Recent publications of the McGill radar group

This list of references include most of the papers in which one of the members of the McGill radar group was involved. A few conference papers and theses are available for downloading. Links to more of the material and more thesis abstracts will be added shortly.

a) Journals papers or books

Bissonnette, L.R., G. Roy, and F. Fabry, 2000: Range-height scans of lidar depolarization for characterizing phase of clouds and precipitation. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., submitted.

Campos, E. and I. Zawadzki, 2000: Instrumental uncertainties in Z-R relations. J. Applied Meteor., in print.

de Elía, R. and I. Zawadzki, 2000: Sidelobe contamination in bistatic radars. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., in print.

Laprise, R., I. Zawadzki, M. RaviVarma and D. Caya, 2000: Predictability in a nested limited-area model. Mon. Wea. Rev., in print.

Protat, A. and I. Zawadzki, 2000: Kinematic and dynamic study of a shallow supercell hailstorm sampled by the McGill bistatic multiple Doppler radar network. J. Atmos. Sci., in print.

Protat, A. and I. Zawadzki, 2000: Optimization of dynamic retrievals from multiple Doppler radar networks. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., in print.

Wüest, M., I. Zawadzki and W. Schmid, 2000: Noise filtering in wind retrieval. Deutsche meteorologische Zeitschrift, submitted.

Sanchez-Diezma, R., I. Zawadzki and D. Sempere-Torres, 2000: Identification of the bright band through the analysis of volumetric radar data. J. Geophys. Res., 105, 2225-2236.

Zawadzki, I., and F. Fabry, 2000: Detection of supercooled water by a low-cost X-band vertically pointing radar. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., submitted.

Zawadzki, I., W. Szyrmer, and S. Laroche, 2000: Diagnostic of supercooled cloud from single Doppler observations in regions of detectable snow. J. Applied Meteor., in print.

Potvin, G., and R.R. Rogers, 1999: Measuring vertical heat flux with RASS. Meteorol. Atmos. Phys., 71, 91-103.

Protat, A. and I. Zawadzki, 1999: A semi-adjoint method for real time retrieval of three-dimensional wind field from multiple-Doppler bistatic radar network data. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 16, 432-449.

Szyrmer, W. and I. Zawadzki, 1999: Modeling of the melting layer. Part One: Dynamics and microphysics. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 3573-3592.

Fabry, F., and W. Szyrmer, 1999: Modeling of the melting layer; part two: Electromagnetic. J. Atmos. Sci., 56, 3593-3600.

Duncan, M.R., F. Fabry, I.D. Cluckie, and A. Singh, 1998: The McGill/Salford C-band hydrological radar. In Advances in Hydrological Applications of Weather Radar, G. Shepherd and H.-R. Verworn (Eds), SUG-Verlagsgesellschaft, Hannover, 501-508.

Fabry, F., G.L. Austin, and M.R. Duncan, 1998: Correction for the vertical profile of reflectivity using a vertically pointing radar. In Advances in Hydrological Applications of Weather Radar, G. Shepherd and H.-R. Verworn (Eds), SUG-Verlagsgesellschaft, Hannover, 141-149.

Mailhot, J., J. W. Strapp, J. I. MacPherson, R. Benoit, S. Belair, N. R. Donaldson, F. Froude, M. Benjamin, I. Zawadzki and R. R. Rogers, 1998: The Montreal-96 Experiment on Regional Mixing and Ozone (MERMOZ): An overview and preliminary results. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 79, 433-442.

Malinowski, S., I. Zawadzki and P. Baumgart, 1998: Laboratory observations of cloud clear air mixing at small scales. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 15, 1060-1065.

Potvin, G., J.I. MacPherson, R.R. Rogers, N.R. Donaldson, and J.W. Strapp, 1998: Analysis of heat flux by RASS and comparison with airplane measurements. Meteorol. Zeitschr., 7, 262-270.

Wei, Yu, C. A. Lin, R. Benoit and I. Zawadzki, 1998: High resolution model simulation of precipitation and evaluation with Doppler radar observation. Water Sci. and Tech., 37, 179-186.

