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Overview

Steven A. Rutledge is affiliated with Colorado State University in the United States. Their research focuses predominantly on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Atmospheric Science and subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Oceanography, and Earth-Surface Processes.

The scientist's work covers several major topics within meteorology and environmental science. Key research areas include Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations, Climate Variability and Models, Precipitation Measurement and Analysis, Atmospheric Aerosols and Clouds, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, Atmospheric Chemistry and Aerosols, and Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research.

Steven A. Rutledge has contributed publications in leading journals, frequently publishing in the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres and the Journal of Climate, alongside journals such as the Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, Monthly Weather Review, and Journal of Hydrometeorology.

Some of their recent papers are as follows:

  • Evaluating Geostationary Lightning Mapper Flash Rates Within Intense Convective Storms, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Impacts of Aerosol and Environmental Conditions on Maritime and Continental Deep Convective Systems Using a Bin Microphysical Model, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres
  • Polarimetric Radar Characteristics of Simulated and Observed Intense Convective Cores for a Midlatitude Continental and Tropical Maritime Environment, 2020, Journal of Hydrometeorology
  • Diurnal Cycle of Coastal Convection in the South China Sea Region and Modulation by the BSISO, 2021, Journal of Climate
  • Large-Scale State and Evolution of the Atmosphere and Ocean during PISTON 2018, 2021, Journal of Climate

Collaboration has been a consistent aspect of their research career. Frequent coauthors include Brenda Dolan, Kyle Chudler, T. Iguchi, Wei-Kuo Tao, and Toshi Matsui.

Best Publications

  • The Mesoscale and Microscale Structure and Organization of Clouds and Precipitation in Midlatitude Cyclones. VIII: A Model for the “Seeder-Feeder” Process in Warm-Frontal Rainbands

    Steven A. Rutledge;Peterv Hobbs

  • Trimodal Characteristics of Tropical Convection

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

  • The Mesoscale and Microscale Structure and Organization of Clouds and Precipitation in Midlatitude Cyclones. XII: A Diagnostic Modeling Study of Precipitation Development in Narrow Cold-Frontal Rainbands

    Steven A. Rutledge;Peter V. Hobbs

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

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

  • The 29 June 2000 Supercell Observed during STEPS. Part II: Lightning and Charge Structure

    Kyle C. Wiens;Steven A. Rutledge;Sarah A. Tessendorf

  • Storm Morphology and Rainfall Characteristics of TRMM Precipitation Features

    Stephen W. Nesbitt;Robert Cifelli;Steven A. Rutledge

  • Cloud and rain processes in a biosphere-atmosphere interaction context in the Amazon Region

    M. A. F. Silva Dias;S. Rutledge;P. Kabat;P. L. Silva Dias

  • A radar and electrical study of tropical hot towers

    E. R. Williams;S. A. Rutledge;S. G. Geotis;N. Renno

  • Regional Variability in Tropical Convection: Observations from TRMM

    Walter A. Petersen;Steven A. Rutledge

  • Liquid and Ice Cloud Microphysics in the CSU General Circulation Model. Part 1: Model Description and Simulated Microphysical Processes

    Laura D. Fowler;David A. Randall;Steven A. Rutledge

  • On the relationship between cloud‐to‐ground lightning and convective rainfall

    Walter A. Petersen;Steven A. Rutledge

  • The Relationship between Precipitation and Lightning in Tropical Island Convection: A C-Band Polarimetric Radar Study

    Lawrence D. Carey;Steven A. Rutledge

  • The Down Under Doppler and Electricity Experiment (DUNDEE): Overview and Preliminary Results

    Steven A. Rutledge;Earle R. Williams;Thomas D. Keenan

  • TRMM observations of the global relationship between ice water content and lightning

    Walter A. Petersen;Hugh J. Christian;Steven A. Rutledge

  • The Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study

    Timothy J. Lang;L. Jay Miller;Morris Weisman;Steven A. Rutledge

  • Electrical and multiparameter radar observations of a severe hailstorm

    Lawrence D. Carey;Steven A. Rutledge

  • The Great Colorado Flood of September 2013

    David Gochis;Russ Schumacher;Katja Friedrich;Nolan Doesken

  • A multiparameter radar case study of the microphysical and kinematic evolution of a lightning producing storm

    L. D. Carey;S. A. Rutledge

  • Relationships between Convective Storm Kinematics, Precipitation, and Lightning

    Timothy J. Lang;Steven A. Rutledge

  • Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Activity in the 10–11 June 1985 Mesoscale Convective System Observed during the Oklahoma–Kansas PRE-STORM Project

    Steven A. Rutledge;Donald R. MacGorman

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Cifelli
Robert Cifelli National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Timothy J. Lang
Timothy J. Lang Marshall Space Flight Center
Lawrence D. Carey
Lawrence D. Carey University of Alabama in Huntsville
V. Chandrasekar
V. Chandrasekar Colorado State University
Paul R. Krehbiel
Paul R. Krehbiel New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Steven A. Cummer
Steven A. Cummer Duke University
Walter A. Lyons
Walter A. Lyons American Meteorological Society
William Rison
William Rison New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
V. N. Bringi
V. N. Bringi Colorado State University
Donald R. MacGorman
Donald R. MacGorman University of Oklahoma

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