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Allen, L. R., 2024: Observed Mesoscale Surface Air Pressure Waves and In-Cloud Characteristics in the Context of Winter Storm Structures. North Carolina State University, Dissertation.
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Burris, K., 2023: Examining Winter Storm Structures with High-Resolution Observed Profiles, North Carolina State University, dissertation.
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DeLaFrance, Andrew, 2024: Process-Based Imprints on Ice-Phase Precipitation Evolution: Quantitative Outcomes and Implications for Radar Remote Sensing. University of Washington, PhD awarded November 25, 2024.
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Hall, C., 2023: An Analysis of the Microphysical and Thermodynamic Properties of Elevated Convective Cells within Snowbands Associated with Winter Storms. M.Sc. Thesis, The University of Oklahoma, 45 pp.
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Harkema, S.S., 2023: Microphysical Examination of Electrified Snowfall Events Using GOES ABI/GLM and NU-WRF. The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Dissertations, 350.
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Heimes, K. E., 2024: Manifestation of elevated convection within wintertime extratropical cyclones during IMPACTS. M.S. Thesis, Department of Climate, Meteorology, and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 83 pp.
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Janiszeski, A. R., 2023: A kinematic modeling study of the re-organization of snowfall between cloud top generating cells and low-level snowbands in midlatitude winter storms. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dissertation, 86.
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McDonald, V., 2022: Measuring Kinematic Forcing on Snowbands in Midlatitude Winter Cyclones. University of Washington, dissertation.
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Moore, Jennifer, 2023: Evaluation of the Water Content Measurement Model 3000 Probe (WCM-3000) Using the NASA IMPACTS Dataset, UND, Master’s awarded December, 2023.
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Richter, A., 2023: An Airborne Multi-Band Microwave Analysis of Precipitation Within two Winter Cyclones, University of Alabama in Huntsville, dissertation.
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Roy, P., 2023: Investigation of supercooled cloud droplet temperatures and lifetimes in subsaturated environments with implications for ice nucleation at cloud boundaries. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Dissertation, 125.
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Tomkins, L. M., 2024: Synthesis of Radar-Observed Characteristics, Storm Structures, and Surface Snowfall Rates in 10+ Years of Northeast US Winter Storms. North Carolina State University, Dissertation.
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Varcie, M., 2021: Precipitation Growth Processes in the Comma-Head Region of an East Coast Winter Storm. Master’s Thesis University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
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Adams, I. A., R. Kroodsma, Y. Liu, J. E. Yorks, M. McLinden, J. Gong, L. Milani, S. Ringerud, A. Loftus, M. Grecu, 2024. Submillimeter-wave observations of falling snow. AGU 2024, Washington, D. C., 9 December 2024.
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Allen, L., S. E. Yuter, M. A. Miller, and L. M. Tomkins, 2023: Characteristics of Observed Surface Pressure Waves (gravity waves) in the Contexts of Storm Structure and Reflectivity Features. Abstracts, AMS 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction and 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Madison, WI, 18 July 2023.
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Amoit, C., G., T. J. Lang, R. Kroodsma, C. B. Blankenship, J. B. Roberts, B. T. Johnson, M. Grecu, I. Adams, 2025: Geophysical Retrievals and Cloud Analyses from Merged Airborne Radiometer Datasets Covering 10-684 GHz. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 15 January 2025.
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Beard, L., T. J. Zaremba, and R. M. Rauber, 2023: Radar analysis of the 1800 UTC 01 February – 0000 UTC 06 February frontal system sampled twice by IMPACTS. 2023 AMS Radar Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 31 August 2023.
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Bluestein, H., et al., 2023: Mobile Doppler radar observations in winter storms in the northeastern U. S. during IMPACTS in 2022 and 2023. 2023 AMS Radar Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 31 August 2023.
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Bodine, D. J. and coauthors, 2023: The Research and Educational Activities with the Mobile Rapid Scan X-Band Polarimetric (RaXPol) Radar As an NSF Community Instrument Facility. AMS 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Minneapolis, MN, August 2023.
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Brechner, P. A., G. M. McFarquhar, J. C. Schima, D. J. Delene, C. Toohey, D. Noone, A. J. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, R. M. Rauber, E. Järvinen, M. Schnaiter, 2024: Multimodal ice crystal size distributions in Atlantic Coast snowstorms: Results from IMPACTS. Poster given at 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Brechner, P., G. M. McFarquhar, P. Yeh, B. Colle, D. Delene, C. Nairy, K. L. Thornhill, J. Finlon, D. Toohey, D. Noone, A. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, R. M. Rauber, E. Järvinen, M. Schnaiter, 2024: On the Stochastic accuracy of models in predicting size distributions of ice crystals in winter storms: results from IMPACTS. International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP), Jeju, Korea, 18 July 2024.
