Dale R. Durran, Ph.D - Publications

Affiliations: 
1979-1981 Meteorology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States 
 1987-2018 Atmospheric Sciences University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA 
Area:
Geophysics, atmospheric dynamics

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2020 Metz JJ, Durran DR, Blossey PN. Unusual Trapped Mountain Lee Waves with Deep Vertical Penetration and Significant Stratospheric Amplitude Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 77: 633-646. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-19-0093.1  0.399
2019 Kelley JD, Schultz DM, Schumacher RS, Durran DR. Can Mountain Waves Contribute to Damaging Winds Far Away from the Lee Slope Weather and Forecasting. 34: 2045-2065. DOI: 10.1175/Waf-D-18-0207.1  0.408
2019 Menchaca MQ, Durran DR. The Influence of Gravity Waves on the Slope of the Kinetic Energy Spectrum in Simulations of Idealized Midlatitude Cyclones Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 76: 2103-2122. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-18-0329.1  0.395
2019 Durran DR, Menchaca MQ. The Influence of Vertical Wind Shear on the Evolution of Mountain-Wave Momentum Flux Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 76: 749-756. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-18-0231.1  0.495
2019 Weyn JA, Durran DR. The scale dependence of initial‐condition sensitivities in simulations of convective systems over the southeastern United States Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 145: 57-74. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.3367  0.313
2018 Menchaca MQ, Durran DR. The Impact of Mountain Waves on an Idealized Baroclinically Unstable Large-Scale Flow Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 75: 3285-3302. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-17-0396.1  0.455
2018 Weyn JA, Durran DR. Ensemble Spread Grows More Rapidly in Higher-Resolution Simulations of Deep Convection Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 75: 3331-3345. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-17-0332.1  0.352
2017 Weyn JA, Durran DR. The Dependence of the Predictability of Mesoscale Convective Systems on the Horizontal Scale and Amplitude of Initial Errors in Idealized Simulations Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 74: 2191-2210. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-17-0006.1  0.364
2017 Menchaca MQ, Durran DR. Mountain Waves, Downslope Winds, and Low-Level Blocking Forced by a Midlatitude Cyclone Encountering an Isolated Ridge Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 74: 617-639. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-16-0092.1  0.494
2016 Shi X, Durran D. Sensitivities of Extreme Precipitation to Global Warming Are Lower over Mountains than over Oceans and Plains Journal of Climate. 29: 4779-4791. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-15-0576.1  0.598
2016 Siler N, Durran D. What Causes Weak Orographic Rain Shadows? Insights from Case Studies in the Cascades and Idealized Simulations Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73: 4077-4099. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-15-0371.1  0.812
2016 Hills MOG, Durran DR, Blossey PN. The dissipation of trapped lee waves. Part II: The relative importance of the boundary layer and the stratosphere Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 73: 943-955. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-15-0175.1  0.471
2016 Durran DR, Weyn JA. Thunderstorms Do Not Get Butterflies Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 97: 237-243. DOI: 10.1175/Bams-D-15-00070.1  0.349
2016 Russotto RD, Ackerman TP, Durran DR. Sensitivity of thin cirrus clouds in the tropical tropopause layer to ice crystal shape and radiative absorption Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. DOI: 10.1002/2015Jd024413  0.594
2015 Shi X, Durran DR. Estimating the Response of Extreme Precipitation over Midlatitude Mountains to Global Warming Journal of Climate. 28: 4246-4262. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-14-00750.1  0.607
2015 Durran DR, Hills MOG, Blossey PN. The dissipation of trapped lee waves. Part I: Leakage of inviscid waves into the stratosphere Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 72: 1569-1584. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-14-0238.1  0.46
2015 Siler N, Durran D. Assessing the Impact of the Tropopause on Mountain Waves and Orographic Precipitation Using Linear Theory and Numerical Simulations Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 72: 803-820. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-14-0200.1  0.809
