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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.


• Carroll, B. J., Demoz, B. B., & Delgado, R. (2019). An overview of low‐level jet winds and corresponding mixed layer depths during PECAN. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 9141– 9160. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030658


• Carroll, B. J., Demoz, B. B., Turner, D. D., & Delgado, R. (2021). Lidar Observations of a Mesoscale Moisture Transport Event Impacting Convection and Comparison to Rapid Refresh Model Analysis, Monthly Weather Review, 149(2), 463-477.


• Chasteen, M. B., Koch, S. E., & Parsons, D. B. (2019). Multiscale Processes Enabling the Longevity and Daytime Persistence of a Nocturnal Mesoscale Convective System, Monthly Weather Review, 147(2), 733-761.


• Chipilski, H. G., Wang, X., & Parsons, D. B. (2020). Impact of Assimilating PECAN Profilers on the Prediction of Bore-Driven Nocturnal Convection: A Multiscale Forecast Evaluation for the 6 July 2015 Case Study, Monthly Weather Review, 148(3), 1147-1175.


• 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.


• Cui, W., Dong, X., Xi, B., Fan, J., Tian, J., Wang, J., & McHardy, T. M. (2019). Understanding ice cloud‐precipitation properties of three modes of mesoscale convective systems during PECAN. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 4121– 4140. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD030330


• Degelia, S. K., Wang, X., Stensrud, D. J., & Turner, D. D. (2020). Systematic Evaluation of the Impact of Assimilating a Network of Ground-Based Remote Sensing Profilers for Forecasts of Nocturnal Convection Initiation during PECAN, Monthly Weather Review, 148(12), 4703-4728.


• 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. D. Turner, Z. Wang, and T. M. 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.


• Grasmick, C., B. Geerts, D. D. Turner, Z. Wang, and T. M. 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.


• 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., & Schumacher, R. S. (2020). Analysis of Back-Building Convection in Simulations with a Strong Low-Level Stable Layer, Monthly Weather Review, 148(9), 3773-3797.


• 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.


• Kumjian, M.R., Richardson, Y.P., Meyer, T., Kosiba, K.A., Wurman, J., 2018: Resonance scattering effects in wet hail observed with the dual-X-band-frequency, dual-polarization Doppler on Wheels radar. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, 57, 2713-2731.


• 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.


• Lin, G., C. Grasmick, B. Geerts, Z. Wang, and M. Deng, 2021: Convection initiation and bore formation following the collision of mesoscale boundaries over a developing stable boundary layer: a case study from PECAN. Mon. Wea. Rev., 150,2351-2367, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-20-0282.1.


• Lin, Y., Fan, J., Jeong, J., Zhang, Y., Homeyer, C. R., & Wang, J. (2021). Urbanization-Induced Land and Aerosol Impacts on Storm Propagation and Hail Characteristics, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 78(3), 925-947.


• 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. (2021). Self-organization and maintenance of simulated nocturnal convective systems from PECAN, Monthly Weather Review, .


• 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.


• Parsons, D.B.; Lillo, S.P.; Rattray, C.P.; Bechtold, P.; Rodwell, M.J.; Bruce, C.M., 2019: The Role of Continental Mesoscale Convective Systems in Forecast Busts within Global Weather Prediction Systems. Atmosphere 2019, 10, 681. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos10110681


• 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.


• Stechman, D. M., McFarquhar, G. M., Rauber, R. M., Jewett, B. F., & Black, R. A. (2020). Composite In Situ Microphysical Analysis of All Spiral Vertical Profiles Executed within BAMEX and PECAN Mesoscale Convective Systems, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77(7), 2541-2565, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-19-0317.1.


• Stechman, D.M., G.M. McFarquhar, R.M. Rauber, M.M. Bell, B.F. Jewett, and J. Martinez, 2020: Spatiotemporal evolution of the microphysical and thermodynamic characteristics of the 20 June 2015 PECAN MCS. Mon. Wea. Rev., 148(4), 1363-1388, doi: 10.1175/MWR-D-19-0293.1.


• 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.


• Tangborn, A., Demoz, B., Carroll, B. J., Santanello, J., and Anderson, J. L., 2021: Assimilation of lidar planetary boundary layer height observations, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 14, 1099–1110, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-1099-2021, 2021.


• Thielen, J. E., & Gallus, W. A., Jr. (2019). Influences of Horizontal Grid Spacing and Microphysics on WRF Forecasts of Convective Morphology Evolution for Nocturnal MCSs in Weakly Forced Environments, Weather and Forecasting, 34(5), 1495-1517.


• Trier, S. B., Kehler, S. D., & Hanesiak, J. (2020). Observations and Simulation of Elevated Nocturnal Convection Initiation on 24 June 2015 during PECAN, Monthly Weather Review, 148(2), 613-635.


• 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.


