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2021

• DesRosiers, A., M. M. Bell, and T.-Y. Cha, 2021: Vertical vortex development of Hurricane Michael (2018) during Rapid Intensification.. Monthly Weather Review, in press , https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0098.1

• Boehm, A.M, M. M. Bell, 2021: Retrieved Thermodynamic Structure of Hurricane Rita (2005) from Airborne Multi-Doppler Radar Data. Journal of Atmospheric Science, 78(5), 1583-1605 , https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0195.1

• Cha, T-Y., M. M. Bell, A. J. DesRosiers, 2021: Doppler radar analysis of the eyewall replacement cycle of hurricane matthew (2016) in vertical wind shear. Monthly Weather Review, 149(9), 2927 - 2943 , https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0289.1

• Nam, C. C., M. M. Bell, 2021: Multi-scale shear impacts during the genesis of Hagupit (2008). Monthly Weather Review, 149, 551-569 , https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0133.1

• Trabing, B., M. M. Bell, 2021: Observations of Diurnal Variability under the Cirrus Canopy of Typhoon Kong-rey (2018). Monthly Weather Review, 149(9), 2945-2964 , https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0327.1

• Schreck, C. J., Klotzbach, P. J., & Bell, M. M, 2021: Optimal climate normals for North Atlantic hurricane activity. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL092864 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.06.010

• Trabing, B., M. M. Bell, 2021: The Sensitivity of Eyewall Replacement Cycles to Shortwave Radiation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 126, e2020JD034016. , https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD034016

• Cha, T-Y., M. M. Bell, 2021: Comparison of Single Doppler and Multiple Doppler Wind Retrievals in Hurricane Matthew (2016). Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 14, 3523–3539 , https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3523-2021

• Razin, N., M. M. Bell, 2021: The Unconventional Eyewall Replacement Cycle of Hurricane Ophelia. Monthly Weather Review, 149(7), 2151-2170. , https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0181.1

• Nam, C. C., M. M. Bell, 2021: Multi-scale shear impacts during the genesis of Hagupit (2008). Monthly Weather Review, in press , https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0133.1

• Klotzbach, P. J., Wood, K. M., Bell, M. M., Blake, E. S., Bowen, S. G., Caron, L., Collins, J. M., Gibney, E. J., Schreck, C. J., III, & Truchelut, R. E., 2021: . Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, in press , https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0312.1

2020

• Jones, Jhordanne J., Michael M. Bell, Philip J. Klotzbach, 2020: Tropical and Subtropical North Atlantic Vertical Wind Shear and Seasonal Tropical Cyclone Activity. Journal of Climate, vol 33, issue 13 , https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-19-0474.1

• DeHart, J. C., M. M. Bell, 2020: A Comparison of the Polarimetric Radar Characteristics of Heavy Rainfall from Hurricanes Harvey (2017) and Florence (2018). Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres, 125, e2019JD032212 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD032212

• Cha, T-Y., M. M. Bell, W.-C. Lee, A. J. DesRosiers, 2020: Polygonal Eyewall Asymmetries during the rapid intensification of Hurricane Michael (2018). Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL087919 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL087919

• del Moral, A., T. M. Weckwerth, T. Rigo, M. M. Bell, M. Carmen Llasat, 2020: C-band dual-Doppler retrievals in complex terrain: Improving the knowledge of severe storm dynamics in Catalonia . Remote Sensing, 12, 2930 , https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12182930

• Marinescu, P.J., P.C. Kennedy, M.M. Bell, A.J. Drager, L.D. Grant, S.W. Freeman, S.C. van den Heever, 2020: Updraft Vertical Velocity Observations and Uncertainties in High Plains Supercells Using Radiosondes and Radars. Monthly Weather Review, 148, 4435–4452 , https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0071.1

• Klotzbach, P. J., L.-P. Caron, M. M. Bell, 2020: A statistical/dynamical model for North Atlantic Seasonal Hurricane Prediction. Geophysical Research Letters, 47, e2020GL089357 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL089357

• Martinez, J., C. C. Nam, M. M. Bell, 2020: On the Contributions of Incipient Vortex Circulation and Environmental Moisture to Tropical Cyclone Expansion. Journal of Geophysical Research, 125, e2020JD033324 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033324

• Saunders, M. A., P. J. Klotzbach, A. S. R. Lea, C. J. Schreck, M. M. Bell, 2020: Quantifying the Probability and Causes of the Surprisingly Active 2018 North Atlantic hurricane season. Earth and Space Science, 7, e2019EA000852 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2019EA000852

