Nolan Doesken
Asst. State Climatologist/Sr. Research Associate
Office: 106 Atmospheric Science Annex
Phone: 970-491-8545
Fax: 970-491-8241
Email:
Mailing Address:
1371 Campus Delivery
Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371
Selected Publications
  • Smith, R., Doesken, N., Kummerow, C., 2012: Large-scale climate variability and local hydroclimate relationships used as drivers in a hydrologic model to predict the hydrology of the upper Colorado River, 26th Conference on Hydrology.January 22-26, 2012, New Orleans, LA
  • Smith, R., Doesken, N., Kummerow, C., 2011: A comparison of in-situ, reanalysis, and satellite water data over the upper Colorado River basin, 19th Conference on Applied Climatology.July 18-20, 2011, Asheville, NC
  • Doesken, N., 2011: Collaborative drought monitoring in the upper Colorado River basin, NIDIS UCRB Pilot Update Meeting.February 24, 2011, Boulder, CO
  • Doesken, N., Reges, H., 2011: Creating a volunteer observing network, .,
  • Ryan, W. A., Doesken, N., Smith, R., 2011: NIDIS upper Colorado River Basin pilot project, U.S. Drought Monitor Forum.April 13-15, 2011, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA
  • Smith, R., Doesken, N., Ryan, W. A., 2010: NIDIS and the upper Colorado River basin pilot: Current monitoring efforts and future research, Annual Meeting of the American Association of State Clilmatologists .July 12, 2010, South Lake Tahoe, CA
  • Smith, R., Doesken, N., Ryan, W. A., 2010: Overview of the NIDIS weekly climate, water and drought assessment, Drought Portal Meeting.August 19, 2010, Boulder, CO
  • Doesken, N., Reges, H., 2010: The value of the citizen weather observer, Weatherwise, vol. November/December 2010, 30-37
  • Reges, H., Cifelli, R. C., Doesken, N., Turner, J., 2008: CoCoRAHS (The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network) - The accidental network: Evolving collaborations, AMS 17th Symposium on Education.January 20-23, 2008, New Orleans, LA
  • Pielke, R. A., Sr., Doesken, N. J., 2008: Documenting historical climate network stations in Colorado, .,
  • Ryan, W. A., Doesken, N. J., 2008: Evaluation of the Campbell SR-50 sensor in triplicate for automation of U.S. snowfall and snow depth measurements and work towards operational status, 12th Conference on IOAS-AOLS & 88th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting.January 20-24, 2008, New Orleans, LA
  • Ryan, W. A., Doesken, N. J., Fassnacht, S. R., 2008: Evalulation of ultrasonic snow depth sensors for U.S. snow measurements, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, vol. 25, 667-684
  • Ryan, W. A., Doesken, N. J., Fassnacht, S. R., 2008: Preliminary results of ultrasonic snow depth sensor testing for National Weather Service (NWS) snow measurements in the US, Hydrological Processes, vol. 22, 2748-2757
  • Pielke, R. A., Sr., Angel, J., Bliss, O., Cai, M., Davey, C. A., Doesken, N., Fall, S., Gallo, K. P., Hale, R. C., Hubbard, K. G., Li, H., Lin, X., Nielsen-Gammon, J., Niyogi, D., Raman, S., 2007: Documentation of uncertainties and biases associated with surface temperature measurement sites for climate change assessement, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society , vol. 88, 913-928
  • Doesken, N., 2007: Let it rain - how one grassroots effort brought weather into America's backyards, Weatherwise, vol. 60, 50-55
  • Ryan, W. A., Doesken, N. J., Fassnacht, S. R., 2007: Preliminary results of ultrasonic snow depth sensor testing for National Weather Service (NWS) snow measurements in the U.S. and work toward operational readiness, CMO-CGU-AMS Congress/Eastern Snow Conference.May 28 - June 1, 2007, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
  • Reges, H., Cifelli, R. C., Doesken, N., Turner, J., 2007: The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRAHS) - volunteers monitoring precipitation across the nation - the next step (paper 5.3), AMS 16th Conference on Applied Climatology.January 14-18, 2007, San Antonio, Texas
  • Ryan, W. A., Doesken, N., 2007: Ultrasonic snow depth sensors for National Weather Service (NWS) snow measurements in the U.S.: Evaluation of operational readiness (Paper 6.1), AMS 14th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrrumentation.January 13-18, 2007, San Antonio, Texas
  • Reges, H., Cifelli, R. C., Doesken, N., Turner, J., 2006: The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRAHS) - hands-on science for communities right in their own backyards (paper 1.6A), AMS 15th Symposium on Education.January 29-February 2, 2006, Atlanta, Georgia
