Alan Shapiro - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States 
Area:
fluid dynamics, mesoscale meteorology, radar meteorology

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2019 Oue M, Kollias P, Shapiro A, Tatarevic A, Matsui T. Investigation of observational error sources in multi-Doppler-radar three-dimensional variational vertical air motion retrievals Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 12: 1999-2018. DOI: 10.5194/Amt-12-1999-2019  0.449
2019 Dahl NA, Shapiro A, Potvin CK, Theisen A, Gebauer JG, Schenkman AD, Xue M. High-Resolution, Rapid-Scan Dual-Doppler Retrievals of Vertical Velocity in a Simulated Supercell Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 36: 1477-1500. DOI: 10.1175/Jtech-D-18-0211.1  0.349
2019 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E. An analytical model of an urban heat island circulation in calm conditions Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 19: 111-135. DOI: 10.1007/S10652-018-9621-9  0.436
2018 Oue M, Kollias P, Shapiro A, Tatarevic A, Matsui T. Investigation of observational error sources in multi Doppler radar vertical air motion retrievals: Impacts and possible solutions Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions. 1-42. DOI: 10.5194/Amt-2018-442  0.455
2018 Gebauer JG, Shapiro A, Fedorovich E, Klein P. Convection Initiation Caused by Heterogeneous Low-Level Jets over the Great Plains Monthly Weather Review. 146: 2615-2637. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-18-0002.1  0.42
2018 Wienhoff ZB, Bluestein HB, Wicker LJ, Snyder JC, Shapiro A, Potvin CK, Houser JB, Reif DW. Applications of a Spatially Variable Advection Correction Technique for Temporal Correction of Dual-Doppler Analyses of Tornadic Supercells Monthly Weather Review. 146: 2949-2971. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-17-0360.1  0.359
2017 Haghi KR, Parsons DB, Shapiro A. Bores Observed during IHOP_2002: The Relationship of Bores to the Nocturnal Environment Monthly Weather Review. 145: 3929-3946. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-16-0415.1  0.461
2017 Fedorovich E, Gibbs JA, Shapiro A. Numerical Study of Nocturnal Low-Level Jets over Gently Sloping Terrain Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 74: 2813-2834. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-17-0013.1  0.456
2017 Gebauer JG, Fedorovich E, Shapiro A. A 1D Theoretical Analysis of Northerly Low-Level Jets over the Great Plains Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 74: 3419-3431. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-16-0333.1  0.351
2017 Smith E, Fedorovich E, Shapiro A. Comparison of analytical descriptions of nocturnal low-level jets within the Ekman model framework Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 17: 485-495. DOI: 10.1007/S10652-016-9502-Z  0.36
2017 Fedorovich E, Shapiro A. Oscillations in Prandtl slope flow started from rest Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 143: 670-677. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.2955  0.333
2016 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E, Rahimi S. A unified theory for the great plains nocturnal low-level jet Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73: 3037-3057. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-15-0307.1  0.464
2016 Dawson DT, Xue M, Shapiro A, Milbrandt JA, Schenkman AD. Sensitivity of Real-Data Simulations of the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma City Tornadic Supercell and Associated Tornadoes to Multimoment Microphysics. Part II: Analysis of Buoyancy and Dynamic Pressure Forces in Simulated Tornado-Like Vortices Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73: 1039-1061. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-15-0114.1  0.333
2015 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E, Gibbs JA. An analytical verification test for numerically simulated convective flow above a thermally heterogeneous surface Geoscientific Model Development. 8: 1809-1819. DOI: 10.5194/Gmd-8-1809-2015  0.428
2015 Dawson DT, Xue M, Milbrandt JA, Shapiro A. Sensitivity of real-data simulations of the 3 May 1999 Oklahoma City tornadic supercell and associated tornadoes to multimoment microphysics. Part I: Storm- and tornado-scale numerical forecasts Monthly Weather Review. 143: 2241-2265. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-14-00279.1  0.346
2015 Shapiro A, Rahimi S, Potvin CK, Orf L. On the Use of Advection Correction in Trajectory Calculations Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 72: 4261-4280. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-15-0095.1  0.374
2015 Klein PM, Hu XM, Shapiro A, Xue M. Linkages Between Boundary-Layer Structure and the Development of Nocturnal Low-Level Jets in Central Oklahoma Boundary-Layer Meteorology. DOI: 10.1007/S10546-015-0097-6  0.436
2014 Gibbs JA, Fedorovich E, Shapiro A. Revisiting Surface Heat-Flux and Temperature Boundary Conditions in Models of Stably Stratified Boundary-Layer Flows Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 154: 171-187. DOI: 10.1007/S10546-014-9970-Y  0.401
