Thomas T. Warner

Research Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University (1976).

Link to full Curriculum Vita

Link to T. Warner's NCAR webpage

Research Interests:

Numerical modeling of mesoscale atmospheric phenomena, mesoscale dynamics, regional climate modeling, data assimilation, land-atmosphere interaction, transport and diffusion modeling, arid-lands meteorlogy.

Teaching Interests:

Atmospheric dynamics, numerical weather prediction, micrometeorology, climate modeling, desert meteorology.

Dr. Warner investigates mesoscale atmospheric phenomena and develops improved techniques for their prediction, with special emphasis on hydrologic processes.

Warner, T. T., R. A. Petersen and R. E. Treadon, 1997: A tutorial on lateral boundary conditions as a basic and potentially serious limitation to regional numerical weather prediction. Bull. of Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 2599-2617.

Stoelinga, M. T. and T. T. Warner, 1999: Nonhydrostatic, mesobeta-scale model simulations of cloud ceiling and visibility for an East Coast winter precipitation event. J. Appl. Meteor., 38, 385-404.

Davis, C., T. Warner, J. Bowers, and E. Astling, 1999: Development and application of an operational, relocatable, mesogamma-scale weather analysis and forecasting system. Tellus, 51A, 710-727.

Warner, T. T., and R. -S. Sheu, 2000: Multiscale local forcing of the Arabian Desert daytime boundary layer, and implications for the dispersion of surface-released contaminants. J. Appl. Meteor., 39, 686-707.

Chen, F., T. T. Warner, and K. Manning, 2001: Sensitivity of orographic moist convection to landscape variability: A study of the Buffalo Creek, Colorado flash-flood case of 1996. J. Atmos. Sci.., 58, 3204-3223.

Rife, D. L., T. T. Warner, F. Chen, and E. A. Astling, 2002: Mechanisms for diurnal boundary-layer circulations in the Great Basin Desert. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 921-938.

Warner, T. T., R. –S. Sheu, J. Bowers, R. I. Sykes, G. C. Dodd and D. S. Henn, 2002: Ensemble simulations with coupled atmospheric dynamic and dispersion models: Illustrating uncertainties in dosage simulations. J. Appl. Meteor., 41, 488-504.

Mapes, B. E, T. T. Warner, and M. Xu, 2003: The Diurnal and Spatial Distribution of the Coastal Rainfall of Northwestern South America. Part I: A satellite-based climatology. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 799-812

Warner T. T., B. E. Mapes, and M. Xu, 2003: The Diurnal and Spatial Distribution of the Coastal Rainfall of Northwestern South America. Part II: Model simulation, and comparison with climatology. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 813-829.

Mapes, B. E. , T. T. Warner and M. Xu, 2003: The Diurnal and Spatial Distribution of the Coastal Rainfall of Northwestern South America. Part III: A model-based study of physical processes. Mon. Wea. Rev., 131, 830-844.

Warner, T. T., J. F. Bowers, S. P. Swerdlin, and B. A. Beitler, 2004: A rapidly deployable, operational, mesoscale modeling system for emergency-response applications. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 85, 709-716.

Warner, T. T., 2004 Desert Meteorology, Cambridge University Press, 620 pp.