Kevin Brundage
Research Assoc. III, Prog./Analyst
Office: D.Skaggs Resch. Cntr., Rm 2B122
Phone: (970) 497-7246
Fax: (970) 497-4176
Email:
Mailing Address:
Kevin Brundage
Global Systems Division/Assimilation and Modeling Branch
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO  80305-3328
Selected Publications
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Hu, M., Manikin, G. S., Peckham, S. E., Smirnova, T. G., Weygandt, S. S., 2009: Assimilation of radar reflectivity data using a diabatic digital filter: Applications to the Rapid Refresh Cycle and Rapid Refresh and initialization of High Resolution Rapid Refresh forecasts with RUC/RR grids, WMO Symposium on Nowcasting.August 30-September 4, 2009, Whistler, BC, Canada
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Grell, G. A., Manikin, G. S., Moninger, W. R., Peckham, S. E., Schlatter, T. W., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Weygandt, S. S., 2008: Implementation of the radar-enhanced RUC, AMS 13th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology.January 21-25, 2008, New Orleans, LA
  • Devenyi, D., Benjamin, S. G., Brundage, K. J., Middlecoff, J.F., Schlatter, T. W., Weygandt, S. S., 2007: Adaptions of gridpoint statistical interpolation for the rapid refresh system, 2nd CIRES Science Conference.April 14, 2007, Boulder, Colorado
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Grell, G. A., Manikin, G. S., Peckham, S. E., Schlatter, T. W., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Weygandt, S. S., 2007: From the radar-enhanced RUC to the WRF-based Rapid Refresh, AMS 22nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting.June 25-29, 2007, Park City, Utah
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Grell, G. A., Peckham, S. E., Schlatter, T. W., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Weygandt, S. S., 2006: From the 13-km RUC to the Rapid Refresh, AMS 12th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology (ARAM).January 30-February 2, 2006, Atlanta, GA
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Grell, G. A., Kim, D., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Weygandt, S. S., 2004: A 13-km RUC and beyond: Recent developments and future plans, AMS 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology and the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms.October 4-8, 2004, Hyannis, MA
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Grell, G. A., Kim, D., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Weygandt, S. S., 2004: An hourly assimilation/forecast cycle: the RUC, Monthly Weather Review, vol. 132, 495-518
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Grell, G. A., Kim, D., Manikin, G. S., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Weygandt, S. S., 2004: An hourly assimilation/forecast cycle: the RUC, Mon. Wea. Rev., vol. 132, 495-518
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Weygandt, S. S., 2004: Application of the rapid update cycle at 10-13 km: Initial testing, 20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting and AMS 16th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction.2004, Seattle, WA
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Moninger, W. R., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Szoke, E. J., Weygandt, S. S., 2004: Assimilation of METAR cloud and visibility observations in the RUC, AMS 11th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology and the 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms.October 4-8, 2004, Hyannis, MA
  • Benjamin, S. G., Bleck, R., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Grell, G. A., Kim, D., Manikin, G. S., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Weygandt, S. S., 2004: Mesoscale weather prediction with the RUC hybrid isentropic-sigma coordinate model and data assimilation system, Symposium on 50th Anniversary of Operational Numerical Weather Prediction.June 14-17, 2004, College Park, MD
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Grell, G. A., Kim, D., Manikin, G. S., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Weygandt, S. S., 2002: RUC20: The 20-km version of the Rapid Update Cycle, NWS Technical Procedures Bulletin, vol. 490
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Grell, G. A., Kim, D., Manikin, G. S., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Weygandt, S. S., 2002: RUC20: The 20-km version of the Rapid Update Cycle
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Grell, G. A., Kim, D., Manikin, G. S., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Weygandt, S. S., 2002: The 20-km RUC in operations, AMS 15th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction.August 12-16, 2002, San Antonio, TX
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Grell, G. A., Kim, D., Manikin, G. S., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Weygandt, S. S., 2001: The 20-km version of the Rapid Update Cycle, AMS 18th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting.July 30-August 4, 2001, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Brundage, K. J., Benjamin, S. G., Schwartz, M. N., 2001: Wind energy forecasts and ensemble uncertainty from the RUC, AMS 9th Conference on Mesoscale Processes.July 30-August 2, 2001, Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Grell, G. A., Kim, D., Manikin, G. S., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., Weygandt, S. S., 2000: The 20-km version of the Rapid Update Cycle, AMS 9th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology.September 11-15, 2000, Orlando, FL
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Kim, D., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., 1999: Aviation forecasts from the RUC-2, AMS 8th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology.January 10-15, 1999, Dallas, TX
  • Brundage, K. J., Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., 1998: The Operational RUC-2, Preprints, AMS 16th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting.11-16 January 1998, Phoenix, AZ
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Kim, D., Marroquin, A., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Smith, T. L., 1997: Improvements in aviation forecasts from the 40 km RUC, AMS 7th Conference on Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology.February 2-7, 1997, Long Beach, CA
  • 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
  • Benjamin, S. G., Brown, J. M., Brundage, K. J., Devenyi, D., Schwartz, B. E., Smirnova, T. G., Wang, F., 1996: The 40-km 40-level version of MAPS/RUC, Preprints, 11th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction.August 19-23, 1996, Norfolk, VA
  • Schwartz, B. E., Benjamin, S. G., Brundage, K. J., 1996: Verification of precipitation forecasts from the RUC and "early" eta models using high resolution precipitation observations, Preprints, AMS 15th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting.1996, Norfolk, VA
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