Ronald M. Welch - Publications

Affiliations: 
The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States 
Area:
Atmospheric Science Physics, Geophysics

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2012 Asefi-Najafabady S, Knupp K, Mecikalski JR, Welch RM. Radar observations of mesoscale circulations induced by a small lake under varying synoptic-scale flows Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 117. DOI: 10.1029/2011Jd016194  0.725
2011 Ray DK, Manoharan VS, Welch RM. Cloud cover conditions and stability of the Western Ghats montane wet forests Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 116. DOI: 10.1029/2010Jd015245  0.78
2010 Asefi-Najafabady S, Knupp K, Mecikalski JR, Welch RM, Phillips D. Ground-based measurements and dual-Doppler analysis of 3-D wind fields and atmospheric circulations induced by a meso-γ-scale inland lake Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115. DOI: 10.1029/2010Jd014022  0.746
2009 Manoharan VS, Welch RM, Lawton RO. Impact of deforestation on regional surface temperatures and moisture in the Maya lowlands of Guatemala Geophysical Research Letters. 36. DOI: 10.1029/2009Gl040818  0.737
2009 Ray DK, Pielke RA, Nair US, Welch RM, Lawton RO. Importance of land use versus atmospheric information verified from cloud simulations from a frontier region in Costa Rica Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 114. DOI: 10.1029/2007Jd009565  0.421
2008 Nair US, Asefi S, Welch RM, Ray DK, Lawton RO, Manoharan VS, Mulligan M, Sever TL, Irwin D, Pounds JA. Biogeography of tropical montane cloud forests. Part II: Mapping of orographic cloud immersion Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 47: 2183-2197. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jamc1819.1  0.785
2008 Welch RM, Asefi S, Zeng J, Nair US, Han Q, Lawton RO, Ray DK, Manoharan VS. Biogeography of tropical montane cloud forests. Part I: Remote sensing of cloud-base heights Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology. 47: 960-975. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jamc1668.1  0.772
2007 Nair US, Ray DK, Wang J, Christopher SA, Lyons TJ, Welch RM, Pielke SA. Observational estimates of radiative forcing due to land use change in southwest Australia Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 112. DOI: 10.1029/2006Jd007505  0.417
2006 Ray DK, Nair US, Lawton RO, Welch RM, Pielke RA. Impact of land use on Costa Rican tropical montane cloud forests: Sensitivity of orographic cloud formation to deforestation in the plains Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 111. DOI: 10.1029/2005Jd006096  0.537
2006 Ray DK, Welch RM, Lawton RO, Nair US. Dry season clouds and rainfall in northern Central America: Implications for the Mesoamerican Biological Corridor Global and Planetary Change. 54: 150-162. DOI: 10.1016/J.Gloplacha.2005.09.004  0.478
2006 Welch RM, Ray DK, Lawton RO, Nair US. Deforestation and dry season rainfall in northern Mesoamerica: Implications for forest sustainability 86th Ams Annual Meeting 0.357
2005 Lawton RO, Nair US, Ray DK, Welch RM. Land use cloud interaction experiment (LUCIE): Preliminary results 85th Ams Annual Meeting, American Meteorological Society - Combined Preprints. 3481-3484.  0.442
2004 Berendes TA, Berendes DA, Welch RM, Dutton EG, Uttal T, Clothiaux EE. Cloud cover comparisons of the MODIS daytime cloud mask with surface instruments at the north slope of Alaska ARM site Ieee Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 42: 2584-2593. DOI: 10.1109/Tgrs.2004.835226  0.478
2003 Nair US, Lawton RO, Welch RM, Pielke RA. Impact of land use on Costa Rican tropical montane cloud forests: Sensitivity of cumulus cloud field characteristics to lowland deforestation Journal of Geophysical Research. 108: 4206. DOI: 10.1029/2001Jd001135  0.572
2002 Han Q, Rossow WB, Zeng J, Welch R. Three Different Behaviors of Liquid Water Path of Water Clouds in Aerosol-Cloud Interactions Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 59: 726-735. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0726:Tdbolw>2.0.Co;2  0.389
2001 Lawton RO, Nair US, Pielke Sr RA, Welch RM. Climatic impact of tropical lowland deforestation on nearby montane cloud forests. Science (New York, N.Y.). 294: 584-7. PMID 11641496 DOI: 10.1126/Science.1062459  0.541
2001 Ray DK, Nair US, Welch RM, Su W. Impact of land use on Southwest Australian regional climate International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (Igarss). 5: 2253-2255.  0.355