2014 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E. A Boundary-Layer Scaling for Turbulent Katabatic Flow Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 153: 1-17. DOI: 10.1007/S10546-014-9933-3  0.425
2013 Potvin CK, Wicker LJ, Biggerstaff MI, Betten D, Shapiro A. Comparison between dual-doppler and EnKF storm-scale wind analyses: The 29-30 May 2004 Geary, Oklahoma, supercell thunderstorm Monthly Weather Review. 141: 1612-1628. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-12-00308.1  0.446
2013 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E. Similarity models for unsteady free convection flows along a differentially cooled horizontal surface Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 736: 444-463. DOI: 10.1017/Jfm.2013.538  0.45
2013 Hu XM, Klein PM, Xue M, Shapiro A, Nallapareddy A. Enhanced vertical mixing associated with a nocturnal cold front passage and its impact on near-surface temperature and ozone concentration Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 118: 2714-2728. DOI: 10.1002/Jgrd.50309  0.385
2012 Potvin CK, Wicker LJ, Shapiro A. Assessing errors in variational Dual-Doppler wind syntheses of supercell thunderstorms observed by storm-scale mobile radars Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 29: 1009-1025. DOI: 10.1175/Jtech-D-11-00177.1  0.451
2012 Potvin CK, Shapiro A, Xue M. Impact of a Vertical Vorticity Constraint in Variational Dual-Doppler Wind Analysis: Tests with Real and Simulated Supercell Data Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 29: 32-49. DOI: 10.1175/Jtech-D-11-00019.1  0.481
2012 Schenkman AD, Xue M, Shapiro A. Tornadogenesis in a Simulated Mesovortex within a Mesoscale Convective System Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 69: 3372-3390. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-12-038.1  0.339
2012 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E. Secularly growing oscillations in a stratified rotating fluid Physics of Fluids. 24. DOI: 10.1063/1.4722351  0.384
2012 Shapiro A, Burkholder B, Fedorovich E. Analytical and Numerical Investigation of Two-Dimensional Katabatic Flow Resulting from Local Surface Cooling Boundary-Layer Meteorology. 145: 249-272. DOI: 10.1007/S10546-011-9685-2  0.446
2011 Schenkman AD, Xue M, Shapiro A, Brewster K, Gao J. Impact of CASA radar and Oklahoma Mesonet data assimilation on the analysis and prediction of tornadic mesovortices in an MCS Monthly Weather Review. 139: 3422-3445. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-10-05051.1  0.411
2011 Nallapareddy A, Shapiro A, Gourley JJ. A climatology of nocturnal warming events associated with cold-frontal passages in Oklahoma Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 50: 2042-2061. DOI: 10.1175/Jamc-D-11-020.1  0.302
2011 Potvin CK, Shapiro A, Biggerstaff MI, Wurman JM. The VDAC technique: A variational method for detecting and characterizing convective vortices in multiple-doppler radar data Monthly Weather Review. 139: 2593-2613. DOI: 10.1175/2011Mwr3638.1  0.465
2011 Schenkman AD, Xue M, Shapiro A, Brewster K, Gao J. The analysis and prediction of the 8-9 May 2007 Oklahoma tornadic mesoscale convective system by assimilating WSR-88D and CASA radar data using 3DVAR Monthly Weather Review. 139: 224-246. DOI: 10.1175/2010Mwr3336.1  0.395
2010 Shapiro A, Willingham KM, Potvin CK. Spatially Variable Advection Correction of Radar Data. Part II: Test Results Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 67: 3457-3470. DOI: 10.1175/2010Jas3466.1  0.34
2010 Shapiro A, Willingham KM, Potvin CK. Spatially Variable Advection Correction of Radar Data. Part I: Theoretical Considerations Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 67: 3445-3456. DOI: 10.1175/2010Jas3465.1  0.405
2010 Alaoui AH, White L, Shapiro A. Estimation of vertical wind velocity using doppler radar data with vorticity constraints Applied Mathematics and Computation. 215: 4119-4131. DOI: 10.1016/J.Amc.2009.12.015  0.447
2010 Axelsen SL, Shapiro A, Fedorovich E, van Dop H. Analytical solution for katabatic flow induced by an isolated cold strip Environmental Fluid Mechanics. 10: 387-414. DOI: 10.1007/S10652-009-9158-Z  0.482
2010 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E. Analytical description of a nocturnal low-level jet Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 136: 1255-1262. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.628  0.418
2009 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E. Boundary layer flows along sloping surfaces Acta Geophysica. 57: 801-802. DOI: 10.2478/S11600-009-0039-0  0.349
2009 Fedorovich E, Shapiro A. Structure of numerically simulated katabatic and anabatic flows along steep slopes Acta Geophysica. 57: 981-1010. DOI: 10.2478/S11600-009-0027-4  0.447
2009 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E. Nocturnal low-level jet over a shallow slope Acta Geophysica. 57: 950-980. DOI: 10.2478/S11600-009-0026-5  0.434