• Vertz, N.J.; Gallus, W.A., Jr.; Squitieri, B.J., 2021: Can Pre-Storm Errors in the Low-Level Inflow Help Predict Spatial Displacement Errors in MCS Initiation? Atmosphere 2021, 12, 7. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos12010007


• Wagner, T. J., Klein, P. M., & Turner, D. D. (2019). A New Generation of Ground-Based Mobile Platforms for Active and Passive Profiling of the Boundary Layer, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 100(1), 137-153.


• 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.


• Wu, D., Zhien Wang, Perry Wechsler, Nick Mahon, Min Deng, Brent Glover, Matthew Burkhart, William Kuestner, and Ben Heesen, 2016: "Airborne compact rotational Raman lidar for temperature measurement," Opt. Express 24, A1210-A1223 (2016)


• Zhang, S., Parsons, D. B., & Wang, Y. (2020). Wave Disturbances and Their Role in the Maintenance, Structure, and Evolution of a Mesoscale Convection System, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 77(1), 51-77.

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• Bell, M. M. and coauthors, 2018: Structure and Dynamics of an Intense Rear-Inflow Jet Observed on 20 June 2015 during PECAN. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 3.7.


• Bodine, D. J. and coauthors, 2018: Drop-Size Distribution Observations from PECAN in Mesoscale Convective System Convective Regions. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 833.


• Bodine, D. J. and coauthors, 2018: Drop-Size Distribution Observations from PECAN in Mesoscale Convective System Stratiform Regions. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 3.5.


• Bodine, D. J. and coauthors, 2018: PX-1000 Observations of Mesoscale Convective Systems during PECAN. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 834.


• Carroll, B. and coauthors, 2018: Mixed layer depths via Doppler lidar during low-level jet events. EPJ Web of Conferences 176, 06017.


• Carroll, B. J. and coauthors, 2018: Boundary Layer Structure and Low-Level Jets during PECAN. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 829.


• Chipilski, H. G. and coauthors, 2018: An Object-Based Algorithm for the Identification and Tracking of Convective Outflow Boundaries. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 840.


• Chipilski, H. G. and coauthors, 2018: Impact of Assimilating PECAN IOP Observations on the Numerical Prediction of Bores and Bore-Initiated Convection. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 841.


• Chipilski, H. G. and coauthors, 2018: Impact of Assimilating PECAN IOP Observations on the Numerical Prediction of Bores and Bore-Initiated Convection. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 841.


• Clark, R. D. and T. D. Sikora, 2018: Coupling of the Low-Level Jet and Atmospheric Surface Variables by Turbulent Transport during PECAN. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 2.4.


• Cui, W. and coauthors, 2018: Investigation of the Cloud-Precipitation Properties of Three Modes of MCSs during the PECAN Field Campaign. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 835.


• Degelia, S. K. and coauthors, 2018: A Study of the Impact of PECAN Field Campaign Observations on the Numerical Prediction of Nocturnal Convection Initiation using a GSI-Based Ensemble Data Assimilation System. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 1.1.


• Demoz, B. and coauthors, 2018: Thermodynamic Profiling during Undular Bore and Cold Pool Conditions at PECAN FP2. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 2.1.


• Demoz, B. B. and coauthors, 2018: Lidar Profiling In the lower Troposphere: experience from PECAN. EPJ Web of Conferences 176, 10004


• Flournoy, M. B. and coauthors, 2018: Analyses of a Severe MCS and Tornadic Mesovortex Observed by PECAN on 5–6 July 2015. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 3.8.


• Gebauer, J. G. and coauthors, 2018: Examining Common Features of the Low-Level Jet during PECAN. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 2.5.


• Grasmick, C. D. and coauthors, 2018: Convection Initiation along the Outflow Boundary of the 15 July 2015 Nocturnal MCS in Western Kansas. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 1.4.


• Groff, F. P. and coauthors, 2018: Analysis of Convectively Generated Gravity Waves in the 14–15 July 2015 Mesoscale Convective System during PECAN. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 837.


• Hin, T. L. and coauthors, 2018: Microphysical and Near-Storm Environmental Control on the Maintenance of the 15 July 2015 MCS. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 831.


• Hitchcock, S. M. and coauthors, 2018: Impacts of Low-Level Stability on MCS Propagation. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 838.


• Hitchcock, S.M. and coauthors, 2018: Analysis of Backbuilding of a Simulated MCS in an Environment with a Low-Level Stable Layer. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 3.9.


• Johnson, A. and X. Wang, 2018: Multicase Assessment of Sub-Kilometer-Scale Processes in Atmospheric Bores Using WRF Large Eddy Simulations. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 839.


• Johnson, A. and X. Wang, 2018: Systematic Impacts of Assimilating PECAN IOP Observations on Numerical Prediction of Bores. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 2.2.


• Kosiba, K. A. and coauthors, 2018: PECAN: Characteristics of Potentially Severe Wind Producing Nocturnal MCSs. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 3.2.


• Kosiba, K. A., 2017: Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN): Evaluating Severe Surface Wind Potential in Nocturnal MCSs. 38th Conference on Radar Meteorology, 144.


• Lin, G., 2018: Characterizing Environmental Boundary Layer Conditions around Nocturnal Convective Storms with Airborne Compact Raman Lidar during PECAN. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 836.