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Brechner, P., G. M. McFarquhar, Y. Huang, P. Yeh, B. Colle, D. J. Delene, C. Nairy, K. L. Thornhill, J. Finlon, D. W. Toohey, D. Noone, A. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, E. Järvinen, M. Schnaiter, 2024: On the Stochastic accuracy of models in predicting the size distribution of ice crystals in winter storms: Results from IMPACTS. Poster at AGU 2024, Washington, D. C., 12 December 2024.
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Brechner, P., G.M. McFarquhar, D.J. Delene, C. Nairy, K.L. Thornhill, J. Finlon, D.W. Toohey, A. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, R. Rauber, E. Järvinen, and M. Schnaiter, 2020: Multimodal Ice Crystal Distributions in Atlantic Coast Snowstorms: Results from IMPACTS 2020. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, 14 December 2022, Chicago, IL.
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Brechner, P., G.M. McFarquhar, J. Schima, D. Delene, C. Nairy, K.L. Thornhill, J. Finlon, D. Toohey, A. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, R. Rauber, E. Järvinen, and M. Schnaiter, 2023: Multimodal ice crystal size distributions in Atlantic coast snowstorms: Results from IMPACTS 2020. Amer. Meteor. Soc. Radar Conference, Madison, WI, August 2023.
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Brechner, P., G.M. McFarquhar, J. Schima, D.J. Delene, C. Nairy, K.L. Thornhill, J. Finlon, D.W. Toohey, A. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, R. Rauber, E. Järvinen, and M. Schnaiter, 2023: Multimodal Ice Crystal Size Distributions in Atlantic Coast Snowstorms: Results from IMPACTS 2020, 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Madison, WI, 20 July 2023.
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Chandrasekar, V., E. Y. Kim, D. B. Wolff, F. Junyent, J. George, 2024: Overview of D3R snow observation during IMPACTS. ePoster given at 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Coleman, S., A. R. Bailey, D. Noone, D. W. Toohey, 2024: Insights into origins of mixture in winter storms in the Northeast United States using observations of isotopologues of water during IMPACTS. Poster at AGU 2024, Washington, D. C., 13 December 2024.
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D. Schvartzman, S. Emmerson, H. W. Hsu, G. Heymsfield, B. L. Cheong, T. Y. Yu, D. Sexton, and D. Feland, 2023: RaXPol Doppler-Radar Observations of Mesoscale Structures in Winter Storms in the Northeastern U. S. During IMPACTS 2022 and 2023, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction and 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, July 2023, Madison, WI (poster).
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Davis, P., A. M. Dzambo, G. M. McFarquhar, G. M. Heymsfield, C. N. Helms, K. L. Thornhill, and D. J. Delene, 2025: Evaluating Turbulence and Gravity Waves in relation to High Ice Water Content Observations during IMPACTS: A Case Study Analysis. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Poster, 14 January 2025.
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DeLaFrance, A., L. A. McMurdie, A. K. Rowe, A. Heymsfield, 2024: Process contributions to radar moments and ice-phase precipitation fallout from IMPACTS observations and a particle-based model. AGU 2024, Washington, D. C., 12 December 2024.
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DeLaFrance, A., L. A. McMurdie, A. K. Rowe, and A. Heymsfield, 2023: Particle-based modeling provides insights into the microphysical evolution of ice-phase precipitation within winter storms. AGU 2023, San Francisco, CA, 12 December 2023.
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DeLaFrance, A., L. McMurdie, A. K. Rowe, A. Heymsfield, A Lagrangian evaluation of the effects of riming within simulated radar vertical profiles. IUGG/IAMAS, Berlin, Germany, 13 July 2023.
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Douglas, J. C., G. M. McFarquhar, D. J. Delene, K. L. Thornhill, G. M. Heymsfield, and C. N. Helms, 2025: Characterizing variations of cloud microphysical properties with respect to position in snowbands and small-scale vertical motion: A Case Study of 23 January 2023 Storm during IMPACTS. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Poster, 13 January 2025.
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Dunnavan, E. L., J. Finlon, D. J. Delene, C. Nairy, A Bansemer, 2024: Improving Understanding of ice particle shapes and orientations: reconciling 2D-S cloud probe observations with theoretical simulations. AGU 2024, Washington, D. C., 12 December 2024.
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Dunnavan, E. L., J. T. Carlin, D. Schvartzman, A. V. Ryzhkov, H. Bluestein, S. Emmerson, G. M. McFarquhar, G. M. Heymsfield, and J. Yorks, 2023: High-resolution snowstorm measurements and retrievals using cross-platform multi-frequency and polarimetric radars. 2023 AMS Radar Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 28 August 2023.
