1. Wagner, Timothy J., Ralph A. Petersen, Richard D. Mamrosh, Jordan Gerth, Curtis H. Marshall, and James M. O?Sullivan. An Analysis of the Spatial and Temporal Synergy between Profiles of Aircraft-Based Observations and Operational Radiosonde Reports over the United States. Volume 39, Issue 7, pp.995-1005.
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2. Wagner, Timothy J. and Petersen, Ralph, A. Project report to the National Weather Service on the performance of airborne meteorological observations against other in-situ measurements. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI, 2021. Call Number: UW SSEC Publication No.21.04.W1.
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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. Petersen, Ralph; Cronce, Lee; Mecikalski, John and Jewett, Chris. Improving convective weather nowcasts by coupling convective initiation products to GOES-R legacy sounding nearCasts of the storm environment. European Conference on Severe Storms, 9th, ECSS 2017, Pula, Croatia, 17-23 September 2017. European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL), 2017, Abstract ECSS2017-29.
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| 5. Williams, Skylar S.; Wagner, T. J.; Petersen, R. A.; Ackerman, S. A. and Feltz, W. F. Geographic and seasonal variability of accuracy in water vapor measurements from WVSS-II. Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology, 18th, Seattle, WA, 21-26 January 2017. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2017, Abstract 13.2. |
| 6. Petersen, Ralph; Cronce, Lee; Mecikalski, John and Jewett, Chris. Improve convective weather nowcasts by coupling GOES-R legacy sounding NearCasts to convective initiation products. 2017 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Rome, Italy, 2-6 October 2017. European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany, 2017, Abstract 545. |
| 7. Smith, William L. Sr.; Revercomb, H. E.; Glumb, R. J.; Best, F.; Gumley, L.; Knuteson, R.; Larar, A. M.; Petersen, R.; Taylor, J. K.; Toin, D. and Velden, C. S. Weather Alert Remote Nowcasting (WARN) satellite mission. Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, 13th, and Conference on Transistion of Research to Operations, 7th, Seattle, WA, 21-26 January 2017. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2017, Abstract J6.2.A. |
| 8. Aune, Robert M.; Cronce, L. M. and Petersen, R. A. Short range forecasts of convective destabilization using information from the advanced Himawari imager. Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology, 21st, Madison, WI, 15-19 August 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 3.2. |
| 9. 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, |
| 10. Cronce, Lee M.; Petersen, R. A.; Mecikalski, J. R. and Jewett, C. P. Development of a coupled GOES-R legacy sounding NearCast with convective initiation products to improve convective weather Nowcasts. Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology, 21st, Madison, WI, 15-19 August 2016. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2016, Abstract 12.5. |
11. 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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12. Petersen, Ralph A.; Cronce, Lee; Line, William and Aune, Robert. Providing forecasters with tools to improve very-short-range forecasts using real-time GEO and LEO moisture and temperature soundings. EUMETSAT seminar, 19 April 2016. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Space Science and Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, 2016, PowerPoint presentation. 45 slides, Call Number: UW SSEC Publication No.16.04.P1.
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| 13. Feltz, Wayne F.; Pavolonis, Michael; Heidinger, Andrew; Schmit, Tim; Gerth, Jordan; Petersen, Ralph; Cronce, Lee; Dengel, Russ; Santek, David; Batzli, Sam; Bachmeier, Scott; Sieglaff, Justin; Calvert, Cory; Bah,Kaba and Strabala, Kathy. An overview of UW-Madison CIMSS/NOAA ASPB satellite proving ground OCONUS activities. 2015 GOES-R/JPSS OCONUS Satellite Proving Ground Technical Interchange Meeting, Anchorage, AK, 12-15 May 2015. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2015, PowerPoint presentation. |
| 14. Petersen, Ralph A.; Cronce, Lee; Line, William and Aune, Robert. Exploring new forecaster applications and data sousrces for NearCasts as a prelude to MTG-IRS. 2015 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Toulouse, France, 21-25 September 2015. European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany, 2015, PowerPoint presentation. |
| 15. Dworak, Richard and Petersen, R. Comparison of LEO satellite moisture retrieval derived total precipitable water to GPS network over Alaska. Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, 20th, Phoenix, AZ, 4-8 January 2015. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2015, Abstract 219. |
16. 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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17. Mecikalski, John; Cronce, Lee and Petersen, Ralph. Development of a coupled GOES-R legacy sounding NearCast with onvective initation products to improve convective weather Nowcast. European Conference on Severe Storms, 8th, ECSS 2015, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 14-18 September 2015. European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL), 2015, Abstract ECSS2015-50-1.
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18. Petersen, Ralph; Cronce, Lee; Aune, Robert and Line, William. Exploring high-vertical resolution data sources for use in NearCasting. European Conference on Severe Storms, 8th, ECSS 2015, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 14-18 September 2015. European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL), 2015, Abstract ECSS2015-52.
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19. Smiljanic, Ivan; Mahovic, Natasa Strelec and Petersen, Ralph. Validation of the NearCast product over Europe during summer season 2015. European Conference on Severe Storms, 8th, ECSS 2015, Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 14-18 September 2015. European Severe Storms Laboratory (ESSL), 2015, Abstract ECSS2015-106.
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| 20. Gravelle, Chad; Mecikalski, John; Petersen, Ralph; Sieglaff, Justin and Stano, Geoffrey. Using GOES-R demonstration products to bridge the gap between severe weather watches and warning for the 20 May 2013 Moore, OK tornado outbreak. GOES-R Science Seminar, 24 January 2014. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2014, abstract; PowerPoint presentation. |
21. Schmit, Tim; Li, Jun; Lee, Yong-Keun; Li, Zhenglong; Li, Jinlong; Straka, William; Petersen, Ralph; Martin, Graeme; Xie, Hua; Sampson, Shanna; Pierce, Brad; Rogal, Marek; Smith, Bill and Kireev, Stanislav. GOES-R AWG algorithm development and product validation - current status and future activities: Sounding Application Team. AWG Validation Workshop, 2nd, College Park, MD, 9-10 January 2014. NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD, 2014, PowerPoint presentation. 64 slides,
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| 22. Gravelle, Chad M.; Mecikalski, J.; Petersen, R.; Sieglaff, J. and Stano, G. T. Using GOES-R demonstration products to bridge the gap between severe weather watches and warnings for the 20 May 2013 Moore, OK tornado outbreak. Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems, 10th, Atlanta, GA, 2-6 February 2014. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2014, Abstract J1.2. |
| 23. Gravelle, Chad M.; Petersen, R. A.; Mecikalski, J. R.; Line, W.; Sieglaff, J. and Stano, G. T. Using GOES-R demonstration products to bridge the gap between severe weather watches and warnings for the 20 May 2013 Moore, OK tornado outbreak. Conference on Severe Local Storms, 27th, Madison, WI, 2-7 November 2014. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA, 2014, Abstract J1.1. |
| 24. Petersen, R. A.; Cronce, L.; Line, W.; Straka, W. and Aune, R. Using hyper-spectral sounding products to improve forecasts of the preconvective environment as a prelude to MTG-IRS. 2014 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 September 2014. Abstracts. European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany, 2014, abstract. |
| 25. Gravelle, C.; Mecikalski, J.; Petersen, R.; Line, B.; Sieglaff, J. and Stano, G. Using GOES-R demonstration products to bridge the gap between severe weather watches and warnings for the 20 May 2013 Moore, OK tornado outbreak. 2014 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, Geneva, Switzerland, 22-26 September 2014. Abstracts. European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany, 2014, abstract. |