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Chris Davis
General Information
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MMM - TIIMES
Senior Scientist
Water System
Contact Information:
PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307-3000
Office: FL3-2021
Telephone: 303-497-8990
Email: cdavis@ucar.edu
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Research Focus FY08:
If it is mesoscale and it rotates, I am interested in it. This includes hurricanes, but also mesoscale convective systems with rotation. I am especially intruiged by the interplay between high frequency convective motions and low frequency rotational structures. I also am interested in how models simulate these behaviors. Moreover, I am pursuing new ways to evaluate mesoscale models for a variety of problems.
2008 UCAR Mentoring Award: Congratulations to CHRIS DAVIS
Awarded for mentoring efforts that have influenced and motivated numerous graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and junior scientists - 2008 Outstanding Accomplishment Awards
Community Service FY08:
- Adjunct Professor: North Carolina State University
- Adjunct Professor: Colorado State University
- Adjunct Professor: Texas A&M University
- Graduator Advisor & Thesis Committee: Kate Musgrave (Colorado State University)
- Thesis Committee: Eric Hendricks (Colorado State University, graduated summer 2008)
- Thesis Committee: Gareth Berry (University at Albany, SUNY)
- Thesis Committee: Thomas Galarneau (University at Albany, SUNY)
Publications FY08 (abstracts):
Musgrave, K. D., C. A. Davis, M. T. Montgomery, 2008: Numerical simulations of the formation of Hurricane Gabrielle (2001). Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 3151-3167, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2110.1.
Trier, S. B., F. Chen, K. W. Manning, M. A. Lemone, C. A. Davis, 2008: Sensitivity of the PBL and precipitation in 12-day simulations of warm-season convection using different land surface models and soil wetness conditions. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2321-2343, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2289.1.
Davis, C. A., C. S. Snyder, A. C. Didlake, 2008: A vortex-based perspective of eastern Pacific tropical cyclone formation. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2461-2477, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2319.1.
Weisman, M. L., C. A. Davis, W. Wang, K. Manning, 2008: Experiences with 0-36h explicit convective forecasts with the WRF-ARW model. Wea. Forecasting, 23, 407-437, doi: 10.1175/2007WAF2007005.1.
Davis, C. A., W. Wang, S. Chen, Y. Chen, K. Corbosiero, M. DeMaria, J. Dudhia, G. Holland, J. Klemp, J. Michalakes, H. Reeves, R. Rotunno, Q. Xiao, 2008: Prediction of landfalling hurricanes with the advanced hurricane WRF model. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1990-2005, doi: 10.1175/2007MWR2085.1.
Liu, Y., T. T. Warner, J. F. Bowers, L. Carson, F. Chen, C. A. Clough, C. A. Davis, C. H. Egeland, C. Halvorson, T. W. Huck, L. Lachapelle, R. E. Malone, D. L. Rife, R.-S. Sheu, S. P. Swerdlin, D. S. Weingarten, 2008: The operational mesogamma-scale analysis and forecast system of the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command. Part 1: Overview of the modeling system, the forecast products. J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 47, 1077-1093.
McTaggart-Cowan, R., G. D. Deane, L. F. Bosart, C. A. Davis, T. J. Galarneau, 2008: Climatology of tropical cyclogenesis in the North Atlantic. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 1284-1304.
Davis, C., S. C. Jones, M. Riemer, 2008: Hurricane vortex dynamics during Atlantic extratropical transition. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 714-736, doi: 10.1175/2007JAS2488.1.
Riemer, M., S. C. Jones, C. A. Davis, 2008: The impact of extratropical transition on the downstream flow: an idealized modelling study with a straight jet. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 134, 69-91, doi: 10.1002/qj.189.
Liu, Y., T. T. Warner, E. G. Astling, J. F. Bowers, C. A. Davis, S. F. Halvorson, D. L. Rife, R.-S. Sheu, S. P. Swerdlin, M. Xu, 2008: The operational mesogamma-scale analysis and forecast system of the U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command. Part 2: Inter-range comparison of the accuracy of model analyses and forecasts. J. Appl. Meteor. Climat., 47, 1093-1104.
Ahijevych, D. A., E. Gilleland, B. G. Brown, E. Ebert, L. Holland, C. A. Davis, 2008: Intercomparison of spatial verification methods. 19th Conf. on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, American Meteorological Society, January.
Trenberth, K. E., C. A. Davis, J. Fasullo, 2007: Water and energy budgets of hurricanes: Case studies of Ivan and Katrina. J. Geophys. Res., 112, D23106, doi: 10.1029/2006JD008303.