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Cannon, F., J. M. Cordeira, C. W. Hecht, J. R. Norris, A. Michaelis, R. Demirdjian, and F. M. Ralph, 2020: GPM Satellite Radar Observations of Precipitation Mechanisms in Atmospheric Rivers. Mon. Wea. Rev, 148, 1449-1463, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0278.1
Cannon, F., N. S. Oakley, C. W. Hecht, A. Michaelis, J. M. Cordeira, B. Kawzenuk, R. Demirdjian, R. Weihs, M. A. Fish, A. M. Wilson, and F. M. Ralph, 2020: Observations and Predictability of a High-Impact Narrow Cold-Frontal Rainband over Southern California on 2 February 2019. Wea. Forecasting, 35, 2083-2097, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-20-0012.1
Cobb, A., L. Delle Monache, F. Cannon, and F. M. Ralph, 2021: Representation of Dropsonde-Observed Atmospheric River Conditions in Reanalyses. Geophys. Res. Lett., 48, e2021GL093357, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL093357
Cobb, A., A. Michaelis, S. Iacobellis, F. M. Ralph, and L. Delle Monache, 2021: Atmospheric River Sectors: Definition and Characteristics Observed Using Dropsondes from 2014-2020 CalWater and AR Recon. Mon. Wea. Rev, 149, 623-644, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0177.1
Corringham, T. W., F. M. Ralph, A. Gershunov, D. R. Cayan, and C. A. Talbot, 2019: Atmospheric Rivers Drive Flood Damages in the Western United States. Science Advances, 5, eaax4631, https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aax4631
DeHaan, L.L., Wilson, A.M., Kawzenuk, B., Zheng, M., Delle Monache, Wu, X., Lavers, D.A., Ingleby, B., Tallapragada, V., Pappenberger, F., Ralph, F.M., 2023: Impacts of Dropsonde Observations on Forecasts of Atmospheric Rivers and Associated Precipitation in the NCEP GFS and ECMWF IFS models. Wea. Forecasting, 38, 2397–2413, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-23-0025.1.
Demirdjian, R., J. D. Doyle, C. A. Reynolds, J. A. Norris, A. C. Michaelis, and F. M. Ralph, 2020: A Case Study of the Physical Processes Associated with the Atmospheric River Initial Condition Sensitivity from an Adjoint Model. J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 691-709, https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0155.1
Demirdjian, R., J. R. Norris, A. Martin, and F. M. Ralph, 2020: Dropsonde Observations of the Ageostrophy within the Pre-Cold-Frontal Low-Level Jet Associated with Atmospheric Rivers. Mon. Wea. Rev., 148, 1389-1406, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0248.1
Guan, B., D. Waliser, and F. M. Ralph, 2018: An Intercomparison between Reanalysis and Dropsonde Observations of the Total Water Vapor Transport in Individual Atmospheric Rivers. J. Hydrometeor., 19, 321-337, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-17-0114.1
Haase, J. S., M. J. Murphy, B. Cao, F. M. Ralph, M. Zheng, and L. Delle Monache, 2021: Multi-GNSS Airborne Radio Occultation Observations as a Complement to Dropsondes in Atmospheric River Reconnaissance. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 126, e2021JD034865, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD034865
Hatchett, B. J., Q. Cao, P. B. Dawson, C. J. Ellis, C. W. Hecht, B. Kawzenuk, J. T. Lancaster, T. Osborne, A. M. Wilson, M. L. Anderson, M. D. Dettinger, J. Kalansky, M. L. Kaplan, D. P. Lettenmaier, N. S. Oakley, F. M. Ralph, D. W. Reynolds, A. B. White, M. Sierks, and E. Sumargo, 2020: Observations of an Extreme Atmospheric River Storm with a Diverse Sensor Network. Earth Space Sci., 7, e2020EA001129, https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001129
Lavers, D. A., N. B. Ingleby, A. C. Subramanian, D. S. Richardson, F. M. Ralph, J. D. Doyle, C. A. Reynolds, R. D. Torn, M. J. Rodwell, V. Tallapragada, and F. Pappenberger, 2020: Forecast Errors and Uncertainties in Atmospheric Rivers. Wea. Forecasting, 35, 1447-1458, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-20-0049.1
Lavers, D. A., M. J. Rodwell, D. S. Richardson, F. M. Ralph, J. D. Doyle, C. A. Reynolds, V. Tallapragada, and F. Pappenberger, 2018: The Gauging and Modeling of Rivers in the Sky. Geophys. Res. Lett., 45, 7828-7834, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018GL079019
Lavers, D. A., R. D. Torn, C. Davis, C., D. S. Richardson, F. M. Ralph, and F. Pappenberger, 2023: Forecast Evaluation of the North Pacific Jet Stream Using AR Recon Dropwindsondes. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 149, 3044-3063. https://doi.org/10.1002/qj.4545
