Prof. Steven Rutledge
Professor/Scientific Director
Office: ATS, Rm 216, Fort Collins
Phone: (970) 491-8283
Fax: (970) 491-8449
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Colorado State University
Fort Collins, CO 80523-1371
Selected Publications
  • Cifelli, R. C., Chandrasekar, V., Kennedy, P. C., Lim, S., Rutledge, S. A., Wang, Y. P., 2010: A new dual-polarization radar rainfall algorithm: Application in Colorado precipitation events, (in press) J. Atmos. Oceanic. Technol., vol. ,
  • Rowe, A., Ciesielski, P. E., Lang, T. J., Rutledge, S. A., Saleeby, S. M., 2008: Elevation-dependent trends in precipitation observed during NAME , Monthly Weather Review, vol. 136, 4962-4979
  • Cifelli, R. C., Nesbitt, S. W., Petersen, W. A., Rutledge, S. A., Yuter, S., 2007: Radar characteristics of precipitation features in the EPIC and TEPPS regions of the East Pacific, Monthly Weather Review, vol. 135, 1576-1595
  • Lang, T. J., Ahijevych, D. A., Carbone, R. E., Cifelli, R. C., Nesbitt, S. W., Rutledge, S. A., 2007: Radar-observed characteristics of precipitating systems during NAME 2004, Journal of Climate, vol. 20, 1713-1733
  • Nesbitt, S. W., Ahijevych, D. A., Arkin, P., Carbone, R. E., Cifelli, R. C., Lang, T. J., Rutledge, S. A., Sapiano, M., 2006: An evaluation of high resolution satellite precipitation products during NAME (poster), Second International Symposium on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting and Hydrology.June 4-8, 2006, Boulder, Colorado
  • Lang, T. J., Ahijevych, D. A., Carbone, R. E., Cifelli, R. C., Lerach, D., Nelson, L., Nesbitt, S. W., Pereira, G., Rowe, A., Rutledge, S. A., 2006: Continuing research on radar-observed precipitation systems during NAME 2004, 1st CPPA PIs and 8th NAME Scientific Working Group Meetings., Tucson, Arizona
  • Carbone, R. E., Ahijevych, D. A., Cifelli, R. C., Gochis, D., Lang, T. J., Nesbitt, S. W., Rutledge, S. A., 2006: Diurnal and intra-seasonal variability of precipitation in the North American Monsoon region, Second International Symposium on Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting and Hydrology.June 4-8, 2006, Boulder, Colorado
  • Pereira, L.G., Rutledge, S. A., 2006: Diurnal cycle of shallow and deep convection for a tropical land and an ocean environment and its relationship to synoptic wind regimes, Monthly Weather Review, vol. 134, 2688-2701
  • Pereira, L.G., Rutledge, S. A., 2006: On the relationship between horizontal organization of precipitating systems, easterly waves and gulf surges (Preprints), AMS 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.April 24-28, 2006, Monterey, California
  • Ahijevych, D. A., Carbone, R. E., Lang, T. J., Nesbitt, S. W., Rutledge, S. A., 2006: Radar-observed precipitation during NAME 2004, 1st CPPA PIs and 8th NAME Scientific Working Group Meetings., Tucson, Arizona
  • 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
  • Lang, T. J., Ahijevych, D. A., Carbone, R. E., Cifelli, R. C., Nesbitt, S. W., Rutledge, S. A., 2006: The diurnal cycle in NAME, Preprints, AMS 27th Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.April 24-28, 2006, Monterey, California
  • Nesbitt, S. W., Petersen, W. A., Rutledge, S. A., 2006: Using lightning, rainfall, and reanalysis to study the intraseasonal variability in the North American Monsoon (poster), American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly.May 23-26, 2006, Baltimore, Maryland
  • Lerach, D., Rutledge, S. A., Williams, C., 2006: Vertical structure of precipitation during NAME 2004, Monthly Weather Review (Submitted), vol. ,
  • Lang, T. J., Ahijevych, D. A., Carbone, R. E., Cifelli, R. C., Nesbitt, S. W., Pereira, G., Rutledge, S. A., 2005: Radar observations during NAME 2004. Part I: Data products and quality control, AMS 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology.October 24-29, 2005, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Lang, T. J., Ahijevych, D. A., Carbone, R. E., Cifelli, R. C., Nesbitt, S. W., Pereira, G., Rutledge, S. A., 2005: Radar observations during NAME 2004. Part II: Preliminary results, AMS 32nd Conference on Radar Meteorology.October 24-29, 2005, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  • Lang, T. J., Ahijevych, D. A., Carbone, R. E., Cifelli, R. C., Nesbitt, S. W., Pereira, G., Rutledge, S. A., 2005: Radar observations during NAME 2004: Data products and initial results, NOAA Climate Diagnostics and Prediction Workshop.October 28, 2005, State College, Pennsylvania