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Dzambo, A., G. M. McFarquhar, G. Cenker, P. Davis, G. Heymsfield, and C. N. Helms, 2022: Investigating the Role of Gravity Waves on the Natural Variability of Ice Particle Properties, and Their Implications for Constraining Fall Velocity Uncertainty Estimates. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 12 December 2022.
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Dzambo, A., G. McFarquhar, C. Helms, P. Davis, M. Wolde, C. Nguyen, and G. Heymsfield, 2023: Comparison of in-situ derived and radar retrieved ice water content in gravity wave and turbulence regimes: Results from HAIC-HIWC and IMPACTS. IUGG/IAMAS meeting, Berlin, July 2023.
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Filipiak, B., M. Astitha and D. Cerrai, 2025: Assessing the Impact of Initial and Boundary Conditions on WRF Microphysics in Northeast U.S. Winter Cyclones with the Support of Extensive NASA Field Campaign Instrumentation. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 13 January 2025.
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Finlon, J. A. and L. A. McMurdie, 2022: Comparison of the Precipitation Structure and Microphysical Properties within Two Alberta Clipper Systems During the 2022 IMPACTS Deployment. AMS 16th Conference on Cloud Physics, Madison, WI, 11 August 2022.
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Finlon, J. A., J. E. Yorks, C. Nairy, P. Selmer, L. A. McMurdie, 2024: Disentangling cloud microphysical properties from lidar backscatter and depolarization measurements in winter storms during the IMPACTS field campaign. 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Finlon, J. A., J. E. Yorks, C. Nairy, P. Selmer, L. A. McMurdie, 2024: How do cloud microphysical properties influence airborne lidar measurements in winter storms: Results from the IMPACTS field campaign. International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP). Jeju, Korea, 18 July 2024.
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Finlon, J. and L. A. McMurdie, 2022: Comparison of the Precipitation Structure and Microphysical Properties within Two Alberta Clipper Systems During the 2022 IMPACTS Deployment. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 14 December 2022.
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Finlon, J. and L. McMurdie, 2023: Microphysical properties within regions of enhanced dual-frequency ratio during the IMPACTS field campaign. IUGG/IAMAS, Berlin, Germany, July 2023.
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Finlon, J., 2024: Winter’s Unpredictable Fury: What We’re Learning About Snowstorms from the NASA IMPACTS Campaign, Stony Brook University Topics in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Seminar, Stony Brook, NY.
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Finlon, J., J. E. Yorks, P. A. Selmer, C. Nairy, A. Heymsfield, and E. P. Nowottnick, 2024: Determining Cloud Particle Types During the IMPACTS Field Campaign Using Backscatter Lidar Data and a Clustering Approach. 2024 AGU Fall Meeting, Washington D.C., 11 December 2024.
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Fritz, J., L. M. Tomkins, S. E. Yuter, M. A. Miller, 2024: Cataloging snow band vertical structure:insights from NASA IMPACTS and NEXRAD Data. Poster presented at the AMS 104th Annual Meeting Student Conference, Baltimore, MD, 28 January 2024.
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Garcia, V., L. A. McMurdie, and R. M. Rauber, 2024: Characterizing the Radar and Microphysical Properties within the Dendritic Growth Zone of Winter Storms Sampled during the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS). AMS Annual Meeting 2024, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Garcia, V., L. A. McMurdie, and R. M. Rauber, 2024: Characterizing the Radar and Microphysical Properties within the Dendritic Growth Zone of Winter Storms Sampled during the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS). International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP) 2024, Jeju, South Korea, 18 July 2024.
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Garcia, V., L. A. McMurdie, and R. M. Rauber, 2025: Radar and Microphysical Properties in the Dendritic Growth Layer of Winter Storms: Findings from the IMPACTS Field Campaign. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 16 January 2025.
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Glanton, G., J. Carlin, and D. Schvartzman, 2023: Exploring specific differential phase estimators accuracy for snow events observed during the NASA IMPACTS field campaign. 2023 AMS Radar Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 31 August 2023.
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Gong, J., Y. Liu, J. Finlon, R. Kroodsma, C. Nairy, D. M. Mach, I. S. Adams, D. L. Wu, 2024: What microwave and sub-millimeter polarimetric signal can tell us regarding cloud/precipitatio particle microphysics? A lens through a case study using the IMPACTS campaign multi-instrument observations. AGU 2024, Washington, D. C., 11 December 2024.