2019

• Martinez, J., M. M. Bell, R. F. Rogers, J. D. Doyle, 2019: Axisymmetric potential vorticity evolution of Hurricane Patricia (2015). Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 76, 2043-2063 , https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-18-0373.1

• Bell, M. M., M. T. Montgomery, 2019: Mesoscale Processes during the Genesis of Hurricane Karl (2010). Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 76, 2235–2255 , https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-18-0161.1

• Klotzbach, P. J., A. Santra, H. H. Hendon, M. M. Bell, C. Lucas, A. G. Marshall, E. C. J. Oliver, 2019: On the Emerging Relationship between the Stratospheric Quasi-Biennial Oscillation and the Madden-Julian Oscillation. Scientific Reports, 9, 2981 , https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40034-6

• Bell, M. M., M. T. Montgomery, 2019: Mesoscale Processes during the Genesis of Hurricane Karl (2010). Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, 76, 2235–2255 , https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-18-0161.1

2017

• Martinez, J., M. M. Bell, J. L. Vigh, R. F. Rogers, 2017: Examining tropical cyclone structure and intensification with the FLIGHT+ Dataset from 1999 to 2012. Monthly Weather Review, 145, 4401-4421 , https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-17-0011.1

2018

• Feng, Y.-C., and Bell, M. M, 2018: Microphysical characteristics of an asymmetric eyewall in major Hurricane Harvey (2017). Geophys. Res. Lett., doi: 10.1029/2018gl080770.

• Chang, C., R.H. Johnson, K. Ha, D. Kim, G. Ngar-Cheung Lau, B. Wang, M.M. Bell, and Y. Luo, 2018: The Multiscale Global Monsoon System: Research and Prediction Challenges in Weather and Climate. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 99, ES149–ES153.

• Cheung, K. Z. Yu, R. L. Elsberry, M. M. Bell, H. Jiang, T. C. Lee, K.-C. Lu, Y. Oikawa, L. Qi, R. F. Rogers, K. Tsuboki, 2018: Recent Advances in Research and Forecasting of Tropical Cyclone Rainfall. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 7(2), 106-127.

• Elsberry, R.L., E. A. Hendricks, C. S. Velden, M. M. Bell, M. Peng, E. Casas, and Q. Zhao, 2018: Demonstration with special TCI-15 datasets of potential impacts of new-generation satellite atmospheric motion vectors on Navy regional and global models. Wea. Forecasting, 33, 1617–1637.

• Klotzbach, P. J., C. J. Schreck III, J. M. Collins, M. M Bell, E. S. Blake, D. Roache, 2018: The Extremely Active 2017 North Atlantic Hurricane Season. Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 3425-3443.

• Cai, H., W.-C, Lee, M. M. Bell, C. A. Wolff, X. Tang, and F. Roux, 2018: Generalized Navigation Correction Method for Airborne Doppler Radar Data. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech, 35, 1999-2017.

• Klotzbach, P.J., S. G. Bowen, R. Pielke Jr., and M. M. Bell, 2018: Continental United States Hurricane Landfall Frequency and Associated Damage: Observations and Future Risks. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 99, 1359-1376.

• Song, J., and P. J. Klotzbach, 2018: What has controlled the poleward migration of annual averaged location of tropical cyclone lifetime maximum intensity over the western North Pacific since 1961? Geophys. Res. Lett, doi: 10.1002/2017GL076883.

• Zhao, H., G. B. Raga, and P. J. Klotzbach, 2018: Impact of the boreal summer quasi-biweekly oscillation on Eastern North Pacific tropical cyclone activity. Int. Journ. Clim., 38, 1353-1365.

• Tang, X., W.-C. Lee, and M. M. Bell, 2018: Sub-Rainband structure and dynamic characteristics in the Principal Rainband of Typhoon Haguipit (2008) Mon. Wea. Rev., 146, 157–173.

2017

• Foerster, A., and M. M. Bell, 2017: Thermodynamic Retrieval in Rapidly Rotating Vortices from Multiple-Doppler Radar. J. Atmospheric Ocean. Technol., 34, 2353-2374.

• Martinez, J., M. M. Bell, J. Vigh, and R. Rogers, 2017: Examination of Tropical Cyclone Structure and Intensification with the Extended Flight Level Dataset (FLIGHT+) from 1999 to 2012. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 4401-4421.

