Publications (reverse order)

Publications list of Brian Mapes and associates

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Song, S. and B. E. Mapes, 2012: Interpretations of systematic errors in the NOAA Climate Forecast System at lead times of 2, 4, 8… 256 days. J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., here. Animations of bias growth with lead time are here.

Mapes, B. E., and J. T. Bacmeister, 2012: Diagnosing tropical biases and the MJO using patterns in MERRA's analysis tendencies. J. Climate, 25, 6202-6214. JCLIM-abstract Journal PDF file

Riley, E. M., B. E. Mapes, and S. N. Tulich, 2011: Clouds associated with the MJO: A new perspective from CloudSat. J. Atmos. Sci., 68, 3032-3051. Journal PDF file, JAS-abstract

Yasunaga, K., and B. E. Mapes, 2011: Differences between more-divergent vs. more-rotational types of Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves. Part I: Space-Time Spectral Analyses. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 3–16. Journal PDF file, doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-033.1

Yasunaga, K., and B. E. Mapes, 2011: Differences between more-divergent vs. more-rotational types of Convectively Coupled Equatorial Waves. Part II: Composite Analysis based on space-time filtering. J. Atmos. Sci., 69, 17-34. Journal PDF file doi: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-034.1

Kelly, P., and B. E. Mapes, 2011: Zonal mean wind, the Indian monsoon, and July drying in the western Atlantic subtropics. J Geophys Res., 116, D00Q07. doi:10.1029/2010JD015405 Final manuscript journalPDF

Mapes, B.E., and R. B. Neale, 2011: Parameterizing Convective Organization to Escape the Entrainment Dilemma, J. Adv. Model. Earth Syst., 3, M06004, doi:10.1029/2011MS000042. Journal PDF file, link.

Nolan, D. S., S. W. Powell, C. Zhang, and B. E. Mapes, 2010: Idealized simulations of the ITCZ and its multi-level flows. J. Atmos. Sci ., 67 , 4028-4053. (PDF file)

Yasunaga, K., K. Yoneyama, Q. Moteki, M. Fujita, Y. N. Takayabu, J. Suzuki, T. Ushiyama, and B. E. Mapes, 2010: Characteristics of 3–4- and 6–8-Day Period Disturbances Observed over the Tropical Indian Ocean. Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 4158–4174. abstract journalPDF

Tulich, S. and B. E. Mapes, 2010: Transient Environmental Sensitivities of Explicitly Simulated Tropical Convection. J. Atmos. Sci., 67, 923–940. doi: 10.1175/2009JAS3277.1

Mapes, B. E., 2011: Heaviest precipitation events, 1998-2007: a near-global survey. Chapter 2 (pp 15-22) in The Global Monsoon System: Research and Forecast, World Scientific Publishing Company 2011, 594pp.

Kelly, P., and B. E. Mapes, 2009: Land surface heating and the North American Monsoon: Model evaluation from diurnal to seasonal. J. Climate, 23, 4096-4106. doi: 10.1175/2010JCLI3332.1

Gutzler, D. and Coauthors 2009: NAMAP2: Atmospheric simulations of the 2004 North American monsoon. J. Climate, 22, 6716–6740.

Riley, E. M., and B. E. Mapes, 2009: Unexpected peak near -15°C in CloudSat echo top climatology. Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L09819, doi: 10.1029/2009GL037558

Lee, S.-K., C. Wang and B. E. Mapes, 2009. A Simple Atmospheric Model of the Local and Teleconnection Responses to Tropical Heating Anomalies. J. Climate, 22, 272-284. Link.

Mapes, B.E., R. Milliff and J. Morzel, 2009: Composite life cycle of maritime tropical mesoscale convective systems in scatterometer and microwave satellite observations. J. Atmos. Sci, 66, 199-208.

Mapes, B. E., J. Bacmeister, M. Khairoutdinov, C. Hannay, M. Zhao, 2009: Virtual ﬁeld campaigns on deep tropical convection in climate models. J. Climate, 22, 244–257.

