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David b. Parsons
Presidential Professor and Director Emeritus, University of Oklahoma
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Short‐Duration Extreme Rainfall Events in the Central and Eastern United States During the Summer: 2003–2023 Trends and Variability
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
05 september 2024
Jason Chiappa, Jason C. Furtado, David B. Parsons,...
Extreme rainfall events (EREs) caused by convection are a major prediction challenge and can lead to deadly flash flooding. This study investigates...
The Development of Atmospheric Bores in Non‐Uniform Baroclinic Environments and Their Roles in the Maintenance, Structure, and Evolution of an MCS
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
02 january 2024
SHUSHI Zhang, David B. Parsons, Xin Xu, Hong Huang...
This study used radar observations and a high‐resolution numerical simulation to explore the interactions between an mesoscale convective sys...
Sensitivity of mesoscale ascent in the diurnally-varying boundary layer over a warm tongue to latitude and geostrophic wind
BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESSES AND TURBULENCE IV ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 15 december 2023
Matheus Gomes, Alan Shapiro, David B. Parsons
The intensity and timing of nocturnal low-level jets (NLLJs) and ascent over a broad warm tongue is studied with the CM1 (Cloud Model 1) numerical mod...
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The Importance of Accurately Representing Mesoscale Convective Systems in Global Models
ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION: PROCESSES, DYNAMICS, AND LINKS TO WEATHER AND CLIMATE II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2023
David B. Parsons, Jason Chiappa, Peter Bechtold, I...
An accurate representation of elevated nocturnal convection and propagating nocturnal mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) over continents has been ide...
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Predicting and Representing Extreme Rainfall Events over the United States using Observations, Modeling, and Statistical Approaches
EXTREME PRECIPITATION IN PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE CLIMATES II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 11 december 2023
David B. Parsons, Jason Chiappa, Ivan Tsonevsky, J...
Extreme rainfall events (EREs) are increasing due to anthropogenic climate change contributing to flooding that puts ~1.5 billion people at risk. Accu...
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Bores Observed During the Warm Season of 2015–2019 Over the Southern North China Plain
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
08 august 2022
SHUSHI Zhang, David B. Parsons, Xin Xu, jisong sun...
This first multi‐year investigation focuses on bores over the southern North China Plain during the 2015–2019 warm seasons. Bore struct...
Emergence of a Nocturnal Low-Level Jet from a Broad Baroclinic Zone
BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESSES AND TURBULENCE II ORAL
atmospheric sciences | 16 december 2021
Alan Shapiro, Joshua G. Gebauer, David B. Parsons
A common type of low-altitude wind maximum develops at night during the warm season after an afternoon of strong dry convective mixing. These nocturna...
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A Modeling Study of an Atmospheric Bore Associated With a Nocturnal Convective System Over China
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
15 september 2020
SHUSHI Zhang, David B. Parsons, Xin Xu, Yuan Wang,...
Bores have been shown to play a role in the initiation and maintenance of mesoscale convective systems (MCSs), particularly during the night after ...