Publications

Below is a list of publications which use SHAVE data (including damage surveys) or describe the experiment

Conference Papers

Boustead, J. M., 2008: Using maximum storm-top divergence and the vertical freezing level to forecast hail size. Preprints, 24th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P6.6.

Erlingis, J. M., J. J. Gourley, T. M. Smith, and K. L. Ortega, 2009: Development of a detailed database of flash flood observations. Preprints, 23rd Conf. on Hyrdrology, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., JP2.8.

Heinselman,P. L., J. M. Kurdzo, and R. A. Brown, 2008: Portrayal of a tornadic supercell by phased array radar. Preprints, 24th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc.,19.5.

Heinselman,P. L., K. Manross, T. Smith, R. A. Brown, D. Preignitz, and R. Hluchan, 2008: Rapid sampling of low-altitude circuations by phased array radar. Preprints, 24th Conf. on IIPS, New Orleans, LA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 9A.6.

LaDue, J. G., and K. L. Ortega, 2008: Experiences using the EF-scale since its inception. Preprints, 24th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 8B.6.

Ortega, K. L., A. G. Kolodziej, J. Young, C. J. Wilson, A. Witt, and T. M. Smith, 2008: Evaluating hail diagnosis techniques using high resolution verification. Preprints, 24th Conf. on Severe Local Storms, Savannah, GA, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P6.5.

Ortega, K. L., T. M. Smith, and K. A. Scharfenberg, 2006: An analysis of thunderstorm hail fall patterns in the Severe Hail Verification Experiment. Preprints, 23rd Conf. on Severe Local Storms, St. Louis, MO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P2.4.

Smith, T. M., K. L. Ortega, and A. G. Kolodziej, 2007: Enhanced, high-density severe storm verification. Preprints, 23rd Conf. on IIPS, San Antonio, TX, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 4B.3.

Smith, T. M., K. L. Ortega, K. A. Scharfenberg, K. Manross, and A. Witt, 2006: The Severe Hail Verification Experiment. Preprints, 23rd Conf. on Severe Local Storms, St. Louis, MO, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 5.3.

Wilson, C. J., K. L. Ortega, and V. Laskshmanan, 2009: Evaluating multi-radar, multi-sensor hail diagnosis with high resolution hail reports. Preprint, 25th Conf. on IIPS, Phoenix, AZ, Amer. Meteor. Soc., P2.9.

Other publications

Ortega, K. L., 2008: Severe weather warnings and warning verification using threat-areas. M.S. Thesis. School of Meteorology, The University of Oklahoma, 48 pp.