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• Banta, R. and W.R. Cotton, 1981: An Analysis of the Structure of Local Wind Systems in a Broad Mountain Basin. J. Appl. Meteor., 20, 1255–1266, doi: 10.1175/1520-0450(1981)020<1255:AAOTSO>2.0.CO;2.


• Cotton, W.R., R.L. George, and K.R. Knupp, 1982: An Intense, Quasi-Steady Thunderstorm over Mountainous Terrain. Part I: Evolution of the Storm-Initiating Mesoscale Circulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 39, 328–342, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1982)039<0328:AIQSTO>2.0.CO;2.


• Cotton, W.R., R.L. George, P.J. Wetzel, and R.L. McAnelly, 1983: A Long-Lived Mesoscale Convective Complex. Part I: The Mountain–Generated Component. Mon. Wea. Rev., 111, 1893–1918, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1983)111<1893:ALLMCC>2.0.CO;2.


• Knupp, K.R. and W.R. Cotton, 1982: An Intense, Quasi-Steady Thunderstorm over Mountainous Terrain. Part II: Doppler Radar Observations of the Storm Morphological Structure. J. Atmos. Sci., 39, 343–358, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1982)039<0343:AIQSTO>2.0.CO;2.


• Knupp, K.R. and W.R. Cotton, 1982: An Intense, Quasi-Steady Thunderstorm over Mountainous Terrain. Part III: Doppler Radar Observations of the Turbulent Structure. J. Atmos. Sci., 39, 359–368, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1982)039<0359:AIQSTO>2.0.CO;2.


• Knupp, K.R. and W.R. Cotton, 1985: Convective cloud downdraft structure: An interpretive survey. Rev. Space Phys. Geophys., 23, 183-215, https://doi.org/10.1029/RG023i002p00183.


• Knupp, K.R. and W.R. Cotton, 1987: Internal Structure of a Small Mesoscale Convective System. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 629–645, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1987)115<0629:ISOASM>2.0.CO;2.


• Knupp, K.R., 1987: Downdrafts within High Plains Cumulonimbi. Part I: General Kinematic Structure. J. Atmos. Sci., 44, 987–1008, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1987)044<0987:DWHPCP>2.0.CO;2.


• Knupp, K.R., 1988: Downdrafts within High Plains Cumulonimbi. Part II: Dynamics and Thermodynamics. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 3965–3982, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1988)045<3965:DWHPCP>2.0.CO;2.


• Knupp, K.R., 1989: Numerical Simulation of Low-Level Downdraft Initiation within Precipitating Cumulonimbi: Some Preliminary Results. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 1517–1529, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1989)117<1517:NSOLLD>2.0.CO;2


• Knupp, K.R., 1996: Structure and Evolution of a Low-Buoyancy, Microburst-Producing Thunderstorm. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 2785-2806.


• McAnelly, R.L. and W.R. Cotton, 1986: Meso-β-scale Characteristics of an Episode of Meso-α-scale Convective Complexes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 114, 1740–1770, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1986)114<1740:MSCOAE>2.0.CO;2.


• Tripoli, G.J. and W.R. Cotton, 1986: An Intense, Quasi-Steady Thunderstorm over Mountainous Terrain. Part IV: Three-Dimensional Numerical Simulation. J. Atmos. Sci., 43, 894–913, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1986)043<0894:AIQSTO>2.0.CO;2.


• Tripoli, G.J. and W.R. Cotton, 1989: Numerical Study of an Observed Orogenic Mesoscale Convective System. Part 1: Simulated Genesis and Comparison with Observations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 273–304, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1989)117<0273:NSOAOO>2.0.CO;2.


• Tripoli, G.J. and W.R. Cotton, 1989: Numerical Study of an Observed Orogenic Mesoscale Convective System. Part 2: Analysis of Governing Dynamics. Mon. Wea. Rev., 117, 305–328, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1989)117<0305:NSOAOO>2.0.CO;2.


• Wetzel, P.J., W.R. Cotton, and R.L. McAnelly, 1983: A Long-Lived Mesoscale Convective Complex. Part II: Evolution and Structure of the Mature Complex. Mon. Wea. Rev., 111, 1919–1937, https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1983)111<1919:ALLMCC>2.0.CO;2.

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• Cotton, W.R., G. Tripoli, and K.R. Knupp, 1980: A three-dimensional simulation and observational analysis of an intense, quasi-steady thunderstorm over mountainous terrain. Preprints, VIIIth International Conference on Cloud Physics, Clermont-Ferrand, France.


• Knupp, K.R. and W.R. Cotton, 1984: Precipitating convective cloud downdraft structure - A synthesis of observations and modeling. Preprints, 9th International Conference on Cloud Physics, Tallinn, 431-434.


• Knupp, K.R., and W.R. Cotton, 1979: Characteristics of an intense, quasi-steady thunderstorm over mountainous terrain. Preprints, 11th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 530-537.


• Knupp, K.R., and W.R. Cotton, 1980: Doppler radar observations of the three-dimensional turbulent structure of a quasi-steady thunderstorm. Preprints, 19th Conference on Radar Meteorology, AMS, 369-375.


• Knupp, K.R., and W.R. Cotton, 1982: Doppler radar case study of downdraft initiation and structure within a moderately-intense thunderstorm. Preprints, 12th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 437-440.


• Knupp, K.R., and W.R. Cotton, 1982: Characteristics of downdrafts and turbulence within thunderstorms. Preprints, Conference on Cloud Physics, AMS, 539-542.


• Knupp, K.R., and W.R. Cotton, 1985: Downdraft initiation within precipitating convective clouds. Preprints, 14th Conference on Severe Local Storms, AMS, 171-174.


• Knupp, K.R., K.S. Danielson, and W.R. Cotton, 1978: A radar case study analysis of a heavily precipitating quasi-stationary convective storm system. Preprints, Conference on Cloud Physics and Atmospheric Electricity, AMS, 451-458.


• Knupp, K.R., N. Motallebi and W.R. Cotton, 1981: Observations of heavily-precipitating mountainous thunderstorms. Preprints, Fourth Conference on Hydrometeorology, AMS, 204-211.

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• Banta, R.M., 1982: An observational and Numerical Study of Mountain Boundary–Layer Flow. Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science Paper No. 350, June, 1982.


• George, R.L., 1979: Evolution of Mesoscale Convective Systems over Mountainous Terrain. Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science Paper No. 318, December, 1979.

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