  • Rutledge, S. A., Castro, C. L., Cotton, W. R., Liston, G. E., Petersen, W. A., Pielke, R. A., Sr., Saleeby, S. M., 2002: RAMS investigations of the North American monsoon, 5th VAMOS Panel Meeting.March 2002, San Jose, Costa Rica
  • Zajac, B. A., Rutledge, S. A., 2001: Cloud-to-ground lightning activity in the contiguous United States from 1995-1997, Mon. Wea. Rev., vol. 129, 999-1019
  • Dye, J. E., Bartels, D. L., Barth, W., Baumann, K., Blanchet, P., Defer, E., Fehsenfeld, F. C., Frost, G. J., Holloway, J. S., Hubler, G., Lang, T. J., Laroche, P., Matejka, T., Parrish, D. D., Ridley, A., Rutledge, S. A., Ryerson, T., Skamarock, W., Stith, J. L., Thery, C., Trainer, M., Tuck, A., Venticinque, M., Zerr, R. J., 2000: An overview of the STERAO--deep convection experiment with results for the 10 July storm, The Journal of Geophysical Research , vol. 105, 10023-10046
  • Lang, T. J., Defer, E., Dye, J. E., Laroche, P., Rutledge, S. A., Venticinque, M., 2000: Anomalously low negative cloud-to-ground lightning flash rates in intense convective storms observed during STERAO-A, Monthly Weather Review, vol. 128, 160-173
  • Zajac, B. A., Rutledge, S. A., 2000: Characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning activity over the contiguous United States from 1995-1997, 3rd Symposium on Fire and Forecast Meteorology.January 14-18, 2000, Long Beach, CA
  • 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
  • Petersen, W. A., Cifelli, R. C., Ferrier, B. S., Rutledge, S. A., Smull, B. F., 1999: Shipboarne dual-Doppler operations during TOGA COARE: Integrated observations of storm kinematics and electrification, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. , vol. 80, 81-90
  • Saxen, T. R., Rutledge, S. A., 1999: Surface rainfall: Cold cloud fractional coverage relationship in TOGA COARE: A function of vertical wind shear, Monthly Weather Review, vol. 128, 407-415
  • 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
  • Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., 1998: Convection in TOGA COARE: Horizontal scale, morphology and rainfall production, COARE98 Conference.07-14 July 1998, Boulder, CO
  • Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., 1998: Convection in TOGA COARE: Horizontal scale, morphology and rainfall production, J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 55, 2715-2729
  • 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
  • Petersen, W. A., Rutledge, S. A., 1998: On the relationship between cloud-to ground lightning and convective rainfall, J. Geophys. Res., vol. 103, 14025-14040
  • 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
  • Pielke, R. A., Sr., McPhaden, M., Merrifield, M., Picaut, J., Rutledge, S. A., Siegel, D., Washburn, L., 1998: Solitary waves in the western equatorial Pacific Ocean, COARE98 Conference.July 7-14, 1998, Boulder, CO
  • Saxen, T. R., Rutledge, S. A., 1998: Surface fluxes and boundary layer recovery in TOGA COARE: Sensitivity to convection organization, J. Atmos. Sci. , vol. 55, 2763-2781
  • Saxen, T. R., Rutledge, S. A., 1998: The rain rate: Cold cloud fractional coverage relationship: The role of low-level wind shear, COARE98 Conference.07-14 July 1998, Boulder, CO
  • DeMott, C. A., Rutledge, S. A., 1998: The vertical structure of TOGA COARE convection, part I: Radar echo distributions, J. Atmos. Sci. , vol. 55, 2730-2747
  • DeMott, C. A., Rutledge, S. A., 1998: The vertical structure of TOGA COARE convection, part II: Modulating influences and implications for diabatic heating, J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 55, 2748-2762
  • 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
  • Cifelli, R. C., Rutledge, S. A., 1998: Vertical motion, diabatic heating, and rainfall characteristics in N. Australia convective systems, Quart. J. R. Meteor. Soc., vol. 124, 1133-1162
  • Lang, T. J., Dye, J. E., Laroche, P., Rutledge, S. A., 1997: An Investigation of the relationship between the microphysics of convective storms and their lightning activity, AMS 28th Conference on Radar meteorology.07-12 September 1997, Austin, TX
  • Lang, T. J., Rutledge, S. A., Ryan, J., 1997: Relationship between storm structure and lightning activity in convection observed during STERAO-A, AGU 1997 Fall Meeting.08-12 December 1997, San Francisco, CA
