Office Research
The National Weather Service Office in Grand Junction, Colorado continues to strive for Meteorological Excellence by participating in the growth of our science via collaborating efforts with our surrounding scientific community. The following list of meteorological studies have been published in Meteorological publications and presented at numerous Conferences across the nation. Many of these studies have resulted in the networking of several scientific entities within the western United States. Through this work with Universities and other Government agencies, our meteorologists continue to expand on their knowledge of our local forecast area. Many other studies have been conducted that have not been presented on this page. Studies that are present are either in Word or PDF format.
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Conference Papers 2018 American Meteorological Society Conference on Mountain Meteorology
A RARE ICE STORM IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WESTERN U.S.: SOCIETAL IMPACTS Jeffrey D. Colton , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, M.M. Stackhouse (NWS GJT), J.A. Malingowski (WRHQ SLC), D.D. Phillips (NWS GJT), and Dr. M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT)A RARE ICE STORM IN THE INTERMOUNTAIN WESTERN U.S.: STORM MORPHOLOGY Megan M. Stackhouse , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), J.A. Malingowski (WRHQ SLC), D.D. Phillips (NWS GJT), A. Lyons (NWS CYS), and Dr. M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT)
2016 American Meteorological Society Meeting on Mountain Meteorology
A PROLONGED MOIST WINTER STORM OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES: ENHANCED DECISION SUPPORT - A 2016 CASE OVERVIEW Jeffrey D. Colton , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.A. Malingowski (NWS GJT), T.G. Renwick (NWS GJT), M.M. Stackhouse (NWS GJT), and Dr. M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT)A PROLONGED MOIST WINTER STORM OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES: STORM OVERVIEW AND FORECAST CHALLENGES Dr. Michael P. Meyers , D.D. Phillips (NWS GJT), M.D. Aleksa (NWS GJT), J.A. Malingowski (NWS GJT), J.D. Ramey (NWS GJT), J.D. Colton (NWS GJT)
2016 National Climate Services Meeting in Washington D.C.
2015 National Weather Association Annual Meeting
A CASE FOR GAP FILLING RADARS: THE 29 SEPTEMBER 2014 SEVERE WEATHER EVENT OVER SOUTHWEST COLORADO Dennis Phillips , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), M.D. Aleksa (NWS GJT), B.L. Cheong, P.E. Kirstetter, Dr. Tian-You Yu, J. Ramey (NWS GJT), J. Busto, P. Wolyn (NWS PUB) and Dr. M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT)
2015 American Meteorological Society Conference on Mesoscale Processes
2014 National Weather Association Annual Meeting
ESSENTIAL PARAMETERS THAT IMPROVE LIGHTNING FORECASTING SKILLS ACROSS THE WEST Paul Frisbie , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT)EVALUATION OF THE LIGHTNING POTENTIAL INDEX DEVELOPED BY NWS GRAND JUNCTION, COLORADO Dr. Michael P. Meyers , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, P. Frisbie (NWS GJT), J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), J. Daniels (NWS GJT), J. Pringle (NWS GJT)
2014 American Meteorological Society Conference on Mountain Meteorology