• Doyle, J. D., J. Moskaitis, J. Feldmeier, R. Ferek, M. Beaubien, M. M. Bell, D. Cecil, R. Creasey, P. Duran, R. Elsberry, W. Komaromi, J. Molinari, D. Ryglicki, D. Stern, C. Velden, X. Wang, T. Allen, B. Barrett, P. Black, J. Dunion, K. Emanuel, P. Harr, L. Harrison, E. Hendricks, D. Herndon, W. Jeffries, S. J. Majumdar, J. Moore, Z. Pu, R. Rogers, E. Sanabia, G. Tripoli, and D.-L. Zhang, 2017: A View of Tropical Cyclones from Above: The Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) Experiment. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.,98,2113-2134

• Rogers R.-F., S. Aberson, M. M. Bell, D. J. Cecil, J. D. Doyle,J. Morgerman, L. K. Shay, and C. Velden, 2017: Re-Writing the Tropical Record Books: The Extraordinary Intensification of Hurricane Patricia (2015). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98, 2091-2112 .

• Brown, B. R., M. M. Bell, and G. Thompson, 2017: Modifications to a Partially Double Moment Microphysics Parameterization for Hurricane Simulations. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 9, 1150-1166.

• Kalina E. A., S. Y. Matrosov, J. J. Cione, F. D. Marks, J. Vivekanandan, R. A. Black, J. C. Hubbert, M. M. Bell, D. E. Kingsmill, and A. B. White, 2017:The Ice Water Paths of Small and Large Ice Species in Hurricanes Arthur (2014) and Irene (2011). J. Appl. Meteor. and Clim., 56, 1383-1404.

• Park, M.-S., M.-I. Lee, D. Kim, D.-H. Cha, M. M. Bell, and R. L. Elsberry, 2017: Land-based Convection Effects on Near-Coastal Formation of a Tropical Cyclone. Mon. Wea. Rev., 145, 1315–1337.

• Klotzbach, P. J., J. C. L. Chan, P. J. Fitzpatrick, W. M. Frank, C. W. Landsea, and J. L. McBride, 2017: The science of William M. Gray: His contributions to the knowledge of tropical meteorology and tropical cyclones. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc, 98, 2311-2336.

• Saunders, M. A., P. J. Klotzbach, and A. S. R. Lea, 2017: Replicating annual North Atlantic hurricane activity 1878-2012 from environmental variables. JGR-Atmospheres, 122, 6284-6297, doi: 10.1002/2017JD026492.

• Ghelani, R. P. S., E. C. J. Oliver, N. J. Holbrook, M. C. Wheeler, and P. J. Klotzbach, 2017:Joint modulation of intraseasonal rainfall in tropical Australia by the Madden-Julian Oscillation and El Niño-Southern Oscillation. Geophys. Res. Lett., 44, 10,754-10,761, doi: 10.1002/2017GL075452.

2016

• Brown, B. R., M. M. Bell, and A. Frambach, 2016: Validation of Simulated Hurricane Drop Size Distributions using Polarimetric Radar. Geophys. Res. Lett., 43, doi:10.1002/2015GL067278.

2015

• Bell, M. M., R. Ballard, M. Bauman, A. Foerster, A. Frambach, K. Kosiba, W.-C. Lee, S. Rees, and J. Wurman, 2015: The Hawaiian Educational Radar Opportunity (HERO). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 2167-2181.

• Penny, A. B., P. A. Harr, and M. M. Bell, 2015: Observations of a non-developing tropical disturbance in the western North Pacific during TCS-08 (2008). Mon. Wea. Rev., 143, 2459-2484.

2014

• Foerster, A. M., M. M. Bell, S. C. Jones, and P. A. Harr, 2014: Observations of the eyewall structure of Typhoon Sinlaku (2008) during the transformation stage of extratropical transition. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 3372-3392.

• Quinting, J. F., M. M. Bell, P. A. Harr, and S. C. Jones, 2014: Structural characteristics of T-PARC Typhoon Sinlaku during its extratropical transition. Mon. Wea. Rev., 142, 1945-1961.

• Tang, X., W.-C. Lee, M. M. Bell, and Y. Wang, 2014: A Squall line like principal rainband in Typhoon Hagupit (2008) observed by airborne Doppler radar. J. Atmos. Sci., 71, 2733-2746.

2013

• Lussier, L. L., M. T. Montgomery, and M. M. Bell, 2013: The genesis of Typhoon Nuri as observed during the Tropical Cyclone Structure 2008 (TCS08) field experiment - Part 3: Kinematical and dynamical aspects of genesis. Atmos. Chem. and Phys, 14, 8795-8812, doi:10.5194/acp-14-8795-2014.

• Bell, M. M., W.-C. Lee, C. Wolff, and H. Cai, 2013: A Solo-based automated quality control algorithm for airborne Doppler tail radar data. J. Appl. Meteor. and Clim., 52, 2509-2528.