• McAuliffe, M. and K. T. Paw U, 2018: The Relationship between the Summertime Great Plains Low-Level Jet and Shear-Generated Turbulence and Fluxes in the Nocturnal Stable Boundary Layer. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 842.


• Nielsen, E. R. and coauthors, 2018: A Recent Climatological Look at Tornado Events Relative to Sunset. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 830.


• Pozsonyi, K. and coauthors, 2018: Measurements at FP3 in support of pecan scientific objectives using MPL-111 lidar. 28th International Laser Radar Conference 06018


• Rasmussen, K. L. and D. Bodine, 2018: Evolution of Mesoscale Convective System Organization Structure and Convective Line Propagation. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 3.3.


• Reif, D. W. and coauthors, 2019: An Analysis of the Vertical Velocity at the Leading Edge of a Density Current during PECAN. Ninth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications, 1.3.


• Roberts, R. D. and coauthors, 2018: PECAN Refractivity Retrievals from the S-Pol Radar. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 832.


• Schumacher, R. S. and coauthors, 2018: What We Have Learned about Nocturnal MCS Environments from High-Temporal-Resolution PECAN Sounding Observations. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 3.1.


• Shapiro, A. and coauthors, 2018: Mesoscale Ascent in Nocturnal Low-Level Jets. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 1.3.


• Smith, E. N. and coauthors, 2018: The Great Plains Low-Level Jet during PECAN: Observed and Simulated Characteristics. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 2.6.


• Squitieri, B. J. and W. A. Gallus, 2018: The Use of PECAN Observations to Verify MCS Cold Pools Simulated with Varying Horizontal Grid Spacing. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 843.


• Stechman, D. M. and coauthors, 2018: Analysis of PECAN 2015 MCSs Utilizing Airborne- and Ground-Based Doppler Observations and Airborne In Situ Microphysical Data. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 3.6.


• Sun, J. and S. B. Trier, 2018: Physical Processes Leading to Elevated Convection Initiation during 25–26 June PECAN: Convective-Scale Reanalysis Based on a Radar Data Assimilation System. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 1.6.


• Thielen, J. E. and coauthors, 2018: Microphysical and Resolution Influences on WRF Forecasts of Convective Morphology Evolution for Nocturnal MCSs in Weakly Forced Environments. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 3.4.


• Trier, S. B. and coauthors, 2018: Physical Processes Influencing Elevated Convection Initiation during 25–26 June PECAN: Observations and Numerical Simulations. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 1.5.


• Wagner, T. J. and coauthors, 2018: When You Get Bore-d: A Composite Analysis of the Impacts of Bore Passage on Boundary Layer Structure and Instability. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 2.3.


• Wang, Z. and coauthors, 2019: Observing PBL Structures around Storms with Airborne Raman Lidar. Ninth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications, 1.2.


• Weckwerth, T. M. and U. Romatschke, 2018: Radar Rainfall Statistics during PECAN. Special Symposium on Plains Elevated Convection At Night (PECAN), 1.2.

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• Geerts, B., 2013: Plains Elevated Convection at Night (PECAN) Experimental Design Overview.


• Turner, D. D. and B. Geerts, 2016: ARM Support for the Plains Elevated Convection at Night (AS-PECAN) Field Campaign Report. DOE/SC-ARM-16-010


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

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• Adams, A. J., 2020: High resolution numerical simulation of a nocturnal mesoscale convective system: Comparison with pecan observations. MS Thesis


• Beall, M. K., 2016: Surface Layer Processes And Nocturnal Low Level Jet Development--An Observational Study During Pecan. MS Thesis.


• Carroll, B., 2020 : Observations of Low-level Jet Physics and Impacts. PhD Dissertation.


• Eberle, G. R., 2016: Characterizing the Effects of Convection on the Afternoon to Evening Boundary Layer Transition During Pecan 2015. MS Thesis


• Flournoy, M, 2017: A Tale of Two Mesovortices: Analysis of a Simulated Severe MCS Observed By PECAN on 5-6 July 2015. MS Thesis.


• Gebauer, J., 2017: Convection Initiation By Heterogeneous Great Plains Low-Level Jets. MS Thesis


• Groff, F, 2019: Response of MCSs and low-frequency gravity waves to vertical wind shear and nocturnal thermodynamic environments. MS Thesis


• Haghi, K., 2017: Theory and observations of bores in the nocturnal environment of the Great Plains. PhD Dissertation.


• Hitchcock, S., 2018: On the environments and dynamics of nocturnal mesoscale convective systems. PhD Dissertation.


• 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.


• Tam, I-H., 2019: Microphysical and Near-Storm Environmental control on the Maintenance of Nocturnal Mesoscale Convective Systems: A Case Study. MS Thesis


• The impact of Ice Microphysics and Ambient Instabilities on Nocturnal Convective System Maintenance. MS Thesis.


• Vertz, N., 2018: Can model errors in atmospheric variables within the low-level inflow region of mesoscale convective systems be used to anticipate displacement errors in initiation location? 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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