2000 Christopher SA, Li X, Welch RM, Reid JS, Hobbs PV, Eck TF, Holben B. Estimation of Surface and Top-of-Atmosphere Shortwave Irradiance in Biomass-Burning Regions during SCAR-B Journal of Applied Meteorology. 39: 1742-1753. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450-39.10.1742  0.378
2000 Li X, Christopher SA, Chou J, Welch RM. Estimation of shortwave direct radiative forcing of biomass-burning aerosols using new angular models Journal of Applied Meteorology. 39: 2278-2291. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(2001)040<2278:Eosdrf>2.0.Co;2  0.34
2000 Han Q, Rossow WB, Chou J, Welch RM. Near-global survey of cloud column susceptibilities using ISCCP data Geophysical Research Letters. 27: 3221-3224. DOI: 10.1029/2000Gl011543  0.444
2000 Christopher SA, Chou J, Zhang J, Li X, Berendes TA, Welch RM. Shortwave direct radiative forcing of biomass burning aerosols estimated using VIRS and CERES data Geophysical Research Letters. 27: 2197-2200. DOI: 10.1029/1999Gl010923  0.383
1999 Minnis P, Young DF, Wielicki BA, Heck PW, Dong X, Stowe LL, Welch RM. CERES cloud properties derived from multispectral VIRS data Remote Sensing. 3867: 91-102. DOI: 10.1117/12.373047  0.504
1999 Berendes TA, Kuo KS, Logar AM, Corwin EM, Welch RM, Baum BA, Pretre A, Weger RC. A comparison of paired histogram, maximum likelihood, class elimination, and neural network approaches for daylight global cloud classification using AVHRR imagery Journal of Geophysical Research. 104: 6199-6213. DOI: 10.1029/98Jd02584  0.364
1999 Han Q, Rossow WB, Chou J, Kuo KS, Welch RM. The effects of aspect ratio and surface roughness on satellite retrievals of ice-cloud properties Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 63: 559-583. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(99)00039-4  0.354
1998 Christopher SA, Wang M, Berendes TA, Welch RM, Yang S. The 1985 Biomass Burning Season in South America: Satellite Remote Sensing of Fires, Smoke, and Regional Radiative Energy Budgets Journal of Applied Meteorology. 37: 661-678. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1998)037<0661:Tbbsis>2.0.Co;2  0.465
1998 Han Q, Rossow WB, Chou J, Welch RM. Global Survey of the Relationships of Cloud Albedo and Liquid Water Path with Droplet Size Using ISCCP Journal of Climate. 11: 1516-1528. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(1998)011<1516:Gsotro>2.0.Co;2  0.487
1998 Weiss J, Christopher S, Welch R. Automatic contrail detection and segmentation Ieee Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 36: 1609-1619. DOI: 10.1109/36.718864  0.312
1998 Logar AM, Lloyd DE, Corwin EM, Penaloza ML, Feind RE, Berendes TA, Kuo K, Welch RM. The ASTER polar cloud mask Ieee Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 36: 1302-1312. DOI: 10.1109/36.701080  0.317
1998 Wielicki BA, Barkstrom BR, Baum BA, Charlock TP, Green RN, Kratz DP, Lee Robert B, Minnis P, Louis Smith G, Wong T, Young DF, Cess RD, Coakley JA, Crommelynck DAH, Donner L, ... ... Welch RM, et al. Clouds and the earth's radiant energy system (CERES): Algorithm overview Ieee Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 36: 1127-1141. DOI: 10.1109/36.701020  0.454
1998 Nair US, Weger RC, Kuo KS, Welch RM. Clustering, randomness, and regularity in cloud fields: 5. The nature of regular cumulus cloud fields Journal of Geophysical Research. 103: 11363-11380. DOI: 10.1029/98Jd00088  0.403
1998 Han Q, Rossow WB, Chou J, Welch RM. Global variation of column droplet concentration in low-level clouds Geophysical Research Letters. 25: 1419-1422. DOI: 10.1029/98Gl01095  0.439
1998 Christopher SA, Chou J, Welch RM, Kliche DV, Connors VS. Satellite Investigations of Fire, Smoke, and Carbon Monoxide during April 1994 MAPS Mission: Case Studies over Tropical Asia Journal of Geophysical Research. 103: 19327-19336. DOI: 10.1029/97Jd01813  0.38
1997 Baum BA, Tovinkere V, Titlow J, Welch RM. Automated Cloud Classification of Global AVHRR Data Using a Fuzzy Logic Approach Journal of Applied Meteorology. 36: 1519-1540. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1997)036<1519:Accoga>2.0.Co;2  0.437
1997 Han Q, Chou J, Welch RM. Ice cloud microphysics and its temperature dependence retrieved from satellite data Proceedings of Spie - the International Society For Optical Engineering. 3220: 39-47. DOI: 10.1117/12.301174  0.327
1997 Han Q, Chou J, Welch RM. Cloud properties inferred from POLDER polarization measurements Proceedings of Spie - the International Society For Optical Engineering. 3220: 205-210. DOI: 10.1117/12.301151  0.363
