| 1. Brooke Zibton, Zoe A.; Morgan, M. C. and Hoover, B. T. Adjoint sensitivity diagnosis of the intensification of Hurricane Harvey. Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 33rd, Ponte Vedra, FL, 16-20 April 2018. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2018, Paper 16C.1. Reprint # 8253. |
| 2. Hoover, Brett T. Composite observation impact on short-range tropical cyclone intensity forecasts in the Navy Global Environmental Model. Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 33rd, Ponte Vedra, FL, 16-20 April 2018. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2018, Abstract 54. |
3. Petersen, Ralph; Hoover, Brett; Daloz, Anne-Sophie; Cronce, Lee; Wagner, Tim; Williams, Skylar; Momrosh, Richard; Baker, Randy; Pauley, Patricia and Baker, Nancy. Aircraft moisture observations: Their importance in nowcasting and NWP. European Conference on Severe Storms, 9th, ECSS 2017, Pula, Croatia, 17-23 September 2017. European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL), 2017, Abstract ECSS2017-28.
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| 4. Hoover, Brett T.; Langland, R.; Velden, C. S. and Kim, H. M. Relationships between observation assimilation, forecast improvement, and adjoint-derived observation-impact. Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface, 21st, Seattle, WA, 21-26 January 2017. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2017, Abstract 15.6. |
| 5. Goldstein, Alexander M.; Hoover, B. T. and Morgan, M. C. The sensitivity to initial conditions of several high-impact winter storm events of varying levels of predictability. Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, 28th, and Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction, 24th, Seattle, WA, 21-26 January 2017. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2017, Abstract 3A.4. |
6. Velden, Chris; Hoover, Brett; Herndon, Derrick; Wimmers, Anthony; Olander, Timothy; Hawkins, Jeff; Bankert, Rich; Cossuth, Josh and Langland, Rolf. Satellite-based applications to benefit Navy tropical cyclone analysis and numerical model forecasts. Final report on grant NRL BAA-N00173-02 for the period 1 May 2013-30 March 2017. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, 2017. Call Number: UW SSEC Publication No.17.04.V1.
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7. Velden, Chris; Hoover, Brett; Herndon, Derrick; Elsberry, Russ; Hendricks, Eric and Doyle, James. Importance of the coupling of tropical cyclone outflow vents with the environment: Observational and model sensitivity studies. Final report on N00014-14-0116 for the period 1 January 2014-30 March 2017. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, 2017. Call Number: UW SSEC Publication No.17.04.V2.
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| 8. Santek, David; Hoover, Brett and Madsen, Maria. Assimilation and forecast impact of the Leo/Geo AMVs in the high-latitude data-gap corridor. 2016 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Darmstadt, Germany, 26-30 September 2016. European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany, 2016, PowerPoint presentation. |
| 9. Smith, W. L. Sr.; Weisz, E.; Hoover, B.; Li, J. and Cheng, W. Vertical structure de-aliasing of satellite profile retrievals for NWP data assimilation. 2016 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Darmstadt, Germany, 26-30 September 2016. European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany, 2016, PowerPoint presentation. |
| 10. Petersen, Ralph; Hoover, Brett; Daloz, Anne-Sophie; Pauley, Patricia and Baker, Nancy. Impact tests of aircraft moisture observations in several global-scale NWP systems. WMO Workshop on the Impact of Various Observing Systems on Numerical Weather Predictions, 6th, Shanghai, China, 10-13 May 2016. Proceedings. World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Programme on Physics and Chemistry of Clouds and Weather Modification Research, Geneva, 2016, WS6-2016-032. PowerPoint presentation, |
11. Santek, David; Hoover, Brett and Madsen, Maria. Assimilation and forecast impact of the Leo/Geo AMVs in the GDAS/GFS. International Winds Workshop, 13th, Monterey, CA, 27 June-1 July 2016. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Madison, WI, 2016, poster presentation. 1p,
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| 12. Hoover, Brett T.; Santek, D. and Madsen, M. M. Assimilation and forecast impact of combined-platform Leo/Geo AMVs in the GDAS/GFS. Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology, 21st, Madison, WI, 15-19 August 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 94. |
13. Hoover, Brett T.; Santek, David A.; Daloz, Anne-Sophie; Zhong, Yafang; Dworak, Richard; Petersen, Ralph A. and Collard, Andrew. Forecast impact of assimilating aircraft WVSS-II water vapor mixing ratio observations in the Global Data Assimilation System (GDAS). Project report. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, 2016. Call Number: UW SSEC Publication No.16.02.H1.