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Grecu, M., G. M. Heymsfield, S. D. Nicholls, 2024: A NASA IMPACTS-based investigation of uncertainties in the GPM combined algorithm estimates of winter precipitation. AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 31 January 2024.
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Greybush, S. J., J. Seibert, S. Zhang, J. D. Hair, E. Myskowski, Y. Zhang, and M. Kumjian, 2023: Assessing Predictability of Winter Storms during the NASA IMPACTS Field Campaign. 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, and 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Madison, WI, 20 July 2023.
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Guimond, S., 2021: The Physics of Banded Structures in Extra-Tropical Systems: A Combined Remote Sensing and Modeling Perspective from NASA IMPACTS 2020, oral, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 14 December 2021.
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Hair, J., S. J. Greybush, Y. Zhang, and M. Kumjian. Examining Vertical Velocities in the Dendritic Growth Zones of WRF Simulations of High Impact East Coast Winter Storms, AMS 2023, 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, and 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Madison, WI, Jul 2023.
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Hall, C., G. M. McFarquhar, K. L. Thornhill, C. R. Homeyer, D. Schvartzman, M. Varcie, J. Finlon, K. Sand, J. D’Alessadro, D. J. Delene, 2024: An Analysis of the microphysical and thermodynamic properties of generating cells within snowbands associated with winter storms observed during IMPACTS. Poster given at 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Han, M. and S. A. Braun, 2022: An investigation of airborne data obtained during the IMPACTS campaign with coincident GPM overpasses. NASA Precipitation Measurement Missions Science Team Meeting, October 3-7 2022, hybrid Denver, CO.
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Han, M. and S. A. Braun, 2022: Investigation of microphysical properties with GPM and aircraft observations for IMPACTS. AMS Collective Madison Meeting, 16th Conference on Cloud Physics, 11 August 2022, hybrid Madison, WI.
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Han, M. and S. A. Braun, 2023: Understanding Supercooled Liquid Water Near the Top of Cold Clouds During the IMPACTS Campaign, AMS 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology, 31 August 2023, Minneapolis, MN.
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Han, M., S. A. Braun, T. J. Lang, 2024: Observations of supercooled liquid water layers at the top of snow-producing nimbostratus clouds during the IMPACTS campaign. Poster given at 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Han, M., S. A. Braun, T. J. Lang, M. McLinden, G. M. Heymsfield, L. Li, K. L. Thornhill, 2024: Observations of gravity waves and turbulence in the lower troposphere during IMPACTS: results from a recent NASA airborne field campaign. AGU 2024, Washington, D. C., 10 December 2024.
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Han, M., S. A. Braun, T. J. Lang, M. McLinden, G. M. Heymsfield, L. Li, K. L. Thornhill, 2024: Supercooled liquid water at the top of a snow-producing nimbostratus cloud and its association with gravity-wave breaking and turbulence during IMPACTS. Poster AGU 2024, Washington, D. C., 11 December 2024.
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Heimes, K., R. Rauber, and L. McMurdie, 2023: Manifestation of Elevated Convection in Wintertime Extratropical Cyclones During IMPACTS, 2023 AMS Radar Conference, 30 August 2023.
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Heimes, K., R. Rauber, and L. McMurdie, 2023: Manifestation of Elevated Convection in Wintertime Extratropical Cyclones During IMPACTS, AMS 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, and 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Madison, WI, 21 July 2023.
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Helms, C. N. and G. M. Heymsfield, 2021: A Study of the Kinematic and Dynamic Processes associated with Mesoscale Snowbands in a Midwest United States Snowstorm on 5 February 2020, poster, 2021 AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 14 December 2021.
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Helms, C. N., G. M. Heymsfield, and S. D. Nicholls, 2022: Understanding the Vertical Slope of Mesoscale Snow Band Reflectivity Signatures. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago IL, 14 December 2022.
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Helms, C. N., G. M. Heymsfield, S. D. Nicholls, 2024: Characterizing the vertical slope and maintenance mechanisms of mesoscale snow bands in mid-latitude winter storms. Poster given at 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Helms, C., G. Heymsfield, and S. D. Nicholls, 2023: Understanding the Vertical Slope and Maintenance Mechanisms of Mesoscale Snow Bands. 2023 AMS Radar Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 30 August 2023.
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Heymsfield, A. J., A. Bansemer, G. M. Heymsfield, 2024: Growth of ice particles and precipitation development in wintertime snowstorms during IMPACTS. 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Heymsfield, A., 2025: Relationship of Snow Microphysics and Precipitation Generating to Vertical Motions in Snowbands and Generating Cells in Snowstorms. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 14 January 2025.