2014 Dinh T, Fueglistaler S, Durran D, Ackerman T. A modelling study of moisture redistribution by thin cirrus clouds Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions. 14: 13301-13330. DOI: 10.5194/Acpd-14-13301-2014  0.771
2014 Dinh T, Fueglistaler S, Durran D, Ackerman T. Cirrus and water vapour transport in the tropical tropopause layer - Part 2: Roles of ice nucleation and sedimentation, cloud dynamics, and moisture conditions Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 14: 12225-12236. DOI: 10.5194/Acp-14-12225-2014  0.765
2014 Shi X, Durran DR. The response of orographic precipitation over idealized midlatitude mountains due to global increases in CO2 Journal of Climate. 27: 3938-3956. DOI: 10.1175/Jcli-D-13-00460.1  0.605
2014 Durran DR, Gingrich M. Atmospheric predictability: Why butterflies are not of practical importance Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 71: 2476-2488. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-14-0007.1  0.349
2014 Hills MOG, Durran DR. Quantifying moisture perturbations leading to stacked lenticular clouds Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 140: 2013-2016. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.2272  0.427
2013 Siler N, Roe G, Durran D. On the Dynamical Causes of Variability in the Rain-Shadow Effect: A Case Study of the Washington Cascades Journal of Hydrometeorology. 14: 122-139. DOI: 10.1175/Jhm-D-12-045.1  0.787
2013 Durran DR, Reinecke PA, Doyle JD. Large-scale errors and mesoscale predictability in pacific northwest snowstorms Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 70: 1470-1487. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-12-0202.1  0.793
2012 Dinh T, Durran DR, Ackerman T. Cirrus and water vapor transport in the tropical tropopause layer: a modeling study Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 12: 10729-10773. DOI: 10.5194/Acpd-12-10729-2012  0.725
2012 Dinh T, Durran DR, Ackerman T. Cirrus and water vapor transport in the tropical tropopause layer-Part 1: A specific case modeling study Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 12: 9799-9815. DOI: 10.5194/Acp-12-9799-2012  0.759
2012 Dinh T, Durran DR. A hybrid bin scheme to solve the condensation/evaporation equation using a cubic distribution function Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 12: 1003-1011. DOI: 10.5194/Acp-12-1003-2012  0.622
2012 Durran DR, Blossey PN. Implicit-explicit multistep methods for fast-wave-slow-wave problems Monthly Weather Review. 140: 1307-1325. DOI: 10.1175/Mwr-D-11-00088.1  0.367
2012 Hills MOG, Durran DR. Nonstationary trapped lee waves generated by the passage of an isolated jet Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 69: 3040-3059. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-12-047.1  0.442
2011 Minder JR, Durran DR, Roe GH. Mesoscale controls on the mountainside snow line Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 68: 2107-2127. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-D-10-05006.1  0.742
2010 Harris LM, Durran DR. An Idealized Comparison of One-Way and Two-Way Grid Nesting Monthly Weather Review. 138: 2174-2187. DOI: 10.1175/2010Mwr3080.1  0.588
2010 Dinh TP, Durran DR, Ackerman TP. Maintenance of tropical tropopause layer cirrus Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres. 115. DOI: 10.1029/2009Jd012735  0.755
2009 Durran DR, Dinh T, Ammerman M, Ackerman T. The mesoscale dynamics of thin tropical tropopause cirrus Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 66: 2859-2873. DOI: 10.1175/2009Jas3046.1  0.771
2009 Reinecke PA, Durran DR. Initial-condition sensitivities and the predictability of downslope winds Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 66: 3401-3418. DOI: 10.1175/2009Jas3023.1  0.801
2009 Reinecke PA, Durran D. The Overamplification of Gravity Waves in Numerical Solutions to Flow over Topography Monthly Weather Review. 137: 1533-1549. DOI: 10.1175/2008Mwr2630.1  0.803
2009 Marić T, Durran DR. Observations of gap flow in the Wipp Valley on 20 October 1999: Evidence of subsidence Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 66: 984-1001. DOI: 10.1175/2008Jas2568.1  0.793
2008 Reinecke PA, Durran DR. Estimating topographic blocking using a froude number when the static stability Is nonuniform Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 65: 1035-1048. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jas2100.1  0.78