1997 Logar A, Corwin E, Alexander J, Lloyd D, Berendes T, Welch R. A hybrid histogram/neural network classifier for creating global cloud masks International Journal of Remote Sensing. 18: 847-869. DOI: 10.1080/014311697218791  0.335
1996 Inomata Y, Feind RE, Welch RM. Estimation of cirrus and stratus cloud heights using landsat imagery Journal of Applied Meteorology. 35: 483-502. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1996)035<0483:Eocasc>2.0.Co;2  0.517
1996 Isakov VY, Feind RE, Vasilyev OB, Welch RM. Retrieval of aerosol spectral optical thickness from AVIRIS data International Journal of Remote Sensing. 17: 2165-2184. DOI: 10.1080/01431169608948764  0.358
1996 Christopher SA, Kliche DV, Chou J, Welch RM. First estimates of the radiative forcing of aerosols generated from biomass burning using satellite data Journal of Geophysical Research. 101: 21265-21273. DOI: 10.1029/96Jd02161  0.409
1996 Penaloza MA, Welch RM. Feature selection for classification of polar regions using a fuzzyexpert system Remote Sensing of Environment. 58: 81-100. DOI: 10.1016/0034-4257(95)00260-X  0.3
1996 Kuo KS, Weger RC, Welch RM, Cox SK. The Picard Iterative approximation to the solution of the integral equation of radiative transfer - Part II. Three-dimensional geometry Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer. 55: 195-213. DOI: 10.1016/0022-4073(95)00152-2  0.334
1995 Vasilyev OB, Leyva A, Muhila A, Valdes M, Peralta R, Kovalenko AP, Welch RM, Berendes TA, Isakov VY, Kulikovskiy YP, Sokolov SS, Strepanov NN, Gulidov SS, von Hoyningen-Huene W. Spectroradiometer with wedge interference filters (SWIF): measurements of the spectral optical depths at Mauna Loa Observatory. Applied Optics. 34: 4426-36. PMID 21052277 DOI: 10.1364/Ao.34.004426  0.329
1995 Han Q, Welch R, Chou J, Rossow W, White A. Validation of Satellite Retrievals of Cloud Microphysics and Liquid Water Path Using Observations from FIRE Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 52: 4183-4195. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1995)052<4183:Vosroc>2.0.Co;2  0.473
1995 Feind RE, Welch RM. Cloud Fraction and Cloud Shadow Property Retrievals from Coregistered TIMS and AVIRIS Imagery: The Use of Cloud Morphology for Registration Ieee Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 33: 172-184. DOI: 10.1109/36.368211  0.48
1995 Vasilyev OB, Contreras AL, Velazquez AM, Fabi RPy, Ivlev LS, Kovalenko AP, Vasilyev AV, Jukov VM, Welch RM. Spectral optical properties of the polluted atmosphere of Mexico City (spring‐summer 1992) Journal of Geophysical Research. 100: 26027-26044. DOI: 10.1029/95Jd02370  0.353
1993 Feind RE, Welch RM. Effect of spatial resolution on cloud area retrievals: a comparison of results derived from the airborne visible/infrared imaging spectrometer (AVIRIS) and the thermal infrared multispectral scanner Proceedings of Spie. 1938: 220-231. DOI: 10.1117/12.161547  0.445
1993 Kuo K, Welch RM, Weger RC, Engelstad MA, Sengupta SK. The three‐dimensional structure of cumulus clouds over the ocean: 1. Structural analysis Journal of Geophysical Research. 98: 20685-20711. DOI: 10.1029/93Jd02331  0.476
1993 Weger RC, Lee J, Welch RM. Clustering, randomness, and regularity in cloud fields: 3. The nature and distribution of clusters Journal of Geophysical Research. 98. DOI: 10.1029/93Jd01733  0.309
1993 Tovinkere VR, Penaloza M, Logar A, Lee J, Weger RC, Berendes TA, Welch RM. An intercomparison of artificial intelligence approaches for polar scene identification Journal of Geophysical Research. 98: 5001-5016. DOI: 10.1029/92Jd02599  0.322
1992 Welch RM, Sengupta SK, Goroch AK, Rabindra P, Rangaraj N, Navar MS. Polar Cloud and Surface Classification Using AVHRR Imagery: An Intercomparison of Methods Journal of Applied Meteorology. 31: 405-420. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1992)031<0405:Pcascu>2.0.Co;2  0.406
1992 Berendes T, Sengupta SK, Welch RM, Wielicki BA, Navar M. Cumulus cloud base height estimation from high spatial resolution Landsat data: a Hough transform approach Ieee Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 30: 430-443. DOI: 10.1109/36.142921  0.476
1992 Zhu T, Lee J, Weger RC, Welch RM. Clustering, randomness, and regularity in cloud fields: 2. Cumulus cloud fields Journal of Geophysical Research. 97.  0.32
1990 Wielicki BA, Suttles JT, Heymsfield AJ, Welch RM, Spinhirne JD, Wu MC, Starr DO, Parker L, Arduini RF. The 27-28 October 1986 FIRE IFO cirrus case study - Comparison of radiative transfer theory with observations by satellite and aircraft Monthly Weather Review. 118: 2356-2376. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1990)118<2356:Toficc>2.0.Co;2  0.356