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Heymsfield, A., A. Bansemer, G. Heymsfield, and D. Noone, 2021: Relationship of Doppler radar measurements at 4 wavelengths to ice microphysics from IMPACTS. AGU Fall Meeting 2021, New Orleans, LA, 16 December 2021.
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Heymsfield, A., A. Bansemer, G. Heymsfield, D. Toohey, 2023: Microphysics and Dynamics of Snow Band and Generating Cells from IMPACTS: Snow Production Rates. Cloud Physics Workshop, Clouds Containing Ice Particles, Mainz, Germany, July 2023.
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Heymsfield, A., A. Bansemer, G. Heymsfield, J. Carlin, M. Oue, M. Grecu, D. Schvartzman, and E. L. Dunnavan, 2023: Quantifying Ice and Snow Particle Terminal Velocities, Backscatter Cross-Sections and Snowfall Rates Using Aircraft and Ground-Based Doppler Radar and In-Situ Aircraft Measurements from IMPACTS. 2023 AMS Radar Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 30 August 2023.
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Heymsfield, G. M. and A. Heymsfield, 2020: Comparison of Aircraft Measured Microphysics with Down-looking Multifrequency Radar During IMPACTS. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, virtual, 14 December 2020.
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Heymsfield, G. M., A. J. Heymsfield, C. N. Helms, A. Bansemer, 2024: Elevated convection in snowstorms using aircraft and remote sensing instruments during IMPACTS campaign. Poster given at 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Hueholt, D. M., S. E. Yuter, M. A. Miller, 2024: Diagrams of ice growth environments designed for educational use. Poster given at 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Janiszeski, A., R. Rauber, 2023: Kinematic Modeling Study of the Re-Organization of Snowfall beneath Cloud-top Generating Cells in Midlatitude Winter Storms, AMS 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, and 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Madison, WI, 20 July 2023.
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Jesmonth, K. R., M. R. Peters, S. W. Nesbitt, C. Pettersen, L. McMurdie, 2024: An Analysis of the mixed-phase microphysical properties of the 17-18 January 2022 winter storm. Poster given at 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Jesmonth, K. R., S. W. Nesbitt, R. M. Rauber, M. R. Peters, C. Pettersen, L. A. McMurdie, 2024: Microphysical Processes within a Heavy Mixed Precipitation Band in the 16-17 January 2022 Winter Storm. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 13 January 2025.
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Johnson, W. R., R. Moore, S. E. Yuter, M. A. Miller, 2025: Observed Ambient Conditions in Winter Storm Cloud Sandwiches. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Poster, 12 January 2025.
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Kroodsma, R., I. Adams, and M. Fritts, 2022: Airborne Microwave Radiometer Observations of East Coast Winter Storms from the Impacts Campaign. 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 17-22 Jul 2022. doi: 10.1109/IGARSS46834.2022.9883042
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Leghart, E., B. A. Colle, P. Yeh, 2024: The relationship between turbulent shear layers and precipitation structures within Northeast United States coastal winter storms. Poster given at 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Leghart, E., B. Colle, M. Oue, E. P. Luke, and P. Kollias, 2022: An Investigation of Turbulence and Microphysical Variations Within Winter Storms as Identified by Enhanced Spectrum Width Layers from a Ka-Band Radar. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 14 December 2022.
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Leonardo, N., B. Colle, and P. Yeh, 2022: Idealized Baroclinic Wave Simulations and Field Observations to Explore Convective Multi-Bands Within the Comma Head of Winter Storms. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 14 December 2022.
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Maherndl, N., M. Moser, I. Schirmacher, A. Bansemer, J. Lucke, C. Voigt, and M. Maahn, 2024: Characterizing the influence of riming on spatial variability of ice water in mixed-phase clouds using airborne data. International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP). Jeju, Korea, 18 July 2024.
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Majdi, M., C. Nairy, and D. J. Delene, 2022: An Evaluation of a Convolutional Neural Network for Classifying Images from In-situ Cloud Probes. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 16 December 2022.
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Majdi, M., C. Nairy, D. Delene, 2024: An evaluation of a convolutional neural network for classifying images from in-situ, High-resolution cloud probes. Poster given at 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Majdi, M., C. Nairy, D. J. Delene, 2024: Classification of ice crystal images from in situ, high-resolution cloud probes using a convolutional neural network. AGU 2024, Washington, D. C., iPoster, 9 - 13 December 2024.
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McDonald, V., L. McMurdie, and C. Helms, 2021: An exploration of kinematic wind fields derived from Doppler velocity retrievals from airborne conically scanning radar observations of snowbands during IMPACTS 2020. AGU Fall Meeting 2021, New Orleans, LA, 14 December 2021.