2008 Durran DR. A physically motivated approach for filtering acoustic waves from the equations governing compressible stratified flow Journal of Fluid Mechanics. 601: 365-379. DOI: 10.1017/S0022112008000608  0.352
2008 Minder JR, Durran DR, Roe GH, Anders AM. The climatology of small-scale orographic precipitation over the olympic mountains: Patterns and processes Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 134: 817-839. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.258  0.757
2007 Anders AM, Roe GH, Durran DR, Minder JR. Small-scale spatial gradients in climatological precipitation on the olympic Peninsula Journal of Hydrometeorology. 8: 1068-1081. DOI: 10.1175/Jhm610.1  0.744
2007 Kirshbaum DJ, Bryan GH, Rotunno R, Durran DR. The triggering of orographic rainbands by small-scale topography Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 64: 1530-1549. DOI: 10.1175/Jas3924.1  0.786
2007 Doyle JD, Durran DR. Rotor and subrotor dynamics in the Lee of three-dimensional terrain Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 64: 4202-4221. DOI: 10.1175/2007Jas2352.1  0.475
2007 Durran DR, Arakawa A. Generalizing the Boussinesq approximation to stratified compressible flow Comptes Rendus - Mecanique. 335: 655-664. DOI: 10.1016/J.Crme.2007.08.010  0.31
2007 Mayr GJ, Armi L, Gohm A, Zängl G, Durran DR, Flamant C, Gaberšek S, Mobbs S, Ross A, Weissmann M. Gap flows: Results from the Mesoscale Alpine Programme Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 133: 881-896. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.66  0.794
2007 Stiperski I, Kavčič I, Grisogono B, Durran DR. Including Coriolis effects in the Prandtl model for katabatic flow Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 133: 101-106. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.19  0.427
2006 Gaberšek S, Durran DR. Gap flows through idealized topography. Part II: Effects of rotation and surface friction Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 63: 2720-2739. DOI: 10.1175/Jas3786.1  0.804
2005 Chen CC, Hakim GJ, Durran DR. Transient mountain waves and their interaction with large scales Hrvatski Meteoroloski Casopis. 213. DOI: 10.1175/Jas3972.1  0.634
2005 Kirshbaum DJ, Durran DR. Atmospheric factors governing banded orographic convection Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 62: 3758-3774. DOI: 10.1175/Jas3568.1  0.775
2005 Chen CC, Durran DR, Hakim GJ. Mountain-wave momentum flux in an evolving synoptic-scale flow Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 62: 3213-3231. DOI: 10.1175/Jas3543.1  0.666
2005 Kirshbaum DJ, Durran DR. Observations and modeling of banded orographic convection Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 62: 1463-1479. DOI: 10.1175/Jas3417.1  0.755
2005 Mullendore GL, Durran DR, Holton JR. Cross-tropopause tracer transport in midlatitude convection Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres. 110: 1-14. DOI: 10.1029/2004Jd005059  0.782
2005 Kirshbaum DJ, Durran DR. Deciphering banded orographic convection Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 86: 911-912.  0.755
2005 Marić T, Durran DR. Observation and modeling of gap flow in the Wipp valley on 20 Oct. 1999 Hrvatski Meteoroloski Casopis. 11.  0.353
2005 Chen CC, Harris L, Durran DR, Hakim GJ. Lee vortices in an evolving synoptic-scale flow Hrvatski Meteoroloski Casopis. 468.  0.312
2005 Durran DR, Chen CC, Hakim GJ. Mountain wave momentum flux in an evolving synoptic-scale flow Hrvatski Meteoroloski Casopis. 214.  0.44
2004 Gaberšek S, Durran DR. Gap flows through idealized topography. Part I: Forcing by large-scale winds in the nonrotating limit Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 61: 2846-2862. DOI: 10.1175/Jas-3340.1  0.81
2004 Kirshbaum DJ, Durran DR. Factors governing cellular convection in orographic precipitation Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 61: 682-698. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<0682:Fgccio>2.0.Co;2  0.76
2003 Durran DR, Maric T, Banta RM, Darby LS, Hardesty RM. A comparison of ground-based Doppler lidar and airborne in situ wind observations above complex terrain Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 129. DOI: 10.1256/Qj.02.39  0.761
2002 Epifanio CC, Durran DR. Lee-vortex formation in free-slip stratified flow over ridges. Part II: Mechanisms of vorticity and PV production in nonlinear viscous wakes Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 59: 1166-1181. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<1166:Lvfifs>2.0.Co;2  0.462
