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David J. Stensrud is affiliated with Pennsylvania State University in the United States. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a specific focus on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Environmental Engineering, and Astronomy and Astrophysics.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Geophysics and Gravity Measurements
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Wind and Air Flow Studies

David J. Stensrud has published extensively in multiple academic venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Monthly Weather Review
  • Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  • Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Recent scholarly papers authored or co-authored by Stensrud feature research on various aspects of meteorology and atmospheric sciences, such as:

  • "Challenges and Opportunities in Numerical Weather Prediction" (2023), published in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Systematic Evaluation of the Impact of Assimilating a Network of Ground-Based Remote Sensing Profilers for Forecasts of Nocturnal Convection Initiation during PECAN" (2020), published in Monthly Weather Review
  • "The Orinoco Low-Level Jet: An Investigation of Its Mechanisms of Formation Using the WRF Model" (2020), published in Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "Correlation Structures between Satellite All-Sky Infrared Brightness Temperatures and the Atmospheric State at Storm Scales" (2021), published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences
  • "Benefits of the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) for Ensemble-Based Analysis and Prediction of Severe Thunderstorms" (2020), published in Monthly Weather Review

Throughout their career, Stensrud has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Yunji Zhang
  • Matthew R. Kumjian
  • Braedon C. Stouffer
  • Eugene E. Clothiaux
  • C. Lyn Comer

Best Publications

  • Parameterization Schemes: Keys to Understanding Numerical Weather Prediction Models

    David J. Stensrud

  • Using Initial Condition and Model Physics Perturbations in Short-Range Ensemble Simulations of Mesoscale Convective Systems

    David J. Stensrud;Jian Wen Bao;Thomas T. Warner

  • Importance of Low-Level Jets to Climate: A Review.

    David J. Stensrud

  • Convective-scale warn-on-forecast system: A vision for 2020

    David J. Stensrud;Ming Xue;Louis J. Wicker;Kevin E. Kelleher

  • Parameterization Schemes: Soil–vegetation–atmosphere parameterizations

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  • Observed Effects of Landscape Variability on Convective Clouds

    Robert M. Rabin;Steven Stadler;Peter J. Wetzel;David J. Stensrud

  • Using Ensembles for Short-Range Forecasting

    David J. Stensrud;Harold E. Brooks;Jun Du;M. Steven Tracton

  • Progress and challenges with Warn-on-Forecast

    David J. Stensrud;Louis J. Wicker;Ming Xue;Daniel T. Dawson;Daniel T. Dawson

  • Assimilation of Reflectivity Data in a Convective-Scale, Cycled 3DVAR Framework with Hydrometeor Classification

    Jidong Gao;David J. Stensrud

  • Model Climatology of the Mexican Monsoon

    David J. Stensrud;Robert L. Gall;Steven L. Mullen;Kenneth W. Howard

  • Toward Improved Prediction: High-Resolution and Ensemble Modeling Systems in Operations

    Paul J. Roebber;David M. Schultz;Brian A. Colle;David J. Stensrud

  • Effects of Upper-Level Shear on the Structure and Maintenance of Strong Quasi-Linear Mesoscale Convective Systems

    Michael C. Coniglio;David J. Stensrud;Louis J. Wicker

  • Surges over the Gulf of California during the Mexican Monsoon

    David J. Stensrud;Robert L. Gall;Mel K. Nordquist

  • Evaluation of a Short-Range Multimodel Ensemble System

    Matthew S. Wandishin;Steven L. Mullen;David J. Stensrud;Harold E. Brooks

  • Probabilistic Precipitation Forecast Skill as a Function of Ensemble Size and Spatial Scale in a Convection-Allowing Ensemble

    Adam J. Clark;John S. Kain;David J. Stensrud;Ming Xue

  • Surface Data Assimilation Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter Approach with Initial Condition and Model Physics Uncertainties

    Tadashi Fujita;David J. Stensrud;David C. Dowell

  • Surface Characteristics of Observed Cold Pools

    Nicholas A. Engerer;David J. Stensrud;Michael C. Coniglio

  • Climatology of Heavy Rain Events in the United States from Hourly Precipitation Observations

    Harold E. Brooks;David J. Stensrud

  • An Observational Study of Derecho-Producing Convective Systems

    Michael C. Coniglio;David J. Stensrud;Michael B. Richman

  • The Ensemble Kalman Filter Analyses and Forecasts of the 8 May 2003 Oklahoma City Tornadic Supercell Storm Using Single- and Double-Moment Microphysics Schemes

    Nusrat Yussouf;Edward R. Mansell;Louis J. Wicker;Dustan M. Wheatley

  • Numerical diagnosis of a small, quasi-tropical cyclone over the western Mediterranean: Dynamical vs. boundary factors

    V. Homar;R. Romero;D. J. Stensrud;C. Ramis

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold E. Brooks
Harold E. Brooks National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ming Xue
Ming Xue University of Oklahoma
David M. Schultz
David M. Schultz University of Manchester
J. Michael Fritsch
J. Michael Fritsch Pennsylvania State University
Lance M. Leslie
Lance M. Leslie University of Technology Sydney
Thomas T. Warner
Thomas T. Warner National Center for Atmospheric Research
Charles A. Doswell
Charles A. Doswell University of Oklahoma
Patrick Minnis
Patrick Minnis Langley Research Center
Brian A. Colle
Brian A. Colle Stony Brook University
Dusan S. Zrnic
Dusan S. Zrnic National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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