Prof. Richard H. Johnson
CIRA Fellow, CIRA Advisory Board
Office: 305C Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 491-8360
Fax: (970) 491-8449
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Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371
Selected Publications
  • Ciesielski, P. E., Haertel, P. T., Johnson, R. H., Loehrer, S., Wang, J., 2012: Developing high-quality field program sounding datasets, Bull. Amer. Meteoro. Soc., vol. 93, 325-336
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., Williams, S., 2012: Legacy atmospheric sounding data set project, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., vol. 93, 14-17
  • Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., Williams, S. M., 2011: Field campaign atmospheric sounding legacy datasets, AMS 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems.January 23-27, 2011, Seattle, WA
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., L'Ecuyer, T. S., Newman, A. J., 2010: Diurnal cycle of convection during the 2004 North American Monsoon Experiment, Journal of Climate, vol. 23, 1060-1078
  • Finch, Z. O., Johnson, R. H., 2010: Observational analysis of an upper-level inverted trough during the 2004 North American Monsoon Experiment, Monthly Weather Review (Early Online Release), vol. Early Online Release,
  • Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., Wang, Junhong , 2009: Correction of humidity biases in Vaisala RS80-H sondes during NAME , Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology , vol. 26, 1763-1780
  • Martin, E.R., Johnson, R. H., 2008: An observational and modeling study of an atmospheric internal bore during NAME 2004, Monthly Weather Review , vol. 136, 4150-4167
  • Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., 2008: Diurnal cycle of surface flows during 2004 NAME and comparison to model reanalysis, Journal of Climate, vol. 21, 3890-3913
  • Martin, E.R., Johnson, R. H., 2007: An observational and modeling study of an atmospheric internal bore during NAME 2004, AGU Joint Assembly.May 22-25, 2007, Acapulco, Mexico
  • Rogers, P. J., Johnson, R. H., 2007: Analysis of the 13-14 July gulf surge event during the 2004 North American Monsoon Experiment, Monthly Weather Review, vol. 135, 3098-3117
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., McNoldy, B. D., Rogers, P. J., Taft, R. K., 2007: Multiscale variability of the flow during the North American Monsoon Experiment, Journal of Climate, vol. 20, 1628-1648
  • Johnson, R. H., Chang, C.-P., 2007: Winter MONEX: A quarter-century and beyond, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 88, 385-388
  • Johnson, R. H., 2006: Fifty years of progress in tropical meteorology: A personal view, CIRA/Colorado State University.October 26, 2006, Fort Collins, Colorado
  • Johnson, R. H., 2006: Mesoscale Processes, .,
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., McNoldy, B. D., Rogers, P. J., Taft, R. K., 2006: Multiscale variability of the flow during the North American Monsoon Experiemnt, Journal of Climate (in press)
  • Higgins, W., Ahijevych, D. A., Amador, J., Barros, A, Berbery, E. H., Caetano, E., Carbone, R. E., Ciesielski, P. E., Cifelli, R. C., Cortez-Vazquez, M., Douglas, A., Emmanuael, G., Fairall, C. W., Gochis, D., Gutzler, D., Jackson, T., Johnson, R. H., King, C., Lang, T. J., Lee, M. I., Lettenmaier, D., Lobato, R., Magana, V., Meiten, J., Mo, K., Nesbitt, S. W., Ocampo-Torres, F., Pytlak, E., Rogers, P. J., Rutledge, S. A., Schemm, J., Schubert, S., White, A. B., Williams, C., Wood, A., Zamora, R., Zhang, C. D., 2006: The North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) 2004 field campaign and modeling strategy, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 87, 79-94
  • Wang, B., Johnson, R. H., 2005: Chapter 8: Mesoscale processes
  • Johnson, R. H., 2005: Gulf surges, the diurnal cycle, and convective outflows during NAME as revealed by the NCAR ISS array, NAME 2004 Data Analysis Meeting and 7th Meeting on the NAME Science Working Group.March 2005, Mexico City, MX
  • Johnson, R. H., 2004: NAME IOP coordination, NAME Planning Workshop.April 21-23, 2004, Tucson, AZ
  • Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., 2004: Plans for a sounding data monitoring and display facility at the NAME operations center in Tucson, NAME Planning Workshop.April 21-23, 2004, Tucson, AZ
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., 2004: Preliminary results of the NCAR ISS deployment in NAME, NOAA Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop.October 18-22, 2004, Madison, WI
  • McNoldy, B. D., Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., Schubert, W. H., 2004: Surface winds, divergence, and vorticity in stratocumulus regions using QuickSCAT and reanalysis winds, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31, L108105
  • Bordoni, S., Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., McNoldy, B. D., Stevens, B., 2004: The low-level circulation of the North American Monsoon as revealed by QuickSCAT, Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 31, L10109
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., McNoldy, B. D., 2003: A study of Gulf surges using QuickSCAT data, NAME Session of Mexico Geophysical Union/5th Meeting on the NAME Science Working Group (SWG-5).November 5, 2003, Puerto Vallarta, MX
  • Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., McNoldy, B. D., 2003: Analysis of summertime wind/moisture surges over the gulf of California using QuikSCAT data, U.S. Clivar Pan-American Workshop.September 17, 2003, Boulder, CO
  • Ciesielski, P. E., Haertel, P. T., Johnson, R. H., Wang, Junhong , 2003: Corrected TOGA/COARE sounding humidity data: Impact on diagnosed properties of convection and climate, Journal of Climate, vol. 16, 2370–2384
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., McLeod, R., 2001: Diurnal cycle of convection over the northern South China Sea during SCSMEX
  • Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., 2001: Heat and moisture budgets during SCSMEX, The Scientific Conference on the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX).April 2001, Shanghai, China
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., Cotturone, J. A., 2001: Multiscale variability of the atmospheric mixed layer over the western Pacific warm pool, J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 58, 2729-2750
  • Lau, K. M., Cifelli, R. C., Ding, Y., Gerlach, J. C., Johnson, R. H., Keenan, T., Lin, P., Rickenbach, T. M., Thiele, O., Tsay, S. C., Wang, Jough-Tai, 2000: A report of the field operations and early results of the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX), Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, vol. 81, 1261-1270
  • Johnson, R. H., 2000: Convection and radiation in TOGA COARE: Implications for tropical atmospheric circulations, Department Seminar.March 2000, College Park, MD
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., 2000: Onset and evolution of the 1998 East Asian monsoon, Preprints, 24th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.June 2000, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., 2000: Rainfall and radiative heating rate estimates from TOGA-COARE atmospheric budgets, J. Atmos. Sci. , vol. 57, 1497-1514
  • Haertel, P. T., Johnson, R. H., 2000: The linear dynamics of squall line mesohighs and wake lows, J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 57, 93-107
  • Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., 1999: A preliminary analysis of the quality of the SCSMEX/GAME sounding data, AGU 99 Annual Meeting.June 1999, Boston, MA
  • 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
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., Knievel, J. C., Parker, M. D., 1999: Preliminary results from the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment sounding network, Preprints, 23rd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.January 1999, Dallas, TX
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., 1999: Rainfall and radiative heating rate estimates for TOGA COARE, IUGG 99 Meeting.July 1999, Birmingham, United Kingdom
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., 1999: TOGA-COARE budgets: Implications for the Asian Monsoon, Symposium Honoring M. Yanai and T. Murakami.December, 1999, Honolulu, HI
