the upland grassland region of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Presented at the Second Conference on the Grassland Ecosystem of the Mongolian Steppe (GEMS), November 4-7, 1993, Racine, WI.
• Mitchell, M.J., R.W. Arritt and K. Labas, 1993: A high-time-resolution climatology of the low-level jet: implications for forecasting mesoscale convection. Preprints, 17th Conference on Severe Local Storms,American Meteorological Society, 529-532..
• Mitchell, M.J., R.W. Arritt and K. Labas, 1993: Temporal variations in low-level jet development deduced from profiler observations. Preprints, 13th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting,American Meteorological Society, 466-468.
• Arritt, R.W., M. Segal, M.J. Hudson and K.L. Polston, 1993: Observations of regional surface evapotranspiration effects using remotely sensed and in-situ data. Preprints, Conference on Hydroclimatology, American Meteorological Society, 106-107.
• Mitchell, M.J., R.W. Arritt and K. Labas, 1993: Wind profiler analysis of low-level jet interaction with nocturnal convection. Preprints, Eighth Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation, American Meteorological Society, 270-273.
• Segal, M., R.W. Arritt, J.E. Heim and M.J. Mitchell, 1993: Influences of surface moisture availability and the background thermodynamic environment on the regional potential for deep convection. Preprints, Conference on Hydroclimatology, American Meteorological Society, 19-20.
• Arritt, R.W., 1992: Effects of unsteady synoptic winds on mesoscale valley circulations. Preprints, Sixth Conference on Mountain Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 189-190.
• Arritt, R.W. and M.W. Foster, 1992: Convective boundary layer growth after cloud clearing. Preprints, Symposium on Weather Forecasting, American Meteorological Society, 130-131.
• Arritt, R.W., M. Segal and R.T McNider, 1992: Response to transient atmospheric forcing in a coupled ocean-atmosphere boundary layer model. Preprints, Third Symposium on Global Change Studies, American Meteorological Society, 48-51.
• Arritt, R.W., 1991: A numerical study of sea breeze frontogenesis.Preprints, Fifth Conference on Meteorology and Oceanography of the Coastal Zone, American Meteorological Society, 26-29.
• Arritt, R.W., 1990: Measurements of boundary-layer modification by a small lake. Preprints, Fourth Conference on Mesoscale Processes, American Meteorological Society.
• Arritt, R.W. and G.S. Young, 1990: Elevated stable layers generated by mesoscale boundary-layer dynamics over complex terrain. Preprints, Fifth Conference on Mountain Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 114-117.
• Lyons, W.A., D.A. Moon, R.A. Pielke, W.R. Cotton and R. Arritt, 1988: Providing operational guidance for the development of sea breeze thunderstorms at the Kennedy Space Center: An experiment using a mesoscale numerical model. Preprints, 15th Conference on Severe Local Storms, American Meteorological Society, J125-J132.
• Lyons, W.A., D.A. Moon, J.A. Schuh, C.S. Keen, L.E. Newman, T.E. Nelson, R.A. Pielke, W.R. Cotton, R. Arritt and R.G. Fisher, 1988: Conducting a "field program'' on the southeast Florida coastline using a mesoscale numerical model. Preprints, Fourth Conference on Meteorology and Oceanography of the Coastal Zone, American Meteorological Society, 107-112.
• Arritt, R.W., G.S. Young and R.A. Pielke, 1987: An examination of the Denver convergence zone using a mesoscale numerical model. Preprints, Fourth Conference on Mountain Meteorology , American Meteorological Society, 151--155.
• Lyons, W.A., J.A. Schuh, D. Moon, R.A. Pielke, W. Cotton and R. Arritt, 1987: Short range forecasting of sea breeze generated thunderstorms: A real-time experiment using a primitive equation mesoscale numerical model. Proceedings, Symposium on Mesoscale Analysis and Forecasting Incorporating Nowcasting, European Space Agency, 503-508.
• Pielke, R.A., R.W. Arritt, M. Segal, M.D. Moran and R.T. McNider, 1987: Mesoscale numerical modeling of pollutant transport in complex terrain. International Conference on Energy Transformations and Interactions with Small and Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes (ICEA-87), March 2-6, 1987, Lausanne, Switzerland.
• Arritt, R.W., R.T. McNider, R.A. Pielke and D. Henderson, 1986: Numerical investigations of thermally and mechanically forced circulations over complex terrain. 79th Annual Meeting, Air Pollution Control Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Pielke, R.A., J.-L. Song, M. Segal, P.J. Michaels, W.A. Lyons and R.W. Arritt, 1986: The predictability of sea-breeze generated thunderstorms. WMO International Workshop on Rain-Producing Systems in the Extra-Tropics, July 21-25, 1986, San Jose, Costa Rica.
• Tremback, C., G. Tripoli, R.W. Arritt, W.R. Cotton and R.A. Pielke, 1986: The Regional Atmospheric Modeling System. Envirosoft 86: International Conference on Development and Applications of Computer Techniques to Environmental Studies (P. Zanneti, ed.), Computational Mechanics Institute, 601-607.
• Arritt, R.W., M. Segal and R.A. Pielke, 1986: The use of numerical simulation to assess dry deposition velocities for sulfur dioxide. Extended Abstracts, Fifth Joint Conference on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, November 18-21, 1986, Chapel Hill, NC. 159-162.
• Moran, M.D., R.W. Arritt, M. Segal and R.A. Pielke, 1986: Modification of regional scale pollutant dispersion by terrain-forced mesoscale circulations.Transactions of the Second Specialty Conference on the Meteorology of Acid Deposition , Air Pollution Control Association, 136-157.
• Pielke, R.A., R.W. Arritt, R.T. McNider, M. Segal, C.-H. Yu and W.L. Physick, 1986: Screening estimation of maximum 24-hour average pollution concentration in mountain valleys during synoptic stagnation. AWRA Conference on Science in the National Parks, July 16, 1986, Ft. Collins, CO.
• Arritt, R.W. and R.A. Pielke, 1985: The influence of turbulent kinetic energy diffusion on the development of nocturnal slope flows. Extended Abstracts, Seventh Symposium on Turbulence and Diffusion, American Meteorological Society, 308-311.
• Arritt, R.W. and R.A. Pielke, 1984: Numerical investigations of terrain--forced mesoscale circulations and pollutant transport in the Shenandoah Valley.Preprints, Third Conference on Mountain Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 1-4.
• McNider, R.T. and R.W. Arritt, 1984: Transferrability of critical dividing streamline models to larger scale terrain. Preprints, Third Conference on Mountain Meteorology , American Meteorological Society, J25-J27.

