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2023

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104
Citations
37371
World Ranking
294
National Ranking
134

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in United States Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Robert A. Houze is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the fields of Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, focusing on subfields such as Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change.

The scientist's work encompasses several main research topics, including:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate Variability and Models
  • Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
  • Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds
  • Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research

Houze has published extensively in several venues, with frequent publications in:

  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Geoscientific Model Development

Significant recent papers include:

  • A Global High-Resolution Mesoscale Convective System Database Using Satellite-Derived Cloud Tops, Surface Precipitation, and Tracking, 2021, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Using Radar Observations to Evaluate 3-D Radar Echo Structure Simulated by the Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM) Version 1, 2021, Geoscientific Model Development
  • Relocation of GATE from the Pacific to the Atlantic, 2022, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Weather and Cloud Symbols: The Heritage of Hand-Plotted Weather Maps, 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Celebrating 50 Years since GATE, 2025, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Jingyu Wang
  • Chidong Zhang
  • Zhe Feng
  • L. Ruby Leung
  • Nana Liu

The scientist's recognitions include being named a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), both awarded in 2012.

Best Publications

  • Mesoscale convective systems

    Robert A. Houze

  • Climatological Characterization of Three-Dimensional Storm Structure from Operational Radar and Rain Gauge Data

    Matthias Steiner;Robert A. Houze;Sandra E. Yuter

  • Stratiform precipitation in regions of convection : A meteorological paradox ?

    Robert A. Houze

  • Orographic effects on precipitating clouds

    Robert A. Houze

  • Structure and Dynamics of a Tropical Squall–Line System

    Robert A. Houze

  • Three-Dimensional Kinematic and Microphysical Evolution of Florida Cumulonimbus. Part II: Frequency Distributions of Vertical Velocity, Reflectivity, and Differential Reflectivity

    Sandra E. Yuter;Robert A. Houze

  • Observed structure of mesoscale convective systems and implications for large-scale heating

    Robert A. Houze

  • Interpretation of Doppler Weather Radar Displays of Midlatitude Mesoscale Convective Systems

    Robert A. Houze;S. A. Rutledge;M. I. Biggerstaff;B. F. Smull

  • Stratiform Rain in the Tropics as Seen by the TRMM Precipitation Radar

    Courtney Schumacher;Robert A. Houze

  • The MAP special observing period

    Philippe Bougeault;Peter Binder;Andrea Buzzi;Richard Dirks

  • Convection in GATE

    Robert A. Houze;Alan K. Betts

  • Mesoscale Organization of Springtime Rainstorms in Oklahoma

    Robert A. Houze;Bradley F. Smull;Peter Dodge

  • Cloud clusters and superclusters over the oceanic warm pool

    Brain E. Mapes;Robert A. Houze

  • Diurnal variation and life‐cycle of deep convective systems over the tropical pacific warm pool

    Shuyi S. Chen;Robert A. Houze

  • Monsoon convection in the Himalayan region as seen by the TRMM Precipitation Radar

    Robert A. Houze;Darren C. Wilton;Bradley F. Smull

  • Multiscale variability of deep convection in relation to large-scale circulation in TOGA COARE

    Shuyi S. Chen;Robert A. Houze;Brian E. Mapes

  • Clouds in Tropical Cyclones

    Robert A. Houze

  • The Tropical Dynamical Response to Latent Heating Estimates Derived from the TRMM Precipitation Radar

    Courtney Schumacher;Robert A. Houze;Ian Kraucunas

  • Diabatic Divergence Profiles in Western Pacific Mesoscale Convective Systems

    Brian E. Mapes;Robert A. Houze

  • Some Implications of the Mesoscale Circulations in Tropical Cloud Clusters for Large-Scale Dynamics and Climate

    Dennis L. Hartmann;Harry H. Hendon;Robert A. Houze

Frequent Co-Authors

Sandra E. Yuter
Sandra E. Yuter North Carolina State University
Bradley F. Smull
Bradley F. Smull University of Washington
Peter V. Hobbs
Peter V. Hobbs University of Washington
Frank D. Marks
Frank D. Marks National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Scott A. Braun
Scott A. Braun Goddard Space Flight Center
Shuyi S. Chen
Shuyi S. Chen University of Washington
Steven A. Rutledge
Steven A. Rutledge Colorado State University
Jiwen Fan
Jiwen Fan Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Lai-yung Ruby Leung
Lai-yung Ruby Leung Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richard H. Johnson
Richard H. Johnson Colorado State University

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