  • Reges, H., Cifelli, R. C., Doesken, N., Turner, J., 2006: The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network (CoCoRAHS) a great way to collect and disseminate web-based climate data, AGU Fall Meeting.December 11-15, 2006, San Francisco, California
  • Brazenec, W. A., Doesken, N. J., Fassnacht, S. R., 2006: Ultrasonic snow depth sensors for measuring snow in the U.S., 10th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS).January 30, 2005-February 2, 2006, Atlanta, GA
  • Brazenec, W. A., Doesken, N. J., 2005: An Evaluation of two ultrasonic snow depth sensors for potential use at automated surface observing sites, 15th AMS Conference on Applied Climatology.June 2005,
  • Brazenec, W. A., Doesken, N. J., Fassnacht, S. R., 2005: Evaluation of two ultrasonic snow depth sensors for National Weather Service (NWS) Automated Surface Observation System (ASOS) sites, 25th Annual AGU Hydrology Days.March 9, 2005, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
  • Doesken, N. J., Brazenec, W. A., Fassnacht, S. R., 2005: Ultrasonic snow depth sensors: Can they help us measure snow?, 30th Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association.October 15-20, 2005, Saint Louis, MO
  • Pielke, R. A., Sr., Doesken, N. J., 2004: AASC (American Association of State Climatologists) Annual Meeting
  • Brazenec, W. A., Doesken, N. J., Fassnacht, S. R., 2004: Evaluation of two ultrasonic snow depth sensors for National Weather Service Automated Surface Observing System, American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting.December 2004,
  • Davey, C. A., Doesken, N. J., Leffler, R. J., Marshall, B., 2003: Rooftop temperatures: How do they compare with ground temperatures, Bull. Amer. Meteo. Soc. (in prep)
  • Doesken, N. J., Davey, C. A., McKee, T. B., 2002: Climate data continuity: What have we learned from ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System), AMS 13th Conference on Applied Climatology.May 12-16, 2002, Portland, OR
  • Davey, C. A., Doesken, N. J., Leffler, R. J., Pielke, R. A., Sr., 2002: Differences between rooftop and standard ground-based temperatures, AMS 6th Symposium on Integrated Observing Systems.January 13-17, 2002, Orlando, FL
  • Davey, C. A., Doesken, N. J., Leffler, R. J., Pielke, R. A., Sr., 2001: Are temperatures going through the roof: Differences between rooftop and standard ground-based temperatures, Colorado Climate Magazine, vol. 2
  • Doesken, N. J., Davey, C. A., Griffith, B. G., McKee, T. B., 2001: Rooftop temperatures and how they compare with standard surface observations, AMS 11th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation.14-19 January 2001, Albuquerque, NM
  • Doesken, N. J., Davey, C. A., McKee, T. B., 2001: Temperature data continuity in the ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) era: Determining station averages, AMS 17th Conference on IIPS.January 14-19, 2001, Albuquerque, NM
  • Griffith, B. G., Doesken, N. J., Leffler, R. J., McKee, T. B., 2000: A comparison of rooftop and surface temperature observations, Preprints, 12th AMS Conference on Applied Climatology.May 8-11, 2000, Asheville, NC
  • McKee, T. B., Davey, C. A., Doesken, N. J., Pielke, R. A., Sr., 2000: Climate data continuity with ASOS (April 1996-June 2000)
  • McKee, T. B., Cranfield, N. L., Davey, C. A., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., 2000: Climate data continuity with ASOS in precipitation and temperature, 12th AMS Conference on Applied Climatology.May 8-11, 2000, Asheville, NC
  • McKee, T. B., Canfield, N. L., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., 2000: Climate data continuity with ASOS rain observations, AMS 16th Conference on IIPS.January 9-14, 2000, Long Beach, CA
  • Doesken, N. J., 2000: Temperature climate data continuity with ASOS, National Weather Association 25th Annual Meeting.October 14-20, 2000, Gaithersburg, MD
  • McKee, T. B., Butler, R. D., Canfield, N. L., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., 1999: Climate data continuity with ASOS rain observations, Preprints, AMS 11th Conference on Applied Climatology.10-15 January 1999, Dallas, TX
  • Petersen, W. A., Carey, L. D., Doesken, N. J., Johnson, R. H., Knievel, J. C., McKee, T. B., Rutledge, S. A., Vonder Haar, T. H., Weaver, J. F., 1999: Mesoscale and radar observations of the Fort Collins flash flood of 28 July 1997, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., vol. 80, 191-216
