Dan Birkenheuer
CIRA Fellow
Office: D.Skaggs Resch. Cntr., Rm 2B131
Phone: (303) 497-5584
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Dan Birkenheuer
Global Systems Division/Forecast Applications Branch
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO  80305-3328
Selected Publications
  • Jankov, I, Birkenheuer, D. L., Brummer, R. L., Grasso, L. D., Hillger, D. W., Lindsey, D. T., Neiman, P.J., Sengupta, M., Yuan, H., Zupanski, D., Zupanski, M., 2011: An evaluation of five WRF-ARW microphysics schemes using synthetic GOES imagery for an atmospheric river event affecting the California coast, Journal of Hydrometeorology, vol. 12, 618-633
  • Jankov, I, Birkenheuer, D. L., Brummer, R. L., Grasso, L. D., Hillger, D. W., Lindsey, D. T., Neiman, P.J., Sengupta, M., Yuan, H., Zupanski, D., Zupanski, M., 2010: An evaluation of five WRF-ARW microphysics schemes using synthetic GOES imagery for an atmospheric river event affecting the California coast, AMS 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography.September 27-October 1, 2010, Annapolis, MD
  • Schultz, P. J., Albers, S. C., Anderson, C. J., Birkenheuer, D. L., Jankov, I, McGinley, J. A., 2009: A computationally efficient method for initializing numerical weather models with explicit representation of moist convection, (Submitted) Weather & Forecasting, vol. ,
  • Tollerud, E. I., Albers, S. C., Bartels, D. L., Birkenheuer, D. L., Brewer, W. A., Caracena, F., Collander, R. S., Hardesty, R. M., Jamison, B. D., Kiemle, C., Koch, S. E., McCarty, B. J., Shaw, B. L., 2008: Mesoscale moisture transport by the low-level jet during the IHOP Field Experiment , Monthly Weather Review, vol. 136, 3781-3795
  • Liston, G. E., Birkenheuer, D. L., Cline, D. W., Elder, K. J., Hiemstra, C. A., 2008: NASA Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX 2002-2003): Atmospheric analyses datasets, Journal of Hydrometeorology, vol. 9, 952-956
  • Hiemstra, C. A., Albers, S. C., Birkenheuer, D. L., Liston, G. E., Pielke, R. A., Sr., 2006: Comparing Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS) assimilations with independent observations, Weather and Forecasting , vol. 21, 1024-1040
  • Liston, G. E., Birkenheuer, D. L., Cline, D. W., Elder, K. J., Hiemstra, C. A., 2006: NASA Cold Land Processes Experiment (CLPX): Atmospheric analyses data sets, Journal of Hydrometeorology (in review)
  • Tollerud, E. I., Albers, S. C., Bartels, D. L., Birkenheuer, D. L., Brewer, W. A., Caracena, F., Collander, R. S., Hardesty, R. M., Jamison, B. D., Kiemie, C., Koch, S. E., McCarty, B. J., Shaw, B. L., 2005: Mesoscale moisture transport by the low-level jet during the IHOP field experiment, 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes.October 24-28, 2005, Albuquerque, NM
  • McGinley, J. A., Albers, S. C., Birkenheuer, D. L., Szoke, E. J., 2005: Status and plans for the RSA LAPS/MM5 implementation July 2005
  • Gutman, S. I., Benjamin, S. G., Birkenheuer, D. L., Daniels, J. M., Facundo, J., Helms, D., Holub, K. L., McMillin, L., Sahm, S. R., Smith, S. B., Smith, T. L., Yoe, J. G., 2005: The meteorological role of the global positioning system in NOAA's integrated upper-air observing system, 21st Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting.August 1-5, 2005, Washington, DC
  • Shaw, B. L., Albers, S. C., Birkenheuer, D. L., Brown, J. M., McGinley, J. A., Schultz, P. J., Smart, J. R., Szoke, E. J., 2004: Application of the local analysis and prediction system (LAPS) diabatic initialization of mesoscale numerical weather prediction models for the IHOP-2002 field experiment, 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and AMS 16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction., Seattle, WA
  • Koch, S. E., Albers, S. C., Benjamin, S. G., Birkenheuer, D. L., Brown, J. M., Grell, G. A., McGinley, J. A., Peckham, S. E., Schultz, P. J., Shaw, B. L., Smirnova, T. G., Szoke, E. J., 2004: Real-time applications of the WRF model at the forecast systems laboratory, 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and AMS 16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction., Seattle, WA
  • Shaw, B. L., Albers, S. C., Birkenheuer, D. L., McGinley, J. A., Schultz, P. J., Szoke, E. J., 2003: LAPS diabatically-initialized MM5 for the IHOP 2002 campaign, 13th PSU/NCAR Mesoscale Model User's Workshop.2003, Boulder, CO
  • Birkenheuer, D. L., Shaw, B. L., 2002: Observed impact of GOES derived product data on the LAPS local forecasts, AMS 12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography.February 9-13, 2003, Long Beach, CA