1990 Sengupta SK, Welch RM, Navar MS, Berendes TA, Chen DW. Cumulus Cloud Field Morphology and Spatial Patterns Derived from High Spatial Resolution Landsat Imagery Journal of Applied Meteorology. 29: 1245-1267. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1990)029<1245:Ccfmas>2.0.Co;2  0.477
1990 Welch RM, Kuo KS, Sengupta SK. Cloud and Surface Textural Features in Polar Regions Ieee Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 28: 520-528. DOI: 10.1109/Tgrs.1990.572939  0.434
1990 Lee J, Weger RC, Sengupta SK, Welch RM. A Neural Network Approach to Cloud Classification Ieee Transactions On Geoscience and Remote Sensing. 28: 846-855. DOI: 10.1109/36.58972  0.355
1989 Welch RM, Wielicki BA. Reflected fluxes for broken clouds over a lambertian surface Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 46: 1384-1395. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1989)046<1384:Rffbco>2.0.Co;2  0.454
1989 Welch RM, Navar MS, Sengupta SK. The effect of spatial resolution upon texture-based cloud field classifications Journal of Geophysical Research. 94. DOI: 10.1029/Jd094Id12P14767  0.368
1988 Kuo KS, Welch RM, Sengupta SK. Structural and Textural Characteristics of Cirrus Clouds Observed Using High Spatial Resolution LANDSAT Imagery. Journal of Applied Meteorology. 27: 1242-1260. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1988)027<1242:Satcoc>2.0.Co;2  0.485
1988 Welch RM, Kuo KS, Wielicki BA, Sengupta SK, Parker L. Marine Stratocumulus Cloud Fields off the Coast of Southern California Observed Using LANDSAT Imagery. Part I: Structural Characteristics Journal of Applied Meteorology. 27: 341-362. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1988)027<0341:Mscfot>2.0.Co;2  0.481
1986 Welch RM, Ravichandran MG, Cox SK. Prediction of quasi-periodic oscillations in radiation fogs. Part I: comparison of simple similarity approaches Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 43: 633-651. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1986)043<0633:Poqpoi>2.0.Co;2  0.376
1986 Parker L, Welch RM, Musil DJ. Analysis of spatial inhomogeneities in cumulus clouds using high spatial resolution Landsat data Journal of Cliamte &Amp; Applied Meteorology. 25: 1301-1314. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1986)025<1301:Aosiic>2.0.Co;2  0.459
1986 Wielicki BA, Welch RM. Cumulus cloud properties derived using Landsat satellite data Journal of Climate &Amp; Applied Meteorology. 25: 261-276.  0.407
1985 Welch RM, Wielicki BA. A radiative parameterization of stratocumulus cloud fields Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 42: 2888-2897. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1985)042<2888:Arposc>2.0.Co;2  0.389
1984 Wiscombe WJ, Welch RM, Hall WD. The Effects of Very Large Drops on Cloud Absorption. Part I: Parcel Models Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 41: 1336-1355. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1984)041<1336:Teovld>2.0.Co;2  0.46
1984 Welch RM, Wielicki BA. Stratocumulus cloud field reflected fluxes: the effect of cloud shape Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 41: 3085-3103.  0.383
1984 Wiscombe WJ, Welch RM, Hall WD. EFFECTS OF VERY LARGE DROPS ON CLOUD ABSORPTION. PART I: PARCEL MODELS Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 41: 1336-1355.  0.32
1984 Welch RM. Theoretical development of Monte Carlo codes for modeling cumulus cloud fields 0.409
1982 Kondratyev KY, Welch RM, Cox SK, Grishechkin VS, Ivanov VA, Prokofyev MA, Zhvalev VF, Vasilyev OB. Reply [to “Comment on ‘Determination of vertical profiles of aerosol size spectra from aircraft radiative flux measurements, 1, Retrieval of spherical particle size distributions’”] Journal of Geophysical Research. 87: 7349-7349. DOI: 10.1029/Jc087Ic09P07349  0.316
1976 Zdunkowski WG, Welch RM, Paegle J. One-Dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Effects of Air Pollution on the Planetary Boundary Layer Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 33: 2399-2414. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1976)033<2399:Odnsot>2.0.Co;2  0.358
1976 Welch R, Zdunkowski W. A Radiation Model of the Polluted Atmospheric Boundary Layer Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 33: 2170-2184. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1976)033<2170:Armotp>2.0.Co;2  0.371
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