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McFarquhar, G.M., R. Rauber, D. Plummer, B.F. Jewett, A. Dzambo, P. Brechner, C. Hall, J. Schima, P. Davis, J. Douglas, A. Murphy, D. Delene, C. Nairy, D. Toohey, D. Noone, E. Järvinen, M. Schnaiter, J. Finlon, K.L. Thornhill, A. Heymsfield, and A. Bansemer, 2024: Use of in-situ airborne measurements of cloud microphysical properties to quantify processes occurring in wintertime snow storms. 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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McMurdie, L. A., and G. Heymsfield, 2024: Overview and preliminary results of the NASA IMPACTS campaign. TCOR/IHC Winter Storms Working Group, 7 March 2024.
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McMurdie, L. A., G. Heymsfield, J. Yorks, and S. Braun, 2019: The NASA Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Earth-Venture Suborbital-3 (EVS-3) field campaign. AGU 2019 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 13 December 2019.
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McMurdie, L. A., G. M . Heymsfield, 2023: Overview of the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Aircraft Deployments in Winters of 2020 - 2023. NOAA Winter Storms Working Group Workshop, virtual.
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McMurdie, L. A., J. A. Finlon, G. M. Heymsfield, J. E. Yorks, 2023: Radar and microphysical structures of snowbands in Northeast US winter storms: Results from IMPACTS. AGU 2023, San Francisco, CA, 12 December 2023.
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McMurdie, L. A., J. A. Finlon, G. M. Heymsfield, J. E. Yorks, A. DeLaFrance, 2024: Cloud and precipitation structure and processes in Midwest and Northeast North American snowstorms: Results from IMPACTS. 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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McMurdie, L. A., J. Finlon, A. DeLaFrance, and V. Garcia, 2025: Processes Governing Precipitation Variability in Winter Extratropical Cyclones: Results from the Recent IMPACTS Field Campaign. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 13 January 2025.
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McMurdie, L. A., J. Finlon, G. M. Heymsfield, and J. E. Yorks, 2023: Airborne radar and microphysics structures in snowbands as measured during the IMPACTS field campaign. 2023 AMS Radar Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 29 August 2023.
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McMurdie, L. A., J. Finlon, G. M. Heymsfield, J. E. Yorks, 2024: Overview of NASA’s EVS-3 IMPACTS field campaign sampling East Coast snowstorms. Invited presentation (online) to the GPM/PMM PSD working group, 21 March 2024.
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McMurdie, L., G. Heymsfield, J. E. Yorks, and J. Finlon, 2023: Micro- and Mesoscale Structures within Snowbands in Winter Storms: Preliminary Results from the Inestigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Field Campaign, 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Madison, WI, 20 July 2023.
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McMurdie, L., G. Heymsfield, J. Yorks, S. Braun, and J. Finlon, 2021: Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS): Results from the First Deployment in Winter 2020 and a Look Ahead to Winter 2022. AGU Fall Meeting 2021, New Orleans, LA, 14 December 2021.
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McMurdie, L.A., G.M. Heymsfield, and J.E. Yorks, 2022: Radar and Microphysical Characteristics of Snowbands in Northeastern U.S. Snowstorms: Results from the 2020 and 2022 Deployment of IMPACTS. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 14 December 2022.
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McMurdie, L.A., G.M. Heymsfield, S.A. Braun, J. E. Yorks, J. Finlon, and V. McDonald, 2020: Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS): Preliminary results from the first deployment in winter 2020. AGU Fall Meeting 2020, virtual, 14 December 2020.
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McMurdie. L. A., J. Finlon, J. E. Yorks, G. M. Heymfield, 2024: The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation of Atlantic Coast Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Field Campaign: Microphysics and Radar Observations in Winter Storms. AGU 2024, Washington, D. C., 12 December 2024.
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Miller, M. A., S. E. Yuter and L. M. Tomkins, 2023: Passive Microwave Observations of Mesoscale Snow Bands from NASA IMPACTS, 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Madison, WI, 20 July 2023.
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Moore, R., W. R. Johnson, S. E. Yuter, M. A. Miller, 2025: Observed Ice Crystal Characteristics and Atmospheric Conditions Near Cloud Top in Northeast U.S. Winter Storms. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Poster, 12 January 2025.
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Nairy, C. M., D. J. Delene, J. A. Finlon, J. E. Yorks, K. L. Thornhill, 2025: Applying and Evaluating Random Forest Classification to Identify Ice Crystal Chain Aggregates During the IMPACTS Field Campaign, AMS Annual Meeting 2025, New Orleans, LA, 15 January 2025 (Oral Presentation).