Bellon, A., I. Zawadzki and F. Fabry, 1997: Measurements of melting layer attenuation at X-band frequencies. Radio Sci., 943-955.

Fabry, F., 1997: Vertical profiles of reflectivity and precipitation intensity. In Weather Radar Technology for Water Resources Management, B. Braga Jr. and O. Massambani (Eds.), UNESCO Press, 137-145.

Fabry, F., C. Frush, I. Zawadzki and A. Kilambi, 1997: Extracting near-surface Index of refraction using radar phase measurements from ground targets. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 14, 978-987.

Rogers, R.R., M.-F. Lamoureux, L. Bissonnette, and R.M. Peters, 1997: Quantitative interpretation of laser ceilometer intensity profiles. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 14, 396-411.

Rogers, R.R., and W.O.J. Brown, 1997: Radar observations of a major industrial fire. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 803-814.

Szyrmer, W. and I. Zawadzki, 1997: Biogenic and antropogenic sources of ice-forming nuclei: a review. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 209-228.

Cohn, S.A., J.R. Gyakum, R.R. Rogers, W.L. Ecklund, D.A. Carter, and J.S. Wilson, 1996: Wind profiler/RASS observations of two complex synoptic events. Beitr. Phys. Atmosph., 69, 37-47.

Drummond, F., R.R. Rogers, S.A. Cohn, W.L. Ecklund, D.A. Carter, and J.S. Wilson, 1996: A new look at the melting layer. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 759-769.

Fabry, F., 1996: On the determination of scale ranges for precipitation fields. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 12819-12826.

Rogers, R.R., 1996: A short history of meteorology at McGill. Bull. Canadian Meteor. Ocean. Soc., 24, 144-148.

Rogers, R.R., S.G. Leblanc, S.A. Cohn, W.L. Ecklund, D.A. Carter, and J.S. Wilson, 1996: Profiler measurements of turbulence and wind shear in a snowstorm. Beitr. Phys. Atmosph., 69, 27-36.

Rogers, R.R., and P.L. Smith, 1996: A short history of radar meteorology. In Historical Essays on Meteorology 1919-1995, J. R. Fleming, Ed., Boston, American Meteorological Society, 57-98.

Cohn, S.A., R.R. Rogers, S. Jascourt, W.L. Ecklund, D.A. Carter, and J.S. Wilson, 1995: Interactions between clear-air reflective layers and rain observed with a boundary layer wind profiler. Radio Sci., 30, 323-341.

Fabry, F., B.J. Turner, and S.A. Cohn, 1995. The University of Wyoming King Air educational initiative at McGill. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 76, 1806-1811.

Fabry, F., and I. Zawadzki, 1995: Long term radar observations of the melting layer of precipitation and their interpretation. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 838-851.

Laroche, S. and I. Zawadzki, 1995: Retrievals of horizontal winds from single-Doppler clear air data by methods of cross-correlation and variational analysis. J. Atmos. Oceanic Tech., 12, 721-738.

Pellerin, P., R. Laprise and I. Zawadzki, 1995: The performance of semi-Lagrangian transport scheme for the advection-condensation problem. Monthly Weather Rev., 123, 3318-3330.

Tremblay, A., A. Glazer, W. Szyrmer, G. Isaac and I. Zawadzki, 1995: On the forecasting of supercooled clouds. Monthly Weather Rev., 123, 2098-2113.

Wilczak, J.M., R.G. Strauch, F.M. Ralph, B.L. Weber, D.A. Merritt, J.R. Jordan, D.E. Wolfe, L.K. Lewis, D.B. Wuertz, J.E. Gaynor, S.A. McLaughlin, R.R. Rogers, A.C. Riddle, and T.S. Dye, 1995: Contamination of wind profiler data by migrating birds: characteristics of corrupted data and potential solutions. J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 12, 449-461.

Zawadzki, I., 1995: Is rain fractal? In: New uncertainty concepts in hydrology and water resources, Kundzewicz, Z. W. (ed.), Cambridge, UK, Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge (International Hydrology Series), 104-108.

Bellon, A. and I. Zawadzki, 1994: Forecasting of hourly accumulations by optimal extrapolation of radar maps. J. Hydrology, 157, 211-233.

