D-PHASE: Publications

2010

T Weusthoff, F Ament, M Arpagaus, and MW Rotach, 2010: Assessing the Benefits of Convection-Permitting Models by Neighborhood Verification: Examples from MAP D-PHASE, Monthly Weather Review, 138, 3418-3433

2009

F Ament, T Weusthoff, and M Arpagaus, 2009: Evaluation of MAP D-PHASE heavy precipitation alerts in switzerland during summer 2007, Atmospheric Research (in press).

Argence, S., E. Richard, D. Lambert, and P. Arbogast (2009): Summer precipitation in the Vosges Black Forest region ? pre-COPS investigations. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, DOI 10.1007/s00703-008-0328-1.

Arpagaus, M., M.W. Rotach, P. Ambrosetti, F. Ament, C. Appenzeller, H.-S. Bauer, A. Behrendt, F. Bouttier, A. Buzzi, M. Corazza, S. Davolio, M. Denhard, M. Dorninger, L. Fontannaz, J. Frick, F. Fundel, U. Germann, T. Gorgas, G. Grossi, C. Hegg, A. Hering, S. Jaun, C. Keil, M.A. Liniger, C. Marsigli, R. McTaggart-Cowan, A. Montani, K. Mylne, L. Panziera, R. Ranzi, E. Richard, A. Rossa, D. Santos-Muñoz, C. Schär, Y. Seity, M. Staudinger, M. Stoll, S. Vogt, H. Volkert, A. Walser, Y. Wang, J. Werhahn, V. Wulfmeyer, C. Wunram, and M. Zappa, 2009: MAP D-PHASE: Demonstrating forecast capabilities for flood events in the Alpine region, Veröffentlichungen der MeteoSchweiz, 78, 75 pp.

Davolio S., D. Mastrangelo, M.M. Miglietta, O. Drofa, A. Buzzi, and P. Malguzzi (2009): High resolution simulations of a flash flood near Venice. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 9, 1671-1678.

Fundel, F., M.A. Liniger, A. Walser, C. Frei, and C. Appenzeller (2009): Reliable Precipitation Forecasts for a Limited Area Ensemble Forecast System Using Reforecasts. Submitted to Monthly Weather Review.

Frick, J. and C. Hegg (2009): Effects of uncertainty information in meteorological and hydrological forecasting on users? decision making processes. In preparation for Atmospheric Research (Thematic Issue on COST 731).

Germann, U., M. Berenguer, D. Sempere-Torres, and M. Zappa (2009): REAL ? Ensemble radar precipitation estimation for hydrology in a mountainous region. Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 135, 445-456, doi:/10.1002/qj.375.

McTaggart-Cowan, R., T.J. Galarneau Jr., L.F. Bosart, and J.A. Milbrandt (2009): Development of an Alpine lee cyclone during MAP D-PHASE. Part I: Case analysis and evaluation of control simulations. In preparation.

McTaggart-Cowan, R., T.J. Galarneau Jr., L.F. Bosart, and J.A. Milbrandt (2009): Development of an Alpine lee cyclone during MAP D-PHASE. Part II: Cyclogentic forcings and energetics. In preparation.

Ranzi, R., B. Bacchi, A. Ceppi, M. Cislaghi, U. Ehret, S. Jaun, A. Marx, C. Hegg, and M. Zappa (2009): Real-time demonstration of hydrological ensemble forecasts in MAP D-PHASE. La Houille Blanche, 5, 95-104, DOI:10.1051/lhb/2009061.

Rotach, M.W., P. Ambrosetti, F. Ament, C. Appenzeller, M. Arpagaus, H.-S. Bauer, A. Behrendt, F. Bouttier, A. Buzzi, M. Corazza, S. Davolio, M. Denhard, M. Dorninger, L. Fontannaz, J. Frick, F. Fundel, U. Germann, T. Gorgas, C. Hegg, A. Hering, C. Keil, M.A. Liniger, C. Marsigli, R. McTaggart-Cowan, A. Montaini, K. Mylne, R. Ranzi, E. Richard, A. Rossa, D. Santos-Muñoz, C. Schär, Y. Seity, M. Staudinger, M. Stoll, H. Volkert, A. Walser, Y. Wang, J. Werhahn, V. Wulfmeyer, and M. Zappa (2009): MAP D PHASE: Real-time Demonstration of Weather Forecast Quality in the Alpine Region. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 90, 1321-1336. DOI:10.1175/2009BAMS2776.1.

Zappa M. and Jaun (2009) A "Peak-Flow Box" for Supporting Interpretation and Evaluation of Operational Ensemble Flood Forecasts. In preparation for Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions.

Zappa M., S. Jaun, U. Germann, and A. Walser (2009): Quantification of three sources of uncertainties in operational flood forecasting chains in mountainous areas. In preparation for Atmospheric Research (Thematic Issue on COST 731).

Zappa, M., S. Jaun, J. Schwanbeck, I. Roeser, M. Schatzmann, A. Walser, S. Vogt, D. Viviroli, P. Steiner, J. Trösch, R. Weingartner, M. Boesch, M. Oplatka, C. Hegg, and J. Rhyner (2009). Operational strategies for a flood warning system relying on gradually focusing lead times: the Zürich central station case. In preparation for Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences.

2008
Dorninger, M., S. Schneider, and R. Steinacker (2008): On the Interpolation of Precipitation Data Over Complex Terrain. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, DOI 10.1007/s00703-008-0287-6.

Grzeschik, M., H.-S. Bauer, V. Wulfmeyer, D. Engelbart, U. Wandinger, I. Mattis, D. Althausen, R. Engelmann, M. Tesche, and A. Riede (2008): Four-dimensional analysis of water-vapor Raman lidar data and their impact on mesoscale forecasts. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 25, 1437-1453, DOI:10.1175/2007JTECHA974.1.

Schwitalla, T., G. Zängl, H.-S. Bauer, and V. Wulfmeyer (2008): Systematic errors of QPF in low-mountain regions. Meteorologische Zeitschrift 17, 903-919.

Trentmann, J., C. Keil, M. Salzmann, C. Barthlott, H.-S. Bauer, T. Schwitalla, M.G. Lawrence, D. Leuenberger, V. Wulfmeyer, U. Corsmeier, Ch. Kottmeier, and H. Wernli (2008): Multi-model simulations of a convective situation in mountaineous terrain. Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, DOI:10.1007/s0073-008-0323-6.

Wulfmeyer, V., A. Behrendt, H.-S. Bauer, C. Kottmeier, U. Corsmeier, G. Adrian, A. Blyth, G. Craig, U. Schumann, M. Hagen, S. Crewell, P. Di Girolamo, C. Flamant, M. Miller, A. Montani, S. Mobbs, E. Richard, M.W. Rotach, M. Arpagaus, H. Russchenberg, P. Schlüssel, M. König, V. Gärtner, R. Steinacker, M. Dorninger, D.D. Turner, T. Weckwerth, A. Hense, and C. Simmer (2008): The Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study: A Research and Development Project of the World Weather Research Program for Improving Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting in Low-mountain Regions. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 89 (10), 1477-1486, DOI: 10.1175/2008BAMS2367.1.

Zappa M, Rotach MW, Arpagaus M, Dorninger M, Hegg C, Montani A, Ranzi R, Ament F, Germann U, Grossi G, Jaun S, Rossa A, Vogt S, Walser A, Wehrhan J and Wunram C: 2008, MAP D-PHASE: real-time demonstration of hydrological ensemble prediction systems, Atmos. Sci. Let., 2, 80-87, DOI: 10.1002/asl.183.