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Parsons, D., B. Geerts, T. M. Weckwerth, C. L. Ziegler, and D. D. Turner: Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN) Special Collection.

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Blumberg, W., T. Wagner, D. Turner, and J. Correia, 2017: Quantifying the Accuracy and Uncertainty of Diurnal Thermodynamic Profiles and Convection Indices Derived from the Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 56, 2747-2766, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-17-0036.1.

Bodine, D. J., and K. L. Rasmussen, 2017: Evolution of Mesoscale Convective System Organizational Structure and Convective Line Propagation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 3419-3440, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0406.1.

Chipilski, H. G., X. Wang, and D. Parsons, 2018: Object-Based Algorithm for the Identification and Tracking of Convective Outflow Boundaries in Numerical Models. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146 (12), 4179-4200, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0116.1.

Degelia, S. K., X. Wang, and D. J. Stensrud, 2019: An Evaluation of the Impact of Assimilating AERI Retrievals, Kinematic Profilers, Rawinsondes, and Surface Observations on a Forecast of a Nocturnal Convection Initiation Event during the PECAN Field Campaign. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 2739-2764 doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0423.1.

Degelia, S. K., X. Wang, D. J. Stensrud, and A. Johnson, 2018: Understanding the Impact of Radar and In-situ Observations on the Prediction of a Nocturnal Convection Initiation Event on 25 June 2013 using an Ensemble-based Multi-scale Data Assimilation System. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 1837-1859, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-17-0128.1.

Fedorovich, E., J. Gibbs, and A. Shapiro, 2017: Numerical study of nocturnal low-level jets over gently sloping terrain. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 2813-2834, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-17-0013.1.

Flournoy, M., and M. Coniglio, 2018: Origins of Vorticity in a Simulated Tornadic Mesovortex Observed During PECAN on 6 July 2015. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 107-134, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0221.1.

Gebauer, J., A. Shapiro, E. Fedorovich, and P. Klein, 2018: Convection initiation caused by heterogeneous low-level jets over the Great Plains. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 2615-2637, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0002.1.

Geerts, B., D. Parsons, C. Ziegler, T. Weckwerth, D. Turner, J. Wurman, K. Kosiba, R. Rauber, G. McFarquhar, M. Parker, R. Schumacher, M. Coniglio, K. Haghi, M. Biggerstaff, P. Klein, W. Gallus, B. Demoz, K. Knupp, R. Ferrare, A. Nehrir, R. Clark, X. Wang, J. Hanesiak, J. Pinto, and J. Moore, 2016: The 2015 Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN) field project. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, 767-786, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00257.1.

Grasmick, C., B. Geerts, D. Turner, Z. Wang, and T. Weckwerth, 2018: The relation between nocturnal MCS evolution and its outflow boundaries in the stable boundary layer: An observational study of the 15 July 2015 MCS in PECAN. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 3203-3226, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0169.1.

Haghi, K. R., B. Geerts, H. Chipilski, A. Johnson, S. Degelia, D. Imy, D. B. Parsons, R. Adams-Selin, D. D. Turner, and X. Wang, 2018: Bore-ing into Nocturnal Convection. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100, 1103-1121, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0250.1.

Hitchcock, S. M., R. S. Schumacher, G. R. Herman, M. C. Coniglio, M. D. Parker, and C. L. Ziegler, 2019: Evolution of Pre- and Post-Convective Environmental Profiles from Mesoscale Convective Systems During PECAN. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 2329-2354, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0231.1.

Hubbert, J. C., J. W. Wilson, T. M. Weckwerth, S. M. Ellis, M. Dixon, and E. Loew, 2018: S-Pol’s Polarimetric Data Reveal Detailed Storm Features (and Insect Behavior). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 99, 2045-2060, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-17-0317.1.

Hubbert, J., 2017: Differential Reflectivity Calibration and Antenna Temperature. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 34, 1885-1906, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0218.1.

Johnson, A., and X. Wang, 2016: Design and implementation of a GSI-based convection-allowing ensemble data assimilation and forecast system for the PECAN field experiment. Part 1: Optimal configurations for nocturnal convection prediction using retrospective cases. Wea. Forecasting., 32, 289-315, doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-16-0102.1.

Johnson, A., and X. Wang, 2019: Multicase assessment of the impacts of horizontal and vertical grid spacing, and turbulence closure model, on sub-km scale simulations of atmospheric bores during PECAN. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 1533-1555, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0322.1.

Johnson, A., X. Wang, and S. Degelia, 2017: Design and implementation of a GSI-based convection-allowing ensemble based data assimilation and forecast system for the PECAN field experiment. Part 2: Overview and evaluation of realtime system. Wea. Forecasting, 32, 1227-1251, doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-16-0201.1.

Johnson, A., X. Wang, K. Haghi, and D. Parsons, 2018: Evaluation of forecasts of a convectively generated bore using an intensively observed case study from PECAN. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 3097-3122, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0059.1.

Lin, G., B. Geerts, Z. Wang, C. Grasmick, X. Jing, and J. Yang, 2019: Interactions Between a Nocturnal MCS and the Stable Boundary Layer, as Observed by an Airborne Compact Raman Lidar During PECAN. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 3169-3189, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0388.1.

Loveless, D., T. Wagner, D. Turner, S. Ackerman, and W. Feltz, 2019: A Composite Perspective on Bore Passages during the PECAN Campaign. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 1395-1413, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0291.1.