THE STEAMBOAT SPRINGS SMOKE-OUT: THE EVOLUTION OF IMPACT-BASED DECISION SUPPORT Jeffrey D. Colton , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction CO, M.T. Booth (NWS GJT), M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT)THE STEAMBOAT SPRINGS SMOKE-OUT: APRIL 15, 2010 Travis Booth , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT)INTENSE SNOWFALL RATES OVER WEST CENTRAL COLORADO DURING THE WINTER OF 2014 Matthew D. Aleksa , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.D. Ramey Jr (NWS GJT), M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT)THE 2014 WATER YEAR FOR WESTERN COLORADO AND EASTERN UTAH: IMPACTS AND MITIGATION Dr. Michael P. Meyers , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, A Strautins (NWS GJT), D. Phillips (NWS GJT), J. Daniels (NWS GJT), and J. Malingowski (NWS GJT) AN ENSEMBLE CONCEPT THAT MAY REDUCE THE INHERENT DRY BIAS IN COMPLEX TERRAIN Paul Frisbie , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, M.P. Meyers and B. Moyer
2012 American Meteorological Society Conference on Mountain Meteorology
2012 American Meteorological Society Conference on Hydrology
2011 American Meteorological Society Conference on Meteorological Applications of LIghtning Data
2010 American Meteorological Society Conference on Mountain Meteorology
AN INTENSE SPRING SNOWFALL EVENT OVER THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS Dr. Michael P. Meyers , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, M.D. Aleksa (NWS GJT), J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), P.R. Frisbie (NWS GJT), and A. Strautins (NWS GJT)INTENSE SNOWFALL INVESTIGATION OF A NARROW MOUNTAIN GORGE Jeffrey D. Colton , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.D. Ramey (NWS GJT), M.C. Schwitzer (NWS GJT), Dr. M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), M.P. Chamberlain (NWS GJT), M. Gober (CAIC - Silverton, CO)
2009 Annual American Meteorological Society Conference in Phoenix, AZ.
LIGHTNING PREDICTION BY WFO GRAND JUNCTION USING MODEL DATA AND GRAPHICAL FORECAST EDITOR SMART TOOLS Paul R. Frisbie, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), J.R. Pringle (NWS GJT), J.A. Daniels (NWS GJT), J.D. Ramey Jr. (NWS GJT) and M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT)A LIGHTNING POTENTIAL INDEX FOR PUBLIC SAFETY DEVELOPED BY WFO GRAND JUNCTION Paul R. Frisbie , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction,CO. J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), J.R. Pringle (NWS GJT), J.A. Daniels (NWS GJT), J.D. Ramey Jr (NWS GJT), and Dr. M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT)
2008 American Meteorological Society Mountain Meteorology Conference in Whistler Canada
UNIQUE SNOWFALL DISTRIBUTION OVER THE PARK RANGE AND UPPER YAMPA RIVER VALLEY DURING THE LA NINA WINTER OF 2007-2008 Jeffrey D. Colton, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.D. Ramey Jr. (NWS GJT), M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), D. Wesley (UCAR/COMET), Ian McCubbin (DRI/Storm Peak Laboratory) , Gannet Haller (DRI/Storm Peak Laboratory)24 FEBRUARY 2007 SNOW EVENT OVER THE PARK RANGE OF NORTHERN COLORADO: A MICROPHYSICAL PERSPECTIVE Paul R. Frisbie, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), Edward H. Teets (NASA)
SIMULATED IMPACTS OF ENHANCED CCN AND GIANT-CCN CONCENTRATIONS ON OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL Stephen M. Saleeby , Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University (CSU), Fort Collins, Colorado, William Cotton (CSU), Douglas Lowenthal (DRI Reno), Randolph Borys (DRI Reno), Melanie Wetzel (DRI Reno),
2006 American Meteorological Society Mountain Meteorology Conference in Santa Fe, NM
A CLIMATOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE DIURNAL PATTERNS OF PRECIPITATION OVER THE COMPLEX TERRAIN OF WESTERN COLORADO (Pre-print) Poster Link Jeffrey D. Colton, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.D. Ramey Jr. (NWS GJT), B. Avery (NWS GJT), and M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT)THE FIRST MSC/COMET MOUNTAIN WEATHER COURSE Brad Snyder , Meteorological Service of Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, C. Doyle, D. Wesley (UCAR/Comet), J. Cummine (Met. Svc. Canada, Winnipeg), and M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT) A FORECASTER CHALLENGE: CONVECTIVELY ENHANCED WINDS IN A STRONGLY FORCED SYNOPTIC ENVIRONMENT IN COMPLEX TERRAIN Michael P. Meyers , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J. Ladue (WDTB, Norman), J. Pringle (NWS GJT), and C. Cuoco (NWS GJT) A MESOSCALE HEAVY SNOW EVENT OVER THE GRAND MESA OF WESTERN COLORADO Paul Frisbie , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, T. Lindquist (NWS GJT), and M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT) FORECASTING MIXED-LAYER HEIGHT OVER COMPLEX TERRAIN Daniel E. Zumpfe , NOAA/NWS Great Falls, MT, M. Chamberlain (NWS GJT), J.A. Daniels (NWS GJT), M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), J. Snook (USDA Forest Svc), K. Zeller (USDA Forest Svc), and J. Kyle (NWS GJT)
Additional Studies and Conference Papers
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HYDROLOGIC SERVICES: PROVIDING INFORMATION FOR FLOOD PREPAREDNESS, DROUGHT MITIGATION AND WATER RESOURCES MANAGEMENTS ON THE WESTERN SLOPE OF COLORADO Jeffrey D Colton, NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), A Strautins (NWS GJT), B.A. Lawrence (NWS GJT), J.D. Ramey (NWS GJT)THE POPULATION BIAS OF SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE Paul Frisbie , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, COA HEAVY SNOW EVENT DURING AN ARCTIC OUTBREAK WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IN THE CENTRAL ROCKIESChristopher N. Jones , NOAA/NWS Riverton, WY, J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), and J.E. Nachamkin (CSU) A SOUTHWEST COLORADO MOUNTAIN FLASH FLOOD IN AN ENHANCED MONSOONAL ENVIRONMENT Brian A. Avery , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, C.N. Jones (NWS RIW), J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), and M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT) - Published in National Weather Digest (2002)AN EXAMINATION OF A SEVERE DOWNSLOPE WINDSTORM WEST OF THE COLORADO PARK RANGE Jeffrey D. Colton , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, C.N. Jones (NWS Riverton), M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT) and Ray McAnelly (CSU) - Published in National Weather Digest (2002)A RARE TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHEAST UTAH Jeffrey D. Colton , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, C.N. Jones (NWS RIW) and M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT)MODEL AEROSOL SENSITIVITY STUDIES AND MICROPHYSICAL INTERACTION IN AN OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL EVENT Stephen M. Saleeby , Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. D. Borys (DRI), M. A. Wetzel (DRI), D. B. Simeral (DRI), M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT), W. R. Cotton (CSU), R. L. McAnelly (CSU), N. Larson (NWS GJT), and E. Heffernan (NWS GJT)ANOMALOUSLY LARGE SNOWFALL VARIATIONS ACROSS SMALL SPATIAL SCALES IN THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN FRONT RANGE: THE ROLES OF BLOCKING, SURFACE WINDS, AND THE ASSOCIATED THERMODYNAMIC STRUCTURE Douglas A. Wesley , UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO, G.S. Poulos (NCAR), J. Snook (ATMET), and M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT)MESOSCALE MODEL SIMULATIONS IN QUASI-FORECAST MODE OF THE GREAT WESTERN STORM OF 16-20 MARCH 2003 Douglas A. Wesley , UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO, G.S. Poulos (NCAR), J. Snook (ATMET), E. Szoke (NOAA/FSL/CIRA), M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT), G. Byrd (UCAR/COMET), R. Rozumalski (NWS), and