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Nairy, C., D. J. Delene, A. Detwiler, J. E. Yorks, and J. Finlon, 2024: Chain Aggregate Particles in Mid-to-upper Tropospheric Clouds during IMPACTS-15 January 2023 Case Study, 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, 104th AMS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February, 2024.
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Nairy, C., D. J. Delene, A. G. Detwiler, J. E. Yorks, J. A. Finlon, K. L. Thornhill, 2024: Segregating chain aggregates using in-situ cloud particle properties observed in winter storms. Poster given at the International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP). Jeju, Korea, 18 July 2024. Poster #185.
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Nairy, C., D. J. Delene, and A. G. Detwiler, 2022: Chain Aggregate Particles in Upper-Tropospheric Clouds. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 14 December 2022.
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Nicholls, S. D., 2024: Evaluation of Lidar-Radar based hydrometeorological retrievals during the IMPACTS field campaign. Poster given at 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Nicholls, S. D., A. Heymsfield, G. Heymsfield, J. E. Yorks, A. Bansemer, 2024: Application of machine learning models for predicting microphysical properties of wintertime cyclones using IMPACTS ER-2 lidar and radar data. AGU 2024, Washington, D. C., Poster 12 December 2024.
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Pruitt, E. E., G. M. McFarquhar, H. D. Reeves, G. M. Heymsfield, C. N. Helms, 2025: Enhancing Weather Observations: Bridging the Gap between Airborne Measurements and ASOS Data. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Poster, 13 January 2025.
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Pruitt, E., G. M. McFarquhar, 2024: Understanding The Complexities of Wintertime Snowstorms in Eastern United States Using Airborne Measurements in conjunction with AWOS/ASOS data. International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation (ICCP). Jeju, Korea, 16 July 2024.
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Romano, P., T. J. Zaremba and R. M. Rauber, 2023: Investigating the termination of the bright band in mid-latitude cyclones. 2023 AMS Radar Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 31 August 2023.
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Schaefer, E. M., S. J. Greybush, Y. Zhang, M. Kumjian, 2025: Evaluating Data Assimilation and Parameter Estimation on the Prediction of Heavy Snowfall during East Coast Winter Storms. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 14 January 2025.
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Schima, J. C., G. M. McFarquhar, D. Delene, A. J. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, M. Schnaiter, J. Finlon, E. Jarvinen, and F. Waitz, 2023: A multi-probe automated classification of ice crystal habits during the IMPACTS campaign, AMS 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction and 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Madison, WI, 20 July 2023.
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Schima, J., G. M. McFarquhar, D. J. Delene, A. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, M. Schnaiter, J. Finlon, E. Järvinen, and F. Waitz, 2022: A Multi-Probe Automated Classification of Ice Crystal Habits During the IMPACTS Campaign. AGU Fall Meeting 2022, Chicago, IL, 14 December 2022.
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Schima, J., G. M. McFarquhar, D.J. Delene, E. Järvinen, M. Schnaiter, A. J. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, and J. Finlon, 2024: A Multi-Probe Automated Classification of Ice Crystal Habits During the IMPACTS Campaign. Poster presented at AMS Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Schima, J., G.M. McFarquhar, D. J. Delene, M. J. Heymsfield, A. Bansemer, M. Schnaiter, J. Finlon, E. Jarvinen, and F. Waitz, 2023: A multi-probe automated classification of ice crystal habits during the IMPACTS campaign. 103rd AMS Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 10 January 2023.
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Seibert, J. J., S. J. Greybush, Y. Zhang, M. Kumjian, 2024: Assimilating IMPACTS data for 7 February 2020 storm to improve winter cyclone prediction. Poster presented at the AMS 104th Annual Meeting. Baltimore, MD, 29 January 2024.
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Syrett, M. M., E. Chladny, G. Glanton, J. Simpson, H. B. Bluestein, 2024: The Relationship between radar-observed mesoscale snowbands and their environment in a New England blizzard during the NASA IMPACTS field campaign. Poster presented at the AMS 104th Annual Meeting Student Conference, Baltimore, MD, 28 January 2024.
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Tokay, A., et al., 2023: Radar snowfall relationship during IMPACTS. 2023 AMS Radar Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 31 August 2023.
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Tomkins, L. M., S. E. Yuter and M. A. Miller, 2023: 3D Characteristics of Snow Bands and Implications for Surface Snowfall in Northeast Winter Storms. Abstracts, AMS 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Madison, WI, 17 July 2023.
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Tomkins, L. M., S. E. Yuter, M. A. Miller, M. Petters, L. Allen, A. Aponte-Torres, 2021: Image muting of mixed precipitation to improve identification of regions of heavy snow from radar data. Abstracts, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 14 December 2021.