  • Birkenheuer, D. L., Albers, S. C., Shaw, B. L., Szoke, E. J., 2001: Evaluation of local-scale forecasts for severe weather of July, AMS 14th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction.July 30-August 2, 2001, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • McGinley, J. A., Albers, S. C., Birkenheuer, D. L., Schultz, P. J., Shaw, B. L., 2000: The LAPS water in all phases analysis: The approach and impacts on numerical prediction, 5th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling: Needs and Technology.04-08 December 2000, Adelaide, Australia
  • Smart, J. R., Albers, S. C., Birkenheuer, D. L., Early, S. A., Edwards, G. J., McGinley, J. A., Stamus, P. A., Wagoner, S. M., 2000: The local analysis and prediction system at the Air Force Weather Agency, FSL Forum.February 2000, Boulder, CO
  • Birkenheuer, D. L., McGinley, J. A., Smart, J. R., Snook, J. S., 1998: Analysis of polar satellite data in LAPS using RTTOV, AMS 12th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction.January 11-16, 1998, Phoenix, AZ
  • Birkenheuer, D. L., 1998: Radiance assimilation of polar and geostationary satellite data in LAPS, AMS 9th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography.May 25-29, 1998, Paris, France
  • Birkenheuer, D. L., McGinley, J. A., Smart, J. R., Snook, J. S., 1998: The effect of GOES image data on RAMS forecasts initialized with LAPS, AMS 12th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction.January 11-16, 1998, Phoenix, AZ
  • Wagoner, S. M., Birkenheuer, D. L., Cram, J. M., Davis, D., Hausman, S. A., Lefevre, R., McCaslin, P. T., McDonald, P. A., 1997: Gridded data visualization at the U.S. Air Force Global Weather Center, Preprints, AMS 7th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology., San Diego, CA
  • Birkenheuer, D. L., 1997: Impact of multichannel passive microwave radiometer data on the LAPS moisture analysis
  • Moninger, W. R., Birkenheuer, D. L., Brundage, K. J., 1997: Presenting interactive satellite image loops using Java, IDL, Perl, C, and Fortran, NOAA Web Shop 1997.23 October 1997, Silver Springs, MD
  • Cram, J. M., Birkenheuer, D. L., Boucher, D. J., McGinley, J. A., Smart, J. R., Wagoner, S. M., 1996: An OSSE study comparing the forecast impact of DMSP 5D3 sensors, AMS 8th Conference on Satellite Meteorology.28 January-2 Februay 1996, Atlanta, GA
  • Birkenheuer, D. L., 1996: Applying satellite gradient moisture information to local-scale water vapor analysis using variational methods, J. of Appl. Meteor., vol. 35, 24-35
  • Birkenheuer, D. L., 1996: Exploiting available satellite data in AWIPS-era workstations, Preprints, AMS 8th Conference Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography.January 28-February 2, 1996, Atlanta, GA
  • Cram, J. M., Albers, S. C., Birkenheuer, D. L., Smart, J. R., Stamus, P. A., 1996: Meso-beta-scale data assimilation in LAPS, 2nd International Symposium on Assimilation of Observations in Meteorology and Oceanography.13-17 March 1996, Tokyo, Japan
  • Albers, S. C., Birkenheuer, D. L., McGinley, J. A., Smart, J. R., 1996: The Local Analysis and Prediction System (LAPS): Analyses of clouds, precipitation, and temperature, J. Weather and Forecasting , vol. 11, 273-287
  • Cram, J. M., Albers, S. C., Birkenheuer, D. L., Stamus, P. A., 1994: An update on the LAPS mesobeta-scale intermittent 4DDA system, Preprints, 5th Conference on National Weather Processes., Portland, OR
  • Albers, S. C., Birkenheuer, D. L., McGinley, J. A., 1994: LAPS analyses of clouds and precipitation, Preprints, AMS 6th Conference on Mesoscale Processes.1994, Portland, OR
  • Cairns, M., Albers, S. C., Birkenheuer, D. L., Hartsough, C. S., Jamison, B. D., Luppens-Mahoney, J. L., Marroquin, A., McCaslin, P. T., Miller, R. J., Ramer, J. E., Schmidt, J. M., 1993: A preliminary evaluation of aviation-impact variables derived from numerical models
  • Birkenheuer, D. L., 1989: Use of GOES data for local forecasting, GOES I-M Operational Satellite Conference., Alexandria, VA
  • Westwater, E. R., Birkenheuer, D. L., Decker, M. T., Falls, M. J., Schroeder, D., Snook, J. S., 1987: Combined ground- and satellite-based radiometric remote sensing, Workshop on Remote Sensing and Retrieval Methods.15-18 December 1987, Williamsburg, VA
  • Birkenheuer, D. L., 1987: Horizontal shape matching applied to VAS data, Symposium on Mesoscale Analysis and Forecasting.August 17-19, 1987, Vancouver, Canada
  • Birkenheuer, D. L., Snook, J. S., 1985: A review of the VAS assessment during the 1985 PROFS summer exercise
  • Williams, G. M., Birkenheuer, D. L., Haugen, D. A., 1984: A Study of Mesoscale Probability Forecasting Performance Based on an Advanced Image Display System
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