Fabry, F., A. Bellon, M.R. Duncan, and G.L. Austin, 1994. High resolution rainfall measurement by radar for very small basins: The sampling problem reexamined. J. Hydrology, 161, 415-428.

Laroche, S. and I. Zawadzki, 1994: A variational analysis method for the retrieval of three-dimensional wind field from single-doppler radar data. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2664-2682.

Rogers, R.R., S.A. Cohn, W.L. Ecklund, J.S. Wilson, and D.A. Carter, 1994: Experience from one year of operating a boundary-layer profiler in the center of a large city. Annales Geophysicae, 12, 529-540.

Zawadzki I., E. Monteiro and F. Fabry, 1994: Developement of drop size distributions in light rain. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 1100-1113.

Zawadzki, I., J. Morneau and R. Laprise, 1994: Predictability of precipitation patterns: an operational approach. J. Applied Meteor., 33, 1562-1571.

b) Conference proceedings

Fabry, F. and I. Zawadzki, 2000: Atmospheric physics as observed by a vertically pointing Doppler radar. Proceedings, 13th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Reno NV, 310-313.   [PDF (1.00 Meg)] [Legal size poster (5.57 Meg)]

Zawadzki, I. and F. Fabry, 2000: Observations of supercooled water and of secondary ice generation by a vertically pointing X-band Doppler radar. Proceedings, 13th International Conference on Clouds and Precipitation, Reno NV, 264-267.

Caya, A., I. Zawadzki, S. Laroche and F. Fabry, 1999: Assimilation of bistatic radar network data and the near-surface index of refractivity. Preprints, 29th Int. Conf. on Radar Met., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Fabry, F., and C. Creese, 1999: If fine lines fail, try ground targets. Preprints, 29th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteorology, Montreal QC, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 21-23.   [PDF (3.14 Meg)]

Sempere-Torres, D., R. Sánchez-Diezma , I. Zawadzki, and J. D. Creutin, 1999: DSD identification following a pre-classification of rainfall type from radar analysis. Preprints, 29th Int. Conf. on Radar Met., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Wüest M., W. Schmid and I. Zawadzki, 1999: Improving single-Doppler wind retrievals with secondary wind field data. Preprints 29th Int. Conf. on Radar Met., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Zawadzki, I., F. Fabry, R. de Elía, A. Caya and Pierre Vaillancourt, 1999: On quantitative interpretation of radar measurements. Preprints 29th Int. Conf. on Radar Met., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Fabry, F., and I. Zawadzki, 1998: The vertical structure of precipitation: an overview. Proceedings of URSI F Symposium on Climatic Parameters in Radiowave Propagation Prediction, Ottawa ON, URSI, 131-136.

Rogers, R.R., and W.O.J. Brown, 1998: Interactions between scattering by precipitation and the clear air. Proceedings 8th URSI Commission F Triennial Open Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal, pp.235-238.

Zawadzki, I. 1998: Forecasting application of radar data (invited presentation). Fourth International Symposium on Hydrological Applications of Weather Radars. AMS, San Diego, USA.

Zawadzki, I. 1998: The optimal combination of modeling and radar data for nowcasting (invited presentation). COST 75 Final Workshop, Locarno, Switzerland.

Amorim, W. C., O. Massambani and I. Zawadzki, 1997: An evaluation of the predicted pulse-type thunderstorm gust using horizontal divergence from Doppler radar. Preprints, 28th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Bellon, A., F. Fabry and I. Zawadzki, 1997: Melting layer attenuation at X-band frequencies along vertical and near horizontal paths, 1997:. Preprints 28th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA USA.

Brown, W.O.J., and R.R. Rogers, 1997: UHF echoes at the base of elevated snow layers. Extended Abstracts, COST-76 Profiler Workshop, Engelberg, Switzerland, pp. 273-276.

Brown, W.O.J., and R.R. Rogers, 1997: Gravity wave and wind shear observations on the McGill weather and profiler radars. Preprints, 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Austin, Texas, pp. 512-513.

de Elía, R. and I. Zawadzki, 1997: Some theoretical aspects of wind retrieval from single Doppler radar data . Preprints 28th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, MA USA.