• Sanger, N. T., M. T. Montgomery, R. K. Smith, and M. M. Bell, 2013: An observational study of tropical-cyclone spin-up in Supertyphoon Jangmi (2008) from 24-27 September. Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 3-28.

2012

• Bell, M. M., M. T. Montgomery, and K. E. Emanuel, 2012: Air-sea enthalpy and momentum exchange at major hurricane wind speeds observed during CBLAST. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 3197-3122.

• Bell, M. M., M. T. Montgomery, and W.-C. Lee, 2012: An axisymmetric view of concentric eyewall evolution in Hurricane Rita (2005). J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 2414-2432.

• Bell, M. M., and W.-C. Lee, 2012: Objective tropical cyclone center tracking using single Doppler radar. J. Appl. Meteor. And Clim., 51, 878-896.

• Montgomery, M. T., C. Davis, T. Dunkerton, Z. Wang, C. Velden, R. Torn, S. Majumdar, F. Zhang, R. Smith, L. Bosart, M. Bell, J. Haase, M. A. Boothe, J. Jensen, and T. Campos, 2012: The Pre-Depression Investigation of Cloud Systems in the Tropics (PREDICT) Experiment: Scientific Basis, New Analysis Tools and Some First Results. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 93, 153-172.

2011

• Murillo, S. T., W.-C. Lee, M. M. Bell, F. D. Marks Jr., P. P. Dodge, and G. M. Barnes, 2011: Intercomparison of GBVTD-retrieved circulation centers and structures of Hurricane Danny (1997) from two coastal WSR-88Ds. Mon. Wea. Rev., 139, 153-174.

2010

• Bell, M. M., and M. T. Montgomery, 2010: Sheared deep vortical convection in pre-depression Hagupit during TCS08. Geophys. Res. Lett., 37, L06802, doi:10.1029/2009GL042313.

2009

• Houze, R. A., Lee, W.-C., M. M. Bell, 2009: Convective contributions to the genesis of Hurricane Ophelia (2005): Observations from RAINEX. Mon. Wea. Rev., 137, 2778-2800.

2008

• Lee, W.-C., M. M. Bell, and K. A. Goodman, 2008: Supercells and mesocyclones in the outer rainbands of Hurricane Katrina (2005). Geophys. Res. Lett., 35, L16803, doi:10.1029/2008GL034724

• Bell, M. M., and M. T. Montgomery, 2008: Observed structure, evolution, and potential intensity of category five Hurricane Isabel (2003) from 12 - 14 September. Mon. Wea. Rev., 136, 2023-2046.

2007

• Houze, R. A., S. S. Chen, B. F. Smull, W.-C. Lee, and M. M. Bell, 2007: Hurricane Intensity Change and Eyewall Replacement. Science, 315, 1235-1239.

• Tanamachi, R., H. Bluestein, W.-C. Lee, M. M. Bell, A. Pazmany, 2007: Ground-Based Velocity Track Display (GBVTD) Analysis of W-Band Doppler Radar Data in a Tornado near Stockton, Kansas on 15 May 1999. Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 783-800.

• Lee, W.-C., and M. M. Bell, 2007: Rapid intensification, eyewall contraction, and breakdown of Hurricane Charley (2004) near landfall. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L02802, doi:10.1029/2006GL027889.

2006

• Houze, R. A., S. S. Chen, W.-C. Lee, R. F. Rogers, J. A. Moore, G. J. Stossmeister, J. L. Cetrone,W. Zhao, and M. M. Bell, 2006: The Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX): Observations and modeling of Hurricanes Katrina, Ophelia, and Rita (2005). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 1503-1521.

• Montgomery, M. T., M. M. Bell, S. Aberson, M. Black, 2006: Superintense winds in Hurricane Isabel (2003). Part I: Mean Vortex Structure and Maximum Intensity Estimates. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 1335-1347.

• Aberson, S., M. Montgomery, M. M. Bell, M. Black, 2006: Superintense winds in Hurricane Isabel (2003). Part II: Extreme Wind Speeds. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 87, 1349-1354.

• Lee, W.-C. M. M. Bell, P. Harasti, B. Jou, M.-H. Chang, 2006: Doppler Velocity Signatures of Idealized Elliptical Vortices. Terrestrial Atmos. and Oceans, 17, 429-446.

2003

• Bluestein, H. B., W.-C. Lee, M. M. Bell, C. C. Weiss, A. L. Pazmany, 2003: Mobile Doppler radar observations of a tornado in a supercell near Bassett, Nebraska, on 5 June 1999. Part II: Tornado-vortex structure. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 2968-2894.