  • Weaver, J. F., Doesken, N. J., Petersen, W. A., 1998: Some unusual aspects of the Fort Collins flash flood of 28 July 1997, AMS 8th Conference on Mountain Meteorology.August 3-7, 1998, Flagstaff, AZ
  • McKee, T. B., Canfield, N. L., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., 1997: Climate data continuity with ASOS: Temperature, Preprints, AMS 13th International Conference on IIPS.February 2-7, 1997, Long Beach, CA
  • McKee, T. B., Canfield, N. L., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., 1996: Climate data continuity of temperature, humidity and precipitation with ASOS, Preprints, 12th International Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology.January 28-February 2, 1996, Atlanta, GA
  • McKee, T. B., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., 1996: Climate data continuity with ASOS: 1993 (September 1994-August 1996)
  • McKee, T. B., Canfield, N. L., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., Schrumf, A. D., 1996: Climate data continuity with ASOS: Abstract, 21st Annual Meeting of the National Weather Association.December 1-6, 1996, Cocoa Beach, FL
  • Doesken, N. J., Canfield, N. L., McKee, T. B., 1996: Precipitation Data in the ASOS era, 92nd Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers.April 9-13, 1996, Charlotte, NC
  • McKee, T. B., Doesken, N. J., 1996: Progress Report for Climate data continuity with ASOS (April 1996-September 1996)
  • McKee, T. B., Doesken, N. J., 1996: Progress Report for Climate data continuity with ASOS (October 1996-March 1996)
  • McKee, T. B., Canfield, N. L., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., 1995: Climate data continuity of temperature, humidity and precipitation with ASOS, National Weather Association 20th Annual Meeting.December 4-8, 1995, Houston, TX
  • McKee, T. B., Canfield, N. L., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., 1995: Early results of climate data continuity with ASOS, Preprints, AMS 11th IIPS Conference for Meteorology, Oceanography, and Hydrology.January 15-20, 1995, Dallas, TX
  • McKee, T. B., Canfield, N. L., Doesken, N. J., Horvitz, A., Kleist, J., 1994: ASOS and climate data: What have we learned so far?, 19th Meeting of the National Weather Association.October 17-21, 1994, Salt Lake City, UT
  • McKee, T. B., Canfield, N. L., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., Uhart, M. S., 1994: An assessment of temperature, precipitation and relative humidity data continuity with ASOS., AMS 10th IIPS for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology.January 23-28, 1994, Nashville, TN
  • McKee, T. B., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., 1994: Climate data continuity with ASOS: 1993 Annual Report (September 1992-August 1993)
  • Cornick, J. C., Doesken, N. J., McKee, T. B., 1993: A comparison of the automated surface observing system with conventional observations in ceiling and visibility, Preprints, AMS 8th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation.17-22 January 1993, Anaheim, CA
  • McKee, T. B., Canfield, N. L., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., Uhart, M. S., 1993: A preview of temperature and precipitation data continuity into the ASOS Era, Preprints, AMS 8th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation.January 17-22, 1993, Anaheim, CA
  • McKee, T. B., Canfield, N. L., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., Uhart, M. S., 1993: ASOS observations and their implications for climate, 18th Climate Diagnostics Workshop.November 1-5, 1993, Boulder, CO
  • McKee, T. B., Doesken, N. J., Kleist, J., 1992: Climate data continuity with ASOS: 1992 Final Report (A precommissioning comparison of temperature and precipitation)
  • Weaver, J. F., Doesken, N. J., 1991: High plains severe weather: Ten years after, J. Weather and Forecasting, vol. 6, 411-414
  • Weaver, J. F., Doesken, N. J., 1990: Recurrence probability: A different approach, Weather, vol. 45, 333-334
  • McKee, T., Doesken, N.: A COMPARISON OF ROOFTOP AND STANDARD GROUND-BASED TEMPERATURE
  • Pielke, R. A., Sr., Doesken, N. J.: AN EVALUATION OF ULTRASONIC SNOW DEPTH SENSORS FOR ESTIMATING 6- AND 24-HOUR SNOWFALL TOTALS
  • McKee, T., Doesken, N.: CLIMATE DATA CONTINUITY WITH ASOS
  • McKee, T., Doesken, N.: TEMPERATURE, PRECIPITATION AND WIND CONTINUITY WITH ASOS
  • Doesken, N. J.: ULTRASONIC DEPTH SENSORS FOR NWS SNOW MEASUREMENTS IN THE U.S. : EVALUATION OF OPERATIONAL READINESS
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