Donaldson, N., W.O.J. Brown, and R.R. Rogers, 1997: Radar observations of the planetary boundary layer during MERMOZ. Preprints, 12th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, American Meteorological Society, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 421-422.

Fabry, F., 1997: Rethinking radar data collection for the computing era. Preprints, 28th Radar Meteorology Conference, Austin TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 176-177.

Fabry, F., C. Frush, I. Zawadzki and A. Kilambi: Ground echo radar meteorology: one year of measurements of surface refractive index by radar. Preprints, 28th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Gingras, Y., E. Torlaschi and I. Zawadzki, 1997: A theoretical comparison between staggered and simultaneous h/v samplingin dual-polarization radar. Preprints, 28th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Hocking, W.K., W.O.J. Brown, M.C. Kelley, and R.R. Rogers, 1997: The VHF wind profiler at Resolute Bay in the Canadian Arctic: description and preliminary observations. Preprints, 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Austin, Texas, pp. 79-80.

Joss, J. and I Zawadzki, 1997: Drop size distributions again? Preprints, 28th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Kilambi, A., A. Bellon, A. Singh, I Zawadzki and F. Fabry, 1997: RAPID: A radar data analysis, procesing and interactive display system. Preprints 28th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Kilambi, A., A. Singh, I Zawadzki, J. Wurman, M. Randall and C. Burghart and F. Fabry, 1997: A bistatic radar system at McGill University. Preprints, 28th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Nissen, R., D. Hudak, S. Laroche, I. Zawadzki, and R. de Elía, 1997: Three-dimensional wind field retrieval of Doppler radar data in Arctic storm events. Proceedings Conference on Polar Processes and Global Climate, 3-6 November, Rosario, Orcas Island, Washington, U.S.A., 176-178.

Potvin, G., J.I. MacPherson, R.R. Rogers, N.R. Donaldson, and J.W. Strapp, 1997: Analysis of buoyancy flux by RASS and comparison with airplane measurements. Extended Abstracts, COST-76 Profiler Workshop, Engelberg, Switzerland, pp. 203-206.

Potvin, G., J.I. MacPherson, R.R. Rogers, N.R. Donaldson, and J.W. Strapp, 1997: An evaluation of a heat flux retrieval method using MERMOZ data. Preprints, 12th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, American Meteorological Society, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 441-442.

Protat, A. and I. Zawadzki, 1997: Kinematic and thermodynamic fields derived from the McGill/OU bistatic multiple Doppler network. Preprints, 28th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Reichheld, D. and I. Zawadzki, 1997: An Investigation of the Quantitative Use ofthe VAD Technique. Preprints, 28th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Rogers, R.R., 1997: Pivotal events in the history of radar meteorology. Preprints, 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Austin, Texas, pp. 298-302.

Shephard, M., U. Jambor, and R.R. Rogers, 1997: Haze trapping observed by ceilometer, RASS, and UHF profiler. Preprints, 28th Conference on Radar Meteorology, American Meteorological Society, Austin, Texas, pp. 561-562.

Shephard, M., J.W. Strapp, and R.R. Rogers, 1997: Ceilometer measurements of extinction in haze and comparison with aircraft observations. Preprints, 12th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, American Meteorological Society, Vancouver, Canada, pp. 433-434.

Szyrmer, W., F. Fabry, Isztar Zawadzki, 1997: Meteorological and electromagnetic modeling of the melting layer. Preprints, 28th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Vaillancourt, P., A. Bellon and I. Zawadzki, 1997: Results from a mesocyclone detection algorithm over southwestern Quebec, Canada. Preprints, 28th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Lamoureux, M.-F., and R.R. Rogers, 1996: Optical extinction profiles in precipitation from laser ceilometer data. Abstracts, 8th International Workshop on Multiple Scattering Lidar Experiments, DREV, Quebec, Canada, 107-111.

Szyrmer, W., R. Papagearghe and I. Zawadzki, 1996: Model and observation study of the melting layer. International Conf. on Cloud Physics and Precipitation, Zürich, Switzerland.