Lin, J.-L., K. M. Weickmann, G. N. Kiladis, B. E. Mapes, S. D. Schubert, M. J. Suarez, J. T. Bacmeister, M-I Lee, 2008: Subseasonal Variability Associated with Asian Summer Monsoon Simulated by 14 IPCC AR4 Coupled GCMs. J. Climate, 21, 4541-4567.

Sellwood, K. J., S. J. Majumdar, B.E. Mapes, and I. Szunyogh, 2008: Predicting the influence of observations on medium-range forecasts of atmospheric flow. Quart. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 134, 2011-2027.

Zuidema, P. and B. E. Mapes, 2008: Cloud vertical structure observed from space and ship over the Bay of Bengal and eastern tropical Pacific. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 86A, 205-218.

Mapes, B.E., S. Tulich, T. Nasuno, and M. Satoh, 2008: Predictability aspects of global aqua-planet simulations with explicit convection. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 86A, 175-185.

Inoue, T., M. Satoh, H. Miura, and B. E. Mapes, 2008: Characteristics of cloud size of deep convection simulated by a global cloud resolving model over the western tropical Pacific. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 86A, 1-15.

Lin, J. L., B. E. Mapes, K. M. Weickmann, G. N. Kiladis, S. D. Schubert, M. J. Suarez, J. T. Bacmeister, and M.-I. Lee, 2008: North American monsoon and associated intraseasonal variability simulated by IPCC AR4 coupled GCMs. J. Climate, 21, 2919–2937.

Lin, J. L., B. E. Mapes, and W. Han, 2008: What are the sources of mechanical damping in Matsuno-Gill type models? J. Climate, 21, 165-179.

Tulich, S., and B. E. Mapes, 2008: Multiscale Convective Wave Disturbances in the Tropics: Insights from a Two-Dimensional Cloud-Resolving Model. J. Atmos. Sci., 65, 140–155.

Tulich, S., D. A. Randall, and B. E. Mapes, 2007: Vertical-Mode and Cloud Decomposition of Large- Scale Convectively Coupled Gravity Waves in a Two-Dimensional Cloud-Resolving Model J. Atmos. Sci., 64, 1210-1229.

Mapes, B. E., S. Tulich, J.-L. Lin, and P. Zuidema, 2006: The mesoscale convection life cycle: building block or prototype for large-scale tropical waves? Dyn. Atmos. Oceans, 42, 3-29.

Zuidema, P., B. E. Mapes, J. L. Lin, and C. Fairall, 2006: The Interaction of Clouds and Dry Air over the Eastern Tropical Pacific. J. Climate, 19, 4531–4544. [Article]

Lin, J.-L., G. N. Kiladis, B.E. Mapes, and 13 others, 2006: Tropical intraseasonal variability in 14 IPCC AR4 climate models. Part I: Convective signals. J. Climate, 19, 2665--2690.

Mapes, B.E., N. Buenning, I.-S. Kang, G. N. Kiladis, R. B. Neale, D. M. Schultz, and K. M. Weickmann, 2006: Strides, steps and stumbles in the march of the seasons. By request.

Mapes, B.E., and J. Lin, 2005: Doppler radar observations of mesoscale wind divergence in regions of tropical convection. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 1808-1824.

Mapes, B.E., P. Liu, and N. Buenning, 2005: Indian monsoon onset and Americas midsummer drought: out-of-equilibrium responses to smooth seasonal forcing. J. Climate, 18, 1109-1115.

Lin, J., M.H. Zhang, and B.E. Mapes, 2004: Zonal momentum budget of the Madden-Julian oscillation: the source and strength of mechanical damping. J. Atmos. Sci., 62, 2172-2188.

Lin, J., Mapes, B.E., and M. Zhang, 2004: Radiation budget of the tropical intraseasonal oscillation. J. Atmos. Sci., 61, 2050-2062.

Lin, J. L., and B. E. Mapes, 2004: Wind shear effects on cloud-radiation feedback in the western Pacific warm pool. Geophys. Res. Let., 31, L16118, 10.1029/2004GL020199.

Bister, M. and B.E. Mapes, 2004: Effect of vertical dipole anomalies on convection in a cloud-resolving model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 61, 2092–2100.

Mapes, B.E., 2004: Sensitivities of cumulus ensemble rainfall in a cloud-resolving model with parameterized large-scale dynamics. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 61, No. 18, pp. 2308–2317.