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., 1999: The SCSMEX/GAME sounding networks and the onset of the 1998 Asian summer monsoon, 4th Conference on East Asia and Western Pacific Meteorology and Climate.October 1999, Hangzhou, China
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., 1999: The onset of the 1998 East Asian summer monsoon, AGU 99 Annual Meeting.June 1999, Boston, MA
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., Schubert, W. H., 1999: Tropical characteristics of tropical convection, J. Climate, vol. 12, 2397-2418
  • Redelsperger, J. L., Chen, S., Johnson, R. H., LeMone, M. A., Nakazawa, T., Parsons, D., Rutledge, S. A., Tao, W. -K., Yanai, M., 1998: COARE goal 2: Review on convection in TOGA-COARE, COARE98 Conference.07-14 July 1998, Boulder, CO
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., Dickey, J. A., 1998: Diurnal variation of the atmospheric mixed layer and clouds over the warm pool, CLIVAR/GEWAX COARE 98 Conference.07-14 July 1998, Boulder, CO
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., Dickey, J. A., 1998: Diurnal variation of the atmospheric mixed layer over the Western Pacific warm pool during TOGA COARE, Preprints, 9th Conference of Interaction on the Sea and Atmosphere., Phoenix, AZ
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., Schubert, W. H., 1998: On the distribution of tropical clouds, CLIVAR/GEWAX COARE 98 Conference.07-14 July 1998, Boulder, CO
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., Schubert, W. H., 1998: On the trimodal distribution of tropical clouds, COARE98 Conference.07-14 July 1998, Boulder, CO
  • Johnson, R. H., 1998: On the trimodal distribution of tropical clouds, International Conference on Monsoon and Hydrologic Cycle.19-24 April 1998, Kyongju, Korea
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., 1998: Preliminary results of the South China Sea monsoon experiment sounding network, IX Pacific Science Inter-Congress.November 16-19, 1998, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Zipser, E. J., Johnson, R. H., 1998: Systematic errors n radiosonde humidities: A global problem, Preprints, 10th Symposium on Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation., Phoenix, AZ
  • Schubert, W. H., Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., 1998: The trade-wind inversion over the warm pool, CLIVAR/GEWAX COARE 98 Conference.07-14 July 1998, Boulder, CO
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., Schubert, W. H., 1998: Trimodal characteristics of tropical convection, J. Climate, vol. 12, 2397-2418
  • Godfrey, J. S., Houze Jr., R. A., Johnson, R. H., Lukas, R., Relelsperger, J. L., Sui, A., Weller, R., 1998: Tropical ocean global atmosphere coupled ocean-atmosphere response experiment: An interim report, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 103, 14395-14450
  • Haertel, P. T., Johnson, R. H., 1998: Two day disturbances in the equatorial western Pacific, Quart. J. of the Royal Meteor. Soc. , vol. 124, 625-636
  • Johnson, R. H., Lin, X., 1997: Episodic trade-wind regimes over the western pacific warm pool, J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 54, 2020-2034
  • Ciesielski, P. E., Hartten, L. M., Johnson, R. H., 1997: Impacts of merging profiler and rawinsonde winds on TOGA/COARE analysis, J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech, vol. 14, 1264-1279
  • Johnson, R. H., 1996: Convective heating and moistening over the western Pacific warm pool, 3rd Conference on East Asia and Western Pacific Meteorology and Climate.16-18 May 1996, Chungli, Taiwan
  • Johnson, R. H., Dickey, J. A., 1996: Effects of convection on the atmospheric boundary layer as revealed by TOGA-COARE sounding data, 8th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction.28 January-2 February 1996, Atlanta, GA
  • Lin, X., Johnson, R. H., 1996: Energetic study of a westerly wind burst, Seventh Conference on Mesoscale Processes.9-13 September 1996, Reading England
  • Lin, X., Johnson, R. H., 1996: Heating, moistening and rainfall over the Western Pacific warm pool during TOGA/COARE, J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 53, 3367-3383