Brown, W.O.J., I. Zawadzki, and R.R. Rogers, 1995: Integration of profiler and weather radar observations. Proceedings, Seventh Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar, Hilton Head, South Carolina, pp. 109-112.

Drummond, F., R.R. Rogers, S.A. Cohn, W.L. Ecklund, D.A. Carter, and J.S. Wilson, 1995: Study of the melting layer using a radar wind profiler. Preprints, Conference on Cloud Physics, American Meteorological Society, 236-239.

Fabry, F., A. Bellon and I. Zawadzki, 1995: Measurements of attenuation at X-band in the melting layer. Preprints, 27th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Hocking, W.K., M.C. Kelley, R.R. Rogers, J.-P. St. Maurice, and D. Moorcroft, 1995: A new VHF atmospheric-ionospheric radar at EPCO site in Resolute Bay, Canada. Proceedings, Seventh Workshop on Technical and Scientific Aspects of MST Radar, Hilton Head, South Carolina, pp. 454-456.

Kilambi, A., S. Laroche, and I. Zawadzki, 1995: An operational 3D wind retrieval algorithm. Preprints, 27th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Laroche, S. and I. Zawadzki, 1995: A single Doppler assimilation cycle. Preprints, 27th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

Malinowski, S., I. Zawadzki and P. Baumgart, 1995: Laboratory observations of cloud clear air mixing at small scales. Preprints, Conference on Cloud Physics, Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA, 102-105.

Wurman, J. and I. Zawadzki, 1995: The Montreal bistatic Doppler system. Preprints, 27th Int. Conf. on Radar Meteor., Amer. Meteor. Soc., Boston, Mass. USA.

c) Theses and reports

Bell, C., 2000: Detection of the riming process with a vertically pointing radar. M.Sc. thesis, McGill University.   [Abstract]

de Elía, R., 2000: Performance study of a bistatic network. Ph.D. thesis, McGill University, 156 pp.   [Abstract] [PDF (2.31 Meg)]

Guillemette, P., 2000: Integration of UHF profiler information with bistatic data. M.Sc. thesis, McGill University.   [Abstract] [PDF (1.18 Meg)]

Creese, C., 1999: Meteorological interpretation of near-surface refractivity measurements. M.Sc. thesis, McGill University, 82 pp.   [Abstract]

Xue, X., 1999: Observations and data analysis of supercooled liquid water. M.Sc. thesis, McGill University, 79 pp.   [Abstract]

Campos, E., 1998: Measurements of raindrop size distributions by three different sensors. M.Sc. thesis, McGill University, 96 pp.

Potvin, G., 1998: The application of RASS in urban boundary layer meteorology. Ph.D. thesis, McGill University, 226 pp.

Shephard, M.W., 1998: Haze observations with a laser ceilometer. M.Sc. thesis, McGill University, 69 pp.   [Abstract]

de Elía, R., 1997: A study of wind field retrieval from single-Doppler radar data. M.Sc. thesis, McGill University.   [Abstract]

Reichheld, D.T., 1997: An investigation of the use of VAD analysis and UHF profiler data to obtain a two-dimensional wind field, M.Sc. thesis, McGill University.   [Abstract]

Laroche, S., 1995: Variational analysis methods for retrieval of wind field from single-Doppler radar data. Ph.D. thesis, McGill University, 216 pp.   [Abstract]

Leblanc, S., 1995: Studies of turbulence with a wind profiler. M.Sc. thesis, McGill University, 63 pp.

Drummond, F., 1994: Spectral interpretation of the melting layer using a wind profiler. M.Sc. thesis, McGill University.   [Abstract]

Fabry, F., 1994: Observations and uses of high resolution radar data from precipitation. Ph.D. Thesis, McGill University, 134 pp.   [Abstract] [PDF (2.78 Meg)]

Fabry, F., A. Bellon and I. Zawadzki, 1994: Long term observations of the melting layer using vertically pointing radars. CCRM report MW-101, McGill University, 65 pp.   [PDF (1.39 Meg)]

Turcotte, F., 1994: A method for aircraft icing diagnosis in precipitation. M.Sc. Thesis, McGill University, 62 pp.   [Abstract] [PDF (1.92 Meg)]