  • Short, D. A., Ferrier, B. S., Gerlach, J. C., Kucera, P. C., Rutledge, S. A., Thiele, O., 1997: Shipboard radar rainfall patterns within the TOGA/COARE IFA, Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., vol. 78, 2817-2836
  • Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., 1997: The diurnal variation of rainfall over the western pacific warm pool: Dependence on convective organization, AMS 22nd Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology.May 1997, Fort Collins, CO
  • Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., 1996: Horizontal Scale, Morphology, and Rainfall Production, J. Atmos. Sci. (submitted)
  • Cifelli, R. C., Boccippio, D. J., Matejka, T., Rutledge, S. A., 1996: Horizontal divergence and vertical velocity retrievals from Doppler and wind profiler observations, J. Atmos. and Oceanic Tech , vol. 124, 602-620
  • Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., 1996: Mesoscale organization of rainfall within propagating equatorial waves observed from shipboard radar data during TOGA COARE, 7th Conference on Mesoscale Processes.9-13 September 1996, Reading, UK
  • Rutledge, S. A., DeMott, C. A., Petersen, W. A., Rickenbach, T. M., Saxen, T. R., 1996: Rainfall in TOGA COARE: Convective structures, heat fluxes and the diurnal cycle, 1996 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting.23-27 July 1996, Brisbane, Australia
  • Pielke, R. A., Sr., McPhaden, M., Merrifield, M., Picaut, J., Rutledge, S. A., Siegel, D., Washburn, L., 1996: Solitary waves in the western equatorial Pacific Ocean, Science
  • Cifelli, R. C., Rutledge, S. A., 1996: Vertical motion and heating profiles for maritime continent MCSs, 7th Conference on Mesoscale Processes.9-13 September 1996, Reading, UK
  • DeMott, C. A., Cifelli, R. C., Rutledge, S. A., 1995: An improved method for partitioning radar volumes into convective and stratiform components, AMS 27th Conference on Radar Meteorology.October 1995, Vail, CO
  • Kucera, P. C., Barritt, R. C., Cifelli, R. C., DeMott, C. A., Doggett, A. L., Ferrier, B. S., Gerlach, J. C., Jurica, G. M., Leary, C. A., Petersen, W. A., Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., Short, D. A., Thiele, O., Veleva, S. H., Wolff, D. B., 1995: COARE IOP rainfall from shipborne radar: Analysis and comparison of gridded fields, AMS 27th Conference on Radar Meteorology.October 1995, Vail, CO
  • Petersen, W. A., Orville, R. E., Rutledge, S. A., 1995: Cloud-to-ground lightning observations in TOGA COARE: Lightning location algorithms and selected results, Mon. Wea. Rev. , vol. 13, 948-966
  • Ferrier, B. S., Gerlach, J. C., Kucera, P. C., Lutz, J., Rutledge, S. A., Short, D. A., Thiele, O., 1995: Corrections and comparisons of TOGA COARE shipboard radar reflectivities, AMS 27th Conference on Radar Meteorology.October 1995, Vail, CO
  • Cifelli, R. C., Boccippio, D. J., Matejka, T., Rutledge, S. A., 1995: Horizontal divergence and vertical velocity retrievals from Doppler radar and wind profiler observations in tropical convection, AMS 27th Conference on Radar Meteorology.October 1995, Vail, CO
  • Rutledge, S. A., 1995: Relationship between cold cloud area, rainfluxes and radar echo area over the W. Pacific warm pool, AGU Spring Meeting.February 1995, Baltimore, MD
  • 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
  • Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., 1995: Structure and motion characteristics of oceanic convection from shipboard radar data during TOGA COARE, AMS 27th Conference on Radar Meteorology.October 1995, Vail, CO
  • Rickenbach, T. M., Cifelli, R. C., DeMott, C. A., Petersen, W. A., Rutledge, S. A., 1994: Analysis of the organization and modulation of convection in the western Pacific warm pool region, AMS 6th Conference on Mesoscale Processes.July 1994, Portland, OR
  • Petersen, W. A., Cifelli, R. C., Rutledge, S. A., 1994: Cloud-to-ground lightning and the related kinematic structures of two tropical oceanic MCSs: Contrasting cases, AMS 75th Annual Meeting Conference on Cloud Physics.15-20 January 1995, Dallas, TX
  • 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
  • Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., 1994: Preliminary analysis of the organization and modulation of convection in the western Pacific warm pool region, Preprints, AMS 6th Conf. on Climate Variations.January 1994, Nashville, TN
