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Kenneth P. Bowman is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with particular emphasis on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Some involvement in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Computational Mechanics, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering is also recorded.

Their main research topics cover a range of atmospheric and environmental issues. These include:

  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Bowman has contributed to multiple recent papers, such as:

  • Unsteady Vortex Behavior in the Asian Monsoon Anticyclone, 2020, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Comparing Tropopause-Penetrating Convection Identifications Derived From NEXRAD and GOES Over the Contiguous United States, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • A 22-Year Evaluation of Convection Reaching the Stratosphere Over the United States, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Extreme Altitudes of Stratospheric Hydration by Midlatitude Convection Observed During the DCOTSS Field Campaign, 2023, Geophysical Research Letters
  • Convective forcing of the North American Monsoon Anticyclone at intraseasonal and interannual time scales, 2021, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Frequent co-authors include Anita D. Rapp, Cameron R. Homeyer, J. B. Smith, David M. Wilmouth, and D. S. Sayres.

Bowman's work has been published most often in the following venues:

  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Science Advances
  • Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Geophysical Research Letters

Best Publications

  • The TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA): Quasi-Global, Multiyear, Combined-Sensor Precipitation Estimates at Fine Scales

    George J. Huffman;Robert F. Adler;David T. Bolvin;Guojun Gu;Guojun Gu

  • Calibration of the Total Carbon Column Observing Network using aircraft profile data

    Debra Wunch;Geoffrey C. Toon;Paul O. Wennberg;Steven C. Wofsy

  • Large-scale isentropic mixing properties of the Antarctic polar vortex from analyzed winds

    Kenneth P. Bowman

  • Stable isotopic composition of water vapor in the tropics

    James Robert Lawrence;Stanley David Gedzelman;Darielle Dexheimer;Hye-Khung Cho

  • A global climatology of total ozone from the Nimbus 7 total ozone mapping spectrometer

    Kenneth P. Bowman;Arlin J. Krueger

  • A Comparison of Gamma and Lognormal Distributions for Characterizing Satellite Rain Rates from the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

    Hye-Kyung Cho;Kenneth P. Bowman;Gerald R. North

  • Comparison of TRMM Precipitation Retrievals with Rain Gauge Data from Ocean Buoys

    Kenneth P. Bowman

  • Global patterns of the quasi-biennial oscillation in total ozone

    Kenneth P. Bowman

  • Error Reduction and Convergence in Climate Prediction

    Charles S. Jackson;Mrinal K. Sen;Gabriel Huerta;Yi Deng

  • The Mean-Meridional Transport Circulation of the Troposphere in an Idealized GCM

    Kenneth P. Bowman;Gordon D. Carrie

  • The Stratosphere–Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport 2008 Experiment

    Laura L. Pan;Kenneth P. Bowman;Elliot L. Atlas;Steve C. Wofsy

  • Diurnal cycle of tropical precipitation in a general circulation model

    J. Craig Collier;Kenneth P. Bowman

  • Chemical behavior of the tropopause observed during the Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport experiment

    Liwen L. Pan;Kenneth P. Bowman;M. Shapiro;M. Shapiro;W. J. Randel

  • Input Data Requirements for Lagrangian Trajectory Models

    Kenneth P. Bowman;John C. Lin;Andreas Stohl;Roland Draxler

  • Global trends in total ozone.

    Kenneth P. Bowman

  • Rossby Wave Breaking and Transport between the Tropics and Extratropics above the Subtropical Jet

    Cameron R. Homeyer;Kenneth P. Bowman

  • Comparison of Freezing-Level Altitudes from the NCEP Reanalysis with TRMM Precipitation Radar Brightband Data

    Gettys N. Harris;Kenneth P. Bowman;Dong-Bin Shin

  • Arctic sea ice variability: Model sensitivities and a multidecadal simulation

    William L. Chapman;William J. Welch;Kenneth P. Bowman;Jerome Sacks

  • Diurnal cycle of tropical precipitation in Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite and ocean buoy rain gauge data

    Kenneth P. Bowman;J. Craig Collier;Gerald R. North;Qiaoyan Wu

  • Rossby Wave Phase Speeds and Mixing Barriers in the Stratosphere. Part I: Observations

    Kenneth P. Bowman

  • A Case Study of Convectively Sourced Water Vapor Observed in the Overworld Stratosphere over the United States

    Jessica B. Smith;David M. Wilmouth;Kristopher M. Bedka;Kenneth P. Bowman

Frequent Co-Authors

Laura L. Pan
Laura L. Pan National Center for Atmospheric Research
Teresa L. Campos
Teresa L. Campos National Center for Atmospheric Research
Gerald R. North
Gerald R. North Texas A&M University
Elliot L Atlas
Elliot L Atlas University of Miami
Marc G. Genton
Marc G. Genton King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Fuqing Zhang
Fuqing Zhang Pennsylvania State University
Kyong-Hwan Seo
Kyong-Hwan Seo Pusan National University
Christopher A. Davis
Christopher A. Davis National Center for Atmospheric Research
Ping Yang
Ping Yang Texas A&M University
Karl W. Hoppel
Karl W. Hoppel United States Naval Research Laboratory

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