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Overview

Gregory Thompson is affiliated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable contributions to Environmental Science. The main subfields in which Thompson works include Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, Automotive Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality.

The scientist's work spans several key topics related to meteorology and environmental studies. These include:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Icing and De-icing Technologies
  • Fire effects on ecosystems

Thompson has published multiple papers in respected scientific venues. Frequent publication venues include Monthly Weather Review, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Atmospheric Research, Weather and Forecasting, and Environmental Research Letters.

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Smoke from 2020 United States wildfires responsible for substantial solar energy forecast errors," published in 2022 in Environmental Research Letters
  • "A Stochastic Parameter Perturbation Method to Represent Uncertainty in a Microphysics Scheme," published in 2021 in Monthly Weather Review
  • "Assessing the Impact of Stochastic Perturbations in Cloud Microphysics using GOES-16 Infrared Brightness Temperatures," published in 2020 in Monthly Weather Review
  • "Improving the cloud initialization in WRF-Solar with enhanced short-range forecasting functionality: The MAD-WRF model," published in 2022 in Solar Energy
  • "Improving the Representation of Hail in the Thompson Microphysics Scheme," published in 2023 in Monthly Weather Review

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including Jeongsu Ko, Kyo-Sun Sunny Lim, Kwonil Kim, GyuWon Lee, and Alexis Berne, each of whom has co-authored multiple publications alongside Thompson.

Best Publications

  • Explicit Forecasts of Winter Precipitation Using an Improved Bulk Microphysics Scheme. Part II: Implementation of a New Snow Parameterization

    Gregory Thompson;Paul R. Field;Roy M. Rasmussen;William D. Hall

  • Impact of Cloud Microphysics on the Development of Trailing Stratiform Precipitation in a Simulated Squall Line: Comparison of One- and Two-Moment Schemes

    Hugh Morrison;Gregory Thompson;V. Tatarskii

  • Explicit Forecasts of Winter Precipitation Using an Improved Bulk Microphysics Scheme. Part I: Description and Sensitivity Analysis

    Gregory Thompson;Roy M. Rasmussen;Kevin Manning

  • A Study of Aerosol Impacts on Clouds and Precipitation Development in a Large Winter Cyclone

    Gregory Thompson;Trude Eidhammer

  • Continental-scale convection-permitting modeling of the current and future climate of North America

    Changhai Liu;Kyoko Ikeda;Roy Rasmussen;Mike Barlage

  • High resolution coupled climate-runoff simulations of seasonal snowfall over Colorado: A process study of current and warmer climate

    Roy Rasmussen;Changhai Liu;Kyoko Ikeda;David Gochis

  • WRF-Solar: Description and Clear-Sky Assessment of an Augmented NWP Model for Solar Power Prediction

    Pedro A. Jimenez;Joshua P. Hacker;Jimy Dudhia;Sue Ellen Haupt

  • A Comparison of Statistical and Dynamical Downscaling of Winter Precipitation over Complex Terrain

    Ethan D. Gutmann;Roy M. Rasmussen;Changhai Liu;Kyoko Ikeda

  • Improvement of Microphysical Parameterization through Observational Verification Experiment

    Mark T. Stoelinga;Peter V. Hobbs;Clifford F. Mass;John D. Locatelli

  • High-Resolution Simulations of Wintertime Precipitation in the Colorado Headwaters Region: Sensitivity to Physics Parameterizations

    Changhai Liu;Kyoko Ikeda;Gregory Thompson;Roy Rasmussen

  • Parameterization of Cloud Microphysics Based on the Prediction of Bulk Ice Particle Properties. Part II: Case Study Comparisons with Observations and Other Schemes

    Hugh Morrison;Jason A. Milbrandt;George H. Bryan;Kyoko Ikeda

  • Simulation of seasonal snowfall over Colorado

    Kyoko Ikeda;Roy Rasmussen;Changhai Liu;David Gochis

  • Interpretable Deep Learning for Spatial Analysis of Severe Hailstorms

    David John Gagne;Sue Ellen Haupt;Douglas W. Nychka;Gregory Thompson

  • Cloud‐resolving model intercomparison of an MC3E squall line case: Part I—Convective updrafts

    Jiwen Fan;Bin Han;Bin Han;Adam Varble;Hugh Morrison

  • Freezing Drizzle Formation in Stably Stratified Layer Clouds: The Role of Radiative Cooling of Cloud Droplets, Cloud Condensation Nuclei, and Ice Initiation

    Roy M. Rasmussen;István Geresdi;Greg Thompson;Kevin Manning

  • Explicitly-coupled cloud physics and radiation parameterizations and subsequent evaluation in WRF high-resolution convective forecasts

    Gregory Thompson;Mukul Tewari;Kyoko Ikeda;Sarah Tessendorf

  • Changes in hail and flood risk in high-resolution simulations over Colorado's mountains

    Kelly Mahoney;Michael A. Alexander;Gregory Thompson;Joseph J. Barsugli

  • Sensitivity of a Simulated Midlatitude Squall Line to Parameterization of Raindrop Breakup

    Hugh Morrison;Sarah A. Tessendorf;Kyoko Ikeda;Gregory Thompson

  • What Really Matters for Increasing Transit Ridership: Understanding the Determinants of Transit Ridership Demand in Broward County, Florida

    Gregory Thompson;Jeffrey Brown;Torsha Bhattacharya

  • Intercomparison of In-Flight Icing Algorithms. Part II: Statistical Verification Results

    Barbara G. Brown;Gregory Thompson;Roelof T. Bruintjes;Randy Bullock

  • Explicitly-Coupled Cloud Physics and Radiation Parameterizations and Subsequent Evaluation in WRF High-Resolution Convective Forecasts

    Gregory Thompson

Frequent Co-Authors

Roy Rasmussen
Roy Rasmussen National Center for Atmospheric Research
Hugh Morrison
Hugh Morrison National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jimy Dudhia
Jimy Dudhia National Center for Atmospheric Research
Kyoko Ikeda
Kyoko Ikeda National Center for Atmospheric Research
David Gochis
David Gochis National Center for Atmospheric Research
Changhai Liu
Changhai Liu National Center for Atmospheric Research
Ethan Gutmann
Ethan Gutmann National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jason A. Milbrandt
Jason A. Milbrandt Environment and Climate Change Canada
Michael Barlage
Michael Barlage National Center for Atmospheric Research
David Yates
David Yates National Center for Atmospheric Research

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