Mapes, B.E., T.T. Warner, Mei Xu, and D.J. Gochis, 2004: Comparison of cumulus parameterizations and entrainment using domain-mean wind divergence in a regional model. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences: Vol. 61, No. 11, pp. 1284–1295

Mapes, B.E., P.E. Ciesielski, and R.H. Johnson, 2003: Sampling errors in rawinsonde-array budgets. JAS, 60, 2697-2714.

Lin, J., Mapes, B.E., M. Zhang, and M, Newman, 2003: Stratiform precipitation, vertical heating profiles, and the Madden-Julian Oscillation. JAS, 61, 296-309.

Lee, M.-I., I.-S. Kang, and B.E. Mapes, 2003: Impacts of cumulus convection parameterization on aqua-planet AGCM simulations of tropical intraseasonal variability. JMSJ, 81, 963-992.

Mapes, B.E., T.T. Warner, M. Xu, and A.J. Negri, 2003: Diurnal patterns of rainfall in northwestern South America. Part I: Observations and context. MWR, 131, 799-812

T.T. Warner, B.E. Mapes, and Mei Xu, 2003: Diurnal patterns of rainfall in northwestern South America. Part II: Model simulations. MWR, 131, 813-829

Mapes, B.E., T.T. Warner, and Mei Xu, 2003: Diurnal patterns of rainfall in northwestern South America. Part III: Diurnal gravity waves and nocturnal convection offshore. MWR, 131, 830-844

Zhang, C., B.E. Mapes, and B. Soden, 2003: Bimodality of tropical upper-tropospheric humidity. QJRMS, 129, 2847-2866.

Lee, M.-I., I.-S. Kang, J.-K. Kim, and B.E. Mapes, 2001: Influence of cloud-radiation interaction on simulating tropical intraseasonal oscillation with an atmospheric general circulation model JGR, 106, pp 14219-14233
Mapes, B.E., 2001: Water's two height scales: the moist adiabat and the radiative troposphere QJRMS, 127, 2253-2266. (October 2001, Part A) PDF
Mapes, B.E., and X. Wu, 2001: Convective eddy momentum tendencies in long cloud-resolving model simulations J. Atmos. Sci., 58, 517-526.
Mapes, B.E., 2001: Empirical studies of unobservable parameters. 2001 ECMWF annual seminar course on physical parameterization.
Mapes, B.E., 2000: Convective inhibition, subgridscale triggering, and stratiform instability in a toy tropical wave model. J. Atmos. Sci., 57, 1515-1535.
Johnson, R.H., and B.E. Mapes, 2002: Mesoscale processes and severe convective weather. Chapter 4 of Severe Convective Weather, AMS monograph, Boston.
Yano, J.-I., W.W. Grabowski, G.L. Roff, and B.E. Mapes, 2000: Asymptotic approaches to convective quasi-equilibrium. Q.J.R.M.S., 126, 1-27.
Mapes, B.E., 1998: The large-scale part of tropical mesoscale convective system circulations: a linear vertical spectral band model. J. Meteor. Soc. Japan, 76, 29-55.
Mapes, B.E., 1997: What controls large-scale variations of deep convection?, in New insights and approaches to cumulus parameterization , ECMWF workshop proceedings Reading, U.K., November 1996, pp 157-165.
Mapes, B.E., 1997: Equilibrium vs. activation controls on large-scale variations of tropical deep convection . pp.321-358 in The physics and parameterization of moist convection , Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 321-358.
Mapes, B.E., 1997: Mutual adjustment of mass flux and stratification profiles, pp.399-412 in The physics and parameterization of moist convection , Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp 399-412.
Chen, S.S., R.A. Houze, Jr., and B.E. Mapes, 1996: Multiscale analysis of deep convection and large-scale atmospheric circulations during TOGA-COARE. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 1380-1409.
Mapes, B.E., and P. Zuidema, 1996: Radiative-dynamical consequences of dry tongues in the tropical troposphere. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 620-638.
Mapes, B.E., and R.A. Houze, Jr., 1995: Diabatic divergence profiles in tropical mesoscale convective systems. J. Atmos. Sci., 52, 1807-1828.

