Email: lemone@ucar.edu
Phone: 303-497-8962
Postal Address: P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000
Shipping Address: 3450 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO, 80307-3000
Professional Interests
My current research interests involve the atmospheric boundary layer and its interaction with the surface and clouds; and the structure of deep precipitating convection and its effect on momentum. In my early career, I combined numerical models and observations to study the structure of and transports through the fair weather planetary boundary layer and its interaction with clouds.Starting around 1980, I became interested in the generation and transport of momentum by lines of deep convection, using aircraft and Doppler-radar observations, and comparing the results of these and other case studies to idealized models. Most recently, I have returned to boundary-layer research, with an emphasis on the effects of surface properties (vegetation, soil moisture, soil properties, terrain) on the evolution of the atmospheric PBL. I have extensive experience in field programs, having participated in GATE, PRESTORM, TAMEX, STORM FEST, and TOGA-COARE, CASES-97, CASES-99, and IHOP. I am a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, the American Association of the Atmospheric Sciences, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering. In addition to my scientific activities, I have written several popular articles on weather, including a booklet on clouds published by the AMS and the weather portion of a high-school textbook, and have been involved in educational outreach for over 30 years.
Recent Publications
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Gochis, D. J., Bonan, G., Brandes, E., Chen, F., Lenschow, D., LeMone, M., Rasmussen, R., Warner, T. T., Ek, M., Mitchell, K., 2007: A ten-year vision for advancing coupled land-atmosphere prediction. Water Resources Research. (Submitted).
LeMone, M., Tewari, M., Chen, F., Alfieri, J. G., Niyogi, D., 2007: Adding horizontal heterogeneity as a criterion for evaluating a land-surface model. Monthly Weather Review. (Submitted).
Alfieri, J. G., Niyogi, D., LeMone, M. A., Chen, F., Fall, S., 2007: A simple reclassification method for correcting uncertainty in land use/land cover datasets used with land surface models. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 164, doi: 10.1007/s00024-007-0241-4, 1789-1809.
Armstrong, J. A., Avery, S. K., Bluestein, H. B., Friday, E. W., Geller, M. A., Holland, E. A., Kolb, C. F., LeMone, M. A., Lopez, R. E., Solomon, S., Wallace, J. M., Weller, R. A., Zebiak, S. E., 2007: Strategic guidance for the National Science Foundation's support of the atmospheric sciences. National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, Board of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate.
Trier, S. B., Chen, F., Manning, K. W., Lemone, M. A., Davis, C. A., 2007: Sensitivity of the PBL and precipitation in 12-day simulations of warm-season convection using different land surface models and soil wetness conditions. Monthly Weather Review. (Submitted).
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