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14. Hoover, Brett. Dynamical sensitivity analysis of weather forecast challenges using the GEOS-5 adjoint system. Progress report on Award No.NNX14AI38G for the period 4 May 2014-4 May 2015. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, 2015. Call Number: UW SSEC Publication No.15.05.H1.
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15. Petersen, Ralph; Cronce, Lee; Mamrash, Richard; Baker, Randy and Hoover, Brett. On the impact and benefits of AMDAR water vapor observations to forecasts of hazardous weather events. European Conference on Severe Storms, 8th, ECSS 2015, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 14-18 September 2015. European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL), 2015, Abstract ECSS2015-54.
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| 16. Santek, David A.; Hoover, B. T. and Nebuda, S. Evaluation of a new method to quality control satellite-derived polar winds in the NCEP GDAS/GFS. Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, 2nd, Atlanta, GA, 2-6 February 2014. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2014, Abstract J5.4. |
| 17. Lazzara, Matthew A.; Dworak, Richard; Santek, David A.; Hoover, Brett T.; Velden, Christopher S. and Key, Jeffrey R. Composite satellite Atmospheric Motion Vectors. Annual Northeastern Storm Conference, 39th, Rutland, Vermont, 7-9 March 2014. Lyndon State College, Student Government Associate, Lyndonville, VT, 2014, p.58. Reprint # 7173. |
| 18. Santek, David; Hoover, Brett and Nebuda, Sharon. Evaluation of a quality control method applied to MODIS and AVHRR winds in the NCEP GDAS/GFS. International Winds Workshop, 12th, Copenhagen, Denmark, 15-20 June 2014. EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, 2014. Reprint # 7658. |
| 19. Hoover, Brett T.; Velden, Chris S. and Langland, Rolf H. Adjoint-based analysis of observation impact on tropical cyclone intensity forecasts. Conference on Hurricanes and Tropical Meteorology, 31st, San Diego, CA, 31 March-4 April 2014. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2014, Paper 7A.3. Reprint # 7828. |
20. Santek, David and Hoover, Brett. Quality control and impact assessment of aircraft observations in the GDAS/GFS. Sandy supplemental grant recipient. Quarterly progress report for award no.NA13NWS4830022 for the period [January 2014-March 2014]. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI, 2014. Call Number: UW SSEC Publication No.14.04.S3.
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21. Santek, David and Hoover, Brett. Quality control and impact assessment of aircraft observations in the GDAS/GFS. Sandy supplemental grant recipient. Quarterly progress report for award no.NA13NWS4830022 for the period [October 2013-December 2013]. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI, 2014. Call Number: UW SSEC Publication No.14.01.S1.
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| 22. Lazzara, Matthew A.; Santek, David A.; Kohrs, Richard A.; Hoover, Brett T. and Mikolajczyk, David E. Arctic and Antarctic satellite composites: Construction and applications. NOAA 2013 Satellite Conference for Direct Readout, GOES/POES, and GOES-R/JPSS Users, College Park, MD, 8-12 April 2013. NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD, 2013, poster presentation. |
23. Hoover, Brett; Velden, Chris; Reynolds, Carolyn and Majumdar, Sharan. Observation target regions for improving NWP tropical cyclone forecasts: Comparison of objective targeting techniques. WMO Workshop on the Impact of Various Observing Systems on Numerical Weather Predictions, 5th, Sedona, AZ, 22-25 May 2012. Proceedings. World Meteorological Organization (WMO), Programme on Physics and Chemistry of Clouds and Weather Modification Research, Geneva, 2012, 3a (2). PowerPoint presentation,
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24. Hoover, Brett/Santek, Dave; Lazzara, Matt; Dworak, Rich; Key, Jeff; Velden, Chris and Bearson, Nick. High latitude satellite-derived winds from combined geostationary and polar orbiting satellite data. International Winds Workshop, 11th, Auckland, New Zealand, 20-24 February 2012. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Madison, WI, 2012, PowerPoint presentation. 19 slides,
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25. Santek, David and Hoover, Brett/Jung, James. Assimilation and forecast impacts using the expected error in the quality control of MODIS polar winds. International Winds Workshop, 11th, Auckland, New Zealand, 20-24 February 2012. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), Madison, WI, 2012, PowerPoint presentation. 18 slides,
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