  • Cifelli, R. C., Boccippio, D. J., Petersen, W. A., Rutledge, S. A., 1994: Ship-based single and dual-Doppler analyses of TOGA COARE convective systems, Preprints, AMS 6th Conference on Climate Variations.January 1994, Nashville, TN
  • Cifelli, R. C., Rutledge, S. A., 1994: Vertical motion structure in maritime continent mesoscale convective systems, J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 51, 2631-2652
  • Cifelli, R. C., Rutledge, S. A., 1994: Wind profiler studies of tropical convection at Darwin, 3rd International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling: Needs and Technology.30 August - 2 September 1994, Hamburg, Germany
  • Schuur, T. J., Rutledge, S. A., 1993: Electrical structures of two Oklahoma mesoscale convective systems observed during COPS91, Preprints, 5th AMS Conf. on Atmos. Elec..October 1993, St. Louis, MO
  • Petersen, W. A., Boccippio, D. J., Rutledge, S. A., Williams, E. R., 1993: Ship based observations of tropical convection and surface electric fields during TOGA-COARE, Preprints, 5th AMS Conf. on Atmospheric Electricity.October 1993, St. Louis, MO
  • Rutledge, S. A., Cifelli, R. C., DeMott, C. A., Petersen, W. A., Rickenbach, T. M., 1993: Shipboard Doppler radar observations of convection during TOGA COARE, AGU 1993 Fall Meeting.December 1993, San Francisco, CA
  • Rasmussen, E. N., Rutledge, S. A., 1993: Squall line evolution part I: Kinematic and reflectivity structure, J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 50, 2584-2606
  • Rutledge, S. A., Bowie, R., Cifelli, R. C., DeMott, C. A., Lutz, J., Petersen, W. A., Rickenbach, T. M., Strong, M., Williams, E. R., 1993: The shipboard deployment of the MIT C-band radar during TOGA COARE, Preprints, 26th Inter. Conf. on Radar Meteor..May 1993, Norman, OK
  • Cifelli, R. C., Rutledge, S. A., 1993: Time evolution of vertical motion in tropical mesoscale convective systems, Preprints, 26th International Conference on Radar Meteorology.May 1993, Norman, OK
  • Williams, E. R., Geotis, S. G., Rasmussen, E. N., Renno, N., Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., 1992: A radar and electrical study of tropical "hot towers", J. Atmos. Sci., vol. 49, 1386-1395
  • Cifelli, R. C., Rutledge, S. A., 1992: Stratiform vertical motion structure in tropical storms, Preprints, 11th International Conference on Cloud Physics.August 1992, Montreal, Canada
  • Rasmussen, E. N., Rutledge, S. A., 1991: Doppler radar observations of the two-dimensional structure of squall lines, Preprints, AMS 25th International Conference on Radar Meteorology.June 24-28, 1991, Paris, France
  • Schuur, T. J., Marshall, T. C., Rutledge, S. A., 1991: Electrical structure of a large squall line MCS on 24 May during COPS-91, Preprints, AGU Fall Meeting.December 1991, San Francisco, CA
  • Rutledge, S. A., Petersen, W. A., Rasmussen, E. N., Williams, E. R., 1991: Radar and electrical study of a tropical squall line near Darwin, Australia during DUNDEE, Preprints, AMS 25th Inter. Conf. on Radar Meteor..24-28 June 1991, Paris, France
  • Rasmussen, E. N., Rutledge, S. A., 1990: Comparisons of tropical and middle latitude squall lines, Preprint Volume, 4th AMS Mesoscale Conference.June 25-29, 1990, Boulder, CO
  • Williams, E. R., Geotis, S. G., Rasmussen, E. N., Renno, N., Rickenbach, T. M., Rutledge, S. A., 1990: Hot towers in the tropics, Preprint Volume, AMS Atmos. Elec. Conf..22-26 October 1990, Kananaskis Provincial Park, Alta., Canada
  • Rutledge, S. A.: ANALYSIS AND MODELING OF THE TRANSPORT OF LIGHTNING-GENERATED NOx AND OTHER CHEMICAL SPECIES IN CONVECTIVE CLOUD SYSTEMS
  • Rutledge, S. A.: DOPPLER RADAR STUDIES IN TOGA/COARE
  • Rutledge, S. A.: ELECTRICAL STUDIES OF MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS
  • Rutledge, S. A.: FURTHER ANALYSIS OF THE SHIPBOARD RADAR DATA FROM COARE: RAINFALL, CONVECTIVE ORGANIZATION AND SURFACE FLUXES
  • Rutledge, S. A.: SCALE-INTERACTIONS IN MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEMS
  • Rutledge, S. A.: SHIP-BASED OBSERVATIONS OF PRECIPITATING CONVECTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS IN SUPPORT OF NAME-2004
  • Rutledge, S. A.: STUDIES OF PRECIPITATING CLOUD SYSTEMS IN TOGA COARE USING SHIPBOARD DOPPLER RADAR DATA
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