Michael M. Bell

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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

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.

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