2002 Epifanio CC, Durran DR. Lee-vortex formation in free-slip stratified flow over ridges. Part I: Comparison of weakly nonlinear inviscid theory and fully nonlinear viscous simulations Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 59: 1153-1165. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<1153:Lvfifs>2.0.Co;2  0.41
2002 Doyle JD, Durran DR. The dynamics of mountain-wave-induced rotors Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 59: 186-201. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2002)059<0186:Tdomwi>2.0.Co;2  0.48
2001 Piani C, Durran DR. A numerical study of stratospheric gravity waves triggered by squall lines observed during the TOGA COARE and COPT-81 experiments Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 58: 3702-3723. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<3702:Ansosg>2.0.Co;2  0.744
2001 Epifanio CC, Durran DR. Three-dimensional effects in high-drag-state flows over longridges Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 58: 1051-1065. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2001)058<1051:Tdeihd>2.0.Co;2  0.425
2000 Doyle JD, Durran DR, Chen C, Colle BA, Georgelin M, Grubisic V, Hsu WR, Huang CY, Landau D, Lin YL, Poulos GS, Sun WY, Weber DB, Wurtele MG, Xue M. An intercomparison of model-predicted wave breaking for the 11 January 1972 Boulder Windstorm Monthly Weather Review. 128: 901-914. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(2000)128<0901:Aiompw>2.0.Co;2  0.456
2000 Piani C, Durran D, Alexander MJ, Holton JR. A Numerical Study of Three-Dimensional Gravity Waves Triggered by Deep Tropical Convection and Their Role in the Dynamics of the QBO Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 57: 3689-3702. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<3689:Ansotd>2.0.Co;2  0.702
2000 Pandya RE, Durran DR, Weisman ML. The influence of convective thermal forcing on the three-dimensional circulation around squall lines Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 57: 29-45. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(2000)057<0029:Tioctf>2.0.Co;2  0.368
2000 Durran DR. Small-amplitude coastally trapped disturbances and the reduced-gravity shallow-water approximation Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society. 126: 2671-2689. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.49712656904  0.457
1998 Nance LB, Durran DR. A modeling study of nonstationary trapped mountain lee waves. Part II: Nonlinearity Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 55: 1429-1445. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<1429:Amsont>2.0.Co;2  0.419
1997 Nance LB, Durran DR. A modeling study of nonstationary trapped mountain lee waves. Part I: Mean-flow variability Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 54: 2275-2291. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<2275:Amsont>2.0.Co;2  0.452
1997 Schär C, Durran DR. Vortex formation and vortex shedding in continuously stratified flows past isolated topography Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 54: 534-554. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1997)054<0534:Vfavsi>2.0.Co;2  0.473
1996 Pandya RE, Durran DR. The Influence of convectively generated thermal forcing on the mesoscale circulation around squall lines Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 53: 2924-2951. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1996)053<2924:Tiocgt>2.0.Co;2  0.382
1995 Durran DR. Do Breaking Mountain Waves Deceierate the Local Mean Flow Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 52: 4010-4032. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1995)052<4010:Dbmwdt>2.0.Co;2  0.431
1995 Durran DR. Pseudomomentum diagnostics for two-dimensional stratified compressible flow Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 52: 3997-4009. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1995)052<3997:Pdftds>2.0.Co;2  0.469
1995 Alexander MJ, Holton JR, Durran DR. The gravity wave response above deep convection in a squall line simulation Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 52: 2212-2226. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1995)052<2212:Tgwrad>2.0.Co;2  0.68
1995 Durran DR. Do breaking mountain waves decelerate the local mean flow? Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 52: 4010-4032.  0.356
1994 Nance LB, Durran DR. A comparison of the accuracy of three anelastic systems and the pseudo-incompressible system Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 51: 3549-3565. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1994)051<3549:Acotao>2.0.Co;2  0.327