H. McIntyre (UCAR/COMET)MESOSCALE SNOWFALL PREDICTION AND VERIFICATION IN MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN Melanie Wetzel , Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), R. Borys (DRI), R. McAnelly (CSU), W. Cotton (CSU), A. Rossi (DRI), P. Frisbie (NWS GJT), D. Nadler (NWS HUN), D. Lowenthal (DRI), S. Cohn (NCAR), and W. Brown (NCAR)AN INVESTIGATION OF RECORD HEAVY LEE SIDE OROGRAPHIC SNOWFALL DURING THE GREAT WESTERN STORM OF MARCH 16-20, 2003 Gregory S. Poulos , NCAR, Boulder, CO, J. Snook (USDA Forest Svc), D. A. Wesley (UCAR/COMET), M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT), and E. J. Szoke (NOAA/FSL/CIRA)THE OPERATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF FORECASTING A HEAVY SNOW EVENT OVER THE CENTRAL ROCKIES IN AN ATYPICAL FLOW REGIME Michael P. Meyers , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.D. Colton (NWS GJT), R. L. McAnelly (CSU), W. R. Cotton (CSU), D. A. Wesley (UCAR/COMET), J. S. Snook (ATMET), and G. S. Poulos (ATD/NCAR)A ROCKY MOUNTAIN STORM. PART II: THE FOREST BLOWDOWN OVER THE WEST SLOPE OF THE NORTHERN COLORADO MOUNTAINS - OBSERVATIONS, ANALYSIS AND MODELING Michael P. Meyers , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, J.S. Snook (CSA, Boulder, CO), D. A. Wesley (UCAR/COMET), and G. S. Poulos (CSA, Boulder)EXCEPTIONAL MESOSCALE FEATURES OF THE GREAT WESTERN STORM OF MARCH 16-20, 2003 Gregory S. Poulos , CRA/NWRA Boulder, CO, D. A. Wesley (UCAR/COMET), M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT), E.J. Szoke (FSL), J.S. Snook (CRA/NWRA), and G.P. Byrd (UCAR/COMET)A ROCKY MOUNTAIN STORM. PART I: THE BLIZZARD - KINEMATIC EVOLUTION AND THE POTENTIAL FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION NUMERICAL FORECASTING OF SNOWFALL Gregory S. Poulos , CRA/NWRA Boulder, CO, D. A. Wesley (UCAR/COMET), J.S. Snook (CRA/NWRA), and M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT)OPERATIONAL FIRE WEATHER SUPPORT THROUGH THE USE OF A MESOSCALE FORECAST MODEL (Full study not available at this time)Michael P. Meyers , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, E.M. Page (UCAR/COMET), R.L. McAnelly (CSU) and W.R. Cotton (CSU)OPERATIONAL USE OF MESOSCALE MODELS IN FIRE WEATHER FORECASTING (Full study not available at this time)Elizabeth M. Page , NOAA/NWS Boulder, CO, M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), M. Chamberlain (NWS GJT), and R. McAnelly (CSU)PARAMETERIZATION OF ICE CRYSTAL CONVERSION PROCESSES DUE TO VAPOR DEPOSITION FOR MESOSCALE MODELS USING DOUBLE-MOMENT BASIS FUNCTIONS. PART I: BASIC FORMULATION AND PARCEL MODEL RESULTS Jerry Y. Harringtion , Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, M.P. Meyers (NWS GJT), R. L. Walko (CSU), and W. R. Cotton (CSU)A COMPARISON OF SEEDED AND NONSEEDED OROGRAPHIC CLOUD SIMULATIONS WITH AN EXPLICIT CLOUD MODEL Michael P. Meyers , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, P.J. DeMott (CSU), and W.R. Cotton (CSU)PARAMETERIZATION AND IMPACT OF ICE INITIATION PROCESSES RELEVANT TO NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF CIRRUS CLOUDS Paul J. DeMott , Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, M. P. Meyers (NWS GJT), and W.R. Cotton (CSU)NEW PRIMARY ICE-NUCLEATION PARAMETERIZATIONS IN AN EXPLICIT CLOUD MODEL Michael P. Meyers , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO, P.J. DeMott (CSU), and W.R. Cotton (CSU)EVALUATION OF THE POTENTIAL FOR WINTERTIME QUANTITATIVE PRECIPITATION FORECASTING OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN WITH AN EXPLICIT CLOUD MODEL. PART I: TWO-DIMENSIONAL SENSITIVITY EXPERIMENTS Michael P. Meyers , NOAA/NWS Grand Junction, CO and W. R. Cotton (CSU)
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