  • Hamilton, P. J., Johnson, R. H., 1996: Observations of a midlatitude boundary layer wake
  • Johnson, R. H., 1996: Recent observations of deep convection: TOGA COARE, Workshop on New Insights and Approaches to Convective Parameterizations, ECMWF.4-7 November 1996, Reading, England
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., Hart, K. A., 1996: Tropical inversions near the 0 C level, J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 53, 1838-1855
  • Schubert, W. H., Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., 1995: Dynamical adjustment of the trade wind inversion layer, J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 52, 2941-2952
  • Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., Schubert, W. H., 1995: Horizontal distribution of stable layers over the Western Pacific warm pool during TOGA/COARE, XXI General Assembly IAPSO.05-12 August 1995, Honolulu, HI
  • Lin, X., Johnson, R. H., 1995: Kinematic and thermodynamic characteristics of the flow over the Western Pacific warm pool during TOGA/COARE, J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 53, 695-715
  • Rickenbach, T. M., Johnson, R. H., Lin, X., Petersen, W. A., Rutledge, S. A., 1995: Spatial and temporal dependence of the diurnal cycle of convection during COARE, IUGG Meeting.July 1995, Honolulu, HI
  • Albrecht, B. A., Bretherton, C. S., Frisch, A. S., Johnson, R. H., Schubert, W. H., 1995: The Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment-ASTEX, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., vol. 76, 889-904
  • Haertel, P. T., Johnson, R. H., 1995: Two-day disturbances in the tropical western pacific
  • Johnson, R. H., Lin, X., 1995: Unique distribution of atmospheric moistening over the Western Pacific warm pool during TOGA COARE, XXI General Assembly IAPSO.5-12 August 1995, Honolulu, HI
  • Johnson, R. H., 1995: Variability of clouds and precipitation during TOGA/COARE, Preprints, TOGA 95 Conference.2-7 April 1995, Melbourne, Australia
  • Carey, L. D., Johnson, R. H., Rutledge, S. A., 1994: Heat and moisture budget over the TOGA COARE IFA during the mature phase of the 24 December 1992 mesoscale convective system, AMS 6th Conference on Mesoscale Processes.July 1994, Portland, OR
  • Johnson, R. H., Ciesielski, P. E., Hart, K. A., 1994: Moisture inversions near the 0 C level in TOGA/COARE, Chapman Conference on Water Vapor in the Climate System.25-28 October 1994, Jekyll Island, GA
  • Johnson, R. H., 1994: Observations for validating cumulus parameterization, ECMWF Seminar on Parameterization of Sub-Grid Scale Physical Processes.5-9 September 1994, Reading, England
  • Lin, X., Johnson, R. H., 1994: Preliminary heat and moisture budgets and thermodynamic features over TOGA/COARE region, Sixth Conference on Mesoscale Processes.18-22 July 1994, Portland, OR
  • Hart, K. A., Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., 1994: Temperature and moisture inversions near the 0o level in TOGA/COARE, 6th Conf. on Mesoscale Processes.18-22 July 1994, Portland, OR
  • Hart, K. A., Ciesielski, P. E., Johnson, R. H., 1994: Tropical water vapor distributions measured in TOGA/COARE, 6th Conf. on Climate Variations.23-28 January 1994, Nashville, TN
  • Ciesielski, P. E., Falvey, R. J., Johnson, R. H., 1993: Interannual variability of the 30-60 day oscillation over the TOGA/COARE domain, 20th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.10-14 May 1993, San Antonio, TX
  • Johnson, R. H., Bresch, J. F., Ciesielski, P. E., Gallus Jr., W. A., 1993: The TOGA/COARE atmospheric sounding array: Its performance and preliminary scientific results, 20th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.10-14 May 1993, San Antonio, TX
  • Gallus Jr., W. A., Johnson, R. H., 1990: Heat and moisture budgets of an intense midlatitude squall line, J. Atmos Sci., vol. 48, 122-146
  • Johnson, R. H., Chen, S., Toth, J. J., 1989: Circulations associated with a mature-to-decaying midlatitude mesoscale convective system, part I: Surface features-heat burst and mesolow development, Mon. Wea. Rev., vol. 117, 942-959
  • Purdom, J. F. W., Johnson, R. H., Vonder Haar, T. H., 1989: Mesoscale Analysis and Forecast Product Development for Severe Storm Nowcasting December 1, 1987 - December 31, 1988