Lavers, D. A., A. M. Wilson, F. M. Ralph, V. Tallapragada, F. Pappenberger, C. Reynolds, J. A. Doyle, L. Delle Monache, C. David, A. Subramanian, R. A. Torn, J. M. Cordeira, L. Centurioni, and J. S. Haase, 2024: Advancing Atmospheric River Science and Inspiring Future Development of the Atmospheric River Reconnaissance Program. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 105, E75-E83. https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0278.1
Lord, S., X. Wu, V. Tallapragada, and F. M. Ralph, 2022: The Impact of Dropsonde Data on the Performance of the NCEP Global Forecast System During the 2020 Atmospheric Rivers Observing Campaign. Part I: Precipitation. Wea. Forecasting, 48, 17-45, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-22-0036.1
Lord, S., X. Wu, V. Tallapragada, and F. M. Ralph, 2023: The Impact of Dropsonde Data on the Performance of the NCEP Global Forecast System During the 2020 Atmospheric Rivers Observing Campaign. Part II: Dynamics Variables and Humidity. Wea. Forecasting, 48, 721-752, https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-22-0072.1
Michaelis, A. C., A. C. Martin, M. A. Fish, C. W. Hecht, and F. M. Ralph, 2021: Modulation of Atmospheric Rivers by Mesoscale Frontal Waves and Latent Heating: Comparison of Two U.S. West Coast Events. Mon. Wea. Rev, 149, 2755–2776, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0364.1
Murphy M. J., and J. S. Haase, 2022: Evaluation of GNSS Radio Occultation Profiles in the Vicinity of Atmospheric Rivers. Atmosphere 13, 1495, https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13091495
Norris, J. R., F. M. Ralph, R. Demirdjian, F. Cannon, B. Blomquist, C. W. Fairall, J. R. Spackman, S. Tanelli, and D. E. Waliser, 2020: The Observed Water Vapor Budget in an Atmospheric River over the Northeast Pacific. J. Hydrometeor., 21, 2655-2673, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-20-0048.1
Ralph, F., S. Iacobellis, P. Neiman, J. Cordeira, J. Spackman, D. Waliser, G. Wick, A. White, and C. Fairall, 2017: Dropsonde Observations of Total Integrated Water Vapor Transport within North Pacific Atmospheric Rivers. J. Hydrometeor., 18, 2577-2596, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-15-00245.1
Reynolds, C. A., J. D. Doyle, F. M. Ralph, and R. Demirdjian, 2019: Adjoint Sensitivity of North Pacific Atmospheric River Forecasts. Mon. Wea. Rev., 147, 1871-1897, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0347.1
Reynolds, C. A., R. E. Stone, J. D. Doyle, N. L. Baker, A. M. Wilson, F. M. Ralph, D. A. Lavers, A. C. Subramanian, and L. Centurioni, 2023: Impacts of Northeastern Pacific Buoy Surface Pressure Observations Mon. Wea. Rev., 151, 211-226, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-22-0124.1
Stone, R. E., C. A. Reynolds, J. D. Doyle, R. Langland, N. Baker, D. A. Lavers, and F. M. Ralph, 2019: Atmospheric River Reconnaissance Observation Impact in the Navy Global Forecast System. Mon. Wea. Rev., 148, 763-782, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0101.1
Sun, W., Z. Liu, C. A. Davis, F. M. Ralph, L. Delle Monache, and M. Zheng, 2022: Impacts of Dropsonde and Satellite Observations on the Forecasts of Two Atmospheric-River-Related Heavy Rainfall Events. Atmos. Res., 278, 106327, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106327
Zhang, Z., and F. M. Ralph, 2021: The Influence of Antecedent Atmospheric River Conditions on Extratropical Cyclogenesis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 149, 1337-1357, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0212.1
Zheng, M., L. Delle Monache, B. D. Cornuelle, F. M. Ralph, V. S. Tallapragada, A. Subramanian, J. S. Haase, Z. Zhang, X. Wu, M. J. Murphy, T. B. Higgins, and L. DeHaan, 2021: Improved Forecast Skill Through Assimilating Dropsonde Observations from Atmospheric River Reconnaissance. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 126, e2021JD034967, https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD034967
Zheng, M., L. Delle Monache, X. Wu, F. M. Ralph, B. Cornuelle, V. Tallapragada, J. S. Haase, A. M. Wilson, M. Mazloff, A. Subramanian, and F. Cannon, 2020: Data Gaps within Atmospheric Rivers over the Northeastern Pacific. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 102, E492-E424, https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-19-0287.1
Zheng, M., R. Torn, L. Delle Monache, J. Doyle, F. M. Ralph, V. Tallapragada, C. Davis, D. Steinhoff, X. Wu, A. Wilson, C. Papadopoulos, and P. Mulrooney, 2024: An Assessment of Sampling Strategies for Atmospheric River Reconnaissance. Mon. Wea. Rev., 152, 811-835, https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-23-0111.1