2009 Burkholder BA, Shapiro A, Fedorovich E. Katabatic flow induced by a cross-slope band of surface cooling Acta Geophysica. 57: 923-949. DOI: 10.2478/S11600-009-0025-6  0.42
2009 Shapiro A, Potvin CK, Gao J. Use of a Vertical Vorticity Equation in Variational Dual-Doppler Wind Analysis Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 26: 2089-2106. DOI: 10.1175/2009Jtecha1256.1  0.46
2009 Bodine D, Klein PM, Arms SC, Shapiro A. Variability of surface air temperature over gently sloped terrain Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 48: 1117-1141. DOI: 10.1175/2009Jamc1933.1  0.426
2009 Potvin CK, Shapiro A, Yu T, Gao J, Xue M. Using a low-order model to detect and characterize tornadoes in multiple-Doppler radar data Monthly Weather Review. 137: 1230-1249. DOI: 10.1175/2008Mwr2446.1  0.499
2009 Fedorovich E, Shapiro A. Turbulence and waves in numerically simulated slope flows Mecanique Et Industries. 10: 175-179. DOI: 10.1051/Meca/2009046  0.447
2009 Fedorovich E, Shapiro A. Turbulent natural convection along a vertical plate immersed in a stably stratified fluid Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 636: 41-57. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112009007757  0.43
2008 Wang Y, Yu T, Yeary M, Shapiro A, Nemati S, Foster M, Andra DL, Jain M. Tornado Detection Using a Neuro–Fuzzy System to Integrate Shear and Spectral Signatures Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 25: 1136-1148. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jtecha1022.1  0.309
2008 White L, Shapiro A, White F. Radar placement based on a geometric uncertainty multiplier reduction criterion Computational Optimization and Applications. 41: 61-80. DOI: 10.1007/S10589-007-9100-6  0.384
2008 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E. Coriolis effects in homogeneous and inhomogeneous katabatic flows Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 134: 353-370. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.217  0.428
2007 Martin WJ, Shapiro A. Discrimination of Bird and Insect Radar Echoes in Clear Air Using High-Resolution Radars Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 24: 1215-1230. DOI: 10.1175/Jtech2038.1  0.345
2007 Yu TY, Wang Y, Shapiro A, Yeary MB, Zrnić DS, Doviak RJ. Characterization of tornado spectral signatures using higher-order spectra Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 24: 1997-2013. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jtecha934.1  0.334
2007 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E. Katabatic flow along a differentially cooled sloping surface Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 571: 149-175. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112006003302  0.468
2007 White LW, Shapiro A. Radar network scanning coordination based on ensemble transform Kalman filtering variance optimization Applied Mathematics and Computation. 188: 1285-1309. DOI: 10.1016/J.Amc.2006.11.027  0.322
2007 White LW, Shapiro A. Optimization of radar scanning strategies using an ensemble relative error criterion Applied Mathematics and Computation. 188: 693-712. DOI: 10.1016/J.Amc.2006.10.054  0.399
2006 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E. Natural convection in a stably stratified fluid along vertical plates and cylinders with temporally periodic surface temperature variations Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 546: 295-311. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112005007159  0.394
2006 Gao J, Xue M, Lee SY, Shapiro A, Xu Q, Droegemeier KK. A three-dimensional variational single-Doppler velocity retrieval method with simple conservation equation constraint Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 94: 11-26. DOI: 10.1007/S00703-005-0170-7  0.46
2006 Shapiro A. An analytical solution of the Navier‐Stokes equations for unsteady backward stagnation‐point flow with injection or suction Zamm-Zeitschrift Fur Angewandte Mathematik Und Mechanik. 86: 281-290. DOI: 10.1002/Zamm.200510241  0.39
2005 Martin WJ, Shapiro A. Impact of Radar Tilt and Ground Clutter on Wind Measurements in Clear Air Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 22: 649-663. DOI: 10.1175/Jtech1737.1  0.392
2005 Shapiro A. Drag-Induced Transfer of Horizontal Momentum between Air and Raindrops. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 62: 2205-2219. DOI: 10.1175/Jas3460.1  0.425
2005 White L, Shapiro A. Optimization of wind field retrieval procedures Applied Mathematics and Computation. 171: 25-52. DOI: 10.1016/J.Amc.2005.01.033  0.399
2004 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E. Unsteady convectively driven flow along a vertical plate immersed in a stably stratified fluid Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 333-352. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112003006803  0.39
2004 Shapiro A, Fedorovich E. Prandtl number dependence of unsteady natural convection along a vertical plate in a stably stratified fluid International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer. 47: 4911-4927. DOI: 10.1016/J.Ijheatmasstransfer.2004.04.035  0.377