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Wugofski, S., M. Kumijan, M. Oue, and P. Kollias, 2023: Observations of ice multiplication in a Long Island Snowstorm. 2023 AMS Radar Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 31 August 2023.
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Wugofski, S., M. Kumjian, M. Oue, and P. Kollias, 2025: Observing Ice Processes using Fully Polarimetric Radar Signals and IMPACTS Aircraft Data. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 14 January 2025.
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Wugofski, S., M. Kumjian, M. Oue, P. Kollias, 2024: Fully polarimetric radar signals in winter storms in the IMPACTS field campaign. Poster given at 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Yeh, P. and B. A. Colle, 2023: Evolution of Multiband Structures Within the 16 February 2023 Midwest Cyclone During the IMPACTS Field Campaign, Joint with the 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction and 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Madison, WI (poster).
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Yeh, P., and B. A. Colle, 2025: Climatology of Cool-Season Precipitation Structures within the Cyclone Comma Head. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, Poster, 14 January 2025.
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Yeh, P., B. A. Colle, J. A. Finlon, L. A. McMurdie, A. DeLaFrance, V. Garcia, 2024: A Comparison of precipitation objects in Midwest cyclones during IMPACTS. 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Yeh, P., B. A. Colle, J. Finlon, L. McMurdie, A. DeLaFrance, and V. Garcia, 2025: A Comparison of Observed and Simulated Precipitation Objects during the IMPACTS Campaign. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 13 January 2025.
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Yeh, P., B. A. Colle, L. M. Tomkins, and S. E. Yuter, 2023: Variability of Cool Season Precipitation Structures Within the Cyclone Comma Head, AMS 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes and 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, Madison, WI, 20 July 2023.
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Yorks, J. E., J. Finlon, P. Selmer, and E. P. Nowottnick, 2024: Determining Cloud Particle Types During the IMPACTS Field Campaign Using Backscatter Lidar Data and a Clustering Approach. 104th AMS Annual Meeting, 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, Baltimore MD, 1 February 2024.
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Yorks, J. E., M. A. Miller, T. J. Lang, J. Finlon, L. McMurdie, G. M. Heymsfield, 2025: Sampling Strategies to Optimize Coincident Remote Sensing and In Situ Cloud and Precipitation Observations from Multiple Aircraft. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 14 January 2025.
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Zaremba, T. J., M. Varcie, R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, J. Finlon, L. McMurdie, A. V. Ryzhkov, M. Schnaiter, E. Jarvinen, F. Waitz, D. J. Delene, M. Poellot and A. Janiszeski, 2023: Precipitation Growth Processes in the Comma Head Region of the 7 February 2020 Northeast Snowstorm: Results from IMPACTS, AMS 32nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 28th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction and 20th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Madison, WI, 20 July 2023.
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Zaremba, T. J., R. M. Rauber, K. Heimes, J. E. Yorks, J. Finlon, S. D. Nicholls, P. Selmer, L. McMurdie, G. M. McFarquhar, 2024: Cloud top phase characterization of extratropical cyclones over the Northeast and Midwest United States: results from IMPACTS. 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Zaremba, T. J., R. M. Rauber, L. A. McMurdie, J. E. Yorks, and G. M. McFarquhar, 2025: Cloud Top Phase Characteristics and 30D Structure of a Shallow Generating Cell Driven Snowstorm: Results from IMPACTS. AMS Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 15 January 2025.
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Zaremba, T., R. M. Rauber, G. M. McFarquhar, and L. McMurdie, 2023: Relationship between vertical reflectivity and vertical motion gradients in winter storms observed during IMPACTS. 2023 AMS Radar Conference, Minneapolis, MN, 31 August 2023.
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Zaremba, T., R. Rauber, J.E. Yorks, G.M. McFarquhar, S.D. Nicholls, and L.A. McMurdie, 2022: Cloud top phase characterization of extratropical cyclones over the Midwest and Northeast United States: Results from IMPACTS. AGU Fall Meeting, Chicago, IL, 16 December 2022.
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Zhang, S., 2024: Polarimetric radar-based investigation of microphysics in dendritic and needle aggregation zones during IMPACTS. 1st Symposium on Cloud Physics, AMS 104th Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1 February 2024.
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Zhang, S., M. R. Kumjian, and S. J. Greybush. Linking Dual-Pol Radar Signatures to Temperature and Microphysics during NASA IMPACTS. AMS 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology, Minneapolis, MN, 28 August 2023.
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Reports

Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms Project Implementation Plan.
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Special Issues

McMurdie, L, 2024: The Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) Special Collection.
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