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Overview

Richard H. Johnson is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research spans several key areas within Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a particular focus on Atmospheric Science, Global and Planetary Change, and Oceanography.

The main topics covered in Richard H. Johnson's work include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Atmospheric Ozone and Climate

Among the recent notable publications authored or co-authored by Johnson are:

  • "Potential Vorticity Generation by West African Squall Lines," 2020, Monthly Weather Review
  • "Small Island Effects in DYNAMO and Their Impact on Large-Scale Budget Analyses," 2021, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • "Comparison of Conventional and Constrained Variational Methods for Computing Large-Scale Budgets and Forcing Fields," 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • "A Numerical Study on the Influences of Sumatra Topography and Synoptic Features on Tropical Cyclone Formation over the Indian Ocean," 2020, Monthly Weather Review
  • "The Atmospheric Boundary Layer and the Initiation of the MJO," 2023, Journal of Climate

Frequent publication venues for Johnson's work include:

  • Monthly Weather Review
  • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Journal of Climate
  • arXiv (Cornell University)

Johnson has collaborated often with several co-authors, most notably:

  • Paul E. Ciesielski
  • Neville Threlfall
  • Shuaiqi Tang
  • Yunyan Zhang
  • Shaocheng Xie

The contribution to research spans studies of large-scale atmospheric patterns, tropical cyclone formation, and boundary layer processes influencing climate phenomena such as the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO). The work draws on both observational data and numerical modeling to advance understanding of meteorological and climatological processes relevant to tropical and global atmospheric dynamics.

Best Publications

  • Trimodal Characteristics of Tropical Convection

    Richard H. Johnson;Thomas M. Rickenbach;Steven A. Rutledge;Paul E. Ciesielski

  • Organizational Modes of Midlatitude Mesoscale Convective Systems

    Matthew D. Parker;Richard H. Johnson

  • Organization and Environmental Properties of Extreme-Rain-Producing Mesoscale Convective Systems

    Russ S. Schumacher;Richard H. Johnson

  • The Relationship of Surface Pressure Features to the Precipitation and Airflow Structure of an Intense Midlatitude Squall Line

    Richard H. Johnson;Paul J. Hamilton

  • Kinematic and Thermodynamic Characteristics of the Flow over the Western Pacific Warm Pool during TOGA COARE

    Xin Lin;Richard H. Johnson

  • Characteristics of U.S. extreme rain events during 1999-2003

    Russ S. Schumacher;Richard H. Johnson

  • The Great Colorado Flood of September 2013

    David Gochis;Russ Schumacher;Katja Friedrich;Nolan Doesken

  • Heating, Moistening, and Rainfall over the Western Pacific Warm Pool during TOGA COARE

    Xin Lin;Richard H. Johnson

  • A Report of the Field Operations and Early Results of the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX)

    K. M. Lau;Yihui Ding;Jough-Tai Wang;Richard Johnson

  • The ``Year'' of Tropical Convection (May 2008-April 2010): Climate Variability and Weather Highlights

    Duane E. Waliser;Mitchell W. Moncrieff;David Burridge;Andreas H. Fink

  • The Role of Convective-Scale Precipitation Downdrafts in Cumulus and Synoptic-Scale Interactions

    Richard H. Johnson

  • The Southern China Monsoon Rainfall Experiment (SCMREX)

    Yali Luo;Renhe Zhang;Qilin Wan;Bin Wang

  • Mesoscale and Radar Observations of the Fort Collins Flash Flood of 28 July 1997

    Walter A. Petersen;Lawrence D. Carey;Steven A. Rutledge;Jason C. Knievel

  • Partitioning tropical heat and moisture budgets into cumulus and mesoscale components: implications for cumulus parameterization

    Richard H. Johnson

  • Structure and Properties of Madden–Julian Oscillations Deduced from DYNAMO Sounding Arrays

    Richard H. Johnson;Paul E. Ciesielski

  • Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting: Report of the Eighth Prospectus Development Team, U.S. Weather Research Program

    J. M. Fritsch;Robert A. Houze;R. Adler;H. Bluestein

  • Tropical Inversions near the 0°C Level

    Richard H. Johnson;Paul E. Ciesielski;Kenneth A. Hart

  • Structures and Dynamics of Quasi-2D Mesoscale Convective Systems

    Matthew D. Parker;Richard H. Johnson

  • Coupled Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (COARE): An interim report

    J. S. Godfrey;R. A. Houze;R. H. Johnson;R. Lukas

  • Mesoscale Processes Contributing to Extreme Rainfall in a Midlatitude Warm-Season Flash Flood*

    Russ S. Schumacher;Richard H. Johnson

  • The global monsoon system : research and forecast

    C.-P. Chang;I-hui Ting;Ngar-Cheung Lau

  • The Field Operations and Early Results of the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX)

    K. M. Lau;Yihui Ding;Jough-Tai Wang;Richard Johnson

Frequent Co-Authors

Chih-Pei Chang
Chih-Pei Chang Naval Postgraduate School
Duane E. Waliser
Duane E. Waliser Jet Propulsion Lab
Wayne H. Schubert
Wayne H. Schubert Colorado State University
Steven A. Rutledge
Steven A. Rutledge Colorado State University
Mitchell W. Moncrieff
Mitchell W. Moncrieff National Center for Atmospheric Research
Robert A. Houze
Robert A. Houze University of Washington
William A. Gallus
William A. Gallus Iowa State University
Joanne Simpson
Joanne Simpson Goddard Space Flight Center
Bin Wang
Bin Wang University of Hawaii at Manoa
Junhong Wang
Junhong Wang University at Albany, State University of New York

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