2003 Dowell DC, Shapiro A. Stability of an iterative dual-Doppler wind synthesis in Cartesian coordinates Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 20: 1552-1559. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2003)020<1552:Soaidw>2.0.Co;2  0.438
2002 Weygandt SS, Shapiro A, Droegemeier KK. Retrieval of model initial fields from single-Doppler observations of a supercell thunderstorm. Part II: Thermodynamic retrieval and numerical prediction Monthly Weather Review. 130: 454-476. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<0454:Romiff>2.0.Co;2  0.445
2002 Weygandt SS, Shapiro A, Droegemeier KK. Retrieval of model initial fields from single-Doppler observations of a supercell thunderstorm. Part I: Single-Doppler velocity retrieval Monthly Weather Review. 130: 433-453. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2002)130<0433:Romiff>2.0.Co;2  0.474
2002 Shapiro A, Kanak KM. Vortex Formation in Ellipsoidal Thermal Bubbles Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 59: 2253-2269. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<2253:Vfietb>2.0.Co;2  0.472
2002 Mewes JJ, Shapiro A. Use of the Vorticity Equation in Dual-Doppler Analysis of the Vertical Velocity Field Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 19: 543-567. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2002)019<0543:Uotvei>2.0.Co;2  0.443
2001 Lazarus S, Shapiro A, Droegemeier K. Application of the Zhang–Gal-Chen Single-Doppler Velocity Retrieval to a Deep Convective Storm Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 58: 998-1016. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<0998:Aotzgc>2.0.Co;2  0.478
2001 Gao J, Xue M, Shapiro A, Xu Q, Droegemeier KK. Three-dimensional simple adjoint velocity retrievals from single-Doppler radar Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 18: 26-38. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(2001)018<0026:Tdsavr>2.0.Co;2  0.401
2001 Shapiro A. Flow of an inviscid rotating liquid into an elevated sink Quarterly Journal of Mechanics and Applied Mathematics. 54: 243-256. DOI: 10.1093/Qjmam/54.2.243  0.398
2001 Shapiro A. Solid-body-type vortex solutions of the Euler equations Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 444: 99-115. DOI: 10.1017/S002211200100533X  0.376
2001 Shapiro A. A centrifugal wave solution of the Euler and Navier-Stokes equations Zeitschrift FüR Angewandte Mathematik Und Physik. 52: 913-923. DOI: 10.1007/Pl00001587  0.338
1999 Gao J, Xue M, Shapiro A, Droegemeier KK. A variational method for the analysis of three-dimensional wind fields from two Doppler radars Monthly Weather Review. 127: 2128-2142. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1999)127<2128:Avmfta>2.0.Co;2  0.444
1999 Shapiro A, Markowski P. Dynamics of Elevated Vortices Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 56: 1101-1122. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1999)056<1101:Doev>2.0.Co;2  0.436
1999 Shapiro A, Mewes JJ. New Formulations of Dual-Doppler Wind Analysis Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 16: 782-792. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0782:Nfoddw>2.0.Co;2  0.433
1999 Lazarus S, Shapiro A, Droegemeier K. Analysis of the Gal-Chen–Zhang Single-Doppler Velocity Retrieval Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology. 16: 5-18. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0426(1999)016<0005:Aotgcz>2.0.Co;2  0.42
1996 Kogan YL, Shapiro A. The simulation of a convective cloud in a 3D model with explicit microphysics. Part II: Dynamical and microphysical aspects of cloud merger Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 53: 2525-2545. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2525:Tsoacc>2.0.Co;2  0.378
1996 Shapiro A. Nonlinear shallow-water oscillations in a parabolic channel : exact solutions and trajectory analyses Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 318: 49-76. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112096007021  0.367
1995 Shapiro A, Ellis S, Shaw J. Single-Doppler Velocity Retrievals with Phoenix II Data: Clear Air and Microburst Wind Retrievals in the Planetary Boundary Layer Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 52: 1265-1287. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1995)052<1265:Sdvrwp>2.0.Co;2  0.45
1994 Shapiro A, Kogan YL. On vortex formation in multicell convective clouds in a shear-free environment Atmospheric Research. 33: 125-136. DOI: 10.1016/0169-8095(94)90016-7  0.401
1993 Shapiro A. The Use of an Exact Solution of the Navier–Stokes Equations in a Validation Test of a Three-Dimensional Nonhydrostatic Numerical Model Monthly Weather Review. 121: 2420-2425. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1993)121<2420:Tuoaes>2.0.Co;2  0.395
1992 Shapiro A. A hydrodynamical model of shear flow over semi-infinite barriers with application to density currents Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 49: 2293-2305. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1992)049<2293:Ahmosf>2.0.Co;2  0.448
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