  • Stumpf, G. J., Johnson, R. H., Smull, B. F., 1989: The wake low in a midlatitutde mesoscale convective system having complex convective organization, Mon. Wea. Rev., vol. 119, 134-159
  • Stumpf, G. J., Johnson, R. H., 1988: Lower tropospheric profiling needs in relation to the initiation of mesoscale convective systems, Preprints, Conference on Lower Tropospheric Profiling: Needs and Technologies.31 May - 3 June 1988, Boulder, CO
  • Johnson, R. H., Hamilton, P. J., 1988: The relationship of surface pressure features to the precipitation and air flow structure of an intense midlatitude squall line, Mon. Wea. Rev., vol. 116, 1444-1472
  • Johnson, R. H., Gallus Jr., W. A., 1988: The wake structure of an intense midlatitude squall line in OK PRESTORM, Preprints, 15th Conference on Severe Local Storms.22-26 February 1988, Baltimore, MD
  • Toth, J. J., Johnson, R. H., 1987: The portable automated mesonet in Oklahoma-Kansas PRESTORM, Preprints, 6th Symposium on Meteorology Observations and Instrumentation.12-16 January 1987, New Orleans, LA
  • Johnson, R. H., Chen, S., 1987: The vertical structure of mid-level cyclonic circulations in Oklahoma-Kansas PRESTORM convective systems, Preprints, 3rd Conference on Mesoscale Processes.21-26 August 1987, Vancouver, BC
  • Johnson, R. H., 1987: Tropical and midlatitude squall line boundary layer wakes: A comparative study, Preprints, 17th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.7-10 April 1987, Miami, FL
  • Johnson, R. H., Toth, J. J., 1986: Preliminary data quality analysis for May-June 1985 Oklahoma-Kansas PRESTORM PAM II mesonetwork
  • Johnson, R. H., Hamilton, P. J., 1986: Surface mesonetwork observations of the passage of the 11 June 1985 OK PRESTORM squall line, Abstract in EOS, vol. 67, 874
  • Johnson, R. H., 1986: The development of organized mesoscale circulations within Oklahoma-Kansas PRESTORM convective systems, Preprints, International Conference on Monsoon and Mesoscale Meteorology.4-7 November 1986, Taipei, Taiwan
  • Vonder Haar, T. H., Allen, D. N., Johnson, R. H., Meade, A., Pielke, R. A., Sr., Randel, D. L., Shih, C-F., Toth, J. J., 1986: The prototype digital weather laboratory at Colorado State University, AMS 2nd International Conference on International Information & Processing Systems for Meteorology, Oceanography and Hydrology.13-17 January 1986, Miami, FL
  • Johnson, R. H., Toth, J. J., Young, G. S., Zehr, R. M., 1984: Mesoscale weather effects of variable snow cover over northeast Colorado, Mon. Wea. Rev., vol. 112, 1141-1152
  • Johnson, R. H., Toth, J. J., Young, G. S., Zehr, R. M., 1984: Some mesoscale weather effects and the very-short-range forecasting impact of variable snow cover, Preprints, Nowcasting II: 2nd International Symposium on Nowcasting.3-7 September 1984, Norrkoping, Sweden
  • Johnson, R. H., Parsons, D.: CONVECTIVE AND BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESSES IN THE VICINITY OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DURING THE ONSET OF THE EAST ASIAN MONSOON
  • Johnson, R. H., Schubert, W.: COUPLING BETWEEN MONSOON CONVECTION AND SUBTROPICAL HIGHS IN THE PACS REGION ON SUBSEASONAL TO INTERANNUAL TIME SCALES
  • Johnson, R. H., Bartels, D. L.: Circulations associated with a mature-to-decaying midlatitude mesoscale convective system. Part II: Upper level features, Mon. Wea. Rev.
  • Johnson, R. H., Gallus Jr., W. A., Vescio, M. D.: Near tropopause vertical motion within the trailing stratiform region of squall lines, J. Atmos. Sci. , vol. 47 , 2200-2210
  • Johnson, R. H.: OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS OF TOGA/COARE HUMIDITY-CORRECTED SOUNDING DATA
  • Johnson, R. H.: STUDY OF GULF SURGES USING QUICKSCAT AND NAME OBERVATIONS
  • Johnson, R. H.: STUDY OF LARGE-SCALE MOTIONS, BOUNDARY-LAYER PROCESSES AND CONVECTIVE PARAMETERIZATIONS USING TOGA-COARE DATA
  • Johnson, R. H.: TOGA/COARE ATMOSPHERIC BUDGET STUDIES
  • Vescio, M. D., Johnson, R. H.: The wind response to transient mesoscale pressure fields associated with squall lines, Mon. Wea. Rev.
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