1993 Durran DR, Ming-Jen Yang, Slinn DN, Brown RG. Toward more accurate wave-permeable boundary conditions Monthly Weather Review. 121: 604-620. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1993)121<0604:Tmawpb>2.0.Co;2  0.393
1993 Pandya R, Durran D, Bretherton C. Comments on “Thermally Forced Gravity Waves in an Atmosphere at Rest” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 50: 4097-4101. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1993)050<4097:Cofgwi>2.0.Co;2  0.774
1993 Durran DR. Comments on “On the Richardson Number Dependence of Nonlinear Critical-Layer Flow over Localized Topography” Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 50: 3029-3033. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1993)050<3029:Cotrnd>2.0.Co;2  0.335
1992 Fovell R, Durran D, Holton JR. Numerical simulations of convectively generated stratospheric gravity waves Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 49: 1427-1442. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1992)049<1427:Nsocgs>2.0.Co;2  0.684
1992 Durran DR. Two-layer solutions to Long's equation for vertically propagating mountain waves: how good is linear theory? Quarterly Journal - Royal Meteorological Society. 118: 415-433. DOI: 10.1002/Qj.49711850502  0.377
1991 Miller PP, Durran DR. On the sensitivity of downslope windstorms to the asymmetry of the mountain profile Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 48: 1457-1473. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1991)048<1457:Otsodw>2.0.Co;2  0.481
1989 Durran DR. Improving the anelastic approximation Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 46: 1453-1461. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1989)046<1453:Itaa>2.0.Co;2  0.334
1988 Durran DR, Weber DB. An investigation of the poleward edges of cirrus clouds associated with midlatitude jet streams Monthly Weather Review. 116: 702-714. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1988)116<0702:Aiotpe>2.0.Co;2  0.372
1988 Durran DR. On a physical mechanism for Rossby wave propagation Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 45: 4020-4022. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1988)045<4020:Oapmfr>2.0.Co;2  0.392
1987 Durran DR, Klemp JB. Another look at downslope winds. Part II: nonlinear amplification beneath wave-overturning layers Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 44: 3402-3412. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1987)044<3402:Aladwp>2.0.Co;2  0.491
1987 Durran DR, Snellman LW. The Diagnosis of Synoptic-Scale Vertical Motion in an Operational Environment Weather and Forecasting. 2: 17-31. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0434(1987)002<0017:Tdossv>2.0.Co;2  0.311
1987 Klemp JB, Durran DR. Numerical modelling of Bora winds Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics. 36: 215-227. DOI: 10.1007/Bf01045150  0.506
1986 Bower JB, Durran DR. A study of wind profiler data collected upstream during windstorms in Boulder, Colorado Monthly Weather Review. 114: 1491-1500. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1986)114<1491:Asowpd>2.0.Co;2  0.386
1986 Durran DR. Another look at downslope windstorms. Part I: the development of analogs to supercritical flow in infinitely deep, continuously stratified fluid Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 43: 2527-2543. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1986)043<2527:Aladwp>2.0.Co;2  0.473
1984 Grossman RL, Durran DR. Interaction of low-level flow with the Western Ghat Mountains and offshore convection in the summer monsoon Monthly Weather Review. 112: 652-672. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1984)112<0652:Iollfw>2.0.Co;2  0.447
1983 Durran DR, Klemp JB. A compressible model for the simulation of moist mountain waves Monthly Weather Review. 111: 2341-2361. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1983)111<2341:Acmfts>2.0.Co;2  0.398
1983 Klemp JB, Durran DR. An Upper Boundary Condition Permitting Internal Gravity Wave Radiation in Numerical Mesoscale Models Monthly Weather Review. 111: 430-444. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1983)111<0430:Aubcpi>2.0.Co;2  0.359
1982 Durran DR, Klemp JB. The Effects of Moisture on Trapped Mountain Lee Waves Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences. 39: 2490-2506. DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1982)039<2490:Teomot>2.0.Co;2  0.408
1979 Durran DR, Meldgin MJ, Mei-Kao L, Thoem T, Henderson D. A study of long range air pollution problems related to coal development in the Northern Great Plains Atmospheric Environment (1967). 13: 1021-1037. DOI: 10.1016/0004-6981(79)90013-1  0.381
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