Chen, S.S., R.A. Houze, Jr., B.E. Mapes, S.R. Brodzik, and S.E. Yuter, 1995: TOGA COARE satellite data summaries available via World Wide Web. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 76, 329-333.

Mapes, B.E., 1993: Gregarious tropical convection. J. Atm. Sci., 50, 2026-2037.

Mapes, B.E., and R.A. Houze, Jr., 1993: Cloud clusters and superclusters over the oceanic warm pool. Mon. Wea. Rev., 121, 1398-1415.

Mapes, B.E., and R.A. Houze, Jr., 1992: An integrated view of the 1987 Australian monsoon and its mesoscale convective systems. Part I:Horizontal structure. Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 118, 927-963.

Mapes, B.E., and R.A. Houze, Jr., 1993: An integrated view of the 1987 Australian monsoon and its mesoscale convective systems. Part II: Vertical structure. Q. J. Roy. Meteor. Soc., 119, 733-754.

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Recent non-peer-reviewed writings
My contribution to the ECMWF 2008 Annual Seminar series on subgrid parameterization:
10page proceedings volume paper on tropical convectively coupled wave predictability.
Associated Kelvin wave case satellite animations

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Recent presentations (reverse order)

October 2012 RSMAS-MPO seminar
"Zonal mean momentum: a data analysis and experimental prediction exercise"
.pptx file (12 MB)

September 2012 Pan-GASS meeting
"Role of convective organization in global flow"
.pptx file (15 minute talk)

December 2010 AGU talk
"Parameterizing convective organization"
.pptx file (4MB)

December 2010 presentation to
American Institute of Mathematics (AIM), Palo Alto CA
"Waves and multiscale processes in the tropics"
.pptx file (18MB)

September 2010, presentation to
Below the Rossby Radius: Workshop on small-scale variability in the general circulation of the atmosphere and oceans, Schloss Tremsbüttel, KlimaCampus Hamburg.
"An atmospheric mesoscale: where convection meets waves (rotation optional)"
.pptx file (15MB)

May 2010 Institute for Pure and Applied Math, UCLA --
for workshop on Data hierarchies in climate modeling
"Big data, simple minds" - 80 slides,
.pdf file full quality(30MB)
.pdf file full quality(8MB)

Mar 2010 CLIVAR Tropical Atlantic meeting, Miami FL --
"Analysis tendencies and model errors over the western Atlantic in NH summer"
.ppt file (5MB)

Feb 2010 NCAR CCSM AMWG --
"Organization in a multi-plume convection scheme"
.ppt file (6MB)

Dec 2009 AGU presentation -- "Model evaluation through
assimilation: Studying the MJO in a model that doesn't have one"
.ppt file(3MB)
Recorded presentation at 2010 AMS tropical conference:
http://ams.confex.com/ams/29Hurricanes/recordingredirect.cgi/id/15066

Dec 2009 RSMAS-MPO seminar -- "Studying the MJO
in a model that doesn't have one".ppt file (17 MB)

Oct 2009 Harvard workshop -- convection sensitivities and
convection scheme work. .pptx (Office 2008) powerpoint

Understaning the MJO in/and the MERRA reanalysis system
NASA-Goddard seminar March 2009 powerpoint

Heaviest precipitation events 1998-2007: a global survey
WMO Monsoon severe weather team, Beijing powerpoint

ECMWF 2008 Annual Seminar on tropical convectively coupled wave predictability:
PPT file

GCSS - Toulouse June 2008 keynote lecture, in PDF format (animations lost)
"Erasing artifical scale boundaries with global cloud-resolving data sets"

Asian monsoon clouds seen by CloudSat (Celebrating the Monsoon conference, July 2007, Bangalore)

Central American mid-summer drought (MSD) seminar, at Univ of Miami 2007

Simpler Central American mid-summer drought (MSD) seminar, at Miami AMS local chapter, April 2007

Global annual cycle (march of the seasons) seminar, Harvard, Oct 2006

Wave-convection interaction: AGU Charney lecture, Baltimore, May 2006

Multi-scale convection-wave studies, AMS conference (15 minute), April 2006

Tropical Doppler radar VAD studies, 2004