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2025

• Klotzbach, P. J. and Bercos-Hickey, E. and Wood, K. M. and Schreck III, C. J. and Bell, M. M. and Blake, E. S. and Bowen, S. G. and Caron, L.-P. and Chavas, D. R. and Collins, J. M. and Gibney, E. J. and Hansen, K. A. and Hazelton, A. T. and Jones, J. J. and Lowry, M. R. and Nieves-Jimenez, A. T. and Patricola, C. M. and Silvers, L. G. and Truchelut, R. E. and Uehling, J., 2025: The Remarkable 2024 North Atlantic Mid-Season Hurricane Lull. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2025GL116714 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL116714

• Silvers, L. G. and Klotzbach, P. J. and Allen, C. J. T. and Bell, M. M. and Bowen, S. G. and Chand, S. S. and Ekström, M. and Hemmati, M. and Schreck III, C. J., 2025: The Global Influence of ENSO on Rapid Intensification of Tropical Cyclones. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2025GL115334 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL115334

• Miao, Jyong-En and Yang, Ming-Jen and Rasmussen, Kristen L. and Bell, Michael M. and Kuo, Hung-Chi and Cha, Ting-Yu, 2025: The Sensitivity of Eyewall Replacement Cycles to Shortwave Radiation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 130, e2024JD042375 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JD042375

2024

• Klotzbach, P. J.,J. J. Jones, K. M. Wood, M. M. Bell, E. S. Blake, S. G. Bowen, L.-P. Caron, D. R. Chavas, J. M. Collins, E. J. Gibney, C. J. Schreck III; R. E. Truchelut, 2024: The 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season: An Above-Normal Season Despite Strong El Niño Conditions. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc, EOR , https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0305.1

• Ting-Yu Cha and Michael Bell, 2024: Tropical cyclone asymmetric eyewall evolution and intensification in a two-layer model. Weather and Climate Dynamics, 5 , https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-5-1013-2024

• Chandra M. Pasillas and Christian Kummerow and Michael Bell and Steven D. Miller, 2024: Turning Night Into Day: The Creation and Validation of Synthetic Night-time Visible Imagery Using the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Day-Night Band (DNB) and Machine Learning. Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, 3 , https://doi.org/10.1175/AIES-D-23-0002.1

• Barbero, Tyler W., and Bell, Michael M. and Chen, Jan-Huey and Klotzbach, Philip J., 2024: A Potential Vorticity Diagnosis of Tropical Cyclone Track Forecast Errors. Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 16, e2023MS004008 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2023MS004008

• DesRosiers, A. J, and M. M. Bell, 2024: Airborne Radar Quality Control with Machine Learning. Artificial Intelligence for the Earth Systems, 3, e230064 , https://doi.org/10.1175/AIES-D-23-0064.1

2023

• Chen, Xiaomin and Rozoff, C. M. and Rogers, R. F. and Corbosiero, K. L. and Tao, D. and Gu, J and Judt, F. and Hendricks, E. A. and Wang, Y. and Bell, M. M. and Stern, D. P. and Musgrave, K. D. and Knaff, J. A. and Kaplan, J., 2023: Research advances on internal processes affecting tropical cyclone intensity change from 2018–2022. Tropical Cyclone Research and Review, 12 , https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcrr.2023.05.001

• Tao, Dandan and Nystrom, Robert and Bell, Michael, 2023: The Quasi-Linear Absolute Angular Momentum Slope of Tropical Cyclones Under Rapid Intensification. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL104583 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL104583

• Nam, C. C., M. M. Bell, and D. Tao, 2023: Bifurcation Points for Tropical Cyclone Genesis and Intensification in Sheared and Dry Environments. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 80(9), 2239-2259 , https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-22-0100.1

• Razin*, N., C. J. Slocum, J. A. Knaff, P. J. Brown, and M. M. Bell, 2023: Tropical Cyclone Precipitation, Infrared, Microwave, and Environmental Dataset (TC PRIMED). Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 104 , https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-21-0052.1

• DesRosiers, A., M. M. Bell, P. Klotzbach, M. Fischer, and P. Reasor, 2023: Observed Relationships between Tropical Cyclone Vortex Height, Intensity, and Intensification Rate. Geophys. Res. Letters, 50, e2022GL101877 ,

• Klotzbach, P. J, and C. J. Schreck, and G. P. Compo, and K. M. Wood and E. C. J. Oliver and S. G. Bowen, and M. M. Bell, 2023: Influence of the Madden-Julian Oscillation on Continental United States Hurricane Landfalls. Geophysical Research Letters, 50, e2023GL102762 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL102762

• Zhang, Y., X.-C. Chen, M. M. Bell, 2023: Improving Short-Term QPF Using Geostationary Satellite All-Sky Infrared Radiances: Real-Time Ensemble Data Assimilation and Forecast during the PRECIP 2020 and 2021 Experiments. Wea. Forecasting, 38, 4 , https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-22-0156.1

• Cha, T-Y., M. M. Bell, 2023: Three-Dimensional Variational Multi-Doppler Wind Retrieval over complex terrain. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, , 10.1175/JTECH-D-23-0019.1

• Casas, E., D. Tao, and M. M. Bell, 2023: An Intensity and Size Phase Space for Tropical Cyclone Structure and Evolution. J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, 128, e2022JD037089 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD037089

