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Overview

Stanley G. Benjamin is affiliated with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in the United States. Their research primarily spans Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Atmospheric Science and Global and Planetary Change. Additional subfields include Oceanography, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law.

The scientist's work addresses several key topics, such as:

  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Climate variability and models
  • Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics

Stanley G. Benjamin has published extensively in scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Weather and Forecasting
  • Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • Monthly Weather Review
  • Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water

Recent papers include:

  • The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR): An Hourly Updating Convection-Allowing Forecast Model. Part I: Motivation and System Description, 2022, Weather and Forecasting
  • The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR): An Hourly Updating Convection-Allowing Forecast Model. Part II: Forecast Performance, 2022, Weather and Forecasting
  • Stratiform Cloud-Hydrometeor Assimilation for HRRR and RAP Model Short-Range Weather Prediction, 2021, Monthly Weather Review
  • Commercial-Aircraft-Based Observations for NWP: Global Coverage, Data Impacts, and COVID-19, 2020, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
  • Recommendations for Developing Useful and Usable Convection-Allowing Model Ensemble Information for NWS Forecasters, 2020, Weather and Forecasting

The scientist collaborates frequently with other researchers, including:

  • Eric James
  • Tatiana G. Smirnova
  • David D. Turner
  • Curtis R. Alexander
  • John M. Brown

Best Publications

  • The Weather Research and Forecasting Model: Overview, System Efforts, and Future Directions

    Jordan G. Powers;Joseph B. Klemp;William C. Skamarock;Christopher A. Davis

  • A North American Hourly Assimilation and Model Forecast Cycle: The Rapid Refresh

    Stanley G. Benjamin;Stephen S. Weygandt;John M. Brown;Ming Hu

  • An Hourly Assimilation–Forecast Cycle: The RUC

    Stanley G. Benjamin;Dezsö Dévényi;Stephen S. Weygandt;Kevin J. Brundage

  • Satellite Estimation of the Surface Energy Balance, Moisture Availability and Thermal Inertia.

    Toby N. Carlson;Joseph K. Dodd;Stanley G. Benjamin;James N. Cooper

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

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

  • Radiative Heating Rates for Saharan Dust

    Toby N. Carlson;Stanley G. Benjamin

  • The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR): An Hourly Updating Convection-Allowing Forecast Model. Part 1: Motivation and System Description

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  • Parameterization of cold-season processes in the MAPS land-surface scheme

    Tatiana G. Smirnova;John M. Brown;Stanley G. Benjamin;Dongsoo Kim

  • Mesoscale Weather Prediction with the RUC Hybrid Isentropic–Terrain-Following Coordinate Model

    Stanley G. Benjamin;Georg A. Grell;John M. Brown;Tatiana G. Smirnova

  • Performance of Different Soil Model Configurations in Simulating Ground Surface Temperature and Surface Fluxes

    Tatiana G. Smirnova;John M. Brown;Stanley G. Benjamin

  • Elevated Mixed Layers in the Regional Severe Storm Environment: Conceptual Model and Case Studies

    T. N. Carlson;S. G. Benjamin;G. S. Forbes;Y.-F. Li

  • The Subseasonal Experiment (SubX): A Multimodel Subseasonal Prediction Experiment

    Kathy Pegion;Ben P. Kirtman;Emily Becker;Dan C. Collins

  • Global Ensemble Predictions of 2009’s Tropical Cyclones Initialized with an Ensemble Kalman Filter

    Thomas M. Hamill;Jeffrey S. Whitaker;Michael Fiorino;Stanley G. Benjamin

  • Some Effects of Surface Heating and Topography on the Regional Severe Storm Environment. Part I: Three-Dimensional Simulations

    Stanley G. Benjamin;Toby N. Carlson

  • The Evolution of the Mesoscale Environment of Severe Local Storms: Preliminary Modeling Results

    Richard A. Anthes;Ying-Hwa Kuo;Stanley G. Benjamin;Yu-Fang Li

  • Regional Weather Prediction with a Model Combining Terrain-following and Isentropic Coordinates. Part I: Model Description

    Rainer Bleck;Stanley G. Benjamin

  • The Real-Time Mesoscale Analysis at NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Prediction: Current Status and Development

    Manuel S F V De Pondeca;Geoffrey S. Manikin;Geoff Dimego;Stanley G. Benjamin

  • An isentropic three-hourly data assimilation system using ACARS aircraft observations

    Stanley G. Benjamin;Keith A. Brewster;Renate Brümmer;Brian F. Jewett

  • Modifications to the Rapid Update Cycle Land Surface Model (RUC LSM) Available in the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) Model

    Tatiana G. Smirnova;John M. Brown;Stanley G. Benjamin;Jaymes S. Kenyon

  • Relative Short-Range Forecast Impact from Aircraft, Profiler, Radiosonde, VAD, GPS-PW, METAR, and Mesonet Observations via the RUC Hourly Assimilation Cycle

    Stanley G. Benjamin;Brian D. Jamison;William R. Moninger;Susan R. Sahm

  • Rapid retrieval and assimilation of ground based GPS precipitable water observations at the NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory: Impact on weather forecasts

    Seth I Gutman;Susan R Sahm;Stanley G Benjamin;Barry E Schwartz

  • Accuracy of ACARS Wind and Temperature Observations Determined by Collocation

    Stanley G. Benjamin;Barry E. Schwartz;Rodney E. Cole

Frequent Co-Authors

Georg A. Grell
Georg A. Grell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Rainer Bleck
Rainer Bleck National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Ming Xue
Ming Xue University of Oklahoma
Toby N. Carlson
Toby N. Carlson Pennsylvania State University
James M. Wilczak
James M. Wilczak National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Jimy Dudhia
Jimy Dudhia National Center for Atmospheric Research
Patrick Minnis
Patrick Minnis Langley Research Center
Robert M. Banta
Robert M. Banta National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
David J. Stensrud
David J. Stensrud Pennsylvania State University
Joseph B. Klemp
Joseph B. Klemp National Center for Atmospheric Research

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