Professional Correspondence

• Pan, Z., M. Segal, and R.W. Arritt. 2003. The role of the Rockies in low-level jets. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 84, 1009-1010.
• Arritt, R.W., 1994: Book review: Environmental Modeling (P. Melli and P. Zannetti, eds.), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 74, 100-102.
• Segal, M., R.A. Pielke and R.W. Arritt, 1987: Response to "Spatial switching between first-order closure schemes in a numerical mesoscale model''. Monthly Weather Review, 115, 3200-3201.
• Pielke, R.A. and R.W. Arritt, 1985: A proposal to standardize models. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 65, 1082.

Current Funded Projects

• Multi-RCM Ensemble Downscaling of NCEP CFS Seasonal Forecasts (MRED). Principal Investigator (with W.J. Gutowski and E.S. Takle), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, $291,114, 7/2008-6/2011.
• The North American Regional Climate Change Assessment Program (NARCCAP): Using multiple GCMs and RCMs to simulate future climates and their uncertainty. Co-Principal Investigator (multi-institution project, lead PI is L. Mearns, NCAR). National Science Foundation, $353,000 (ISU portion), 1/2006-12/2008.
• Researching the relation between biofuels production and the hydrologic cycle. Principal Investigator, National Reneweable Energy Laboratory, $298,838, 6/2008-5/2010.
• Meteorological influences on the escape of transgenes. Principal Investigator, U.S. Department of Agriculture, $228,314, 9/2007-8/2010.
• Biofuels and the hydrologic cycle. Co-Investigator (R. Anex, lead PI; also with B.K. Gelder, M. Jha, and P.K. Gassman), National Science Foundation, $303,812, 8/2008-7/2010.

Teaching

Courses Taught

• AGRON 206 (Iowa State University), Introduction to Meteorology.
• AGRON 406 (Iowa State University), Climates of the Continents.
• AGRON 505 (Iowa State University), Biometeorology.
• AGRON 407/507 (Iowa State University), Mesoscale Meteorology
• AGRON 650x (Iowa State University), Agronomic Systems Simulation (co-taught with R. Salvador and R. Horton)
• MTEOR 605 (Iowa State University), Boundary-Layer Meteorology (co-taught with E. Takle)
• ATMO 750 (University of Kansas), Numerical Weather Prediction
• ATMO 650 (University of Kansas), Advanced Synoptic Meteorology
• ATMO 630 (University of Kansas), Synoptic Meteorology
• ATMO 605 (University of Kansas), Forecasting Practicum
• EVSC 350L (University of Virginia), Atmosphere and Weather Laboratory

Graduate Student Committees

• Christopher J. Anderson (M.S., 1996; Ph.D., 2004)
• Craig A. Clark (M.S., 1993; Ph.D., currently enrolled)
• John Baranick (M.S., currently enrolled)
• James Correia, Jr. (Ph.D., currently enrolled)
• Chad J. Daniel (M.S., 2000)
• Joseph E. Heim (M.S., 1993)
• Mark J. Mitchell (M.S., 1993)
• Karen F. Orcutt (M.S., 1995)
• Jenny M. Riese (M.S., 2002)
• Brian Viner (M.S., currently enrolled)
• Zhiwei Yang (Ph.D., 2001)

Professional Service

Membership in Professional Societies

• American Geophysical Union
• American Meteorological Society
• American Society of Agronomy

Editorships and committee service

• Associate Editor, Journal of Hydrometeorology, 2004-present.
• Associate Editor, Journal of Applied Meteorology, 2001-2003.
• Associate Editor, Monthly Weather Review, 1995-1997.
• Committee on Mountain Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, 1994-1996.
• Committee on Clouds and Precipitation, American Geophysical Union

Conference sessions organized

• "Generality of Climate Models and Their Components" European Geophysical Union General Assembly, April 2007.
• "Dynamic Regional Climate Modeling." American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly, May 2007.
• "Generality of Climate Models and Their Components" European Geophysical Union General Assembly, April 2006.

Research proposal reviews

• Air Force Office of Sponsored Research
• Department of Energy
• Environmental Protection Agency
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• National Center for Atmospheric Research
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• National Science Foundation
• Basic Research Foundation (Israel)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (Canada)

Journal reviews

• Atmospheric Environment
• Boundary-Layer Meteorology
• Geophysical Research Letters
• International Journal of Climatology
• Journal of Fluid Mechanics
• Journal of Geophysical Research
• Journal of Hydrometeorology
• Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association
• Journal of Applied Meteorology
• Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
• Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan
• Monthly Weather Review
• Nature
• Tellus
• Urban Atmosphere

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