2022

• Tao, D., P. J. van Leeuwen, M. M. Bell, and Y. Ying, 2022: Dynamics and predictability of tropical cyclone rapid intensification in ensemble simulations of Hurricane Patricia (2015). J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 127, e2021JD036079 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JD036079

• Panasawatwong, W., K. Rasmussen, and M. M. Bell, 2022: A Climatology of Extreme Convective Storms in Tropical East Asia and Their Ingredients for Heavy Rainfall as seen by TRMM. J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, 127, e2022JD036863 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JD036863

• Martinez, J., C. A. Davis, and M. M. Bell, 2022: Eyewall Asymmetries and Their Contributions to the Intensification of an Idealized Tropical Cyclone Translating in Uniform Flow. J. Atmos. Sci., 79, 2471-2491 , https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-21-0302.1

• Lee, W., I.-J. Moon, S.-H. Kim, M. M. Bell, and I. Ginis, 2022: New parameterization of air-sea exchange coefficients and its impact on intensity prediction under major tropical cyclones. Front. Mar. Sci., 9:1046511 , https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.1046511

• Klotzbach, P. J, D. R. Chavas, M. M. Bell, S. G. Bowen, E. J. Gibney, and C. J. Schreck, 2022: Characterizing Continental US Hurricane Risk: Which Intensity Metric Is Best?. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 127, e2022JD037030 , https://doi. org/10.1029/2022JD037030

• Klotzbach, P.J., K. M. Wood, C. J. Schreck, S. G. Bowen, C. M. Patricola, and M. M. Bell, 2022: Trends in Global Tropical Cyclone Activity: 1990–2021. Geophys. Res. Letters, 49, e2021GL095774 , https://doi. org/10.1029/2021GL095774

• Klotzbach, P. J., K. M. Wood, M. M. Bell, E. S. Blake, S. G. Bowen, L.-P. Caron, J. M. Collins, E. J. Gibney, C. J. Schreck III; R. E. Truchelut, 2022: A Hyperactive End to the Atlantic Hurricane Season: October–November 2020. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc, 103, E110-E128 , https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-20-0312.1

• Kim, D., D.-S. R. Park, C. C. Nam, and M. M. Bell, 2022: The parametric hurricane rainfall model with moisture and its application to climate change projections. npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, 5, 86 , https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-022-00308-9

• Jones, J., M. M. Bell, P. J. Klotzbach, and E. A. Barnes, 2022: Wintertime Rossby Wave Breaking Persistence in Extended-range Seasonal Forecasts of Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Activity. Journal of Climate, 35, 2133-2147 , https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-21-0213.1

• DesRosiers, A., M. M. Bell, and T.-Y. Cha, 2022: Vertical vortex development of Hurricane Michael (2018) during Rapid Intensification. Mon. Wea. Rev., 150, 99-114 , https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-21-0098.1

• Dennis J. M., A. H. Baker, B. Dobbins, M. M. Bell, J. Sun, Y. Kim, T.-Y. Cha, 2022: Enabling efficient execution of a variational data assimilation application. International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, doi:10.1177/10943420221119801 , https://doi.org/0.1177/10943420221119801

• Cole, A. S., M. M. Bell, and J. C. DeHart, 2022: An Ensemble-Based Analysis of a Liminal Extreme Rainfall Event near Taiwan. Atmosphere, 13, 1011 , https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos13071011

2021

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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, 149, 551-569 , https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-20-0133.1

• 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

• 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

• 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

2020

• Trabing, B. C., and M. M. Bell, 2020: Understanding Rapid Intensity Changes in Official Hurricane Intensity Forecast Error Distributions. Wea. Forecasting, 35, 2219–2234 , https://doi.org/10.1175/WAF-D-19-0253.1

• Tao, D. R. Rotunno, and M. M. Bell, 2020: Lilly’s Model for Steady-State Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Structure. J. Atmos. Sci., 77, 3701–3720 , https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-20-0057.1

• Tao, D., M. M. Bell, R. Rotunno, and P. J. van Leeuwen, 2020: Why do the maximum intensities in modeled tropical cyclones vary under the same environmental conditions?. Geophys. Res. Letters, 47, e2019GL085980 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL085980

• 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, 1363-1388 , https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-19-0293.1

• 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

• Park, J., D.-H. Cha, M.-K. Lee, J. Moon, S.-J. Hahm, K. Noh, J. Chan and M. M. Bell, 2020: Impact of cloud microphysics schemes on tropical cyclone forecast over the western North Pacific. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 125, e2019JD032288 , https://doi.org/10.1029/2019JD032288

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

2019

• Trabing, B. C., M. M. Bell, and B. R. Brown, 2019: Impacts of Radiation and Upper Tropospheric Temperatures on Tropical Cyclone Structure and Intensity. J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 135-153 , https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-18-0165.1

• Tao, D., K. Emanuel, F. Zhang, R. Rotunno, M. M. Bell, R. Nystrom,, 2019: Evaluation of the Assumptions in the Steady-State Tropical Cyclone Self-Stratified Outflow Using Three-Dimensional Convection-Allowing Simulations. J. Atmos. Sci., 76, 2995-3009 , https://doi.org/10.1175/JAS-D-19-0033.1

• Powell, S., and M. M. Bell, 2019: Near-Surface Frontogenesis and Atmospheric Instability along the U.S. East Coast during the Extratropical Transition of Hurricane Matthew (2016). Mon. Wea. Rev., 174, 719-732 , https://doi.org/10.1175/MWR-D-18-0094.1

• 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

• 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

• 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.