Miller, R. L., C. L. Ziegler, and M. I. Biggerstaff, 2019: Seven-Doppler radar and in situ analysis of the 25-26 June 2015 Kansas MCS during PECAN. Mon Wea. Rev., 148, 211-240, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0151.1.

Mueller, D., B. Geerts, Z. Wang, M. Deng, and C. Grasmick, 2017: Evolution and Vertical Structure of an Undular Bore Observed on 20 June 2015 during PECAN. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 3775-3794, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0305.1.

Parish, T. R., 2016: A Comparative Study of the 03 June 2015 Great Plains Low-Level Jet. Mon. Weather Rev., 144, 2963-2979, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0071.1.

Parish, T., 2017: On the Forcing of the Summertime Great Plains Low-Level Jet. J. Atmos. Sci., 74, 3937–3953, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-17-0059.1.

Parish, T., and R. D. Clark, 2017: On the Initiation of the 20 June 2015 Great Plains Low-Level Jet. J. Appl. Meteor. Climatol., 56, 1883-1895, doi: 10.1175/JAMC-D-16-0187.1.

Parker, M. D., B. S. Borchardt, R. L. Miller and C. L. Ziegler, 2019: Simulated evolution and severe wind production by the 25-26 June 2015 nocturnal MCS from PECAN. Mon. Wea. Rev., 148, 183-209, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0072.1.

Parsons, D. B., K. R. Haghi, K. T. Halbert, B. Elmer, and J. Wang, 2019: The potential role of atmospheric bores and gravity waves in the initiation and maintenance of nocturnal convection over the Southern Great Plains. J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 43–68, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-17-0172.1.

Peters, J., E. Nielsen, M. Parker, S. Hitchcock, and R. Schumacher, 2017: The impact of low-level moisture errors on model forecasts of an MCS observed during PECAN. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 3599-3624, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0296.1.

Reif, D., and H. Bluestein, 2017: A 20-year climatology of nocturnal convection initiation over the central and southern Great Plains during the warm season. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 1615-1639, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-16-0340.1.

Reif, D., and H. Bluestein, 2018: Initiation mechanisms of nocturnal convection without nearby surface boundaries over the central and southern Great Plains during the warm season. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 3053-3078, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0040.1.

Shapiro, A., E. Fedorovich, and J. Gebauer, 2018: Mesoscale Ascent in Nocturnal Low-Level Jets. J. Atmos. Sci., 75, 1403-1427, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-17-0279.1.

Smith, E., J. Gebauer, P. Klein, E. Fedorovich, and J. Gibbs, 2019: The Great Plains low-level jet during PECAN: observed and simulated characteristics. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 1845-1869, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0293.1.

Stelten, S., and W. Gallus, 2017: Pristine Nocturnal Convective Initiation: A Climatology And Preliminary Examination Of Predictability. Wea. Forecasting, 32, 1613-1635, doi: 10.1175/WAF-D-16-0222.1.

Trier, S., and R. Sharman, 2018: Trapped Gravity Waves and their Association with Turbulence in a Large Thunderstorm Anvil during PECAN. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 3031-3052, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0152.1.

Trier, S., J. Wilson, D. Ahijevych, and R. Sobash, 2017: Mesoscale Vertical Motions near Nocturnal Convection Initiation in PECAN. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 2919-2941, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-17-0005.1.

Weckwerth, T. M. and U. Romatschke, 2019: Where, When and Why Did It Rain During PECAN? Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 3557-3573, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-18-0458.1.

Weckwerth, T. M., J. Hanesiak, J. W. Wilson, S. B. Trier, S. K. Degelia, W. A. Gallus Jr., R. D. Roberts, and X. Wang, 2019: Nocturnal Convection Initiation during PECAN 2015. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 100, 2223-2239, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-18-0299.1.

Weckwerth, T., K. Weber, D. Turner, and S. Spuler, 2016: Validation of a Water Vapor Micropulse Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL). J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 33, 2353-2372, doi: 10.1175/JTECH-D-16-0119.1.

Wilson, J., S. Trier, D. Reif, R. Roberts, and T. Weckwerth, 2017: Nocturnal Elevated Convection Initiation of the PECAN 4 July Hailstorm. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 243-262, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-17-0176.1.

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Turner, D., D. Parsons, and B. Geerts, Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) Experiment Science Plan. DOE/SC-ARM-14-035

Theses

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Beall, M. K., 2016: SURFACE LAYER PROCESSES AND NOCTURNAL LOW-LEVEL JET DEVELOPMENT—AN OBSERVATIONAL STUDY DURING PECAN. MS Thesis.

Eberle, G. R., 2016: Characterizing the effects of convection on the afternoon-to-evening boundary layer transition during PECAN 2015. MS Thesis.

Loveless, D. M., 2017: Composite Analysis of Atmospheric Bores during PECAN Observed by Ground-Based Profiling Systems. MS Thesis.

Smith, E. 2018: The Great Plains Nocturnal Low-Level Jet: Spatial and Temporal Evolution. PhD Dissertation.

Stechman, D. M., 2018: Observed microphysical characteristics and inferred thermodynamic processes contributing to the structure, evolution, and maintenance of nocturnal elevated mesoscale convective systems. PhD Dissertation.

Stelton, S. A., 2016: Pristine nocturnal convective initiation: a climatology and preliminary examination of predictability. MS Thesis.

Weber, K. J., 2017: Using Profiles of Water Vapor Flux to Characterize Turbulence in the Convective Boundary Layer. MA Thesis.

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